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Art as Research
ART AS RESEARCH Opening Reception Thursday, Sept 25, 5 – 7:30 pm September 25 – October 24, 2014 Fine Art Gallery, Art & Design Building, George Mason University, Fairfax Campus Featuring: Greg Bloom with Jenn Stowe (DC), Gareth Branwyn (DC), Riah Buchanan (Los Angeles), Kate Chandler (DC), Edgar Endress (St. Augustine), Paul Farber (Philadelphia), Katie […]
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Windows from Prison
When a DC citizen enters the federal penitentiary system they may find themselves thousands of miles from family and friends. Windows from Prison seeks to bridge this distance by asking prisoners: “If you could have a window in your cell, what place from your past would it look out to?” Based on hundreds of responses, photography students […]
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Provisional Research Journal
Provisional Research is a digital journal publishing the findings of Provisions research projects and residencies. Provisional Research seeks to provide free and accessible public information on creative projects, sharing strategies and practices for social change with an ever-expanding readership. More on Provisions Research Residencies here. Vol 1/1 | Parks & Passages […]
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Parallelograms | Steve Rowell
Steve Rowell’s Parallelograms is a film, photography, and mapping project, investigating the geography and architecture of influence, power, and money. The project contextualizes natural, post-natural, and built environments, appropriating methods and tools from geography and geospatial analysis. The project was completed with support from the Gaea Foundation. Rowell is an artist, curator, and researcher, with […]
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Ding Ren | Migrations
Ding Ren’s Migrations examines cross-cultural patterns and phenomena through analog photographic practice. This ongoing archive extends her work around notions of home and migration in relation to geo-cultural impressions and observations. Ding is a nomadic artist and writer, born in China, who is currently based between Washington, DC and Amsterdam, NL. With a field-driven approach, […]
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Cordel Literature
Free Cordel Literature Workshops & Demonstrations! Workshop: December 14th at 2pm – 1849 Providence St. NE – Washington DC 20002 Demonstration & Exhibit: December 14th from 12-4 – Monroe Street Market NE – Washington DC 20017 Workshop: November 24th at 2pm – 1849 Providence St. NE – Washington DC 20002 Bring your stories and pictures and learn […]
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The Case for Space | Research Talks
Friday May 3, 2013 Provisions Fellows Huong Ngo, Heidi Neilson, Kate Chandler, & Cassie Thornton present their research on outer space debt, spacesuits, memorial, and drones. BrooklandArtSpace 3305 8th St NE (4 blocks from the Brookland Metro) 6pm-7pm Research Talks (5:30 doors open/ presentations start at 6 sharp) Followed by an opening celebration for GMU’S […]
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Danceportation | Fundraiser
Join us Friday May 10th at 1410 14th to explore transportive themes in support of art + social change. Proceeds from this dancesupportive fundraiser go to Provisions Library’s Fellowships, supporting research in the capital by local and national artists, activists, and creative social change agent. So come party with a purpose and break in […]
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The Case for Space
April 11-May 4, 2013 The aspiration of outer space defines our relationship to other realms as an ethos, aesthetics, and ecology. This residency considers the role that space programs play in cognitive and spiritual life, social consciousness, and political progress: how the micro and macro cosmos regenerate the potential for space as a ground […]
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Balkans Project
The Balkans Project began by founding an interactive place for dialogue and exchange that investigates areas of correspondence, empathy, difference, and misrepresentation. The original project, Americanization/Balkanization directly confronted the notoriety of the then recent geopolitical strife. Ultimately, Americanization/Balkanization reflected the pervasive over-simplification of complex cultural histories, current conditions, and future potentials in the Balkans. Through interviews, profiles, dialogue, and […]