Hello! I'm Vincent Gallegos, a web designer and event photographer living in Washington, D.C. Enjoy my stories about art, technology and creative living.
Julie LaPorte of Washington Life Magazine focuses on the arty aspect of this week's green celebration at the Embassy of Finland.
http://www.washingtonlife.com/2010/02/26/paint-the-town-finlands-green-arty-night/ My photos look great on the feature. Thanks Pink Line Project!
A huge thanks to Philippa P.B. Hughes with the Pink Line Project for inviting me to shoot at last night's green celebration at the Finnish Embassy. The embassy celebrates its LEED certification, becoming the first and only green embassy in the U.S. (see their story here). What an amazing building! Pink Line brought art, music & performing arts together for the occasion, featuring some of our best local talent.
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Update: Mentioned in DCist's Arts Agenda. Yay.
We have two great events lined up for this Friday! Part one is our new monthly event: The Art of the Blog_. Each month we invite bloggers, readers and everyone in between to discuss the DC blogosphere, focusing on one blog category a month, followed by drinks and music. This month we are talking neighborhoods, and we have Dan Silverman (Prince of Petworth) and David Garber (And Now, Anacostia). Come out to meet them! Music will be provided by Sean Peoples of FATBACK.
Following The Art of the Blog_, we are partnering up with No Kings Collective (remember Activation 2719?) to bring you the first of a new art event series, the GALLERY at District. Each event serves as an art opening and social, showcasing the works of gallery caliber artists. The inaugural event is also the launch party for No Kings Collective! Mingle and enjoy the work of No Kings Collective, along with drinks. Sean Peoples of FATBACK will stick around and keep the party going!
Part 1 from 6-8PM, Part 2 from 8-10 PM at DISTRICT LoungeSee you there!
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An artist, an architect & a developer walk into a bar...
March 1 at Long View Gallery - http://culturaldc.org/gala/
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Are you excited? We are! http://www.readysetdc.com/rsvp. Partcipate before and during tonight's event on Twitter; we will be streaming your tweets live at the party. Use hashtag #lovedc. Much love, Vincent + the ReadysetDC team
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Come celebrate our love for DC tomorrow at ReadysetDC's launch party. The space is phenomenal. The prizes are substantial. And the surprises will impress you.
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See the Long View Gallery invite here. Also check out Metroweekly's article on Jeff McElhaney, creator of the exhibited ads. He tells the magazine:
The ads are near and dear to my heart. There are a lot of ghosts standing next to me when I'm holding these ads. I've lost so many friends.
Thanks to his ads, however, it's likely McElhaney saved quite a few, as well.
Jeff is Creative Partner at Brand-Aid Creative in Washington, DC. He just found Posterous—we hope he starts using it!
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"We love our space," Suzi Molak tells ReadysetDC as she invites us for a walk-through of the new Long View art gallery and cultural venue—and we agree! What an amazing location for our upcoming "For The Love of DC" art party, to be held on Thursday, December 10 (see event details; RSVP here).
My favorite piece during our walk-through: Jessica Angel's beautiful imagined cityscape, inspired by the artist's Brooklyn Heights neighborhood. The painting is a temporary installation that Suzi wants to make permanent (she wants to see if Jessica would use Long View's big paneling out in front as street art).
Art gallery director Drew Porterfield was also with us for conversation. He tells us that he hopes to travel for Thanksgiving, despite the massive undertaking of installing 30 advertisements for an upcoming event, "Ads vs Aids" (see the flier for that here).
For more photos Long View Gallery, check out these awesome shots by Brandon Bloch: "DC Artists Go Big at the Grand (re)Opening of Long View Gallery." DCist's Lynne Venart has a great preview post of this creative new space.
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Cross-posted at ReadysetDC: A Creative Urban Enterprise
Joan Belmar is a wonderful local artist that you should know about. He is represented by Nevin Kelly Gallery and funded by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. This week is your last chance to enjoy his mini-retrospective at the Chilean Embassy, featuring works from 1995 to present. Dubbed "Migrations," the exhibition is a good opportunity to inspect the way in which Joan's work has matured: from his earlier mixed-media techniques to his current signature style and the elements that connect them.
I had the privilege to attend the "Migrations" opening reception at the Chilean Embassy earlier this month, a cultural event attended by celebrities and friends alike. Cristian Campos, a famous Chilean actor, was present with his wife actress Maria Jose Prieto (see this YouTube clip, where Cristian looks pretty badass). Also at the opening was Charles Krause, survivor of the Guyana Massacre and an avid art collector and journalist (see this PBS link). Many friends and supporters praised Joan at the reception, including Jim & Minna N Nathanson, Barbara Liotta, Elaine Reuben, Constance Bergfors, Eve Hennessa, Shanti Norris (Executive Director at Smith Farm Center for Healing and the Arts), Ellyn Weiss, Sondra Arkin, Mikray Pida, Katya Romero, Humberto Fuentes (Manuel Zapata Olivella Center), Victoria Montero and Alejandra Ruiz-dana.
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Check out these awesome new cards designed by our Creative Director Justin Young! They are a tiny preview of what's brewing over at ReadysetDC: a redesigned web space, the official launch of a creative agency, and a party on Dec 10 to celebrate our love for DC.
The theme and title "For the Love of DC" reflects the website’s mission to promote and spotlight the urban renaissance that’s happening here in the nation’s capital and coincides with ReadysetDC’s new site redesign. "For the Love of DC" also marks the beginning of the ReadysetDC creative agency; offering branding, web design, photography, video, writing and marketing services.
The location of this exciting party: the super cool new Long View Gallery space.
As a designer, I'm motivated by the advancement of creative efforts in DC, (that also cater to exceptional design), and ReadysetDC is one of the ways in which these efforts are setting the stage for 2010.
See the Facebook invite for party details. Follow ReadysetDC on Twitter.
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As we explore possibilities for Tell Me DC, I am reminded of Corey Greeneltch's discussion at Refresh DC August. Corey illustrates the fundamental connections between art history and web design. At the meetup, we reviewed works of fine art (the old and venerable kind) and websites to discuss ideas of creation, inspiration and innovation.
Too often, we work without looking at the root of our curiosities and interests. We spend too much time "idea shopping" at CSS galleries. Corey has nothing against inspiration-seeking. What he suggests is not that we slow down our systems of capturing but that we "learn the basics" of what makes design worth clipping in the first place.
We are natural clippers, so while we can't force inspiration, we can prepare for its arrival.
The challenge is this. We strive for flow: the mental context within which our best ideas are explored, measured and perfected. Flow is extremely valuable because it is hard to achieve. Between e-mail and client meetings, we lose sight of innovation and learning.
Luckily, many of us have had the privilege to connect disciplines--Corey, for instance, coming from a studio and liberal arts background. The truth is that artists, philosophers and violists make really good web people. A "right oriented" brain is simply a more connected brain.
Corey remind us that every critique we've had in school serves a purpose today. We appreciate them now, because we realize how much stronger our work becomes after suggestion (the extra set of eyes; Nielsen's 5-person usability testing).
I hope you join my friends at Tell Me DC, who are seeking to showcase design talent as perceived from our design community. Follow @tellmedc and tell them you want to contribute (the group blog is powered by Tumblr, the super easy way to post just about anything). Only a few days old, so be nice! See more photos from Corey's Refresh DC session >Comments [0]
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More photos on Flickr. A wrap-up of Design Week DC coming!
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I'm with interior designer Fabian Bernal, one of the organizers of Design Week DC. We are at Contemporaria, a design and furniture showroom in Georgetown and one of the participants of this exciting week. Thanks, Fabian, for the overview! See my initial post about Design Week DC.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22
5:30 INSTALLATION: “CACHE” A work by Alberto Gaitán - This installation transforms used materials into ephemeral art, allowing the DC community to experience and enjoy temporary architecture. Constructed by Alberto Gaitán, this interactive installation will be composed of both reused materials and specialized lighting design. It will be staged in a traditional row house by Cady’s Alley. Defying rigid concepts of design, this installation incorporates everyday functional objects, creating unexpected spaces for the public to engage and explore.
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Followed by visiting our favorite restaurant in Chinatown. Happy Friday.
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...behind the precise limits of where we live, there is only a universe whose bursting forth open is incomparable, and behind the universe there is nothing. - Georges BatailleThree more days to see Bradley Chriss's new work at Flashpoint Gallery. Check out his portfolio site for close-ups of the artwork and for his ideas behind the show. Here is the press release (PDF). Mentions of Visions From the End of the World:
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