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Murals to Zora


This just in from Albus Cavus, a non-profit focused on public art (read more about them):
MURALS TO ZORA

Another renaissance is coming to U Street. Muralists and performing artists will celebrate the Harlem Renaissance and the life of Zora Neale Hurston in …

Murals to Zora

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Columbia Heights Day

by Amanda on October 5, 2008

Happy Columbia Heights Day sign outside Wonderland Ballroom

Yesterday Cosmo and I decided to check out Columbia Heights Day (Cosmo is very community-minded), and let me tell you – we were disappointed.

On the heels of Adams Morgan Day, with its blocks of tents featuring artists, restaurants, and community organizations, the …

Happy Columbia Heights Day sign outside Wonderland Ballroom

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Photo of Jordan, me and Pol Klein at a CreativesDC mixer, courtesy of Phillipa Hughes

This week has been a veritable creativity orgasm! Last night I attended a cocktail hour at Left Bank hosted by Pink Line Project and CoolTown Beta Communities, designed to help self-described “creatives” meet and build working relationships. I learned about the event through CreativesDC (not to be confused with this site, Creative DC – est. 2006 :)), which is turning …

Photo of Jordan, me and Pol Klein at a CreativesDC mixer, courtesy of Phillipa Hughes

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Does DC Have a Strong Art Community?

by Amanda on August 14, 2008

Awakening by ohad on Flickr

First things first: why isn’t there more political art in DC?So asks Richard Layman over at Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space, in a post inspired by my writeup of Make DC Weird. He hits a number of …

Awakening by ohad on Flickr

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The Creative Life is Like Spinning a Web

by Amanda on August 8, 2008

spider web photo by kthread on Flickr

Last week was a rollercoaster ride. This week’s metaphor: a spider web, an image that eased into my consciousness this week thanks to the writing and photography of kthread. A spider web: beautiful, delicate, precarious, with savagery inside it, yes, but savagery …

spider web photo by kthread on Flickr

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