DC Digital Portraits

2010-05-19T09:43:00.000-07:00

2010-05-19T09:38:00.000-07:00

2010-03-24T07:18:00.000-07:00

2010-03-24T07:14:00.000-07:00

Here we are at the Hirshhorn.

2010-03-24T07:12:00.000-07:00

Here we are at Ramon Menocal's studio.

Next Meeting: The ABCs of Visual Language

2010-02-24T21:32:00.000-08:00

The next meeting will be our first mini-workshop on visual language. The themes will include basics of photography and videogragraphy as well as a discussion of what is an artist statement.

Saturday, Feb. 27, at 1 p.m.

International Language Institute, 1337 Connecticut Ave. NW, Third Floor
(located upstairs between an Indian Restautant and a Beauty Salon, half a block south of Dupont Metro)

We are looking forward to finally getting started

2010-02-13T05:57:00.000-08:00

After all this snow and cabin fever, we will finally be getting started this Saturday at the National Portrait Gallery. Here are the details:
When: Sat., Feb 13, from 1 to 3 p.m. Please be on time, since we only have two hours to see and discuss a lot of great artwork.
Where: The courtyard inside the National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F Streets, NW.
Metro Station: Gallery Place
The exit at 9th and G Sts. of Gallery Place station lets out on the same corner as the museum. When you get off the escalator, go around the corner and up the stairs. We’ll meet inside the Kogod Courtyard on the ground floor in the middle of the Portrait Gallery. Come inside and look of a person holding a sign the reads: “Digital Portraits.”
What to bring: a notebook and something to write with.
We are looking forward to finally getting started.

See you Saturday!

Alberto Roblest
Artistic Director
DC Digital Portraits

First Meeting This Saturday!

2010-02-04T08:30:00.000-08:00

Date:	Saturday, February 6, 2010
Time:	1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:	National Portrait Gallery

Meet: Inside the courtyard, the National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F Streets, NW.

Metro Station: Gallery Place
The exit at 9th and G Sts. of Gallery Place station lets out on the same corner as the museum. When you get off the escalator, go around the corner and up the stairs. We’ll meet inside the Kogod Courtyard on the ground floor in the middle of the Portrait Gallery. Come inside and look of a person holding a sign the reads: “Digital Portraits.”

What to bring: a notebook and something to write with.

Some Artists We Like

2010-01-31T15:25:00.000-08:00

Vincent van Gogh

Dorothea Lange

Diego Valasquez

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Tony Oursler

Fernando Botero

Francis Bacon

Graciela Iturbide

Leonardo da Vinci

Cindy Sherman

Julio Galan

Jenny Holzer

Gabriel Orozco

Daine Arbus

Olafur Eliasson

Andy Warhol

Frida kahlo

Nam June Paik

Salvador Dali

Pablo Piscasso

Chuck Close

Kiki Smith

What artists do you like most? Share.

2010-01-17T11:45:00.000-08:00

DC Digital Portraits

Visit DC artists in their studios and find out what inspires them.

Visit local museums and art galleries.

Then embark on your own masterpieces.

Award-winning DC video artist Alberto Roblest is now accepting applications for DC Digital Portraits, a 6-month workshop beginning in January. Anyone ages 17 to 24 years old—looking to tap into their powers of creativity and self-expression—may apply for this free workshop.

If selected, you and a dozen others will meet once a week at local museums, galleries and artist studios, before embarking on your own masterpieces. Your work can take a variety of forms: paintings, drawings, experimental video, photo essays, documentaries, audio files, websites, blogs and Facebook pages or any combination of these. The best pieces made by each participant will be selected for a 2010 exhibition.

No previous artistic training is required. Rather, this workshop will help you develop your creative powers in ways that will help you succeed not only the the field of art but in a wide range of professional and personal pursuits.

It's FUN! It's FREE! Camera equipment and some computer time will be available to group members. Participants will receive a transportation stipend to cover travel costs to and from weekly meetings.

Meetings: Once a week on Saturday afternoons, starting Jan. 30. The project will wrap up in July with an exhibition of your best work.

SIGN UP NOW! For an application, email: al_roblest@yahoo.com.