Carolina Mayorga | Art After Dark @ AMA | Artist 7 of 10

Carolina Mayorga | www.carolinamayorga.com

Carolina Mayorga

Art After Dark: 2011 Advance e-tickets now available

Sat. September 1, 2011 from 8pm to 12am at AMA | Art Museum of the Americas

Carolina Mayorga explores religious rituals, migration, and conflict with a tasteful blend of poignancy, irreverence, and humor.  She writes "Social issues related to my culture have always been the theme of my art: My culture related to Catholic rituals, the political situation of my native Colombia, issues of migration as a response to my bi-cultural experience of living in Colombia and the United States, and most recently, my perspective on the current global war that has shaped the beginning of the 21st Century."

For AAD, she will be hawking fruits and other “delights of South America.”

DJ Smudge | Art After Dark @ AMA | Artist 6 of 10

DJ Smudge

DJ Smudge

Art After Dark: 2011 Advance e-tickets now available

Sat. September 1, 2011 from 8pm to 12am at AMA | Art Museum of the Americas

DJ Smudge has been blessing the decks for more than a decade.  He currently holds residencies at DC’s newest hotspot Little Miss Whiskeys, 9:30 Club, Velvet Lounge, Asylum, MARVIN, and SOVA.  Smudge has spun all over DC from Black Cat to Jimmy Valentines, from Cafe St. Ex to Wonderland Ballroom.  He looks forward to rocking the AMA.

Birds Watch Out: There's a New Glass Door in Town

We are very happy to report that AMA has a new glass door at the entrance to the museum. I think it makes a much more inviting facade to the museum.

Billy Friebele | Art After Dark @ AMA | Artist 5 of 10

Billy Friebele | www.billyfriebele.com

Billy Friebele

Art After Dark: 2011 Advance e-tickets now available

Sat. September 1, 2011 from 8pm to 12am at AMA | Art Museum of the Americas

Billy Friebele's work examines the intersection of new media and public space, making him a most suitable fit for Art After Dark. He has a forthcoming exhibition at the Orlando Museum of Art and has exhibited at the Baltimore Museum of Art as well as in Sarajevo, New York, Colorado, St. Louis, Detroit, and right here in DC.

Ricardo Alzati | POSSIBLE WORLDS @ AMA | Artist 9 of 9

Ricardo Alzati

Ricardo Alzati
POSSIBLE WORLDS:
Photography and Fiction in
Mexican Contemporary Art Exhibition
Open through August 28th at AMA | ART MUSEUM of the AMERICAS

Ricardo Alzati was born in Mexico City in 1974. He received his education in History and Visual Arts at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and in Photography and Visual Arts at the Centro de la Imagen and Centro Nacional de las Artes.  In 2001-2002 he also attended the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.

Alzati’s photography, video, installations, paintings, and drawings have been exhibited in Mexico and the United States, including solo exhibitions at the Museo del la Ciudad de México (Mexico City), Casa Vecina (Mexico City), Fototeca de Veracruz (Verazcruz, Mexico), 111 projects (Mexico City), and group exhibitions, such as the 2001 Visions: Contemporary Mexican Photography show at the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York, and the 2008 Proyectos para descontrucción at the Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Artes MUCA Roma in Mexico City.

In 2007, Alzati was recipient of the Jóvenes Creadores art production grant and in 2008, he was selected as part of the core group participants at United Nations Plaza Mexico City and was also awarded artist residencies at the Triangle Artist’s Workshop (New York), and the 26^th International Symposium of Contemporary Art, Baie St. Paul (Quebec, Canada). Alzati also writes for Rim Magazine (Los Angeles), and Arte MX (Mexico City).  He currently lives and works in Mexico City.

Matthew Hemerlein | Art After Dark @ AMA | Artist 4 of 10

Matthew Hemerlein | www.matthewhemerlein.com

Matthew Hemerlein

Art After Dark: 2011 Advance e-tickets now available

Sat. September 1, 2011 from 8pm to 12am at AMA | Art Museum of the Americas

Multi-instrumentalist Matthew Hemerlein has drawn comparisons to Jeff Buckley with his subtle rhythmic pulses and trance-inducing layers of  loops replete with plucked and strummed violins and guitars and evocative vocal delivery.  He utilizes his classical training not as a crutch but as a jumping-off point to convey complex emotions with just the right blend of subtlety and upheaval.

Matthew Hemerlein

Wilmer Wilson IV | Art After Dark @ AMA | Artist 3 of 10

Wilmer Wilson IV | From the Series, Bundles | www.recurringman.com

Wilmer Wilson IV

Art After Dark: 2011 Advance e-tickets now available

Sat. September 1, 2011 from 8pm to 12am at AMA | Art Museum of the Americas

Wilmer Wilson IV is a daring DC-based multi-media artist whose aims include causing the viewer to walk away feeling a “subtle uneasiness.”  

Wilmer Wilson IV | From the series, Paper Bag Pieces

He will create an installation of destroyed plastic ware for Art After Dark based on his series, Bundles.