Dana Ellyn - Current News


Dana Ellyn News Archive for 2005
Achives: 2008 2008 2007 2006 2004 & 2003 2002

Holiday Kickoff Champagne Party Hosted by A Girl, A Guy, and a Gay December 3rd from 7-10pm Dana Ellyn, Gregory Ferrand and Scott Brooks - a trio of DC artists with differing points of view present new paintings and drawings based on the figure. Studio One-Eight 2452 18th Street NW (Adams Morgan) Washington DC View Gallery website: http://studiooneeight.com/ View postcard

"Date Night" at Alcove Gallery Opening reception October 7th from 7-11pm Dana Ellyn will be in a group show with Matt Sesow, Nina Friday, and Bryan Cunningham. Alcove Gallery 2110 Peachtree Street Atlanta, GA View poster View Gallery website: http://www.alcovearts.com/alcove/index.html

"Voices" at the Edison Place Gallery Closing Reception October 19th from 6-8pm Four of Dana Ellyn's paintings were selected to be exhibited in this juried show of local and international women artists. The "Voices" show is in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the YWCA and their voice for women and change. Edison Place Gallery: 701 Eight Street, NW Washington DC 20001 Show runs from September 6 - October 21 Gallery hours: Tuesday thru Friday 12-4pm

Arts on Foot September 17 (Saturday) from 11am - 5pm For the 3rd year in a row, Dana Ellyn will be selling her paintings and drawings at the 13th Annual Arts on Foot Festival. Her newest small works will be available for $30. Dana Ellyn's paintings from her 2005 "31 Days in July" project will start at $150. You'll also get a chance to see her newest paintings and have fun digging through some of her older stuff at bargain prices. Arts of Foot takes place less than one week after Adams Morgan Festival, but Dana Ellyn will spend those few days frantically creating some new work for you to enjoy. View Festival details: http://www.artsonfoot.org/

Adams Morgan Festival September 11 (Sunday) from Noon - 6pm For the 3rd year in a row, Dana Ellyn will be selling her paintings and drawings at the 27th annual Adams Morgan Day/Arts on Belmont. Her newest small works will be available for $30. Dana Ellyn's paintings from her 2005 "31 Days in July" project will start at $150. You'll also get a chance to see her newest paintings and have fun digging through some of her older stuff at bargain prices. View Festival details: http://www.ammainstreet.org/adamsmorganday.htm

"31 Days in July" 2005 The "31 Days in July" project began in 2003 and continues again this July. I create one new painting per day in response to the daily news - capturing each day of July in a total of 31 paintings. I post the new paintings to my site as I complete them each day. View "31 Days in July" paintings City Paper Article about "31 Days in July" View the article "Learning to Crawl" Inside-Outside Art Gallery August-September Cleveland, Ohio Two person show with Matt Sesow Read Press Release Inside-Outside Art Gallery website "The Fruit Bowl 2005" Alcove Gallery Atlanta, GA Opening Recep. July 29 View Invitation Alcove Gallery website
SoWeBo Arts Festival May 29th, noon-9pm in Baltimore MD Check out the SoWeBo Arts festival, now in it's 20th year! There are lots of artists, tons of bands performing on 4 different stages, food vendors and a bunch of other things to keep you happy. I'll be set up in my tent with lots of friendly-priced paintings of all sizes. I'll also be selling all of my photographs at truly bargain prices. $5 for matted 4"x6" and 5"x7" prints and $20 for matted 16"x20" prints. What a deal! More details: www.soweboarts.org/festival.html "Downtown Girl, Uptown Boy" Opening reception: March 2, 6-8pm Two person show with Matt Sesow at Martin Luther King Library (2nd Floor) 901 G Street, NW Washington DC Paintings from Buenos Aires February 9-17 In February of 2005, I traveled to Buenos Aires, Argentina for a week. Each morning, I would explore Buenos Aires. I would paint in our hotel room for the remainder of each day. At night, I'd sketch at local pubs. These paintings were inspired by the music and dance of the city, religious iconography of the churches and local culture. View paintings New Email Address! dana@danaellyn.com effective immediately "Love Hurts" One Night Only! February 10th 7-10pm Studio One Eight 2452 18th St. NW Washington DC "Love Hurts", a great show just in time for Valentine's Day. Original works by artists Dana Ellyn, Matt Sesow, James Coleman and Kelly Towles. I created 4 new paintings for this show entitled "Monumental", "Down Low", "Ditched" and "Anticipation". Some real memories, some real nightmares. Come check out the show and see if you can relate....
Achives: 2004 2003 2002