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I had a full day yesterday. In the morning I had a group of my friends from my Unitarian Universalist congregation come over to the house to help me with organizing my things. (I really appreciated the help, believe me.) Afterwards I made an appearance at a brief meeting regarding this special art show I participated in last month where I opened my home to the general public. It was more of an informal meeting where we discussed what worked and what didn’t worked and what can be changed next time. After that meeting I headed over to the Metro where I made a return trip to Artomatic.
Last night I went to the Artists Social that was held on the 9th floor of the Artomatic building. I arrived a few hours early just so I would have the chance to check out the rest of the 9th floor before the event.
This two-sided sculpture really resonated with me because of the last five months of my personal life. Like many of the other exhibits at Artomatic, the artists behind this piece have no website that I can link to and one of them can only be reached online via e-mail at bardia@ebardia.com.
This exhibit on unrequited love also resonated with me because I currently have an unrequited love with my separated husband. The artist, Melba Davis, didn’t provide a website that I could link to but she left her e-mail address melbadavis00@gmail.com.
This poignant dedication to a son who died in 2008 of a heroin overdose at age 21 really resonated with me since I know what it’s like to suffer a serious loss. Granted my husband isn’t dead yet but his personality seems to be a shadow of his former lively self and I can’t do anything about it, just like that artist couldn’t do anything to save her son from heroin. (The artist, Teri Phillips, didn’t provide a website that I could link to.) I really admire her for her ability to build an exhibit around her deep loss. I briefly considered something similar regarding my strained marriage but I just couldn’t because I’m still too mired in my current drama and doing art around it would just upset me at this time. I just felt more comfortable with doing the Occupy the Dollhouse exhibit instead.
Located near the Peeps area is this strange display of a blow-up sex doll being covered by yellow bunny Peeps.
I visited the main Peeps area where the winners and runners-up of The Washington Post‘s annual Peeps diorama contest are currently displayed. Like the theater on the fourth floor, this one is also named after Carl Cordell, who passed away last year at age 60.
In some ways, this is an even more appropriate tribute to the man than the theater because he was a very prolific Peeps diorama artist whose work was frequently among the finalists, as shown in this short video that I shot at the 2008 Artomatic in Washington, DC.
The Carl Cordell Peeps Place has a shrine that features items associated with Cordell’s life.
This exhibit, called Creating Wei, is devoted to Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei.
The Nyan Cat Internet Meme as Art.
Finally here is the Artists Social. I had hoped to meet up with one of my friends who is also currently showing at Artomatic but she didn’t show up. Neither did any of the people I met while serving on my previous two volunteer shifts. Instead I hung around while shooting photos of the gathering. It was a pretty decent turnout even if I didn’t know the people there that well.
Jolene Sugarbaker viewed a nearby exhibit at the Artists Social.
Hey, look, it’s Sgt. Pepper!
Near the Artists Social area one could literally read a large book.
One artist gave away his business cards to many of the Artists Social attendees. I took a photo of it because it’s such an interesting looking card. It belongs to Maluchi Enyi.
Around the corner from the lounge where the Artists Social was held, this aspiring DJ had to deal with putting on rousing dance tunes with no one dancing on the nearby stage.
By 9 p.m. I decided to leave for the Metro station. At that moment, the fire alarm suddenly went off, which resulted in the entire building being evacuated. I pulled out my smartphone and shot this video footage while I got out of the building. As you can see, it wasn’t a real-life version of The Towering Inferno.
I’ll end this entry by naming some of the artists on the 9th floor whose work has caught my eye.
Debby Taylor: blog 1, blog 2, Flickr
The Genizah Project: blog, Facebook
Jen-A-Fusion: website, Facebook
Liliane Blom: website 1, website 2
Rivka Leah: ReverbNation, Etsy
Julia Mazur is a photographer who does interesting work.
I came across JulieBsJewels at the 2011 Sakura Matsuri street festival in Washington, DC and I fell in love with her work. (In fact, I purchased a dichoric glass cherry blossom ring from that booth.) JulieBsJewels specializes in dichoric art glass jewelry and much of it is very visually striking.
Yasha Butler Ceramics makes some interesting ceramics and jewelry.
Rothshank Artworks is a husband and wife artist team. Justin makes interesting pottery while Brooke does miniature art and illustrations.
Sagittarius Dolly 
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