Wall Mountables!

See some of my left handed new works at

1460 WALLMOUNTABLES 2010!

DCAC's Annual Open Exhibit!

July 23 - August 29

Sparkplug Presents: Findings at DCAC

Opening this FRIDAY! Hope to see you there!

OPENING NEXT WEEK!

Sparkplug
presents
FINDINGS

October 16 - November 15
Opening Reception: October 16, 7-9pm
Featuring work by Deborah Carroll Anzinger, Peter Gordon, Michael Matason, Lisa McCarty, Kathryn McDonnell, Karen Joan Topping and Jenny Walton

Curated by Lea-Ann Bigelow and Blair Murphy

DCAC's resident collective considers the artistic process as a mode of inquiry, a domain characterized by sustained research and vigorous experimentation, yet focused less on the production of definitive answers than on the discovery and negotiation of contradictory truths. While the exhibition demonstrates the diverse concerns and creative tactics of the nine Sparkplug members, it also reflects the purposeful development of Sparkplug as a collective over the group's first two years of working together.

Positing art as an ideal vehicle for navigating seemingly irreconcilable ideas and inspirations, and raising questions about the nature of new knowledge and the Artist's Work, FINDINGS brings themes cultivated during collective meetings and studio visits into the gallery space. In this way, the audience is invited to engage in active conversation with individual artists, and with Sparkplug as an organic and multifarious whole.

About Sparkplug
Currently composed of nine DC area artists and curators, the Sparkplug collective meets regularly to discuss their work, explore common concerns, grow their community and dream up creative engagements both in DC and around the world. Through its support of Sparkplug, DC Arts Center provides meeting space, legal and technical resources and exhibition opportunities to emerging artists, curators and arts writers without current gallery representation or institutional employ. Via a continuing dialogue encompassing the theoretical and the practical, the group's members share experiences, perspectives, preoccupations, challenges, and topics informing their ongoing artistic practice.

Updates!

Dear friends,
You can see some of my new work at the following locations (images provided for those who can't make it).
wishing you the best,
Jenny

website: www.jennywaltonart.com
Look for new work on the website soon!
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Pyramid Atlantic

The date for my Artist Lecture at Pyramid Atlantic has been set. I will be speaking about my residency and work on June 18th at 7pm.

8230 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 608-9101
They are metro accessible on the Red Line too!

A piece of the new work will also be included in their benefit silent auction on June 11th. You can find more information about the Beautiful Losers screening and activities here.

under the surface, 17" x 22", monotype, 2009
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Artomatic
9th Floor Space 2 in the SW corner overlooking Nationals Stadium
By Artists, For everyone. May 29 - July 5.
55M St. SE: Above Navy Yard Metro Station.
Washington, DC 20003
Leave me a note if you stop by!
HOURS Wednesdays and Thursdays: Noon – 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays: Noon – 1 a.m. (except for special events. See calendar). Sundays: Noon – 10 p.m. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays

Deluge (left) and Ascension (right), Monotypes, each 30" x 42", 2009
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Arlignton Arts Center
DCAC's Sparkplug ; NEW WORK
Jenkins Community Gallery, June 19 – August 22, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, June 19, 6 – 9 pm
**Artists Talk: Wednesday, July 22, 7 – 9 pm (**I will not be in attendance for this, however the rest of the collective will be, I encourage you to go if you can!)
open to the general public Tuesday - Saturday from 11 am - 5 pm
3550 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22201

Curated by Lea-Ann Bigelow and Blair Murphy, the show will highlight painting, drawing, video, photography, and mixtures thereof by: Deborah Carroll-Anzinger, Peter Gordon, Lisa McCarty, Kathryn McDonnell, Michael Matason, Mark Planisek, Karen Joan Topping and Jenny Walton.

Undersiege, monotype, 22" x 30", 2009
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12x12x100: Contemporary Artists Honor 100 Years of the Chautauqua School of Art
July 13-26, Strohl Art Center , Gallo Family Gallery

Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
Take home a work of art from a selected artist while joining in the 100th birthday celebration of the Chautauqua School of Art on Sunday July 26th at 5:00 PM. Please join us for this wonderful event, with proceeds benefitting the Chautauqua School of Art Student Scholarships.

as it flows, monotype on handmade paper, 8"x 8", 2009

Artomatic Space is done!

The space at Artomatic is DONE! This is what it looks like. If you are in the DC area, please come take a look in person!

Show updates for this week.

Hey all!

The New York show of Meat after Meat Joy opens in just a few days on Thursday night at Daneyal Mahmood Gallery! There will be some special pieces the night of the opening only. If you can make it for the opening, I highly encourage it. Also the essay for the catalog that will be available is now posted. It is a great essay which I think talks about the diverse amount of work eloquently. You can read it here...http://www.daneyalmahmood.com/meataftermeatjoy_text.html


Also, if you are in DC on Friday night, you can purchase my work in the Civilians for Obama fund raiser! See info below for full details.

Jenny

www.jennywaltonart.com
www.jennywalton.blogspot.com

406 7th Street NW, Third Floor,
Washington, DC 20004
p. 202.347.0022 / f. 202-280-1086

Please join Civilian Art Projects, DJs Will Eastman (Blisspop) and Jonathan Ackerman (the Moon Goons, Minneapolis) and over 40 artists from across the USA (and London!) as we dance, raise a drink, and work to get Barack Obama into the White House.

$25 at the door gets you in the door and one complimentary drink.All artwork is for sale at $500 (and below) with the majority of the proceeds going to the campaign.This show is ONE NIGHT ONLY so get there early!!

List of participating artists:

Deborah M. Carroll Anzinger
Matthew Best
Megan Blafas
Lisa Blas
Judy Byron
Lynn Cazabon
Natalie Cheung
Billy Colbert
Jeffry Cudlin
Kate Damon & John Beebe
Mary Early*
Steve Frost
Ana Elisa Fuentes
Lee Gainer
Victoria F. Gaitán
Pat Goslee
Jason Matthews Gottlieb
Pat Graham
Jeremy Haik
Jason Horowitz**
Mike Iacavone
David Ibata
Amanda Kleinman
Brian Knight
Joseph Lamour
Kate MacDonnell
Andrew McDermott
Kate McGraw
Sean Quinn
Rick Reinhard
Rachele Riley
Brady Robinson
Marc Roman
Melanie Standage
Sanjay Suchak
John Ulaszek***
Rachel Waldron
Jenny Walton
Joshua Yospyn

* Courtesy of HEMPHILL

**Courtesy of Curator's Office

*** Courtesy of Ten Miles Square

My work will part of this fund raiser! Come check it out!

Jenny Walton in Meat After Meat Joy, New York - Reception 16 October 5:30-8:30pm

This show opens Thursday, October 16th. For those who will be in the New York Area in the next month, please stop by and check out the show! I hope I can see many of you at the opening!

Jenny

www.jennywaltonart.com

Tamara Kostianovsky, Elegy,
clothing, meat hook, chain, 2008

Betty Hirst, Head II, Meat, 2008

Zhang Huan,
My New York, Performance Whitney Biennial, 2002

Meat After Meat Joy, curated by Heide Hatry

16 October - 15 November

opening reception:

Thursday 16 October, 5:30 - 8:30 PM

Sheffy Bleier, Lauren Bockow, Adam Brandejs, Tania Bruguera, Nezaket Ekici,
Anthony Fisher, Betty Hirst, Zhang Huan, Tamara Kostianovsky, Simone Racheli, David Raymond, Dieter Roth, Carolee Schneemann, Stephen j Shanabrook, Jana Sterbak, Jenny Walton, Pina Yolacan

If the flesh disturbs you, then the reality behind the issue would disturb you far more if we opened our eyes long enough to see it. We live in a culture disconnected from what it is doing to itself and others, we choose to ignore rather than deal with the reality we have created for ourselves.

- Adam Brandejs

Meat After Meat Joy brings together the work of contemporary artists who use meat in their work (raw meat, the concept of meat, its symbolism and viscera) in order to investigate the paradoxical relationship meat has to the body. Meat combines flesh, skin, muscle, organs, blood - each with its own relationship to the body, yet meat's only reference to the body is as a once-upon-a-time living biological thing. By putting these artists together, the exhibition seeks to investigate the uncanny effect meat as a medium is for artist and viewer. This is not a show about meat as spectacle but about meat as signification, precisely because meat does not signify (a body) but its very annihilation...read more

- Heide Hatry

info@daneyalmahmood.com
DANEYAL MAHMOOD GALLERY
511 WEST 25 ST, 3FL
NEW YORK CITY 10001
phone: 212 675 2966
Tues.-Sat. 11am to 6pm

Meat After Meat Joy

Meat After Meat Joy

June 21 through July 20, 2008
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 21, 6 - 9pm

Curated by Heide Hatry, Meat After Meat Joy investigates the paradoxical relationship meat has to the body. Meat combines flesh, skin, muscle, organs, blood — yet meat's only reference to the body is as a once-upon-a-time living biological thing. By putting these artists together, Meat After Meat Joy seeks to investigate the uncanny effect meat has as a medium for artist and viewer. This group exhibition brings together the work of 10 contemporary artists who use meat in their practice

Nezaket Ekici / Anthony Fisher / Betty Hirst / Zhang Huan
Tamara Kostianovsky / David Raymond / Dieter Roth
Carolee Schneemann / Jana Sterbak
Jenny Walton

www.pierremenardgallery.com
Pierre Menard Gallery
10 Arrow St
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: 617.868.2033