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by Jordan Bartel | January 8, 2009

From today’s b, the paper

obama-rama ‘44’
HEINEMAN MYERS CONTEMPORARY ART, BETHESDA
So, you can’t get tickets to the presidential inauguration? Us too! But before you consider sending an angry missive to the legislative-aide friend you thought would be your hook-up, this event could quench your Obamamania thirst. “44” includes art and musical performances inspired by the president-elect. And if your hoping for some warm political fuzzies, the one-of-a-kind art collection features imaginative work that expresses hope for the future. 5-10 p.m. Saturday, 4728 Hampden Lane. $10 donation. heinemanmyers.com.

insider instruments ‘Brahms: Off the Cuff’
BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Brahms’ “First Symphony” was often called “Beethoven’s Tenth,” an insult, we assume, that’s the classical musical equivalent of a “your momma” joke. But now, BSO Music Director Marin Alsop is giving the composer some respect. The second installment of Alsop’s new “Off the Cuff” series, which blends performance with interesting information about the composer’s life, working habits and previously hidden symphonic complexities. 7 p.m. Saturday. Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral St. $25-$60. bsomusic.org.

foodie fervor ‘Meat & Sugar’
LOYOLA COLLEGE
Gather all of your gastronomically inclined buddies for this look at the universal human relationship with food. Installations from Stewart Watson feature candy, sugar and corn syrup cast into steel and iron. And paintings from Mike Geno, a former meat-cutter apprentice, depict meat as hallucinatory experiences. Maybe you should grab dinner before checking it out, or your stomach could grumble — a gallery faux pas, really. Opens Monday, runs through Feb. 13. Reception and artists’ talk: 5-7 p.m. Jan. 22. Julio Fine Arts Gallery, 4501 N. Charles St. loyola.edu.

sneak peek ‘The Soap Myth’
CREATIVE ALLIANCE AT THE PATTERSON
Baltimore native Jeff Cohen’s provocative work is about a young Baltimore journalist trying to find the truth behind a Nazi atrocity — making soap from the corpses of murdered Jews. This one-time performance is a staged reading, before it sets up shop Off Broadway this fall. 8 p.m. Saturday. 3134 Eastern Ave. $15. creativealliance.org.

Jordan Bartel is assistant editor at b. E-mail him at jordan@bthesite.com

Houston Artist, Ted Ellis, is excited to be bringing his painting of Obama to DC to be unveiled at the National Black Chamber of Commerce and National Newspaper Publishers Foundation’s Inaugural Gala January 19, 2009 at the French Embassy. Inauguration Day is just two weeks away, and many are getting ready to travel to the nation’s capital to witness history, including artist “Ted Ellis”. Teds paintings capture history on canvas and what a history making event this will be.

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Shepard Fairey

The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. has acquired Los Angeles-based artist Shepard Fairey’s now-iconic portrait of President-elect Barack Obama and will display the work by Inauguration Day in their “New Arrivals” exhibition, according to a press release.

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Art plays a pivotal role in creating cultural momentum. The MANIFEST HOPE: DC Gallery celebrates that role and shines a spotlight on artists who use their voices to amplify and motivate the grassroots movement that carried President-Elect Barack Obama to victory.

MANIFEST HOPE: DC gathers together a diverse array of the nation’s most talented visual artists under one roof to mark this monumental achievement in our nation’s history and encourages artists and activists to maintain the momentum to bring about true change in the United States.

Along with its partners, MoveOn.org Political Action, the Service Employees International Union and Obey Giant, MANIFEST HOPE: DC, will issue an inspiring visual call-to-action, encouraging a redirection of public energy toward true reform in three key areas:

• Health Care Reform
• Workers’ Rights
• The Green Economy

The MANIFEST HOPE: DC Gallery will be open to the public in Washington, DC for the days preceding the Presidential Inauguration, Saturday, January 17th, 2009 through Monday, January 19th, 2009 between the hours of 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM. Art exhibition management will be provided by our Washington, DC gallery partner, Irvine Contemporary.

Sculture by Michael Murphy

Artist: Michael Murphy
Artist Murphy crafted this sculpture from 1000 feet of high tension wire. Click here to visit Michael Murphy’s web site

This weeks Time Magazine issue features Barack Obama as Man of the Year and new work created by Shepard Fairey made the cover. The artical feature numous examples of “Obama Art.” See the article at www.time.com

See some other great examples of Obama art at time magazines Flickr gallery: Go Here

Image by Sheri Heller

Photographer: Sheri Heller
The photographer spotted this poster in the Barrio Libre in Old Tucson, Arizona.
To visit Heller’s Flickr page, click here.

Steve Muller and friends would like you to fly your first flag for Obama on Inauguration Day 2009.

Real all about it at Steve’s Blog: www.myfirstflag.org

www.myfirstflag.org

Visit here to learn about The Obama Art Contest