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Hello!
Beginning March
13, 2009, the Hamiltonian Gallery on U Street will host the 24-Hour
Drawing Project, the sixth iteration of this international art event.
The 24-hour
Drawing Project is an event in which artists start and finish a work of art
in a continuous 24-hour period. All artists work in the same venue and
start at the same time.
Artists work on
their own projects - the materials, scale, purpose or content are not
restricted. They do not have to "draw" in the traditional
sense of the word. The only condition is that the artists must work
for the full 24 hours. It involves intensive effort and attention to
process, action and time. The art-making does not necessarily result
in an outcome that could be exhibited, so the labor of the artists is
ultimately the exhibit.
For the first
time, this iteration of the 24-Hour Drawing Project will take place
simultaneously in both Australia
and the US.
Project co-founder Hannah Bertram will lead the project in Melbourne, Australia. Six artists, led by
project co-founder Kendall Nordin, will participate in Washington, D.C.
The gallery will
be open to visitors Friday 9 am - midnight and again Saturday morning 7 am-
9 am.
In addition to
Nordin, the artists working in DC include Leah K White, Hamiltonian artist Leah Frankel, and a
collaborative group of Erica Prince, Heather Bregman, & Sarah Ritch
from the Pen 16 Collective in Philadelphia.
The artists will all be working on projects related to duration and space.
Nordin and
Bertram first performed the event in 2005 in Melbourne, Australia.
Since then it has been performed in studios, galleries, and residencies throughout
Australia.
The Warehouse Theater and Gallery in Washington,
D.C. hosted the project's
first American performance in October 2008, again with Nordin and Bertram.
Hamiltonian
Artists is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing professional
development opportunities for creative artists in their early careers. We
offer a competitive two-year fellowship program to new, innovative visual
artists in all media through an annual competition. Artists from around the
nation are encouraged to apply.
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All the Best,
Jacqueline Ionita
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Director, Hamiltonian Gallery
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1353
U Street, NW
Suite 101
Washington,DC 20056-3975
http://hamiltonianartists.org
http://hamiltoniangallery.com
202.332.1116
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Hamiltonian Artists is a 501c (3)
nonprofit organization dedicated to build a dynamic community of innovative
artists and effective visual art leaders.
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