Kristina Bilonick

Sunday 1/29 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum:

kbilonick — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:36:31 +0000

Join me this Sunday at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. I’ll be talking about a few pieces in their folk art collection. Afterwards, I’ll be giving a brief technical demonstration and attendees will have the opportunity to print a take-away tote bag!

More info below , or click through the image to get to their site:

Upcoming Exhibition:

kbilonick — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:14:07 +0000

I’m excited to be a part of the upcoming group exhibition, She Got Game, curated by Jeffry Cudlin, opening on January 13th at Arlington Arts Center. My DC Cheer! performance project will be featured, using documentation by photographer, E. Brady Robinson, and I’ll also be hosting a cheer workshop / cultivation event on February 11th.

DC Cheer performs at (e)merge art fair 9.22.11, photograph by E. Brady Robinson

SHE GOT GAME, curated by Jeffry Cudlin
Arlington Arts Center
EXHIBITION DATES: January 13 – March 18, 2012
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, January 13, 6 to 9 pm
Performances and workshops will take place all day on February 11th (time for DC Cheer workshop TBA)

In the past, professional sports and the visual arts have both kept women on the sidelines. SHE GOT GAME puts strong women artists and athletes front and center. For this show, curator Jeffry Cudlin has brought together 11 artists—men and women—who explore shifting contemporary perceptions of women’s bodies, gender roles, and identities through the lens of sports spectacle. Some of these artists offer iconic images of strong women athletes; others use the trappings of sport as a framework for performances about competition, objectification, and popular culture. Painted murals, larger-than-life-sized photos, videos, and installations depict women in professional tennis, bodybuilding, cheerleading, and even competitive eating. -Arlington Arts Center

Upcoming events:

kbilonick — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:08:15 +0000

I’m looking forward to two events I’m participating in next week.

I’ll be giving a lunchtime talk at the Hirshhorn Museum on Andy Warhol’s ‘Shadows’ exhibition

Friday, October 14th @ 12:30pm
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
7th and Independence Streets, NW
free & open to the public, meet at lobby
(click image for more info)

And the following day I’ll be presenting at TEDx DC- a TED talk with a focus on creative entrepreneurship in DC.

Saturday, October 15, 9am – 5pm
(click through the image for more info and tickets)

upcoming event:

kbilonick — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 03:04:51 +0000

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 5-9PM

My latest art project, DC Cheer! is a community-building performance that I’m working on with an amazing team of artists and art enthusiasts. Learn more about the project here>>

Join us at our debut performance at the (e)merge art fair- an international art fair taking place at the Capital Skyline Hotel in SW Washington, DC. We’ll be performing outside of the event on opening night on Thursday, September 22 from 5-9pm. Our performance is free/open to the public but If you’d like to enter the event and see all of the artwork, performances, live music and festivities, you should purchase a ticket for the event on their web site. (click here for tickets)

(e)merge art fair
Capitol Skyline Hotel
10 “I” Street, SW
Washington D.C., DC 20024
(Cross Street is S Capitol Street SE)
www.emergeartfair.com

Upcoming event at The Museum of the Americas:

kbilonick — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:50:33 +0000

I’m creating a site-specific installation for this upcoming event. Last year’s event was sold out so get your tix soon if you want to go! (click image to get to ticket sales page)

Upcoming workshop at The Textile Museum:

kbilonick — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:54:34 +0000

August 6, 2011
2-4 pm
Text in Design
The Textile Museum
2320 S Street NW DC

On Saturday, August 6, I’ll be teaching a screen-printing workshop at the Textile Museum as part of their current exhibition Green- the color and the cause.

Workshop attendees will learn the hand drawn stencil technique of screen printing and will create a pattern using some text of their choice. Participants are encouraged to bring in their favorite quote, lyric, bit of poetry, etc to reproduce.

Attendees can also bring in whatever materials (old curtains, wallpaper, sheets, tees, cardboard, paper) to print on once their stencil is created.

Handouts with detailed instructions will be distributed so the project can be repeated at home.

Cost: $45
To register visit: www.textilemuseum.org/green or call (202) 667-0441
Space is limited to register soon to ensure a spot! [THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT]