Lavanya Ramanathan writes about the event in Thursday’s Washington Post Style on the Go:

“The party X at BeBar has drawn a following as a venue for “21st century live art happenings” that bring in music and live art, projection, fashion and whatever else fits under its umbrella of creativity. Tomorrow night, the visual artists of X (many of them the hottest names in the local scene right now) show off their work in a more conventional art space; the X Art Show features works by Tom Block, Decoy, Lisa Marie Thalhammer and others. Afterward, the crowd heads over to Gallery for first anniversary of Loda. Free. 7-10 p.m. Space 88, 8211 Mayor Lane, Silver Spring. 301-358-3639 or http://www.space-88.com.”

Over Memorial Day Weekend Lisa Marie painted a 34′ tall by 15′ wide mural located at the corner of 1st & W Streets in the Bloomingdale neighborhood of NW Washington, DC. This project was funded by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Please join us at the O Street Artist Studios
52 O Street, NW, Washington DC 20001

Saturday & Sunday, April 25th & 26th, 11am-5pm

View the working and living spaces of over 20 DC artists at one of the largest and oldest buildings dedicated to the practice of Fine Arts in Washington DC. Artists range from painters to graphic designers, sculptors to musicians, mixed-media artists to furniture makers. The O Street Studios hosts this Open Studio for a rare peek into their process and creative influences. Meet the artists and discuss their work over refreshments, music and interactive activities.   www.52ostreetstudios.org

Kathryn Cornelius & Lisa Marie Thalhammer present:

Soup Kitchen

Located at: Transformer
1404 P Street NW
Washington DC

February, Friday 20th, 2009

5 - 8PM

Baby, it’s COLD OUTSIDE! This Friday DC-based artists Kathryn Cornelius and Lisa Marie Thalhammer heat things up with SOUP KITCHEN, serving a FREE meal of soup and bread to ALL. Join the artists as they fill bowls, slice bread, and entertain guests with an event that addresses the relationship of art and community service with the common concerns of our current economic situation, in the format of a communal experience.

This meal is:
FREE & ALL ARE WELCOME!
Please join us!
*All remaining food items will be donated to S.O.M.E. (So Others Might Eat), a local non-profit outreach program located next to the O St. artists live/work space.

“We can start the country over from scratch…Can you see the Blue Room with Campbell’s Soup Cans all over

the walls? Because that’s what Foreign Heads of State should see, Campbell’s Soup Cans and Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe. That’s America. That’s what should be in the White House.” - Andy Warhol, 1975

“Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup cans were a brilliant parody of art in the same way that Campbell’s Soup is a brilliant parody of food.” – Craig Kilborn during The Daily Show

“Who knew that Campbell’s Soup still existed? The only reason they are probably still in business is because Andy gave them a place in pop culture history that will forever be celebrated as some of the best art work ever created.” – a Pop Burger rep on the 139 year-old soup company

www.kathryncornelius.com

www.transformergallery.org

www.some.org


Postcards From the Heartland Announcement

POSTCARDS FROM THE HEARTLAND (How I learned to stop worrying and love the RED state)

Curated by PAUL HA, Director, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
Located at the Art Production Fund, 15 Wooster Street, New York City
January 20-30, 200

For the past 100 years, Missouri has been a bellwether in every White House race, voting for the winning presidential candidate in every election except 1956. In the 2008 election, Missouri again played a crucial role as a swing state. Missouri played host to all four candidates who were in and out of the state frequently and Obama and McCain making sure they got the Missouri vote. Missouri however got it wrong in 2008 for the second time in 100 years and possibly losing the important bellwether status. As Missouri was bombarded with ads, little money was comparatively spent in New York courting the voters. The exhibition brings images from the 2008 presidential election year in the Heartland - to New York.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:
Greg Barth, Nanette Boileau, Bunny Burson, Michael Byron, Michael DeFilippo, Ian Dickens, David Ford, Jay Fram, Christine Giancola, Lance Gibler, Stefan Hester, Michael Hoffman, Peregrine Honig, Tom Huck Jeff Hughes, Wonder Koch, Annette Lemieux, Jane Linders. Robert Longyear, Katie Mabry, Megan Mantia, Mark Newport, Terri Reilly, Martha Rosler, Lyndsey Scott, Paul Shortt, Mike Sinclair, Lisa Marie Thalhammer, Eric Thoelke, Jason Triefenbach, May Tviet, Justin Visnesky, Peat Wollaeger, Kuba Wuls

Special thanks to Soho Mews for generously donation the space to Art Production Fund.
For more information please email staff@artproductionfund.org

lifeguard

Lifeguard
Lisa Marie + DECOY

Exhibition opening:  Saturday, January 24  6-9PM
@ 1506 14th Street NW

Live painting by Lisa Marie Thalhammer and DECOY will be raffled to benefit Sitar Arts Center.

Music:  DJ Natty Boom & Yoko K

Funded in part by the D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Pink Line Project

www.hoogrrl.com

Above image of Decoy, Lisa Marie & Mingering Mike with Lisa Marie’s portrait of Michelle Obama. Photo taken by Dori Hardar.

Above image of Decoy, Lisa Marie & Mingering Mike with Lisa Marie’s portrait of Michelle Obama. Photo taken by Dori Hardar.

MANIFEST HOPE:DC

3333 M Street NW, Washington DC 20007

January 17-19, 2009
10am - 6pm

MANIFESTHOPE:DC is free and open to the public

www.manifesthope.com

Art plays a pivotal role in creating cultural momentum. The MANIFESTHOPE: DC Gallery celebrates that role and shines a spotlight on artists who use their voices to amplify and motivate the grassroots movement that carried President-Elect Barack Obama to victory.

MANIFESTHOPE: DC gathers together a diverse array of the nation’s most talented visual artists under one roof to mark this monumental achievement in our nation’s history and encourages artists and activists to maintain the momentum to bring about true change in the United States.

Along with its partners, MoveOn.org Political Action, the Service Employees International Union and Shepard Fairey’s Obey Giant, MANIFESTHOPE: DC, will issue an inspiring visual call-to-action, encouraging a redirection of public energy toward true reform in three key areas: Health Care Reform, Workers’ Rights The Green Economy. Judges for the call-to-action include Anne Ellegood, Curator of Contemporary Art, Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum; David Rolf, President, SEIU Healthcare 775NW; Eric Hilton, Thievery Corporation and ESL Music Co-founder; Laura Down, MoveOn.org Creative & Cultural Director, Artist; Robbie Conal, Artist; Shepard Fairey, Artist, Obey Giant; Spike Lee, producer, director, actor and Van Jones, Author, Founder Green for All & Co-Founder Ella Baker Center for Human Rights.

10% of proceeds from artwork sales will be donated to the
Duke Ellington Shcool of the Arts

Lot Lizard in 2012

Lot Lizard in 2012 was recently exhibited in the 5th Annual Transformer Silent Auction and Benefit Party on November 15, 2008 at Halcyon House in Washington DC. This work is made of ink, collage & color pencil on paper and dimensions are 24″ x 18″.