BADC Critique Sunday Feb 21, 4-6pm @ Howard University Our Featured Artist will be Dwight E. Tyler

Artist Critique-Bring your art work, some food, your ideas and spirit!


Featured BADC Artist:

Dwight E. Tyler will be sharing some of his latest works with the group and then leading the remaining of the critique. Join us!


BADC is looking for other BADC members and guest curators to be featured during the critiques. If you are interested please send me an email at aroblesgordon@yahoo.com to be considered or recommend someone else.


Blessings and see you tomorrow!


Aroblesgordon




Dwight E.Tyler - Biography


Dwight E. Tyler was born in 1947 in Washington, D.C. At a very early age
he remembers painting a mural with fellow classmates at Smothers Elementary
School, thus beginning his advocation as an artist. He also remembers the
influence his father had on him as a photographer. William B. Tyler produced a
major body of family photographs spanning three generations. In high school,
Mr. Tyler studied art under the tutelage of Malkia Roberts who made an in
measurable impression on his life. After high school he was drafted and served
in the U.S. Army during the Viet Nam war for two years at Ft. Riley, Kansas (1966-1968).
Here is where he began his higher education taking art classes at night from Kansas State University. Returning home with the G.I. bill under his belt, Mr. Tyler continued his studies at Montgomery College and Howard University, graduating with degrees in Fine Art (1972) and Fine Art / Education (1974). He taught art and photography in the D.C. Public School System for five years (1974-1979). He has also professionally worked as a photographer, shooting numerous projects from the installation of an electrical push button system for the New York City Transit Authority, and the building of a train storage facility in New York and for Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority in Washington, D.C. In addition, Mr. Tyler also documented the demolition of an Army Corps of Engineers Super Fund Site - Glass Factory. Other contracted work included church groups, port folios, wedding photography, portraits and
commissions just to name a few.

Mr. Tyler's art work has been seen for many years in and around the Washington
Metropolitan area and beyond. In 1973 he was awarded a Special Talent Scholarship
from Howard University, studying under such artist as Lois Jones, Al Smith, Jarvis
Grant, Frank Smith, Winston Kennedy and other notable artists and art educators.
Other influences are Ed Love, Winnie Owens Hart, Sharon Farmer, Jeff Donaldson
and Michael Platt. In 1980 his work was featured in an article in the Washington Post.
In 1983 he had two photographs to be chosen by the National Portrait Gallery and the
American Museum of Art for inclusion in the Highlights of the Year Exhibition held at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. in 1985 he was awarded First Place in
the 3rd Annual Rock Creek Foliage Day Photography Contest. In 1990 Mr. Tyler,
after serving on the Board of Directors for four years, was elected to the position of
Chairman of the Washington Center for Photography, serving for one year. In 1994
three White House Staff Photographers selected Mr. Tyler to participate in the
prestigious "Ellipse Photography Showcase 1994" exhibition. The night of the
opening, a local Virginia film crew from the TV show "City Line" interviewed the artist.



Held memberships in Creative Image, Friends of Photography, Exposure, W.D. Printmakers, National Conference of Artist, Washington Center for Photography. Currently, Black Artist of D.C. and his own Chalkdust Studio. While primarily known for his photography, his media also includes oil and acrylic paint, pen & ink, pastels and wood sculpture.


Exhibitions:

The Graham Collection - Black Artist of D.C. - "Hidden Treasures" 2006
Washington, D.C.

Montpelier Cultural Arts Center - "Laurel Art Guild's 32nd Annual Open
Laurel, Maryland Juried Art Exhibition" 2001

Art-O-Matic 2000
Washington, D.C.

Northern Virginia Community College - "Big Stuff on Paper" 1999
Alexandria, Virginia Campus

Northern Virginia Community College - "Celebrating 25 Years of Printmaking
Annandale, Virginia Campus W.D. Printmaking Work Shop" 1997

Willow Street Gallery - "Prints, Photographs and Drawings" 1995
Takoma Park, Maryland

Ellipse Arts Center - "Ellipse Photography Showcase 1994" 1994
Arlington, Virginia




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Gallery Serengiti Presents: Annual Women in Fine Arts Exhibittion

Greetings!

Join us on the evening of March 6, 2010 for the opening of our annual Women In Fine Arts exhibition. This year's exhibit will feature the canvas works of

*Gwendolyn Aqui-Brooks
*Laura Benson
*Elsa Gebreyesus
*Sharon Tucker
*Michele Lucas-Foster, and the wearable art of
*Adrene Bracey.


The artists will be in attendance to present and discuss their works. Bring your questions, and bring a friend!

RSVP for the event by clicking the link below. Registration closes soon-- don't miss out on the year's first exhibit!

Where:
Gallery Serengeti
7919 Central Ave
Capitol Heights, MD 20743

Register Now

Registering for our events helps us to prepare seating and refreshments for each of our guests. If you will be accompanied by a friend but do not yet know their name, simply add a "+1" behind your name in the registration block. Thank you for helping us make this event a successful one!


Sincerely,

Wisson West
Gallery Serengeti
art@galleryserengeti.com
301.808.6987

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Reclaiming Those Negative Images: Mixed Media Reflections Exhibit at The Corner Store Gallery

Amber Robles-Gordon's "Cosmic Black 2" is one of the works on display at the Corner Store Gallery"






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Reclaiming Those Negative Images
Feb. 16, 2010
By Kristin Coyner
Roll Call Staff

Oftentimes, there’s more talent under our noses than we realize. That’s certainly true when it comes to “Mixed Media Reflections,” a new gallery at the Corner Store, a multiuse arts space at 900 South Carolina Ave. SE.

Alec Simpson and Tray Patterson, both Washington artists, are acting co-curators for the gallery. Simpson, who often deals in abstract art, is one of 12 Washington-area African-American artists whose works are on display.

The idea for the show started rather simply, over a meal between Patterson and Simpson.

“We just got together over lunch one day and decided to put on a show last fall,” Simpson said.

In light of Simpson’s own success last year with a one-man show at the Corner Store — Simpson sold all his small works in “Flashback/Fast Forward” — it followed that the planners focused on small works. “In view of what people were saying about the economy, we just thought that maybe we’d stick with that concept,” Simpson said.

All works at the gallery are on sale for $240 to $1,000.

“We didn’t have any idea how many artists there would be in it, how many pieces there were going to be, how big they were going to be, but we did know that we didn’t want them to be priced out of the market,” Simpson said. With the theme of Black History Month, the mixed media motif pulls everything together.

Stepping into the front room of the Corner Store, where the works are on display, is a treat. The front space is warm and beautiful, with colored walls and exposed brick. The artists’ works are accentuated by the lack of a modern white-walled space.

As for the works, some pieces use found objects, others use silk, some are on ceramic and still others are on paper. One artist, Alonzo Davis, even uses bamboo poles and fabrics.

The show is a mixture of materials and artistic styles, but the works manage to tie to the theme of Black History Month in a compelling way. All the artists in some way touch on the African diaspora, from clear visual images of brutality to parodies of mockery of black personhood to abstract works that offer the chance to create new meaning.

Works by Aziza Gibson Hunter, “Prayers to Haiti,” were a late addition to the show. Gibson Hunter composed a series that incorporates elements of African cloth and other found objects, including Haitian money, to offer homage to the small island nation devastated by an earthquake a month ago. Gibson Hunter intends to donate all proceeds to Doctors Without Borders.

One wall in particular seems to deal most directly with ancestral issues and imagery, which are most readily visualized through Anne Bouie’s “Ancestry 5,” “Ancestry 6” and “Ancestry 8.” Bouie incorporates Aunt Jemima and Uncle Tom figures but creates new meaning with the images.

And that, to Simpson, underscores a driving theme of the entire show. “It’s a matter of transformation, transforming it into something different and new,” he said. “It’s about seeing new things in what wasn’t necessarily good.”

Patterson added: “It’s also reclaiming it. Reclaiming a negative stereotype that was out there to turn it.”

The breadth of artistic techniques that individual artists have perfected is another striking aspect of the show. For example, artist Juliette Madison uses mixed media clay pieces by transferring images onto clay using ink that she created.

Madison’s “Lord Why” displays the technique with a veritable gut punch. The work shows the archival photograph of a lynched woman who, along with her son, was accused of theft. The significance of the story is made clear with the phrase “Lord why is my seed in the wind?” emblazoned on top of the image.

“African-American artists don’t feel backed into a corner,” Simpson said. “They create and let the chips fall where they may. There’s an authenticity to what you see.”

The exhibit, which opened Feb. 5, will run until the 28th. The Corner Store doubles as an art space and home to Kris Swanson, a sculptor who for the past eight years has welcomed any variety of art events into her home, including author readings, CD release parties and theatrical performances.

Because the space functions as a home, the Corner Store isn’t open for regular hours. However, Swanson makes appointments at webmaster@cornerstorearts.org or 202-544-5807.



The Corner Store Gallery

900 South Carolina Avenue, SE

Washington, DC 20003

(202) 544-5807

www.cornerstorearts.org

Metro: Within 2 blocks of the Eastern Market Station

Orange and Blue Lines



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Blacks Artists of DC 2010 Meeting Schedule

Location:

Howard University Fine Arts Annex
2467 Sherman Ave NW Wash DC

Time: 4-6 pm

Month Date Meeting

Sunday January 17 BUSINESS
Sunday February 21 CRITIQUE
Sunday March 21 BUSINESS
Sunday April 18 CRITIQUE
Sunday May 16 BUSINESS
Sunday June 20 CRITIQUE
Sunday July 18 BUSINESS
Sunday August 15 CRITIQUE
Sunday September 19 BUSINESS
Sunday October 17 CRITIQUE
Sunday November 21 BUSINESS
Sunday December 19 CRITIQUE










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