Bloomingdale resident and artisan Rania Hassan: Softer, Softest at Delicious Spectacle, and more art news!

Subject: Softer, Softest at Delicious Spectacle, and more art news!
From: darnknit@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 14:14:43 +0000

Rania Hassan's Art Events Newsletter Spring 2014 Edition Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Softer, Softest Curated by Eames Armstrong, Softer, Softest explores the condition of softness: the digital “soft” and the sculptural soft. Exhibiting artists include Megan Blafas, Rania Hassan, Matt Hollis, Leslie McConnaughey, Rene Medrano, Ziad Nagy, Cory Oberndorfer, John Paradiso, Jane Claire Remick, and Jade Yumang. Softer, Softest is an exhibition on being soft. Examining what it is to be pliable, or easily molded. To be pleasing to touch, not harshly defined. Softer, Softest Aether Art Projects at Delicious Spectacle 1366 Quincy Street NW, Washington, DC May 30–June 21, 2014 Opening Reception: Friday, May 30, 7–10pm Performances: Saturday, June 7, doors 7:30, performances 8pm Closing Reception: Thursday, June 19, 7–9pm For the opening reception Facebook event page, click here. Delicious Spectacle is a curatorial experiment and project space founded by Victoria Greising, Megan Mueller, Dan Perkins,Camden Place, and Sam Scharf. The space is located on the first floor of a row house in the Columbia Heights neighborhood. Cuisine des Artistes Cuisine des Artistes 2014 is DC Arts Center’s 25th Anniversary Gala, an evening of food and fun where chefs and artists collaborate to create culinary masterpieces. Rania has been paired with chef Doug Cooperman of Open Kitchen to create a piece titled Interwoven:  A hand knit dress interwoven with a Dark Chocolate Lavender Truffle held by a Dried Sour Cherry and Rosemary Breadstick knitting needle. This piece explores the connections of life, friendship, community and family. The coupling of memories through shared experiences.  Cuisine des Artistes Meridian House 1630 Crescent Place NW, Washington, DC 20008 Thursday, May 29, 2014, 6:30–9:30pm This is a ticketed event. Please click here to purchase tickets. The Grace of Craft The Grace of Craft is a show of contemporary craft curated by Gisele Huberman. Artists include: Phil Brown, Elissa Farrow-Savos, Gayle Friedman, Rania Hassan, Sean Hennessey, Tamara Laird, Laurel Lukaszewski, Jan Maddox, Donna McCullough, Nikki O’Neill, Komelia Okim, Chris Shea, Tim Tate, Novie Trump, Andrea Uravitch, Rick Wall, and Nancy Weisser. Craft can tell stories. It can move us. It can serve us and adorn us. And it does all this in a quiet, self-effacing way. The Grace of Craft Capitol Arts Network 12276 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852 June 3–27, 2014 Opening Reception: Friday, June 6, 6–9pm Gallery Hours: Monday–Thursday: 10am–10pm, Friday–Sunday: 10am–4pm Follow Me. Looking for more details about what I'm up to? Here are some of my links! Email: darnknit@gmail.com Tel: 202.320.9300 Portfolio: raniahassan.com Shop: shoofly.etsy.com Twitter: @goshdarnknit Instagram: @goshdarnknit Flickr: flickr.com/goshdarnknit Facebook: facebook.com/goshdarnknit Copyright © 2014 Rania Hassan / goshdarnknit, All rights reserved. We send special updates to friends and collectors who opted in at our website or events. Rania Hassan / goshdarnknit Bloomingdale Washington, DC 20001