Corcoran Gallery of Art
Exhibit: Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change
Dates: Month of May
Time: Wednesday 10 am - 5 pm, Thursday 10 am - 9 pm,
Friday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm
Location: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th Street, NW
Metro: Farragut West (Blue and Orange lines)
Admission: Adults, $10. Children and seniors, $8. Children
under 12, free.
For more info: www.corcoran.org

Englishman Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), a brilliant and eccentric photographer, gained worldwide fame photographing animal and human movement imperceptible to the human eye. In 1872 Muybridge used photography to prove that there was a moment in a horse’s gallop when all four hooves were off the ground. He spent much of his later career at the University of Pennsylvania, producing thousands of images capturing progressive movements within fractions of a second.

Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Exhibit: In the Realm of the Buddha and Cornucopia:
Ceramics from Southern Japan
Dates: Month of May
Time: 10 am - 5:30 pm
Location: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery,
1050 Independence Avenue, SW
Metro: Smithsonian (Blue and Orange lines)
Admission: Free
For more info: www.asia.si.edu

The Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Galleries form the National Museums of Asian Art and house the nation’s
renowned collections of Asian art. Special exhibition In the Realm of the Buddha is a celebration of the sacred arts of
Tibetan Buddhism that includes two extraordinary exhibitions: The Tibetan Shrine from the Alice S. Kandell Collection
and Lama, Patron, Artist: The Great Situ Panchen. The Freer Gallery also presents Japanese ceramics in Cornucopia: Ceramics from Southern Japan, an exploration of an era of diverse and accomplished ceramic production in Japan around the year 1600.

The Gallery at Vivid Solutions (ARCH Development Corp)
Exhibit: Non-Photos, Works by Jean Noel L’Harmeroult
Dates: Month of May
Time: Tuesday - Friday 12-5 pm; Saturday 11 am - 5 pm
Location: The Gallery at Vivid Solutions,
2208 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, SE
Metro: Anacostia (Green line)
Admission: Free
For more info: www.vividsolutionsdc.com

Over his 40-year career as a commercial photographer Jean Noel L’Harmeroult sorted through thousands of images and photographic films. His collection of Non-Photos is a series of digital prints created from the accidental initial exposures on each reel of film, the first exposed to light. These exposures create subtle, magnificent images. Combined as triptychs, arrays, and monolithic solo images, the Non-Photos are haunting and reminiscent of landscapes, color field paintings, or possibly fire . . . let your eye decide!

Goethe-Institut Washington, FotoGalerie
Photographic Exhibit : In Our Time, Works by Anne Lass
Dates: Month of May
Time: Monday - Thursday 9 am - 5 pm; Friday 9 am - 3 pm
Location: Goethe-Institut Washington, FotoGalerie,
812 7th Street, NW
Metro: Gallery Pl - Chinatown (Red line)
Admission: Free
For more info: www.goethe.de/washington

The places in the photographs seem familiar; the people almost recognizable; the situations common, everyday.
They show normality – so normal that it’s disconcerting. In Our Time invites viewers to develop their own thoughts on what the works say about our day and age. Works by Anne Lass (b. 1978) have been shown regularly in solo and group exhibits in Cologne, Dusseldorf, Milan, Istanbul, and the United States. This series was selected for inclusion in the “Talents” series by C/O Berlin, the International Forum for Visual Dialogues.

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Film: BLOCK B
Date: Month of May
Time: Open daily, 10 am - 5:30 pm
Location: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden,
Independence Avenue at 7th Street, SW
Metro: L’Enfant Plaza (Green, Yellow, Orange, and Blue lines)
Admission: Free
For more info: www.hirshhorn.si.edu

Chris Chong Chan Fui (b. 1982, Borneo, Malaysia) lives and works in Kuala Lumpur and is the first Malaysian artist to present work at the Hirshhorn. In BLOCK B, (2008), a motionless camera watches night and day as dramas unfold on the various floors of a massive apartment complex in Malaysia. Chong captures this home to Indian expatriates as if it is a documentary with no special effects or lighting. He directs the viewers’ focus to realistic details within this fictionalized microcosm of urban humanity via imaginary voice-overs. Produced as a short film, BLOCK B has won awards at international film festivals.

Mexican Cultural Institute
Exhibit: Elizabeth Catlett and Taller de Grafica Popular
Dates: Month of May
Time: Monday - Friday 10 am - 6 pm; Saturday
10 am - 4 pm
Location: Mexican Cultural Institute, 2829 16th Street NW
Metro: Columbia Heights (Green and Yellow lines);
Metrobuses S2-S4; Circulator
Admission: Free
For more info: www.sre.gob.mx

Elizabeth Catlett in Mexico features 57 powerful prints that the artist created in Mexico as a member of the artist collective known as the Taller de Gráfica Popular. She was inspired by the cultural excitement and political transformations of post-Revolutionary Mexico. In 1947 she moved to Mexico where she joined the artist’s collective, Taller de Gráfica Popular (Workshop of Popular Graphics) which was dedicated to the direct use of visual art in the service of social change. (1st Floor Gallery) Catlett’s cohorts at the Taller de Gráfica Popular are the focus of Shouts from the Archive: The Political Prints from the Taller de Gráfica Popular (TGP), with 37 prints that highlight its socially driven mission. TGP members and guest artists produced thousands of prints and posters. While their art portrayed a variety of themes, the collective as a whole saw its art as a catalyst for social change. (4th Floor Gallery)

National Gallery of Art
Exhibit: Spanish Painting and Sculpture 1600-1700
Dates: Month of May
Time: Monday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm / Sunday 11 am - 6 pm
Location: National Gallery of Art, East Building, Mezzanine,
4th & Constitution Avenue, NW
Metro: Archives-Navy Mem’l-Penn Quarter (Green and Yellow line)
Admission: Free
For more info: www.nga.gov

Arrestingly real sculptures and paintings of the saints, the Immaculate Conception, and the Passion of Christ are among some 20 Spanish masterpieces of the 17th century on view in this landmark exhibition. The Sacred Made Real: Spanish Painting and Sculpture, 1600-1700 showcases major paintings by Diego Velázquez, Francisco de Zurbarán, and Francisco Pacheco, along with painted and gilded sculptures. Discover the dynamic and intricate relationship between two dimensional pictures on canvas and painted sculptures.

National Geographic Museum
Photographic Exhibit: Sacred Waters
Dates: Month of May
Time: Weekdays 9 am - 5 pm / Weekends 10 am - 5 pm
Location: National Geographic Museum, 1145 17th Street,
NW
Metro: Farragut North (Red line)
Admission: Free
For more info: www.nationalgeoragraphic.com

Water purifies, rejuvenates, cleanses, and heals. Spirits inhabit the waters and require homage or deference. From the droplets in a baptismal font to the scattering of ashes on a holy river, water blesses human lives. Photographer John Stanmeyer traveled the world in search of the many ways cultures relate to water – from offerings alongside the sacred Ganges in India to waterfall rituals in Japan, Laos, and Haiti. The 45 photographs in this exhibition showcase his work.

Potomac Bonsai Association, the National Bonsai Foundation, and the U.S.
National Arboretum
Festival & Events: U.S. National Arboretum
Dates: Month of May
Location: U.S. National Arboretum, 3501 New York Avenue,
NE
Metro: B2 Metrobus
For more info: www.usna.usda.gov

Visit the U.S. National Arboretum and enjoy the Potomac Bonsai Festival. Dates and more information about the exhibits, demonstration, and workshop are listed online. Enjoy your visits!