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Bored? Board Games! @ Transformer 02.25.09

summer camp

Whether you are interested in science camp, rock & roll fantasy camp, dance camp, or just straight up campy-ness – Summer Camp offers something for you. Collaborating with artists, scientists, poets, musicians, story-tellers, and many others, Summer Camp at Transformer involves a diverse cross-section of DC creators and thinkers.

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Bored? Board Games! Wednesday, February 25, 3 – 8pm
Artists Steve Frost and Geoffrey Aldridge think they can beat YOU at Scrabble. Pff! Come by Transformer today to show them what’s what, or bring a friend to play at another board game of your choice – we’ve got a prime selection of classics on hand. It’s rumored there might also be beer and pretzels.

5th Annual Transformer Auction @ the Halcyon House

The 5th Annual Transformer
Silent Auction & Benefit Party

I am proud to announce that my work will be included in The 5th Annual Transformer Silent Auction & Benefit Party taking place Saturday, November 15, 2007, 7-10pm in John Dreyfuss’ Sculpture Studio at Halcyon House, 34th and Prospect Streets NW. This very special, one-night only event features an exciting array of over 125 artworks in a variety of mediums, dimensions and prices by more than 100 of DC’s leading emerging and established artists (click here for complete list).

Expanding Transformer’s mission of artist-centered programming, we are thrilled to have the Auction taking place at Halcyon House in the gorgeous studio of Washington’s leading sculptor, John Dreyfuss for the second year in row. In addition to viewing and bidding on an eclectically curated mix of salon-style hung artworks, patrons are encouraged to groove to the beats of Djs Yellow Fever and enjoy delicious complimentary hors d’oeuvres, wine and beer throughout the evening provided by some of DC’s finest restaurants, including: Bar Pilar, Bistrot Lepic & Wine Bar, Bombay Club, Buck’s Fishing & Camping, Café Saint-Ex, Comet Ping Pong, Jaleo, Leopold’s Kafe + Konditorei, Local 16, Mandu, Marvin, Melt Catering, Old Ebbitt Grill, On the Fly, Oyamel, Paisley Fig, Posto, Sea Catch, sweetgreen, and Whole Foods.

With a growing reputation as an awesome party and fantastic opportunity for both beginning and seasoned collectors to purchase some of the best visual art DC has to offer, attendance to the auction is already close to sold out, so buy your tickets now! Attendance is $150 if received by 10.27.07; $1725 after this date.

Saturday, November 15, 2008, 7-10pm
John Dreyfuss’ Sculpture Studio at Halcyon House
3400 Prospect Street, NW
Auction entrance is on 34th Street
between Prospect and M Streets, NW

Home Plates Auction @ Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery

The Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery has partnered up with All Fired Up ceramic studios to bring Home Plates to the Gallery. Basically, we handed 60 local artists a blank dinner plate to use as their “canvas.” The result is a wonderfully colorful exhibition with ultimate functionality, and a window into the local art scene which is bursting at the seams.

In addition, through sales of the plates The Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery has the opportunity to raise a much-needed portion of its budget. We held a similar fundraiser in 1997 with Continuum, shortly after the gallery opened its doors. Just as that exhibition highlighted many artists’ interpretations of community and the links between generations in the past and future, our upcoming exhibition Home Plates hopes to connect the Washington DC Jewish Community Center to the larger community surrounding it. A special children’s version of Home Plates will be exhibited in the Ina & Jack Kay Community Hall and the Harold and Barbara Berman JCC Café from December 1–December 31.

Place a bid on my plate today!

Home Plates