May 4, 2012, 10pm
The Charlie Visconage Show
DC Arts Center- 2438 18th Street NW DC (Adams Morgan)
Tickets $10- purchase here>>

Scheduled guests include: Legendary art maven Philippa Hughes of The Pink Line Project, Writer and Storyteller Jennifter Tress, Kristina Bilonick of DC CHEER, and musical guests North of Canada. Time to get excited!!!

May 10, 2012, 6-10pm
Cuisine des Artistes- a feast for the senses- fundraiser for DC Arts Center
at Meridian House- 1630 Crescent Place, NW DC
Tickets and info here>>

It’s here, the artistic culinary event you’ve been waiting for! Showcasing the talents of local area chefs and artists, Cuisine des Artistes is a dinner happening. In this rare union, gastronomical, visual, theatrical and literary artists join forces to create a feast for the senses featuring the most delicious edible art. With entertainment by performing artists, design by visual artists, and food created by culinary artists, Cuisine des Artistes is more than an event, it’s a phenomenon.

(photo by E. Brady Robinson)

If you want to get a feeler for what it’s like to be on our squad, without the commitment of actually joining, come to the workshop we’re holding on February 11th at the Arlington Arts Center (In conjunction with their current exhibition ‘She Got Game‘)

here’s the info (you must register to attend):

DC Cheer! Workshop at Arlington Arts Center in conjunction with the exhibition, ‘She Got Game’
Date: Saturday, February 11, 2012
Time: 1:30-3pm
Location:
Arlington Arts Center
3550 Wilson Blvd
Arlington VA 22201
Phone: 703.248.6800

Join ‘She Got Game’ artist Kristina Bilonick in a cheer-leading workshop. You need not be an experienced cheerleader to participate! Bilonick’s ongoing DC Cheer! project deals with community participation and connection building in an effort to bring more enthusiasm for the arts to DC.

On February 11th, meet the artist at the Arlington Arts Center for a crash-course on some on some of the already established DC Cheer! cheers. Then, as a group, we will choreograph a new cheer. Bring a grey tee shirt to print your own uniform tee (does not need to be new, and can be printed inside out if there is already printing on it).  The workshop will end with the group performing the cheers we learned for arts center visitors.

This workshop is free and open to the public but is limited to 15 participants. Email kristina.bilonick@gmail.com to register.

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

Featuring: Holly Bass,  Kristina Bilonick, Sarada Conaway, Jenny Drumgoole, Nancy Floyd, Moira Lovell, Tara Mateik, Dewey Nicks, Cory Oberndorfer, Martin Schoeller, and Amber Hawk Swanson

Martin Schoeller, Kim Harris, digital print on Dibond, 91 x 74

For the exhibition, we’ll be showcasing some of the amazing photos documenting our rehearsals and performances taken by our official photographer, E.Brady Robinson. We’ll also be holding a workshop in February where people can learn the cheers and collaborate on making a new cheer. yay, us! yay, DC arts!! (stay tuned for dates/info)

This time around we have a few new moves, a few new cheerleaders (will post their profiles asap), and a new interactive feature… for the DC week event we’ll be taking requests for what you want us to cheer about! Simply tweet you first name and your fave thing about DC using the hash-tag #DCcheer and we will incorporate it into our cheers.. whether  you can make it to the event or not!

EVENT INFO:

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 8-9:30PM
DC’s Digital Capital Week Closing Party

Arena Stage 1101 6th Street, SW
Washington, DC
tickets and information>>

Enjoy music, drinks, dancing, and multiple art installations and performances around the entire space. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased using the link above!

Spike Jonez staged this ‘mockumentary’ slash early flash mob miracle in the late 90s…way before everyone else was doing it. The unpolished choreography and unabashedness of the dancers are totally akin to the dc cheer style! It also reminded me that with a little gumption, the robot can still look REALLY cool… lookout for us in front of a theater near you soon! xo, coach kb

Judy Chicago championed a new breed of feminist art, often in the form of performance and installation. Her ‘C—t Cheer’ project was a positive reclaiming of the ‘C-word’ and also a way for women to show support other women in their endeavors whether they be as homemakers, business women, or the president of the National Organization of Women (NOW), as they do in this clip below:

(click image to see performance)

http://pinklineproject.com/article/emerge-art-fair-features-lots-performance-art

DC CHEER!

Derived from an open call  DC Cheer! is a squad made up of artists and art enthusiasts. We are working together to create cheers that boost the morale of the DC art scene – celebrating artists, galleries, collectors and arts organizations that choose to make DC their home. (more after the jump…)

Building and creating a supportive creative community is an integral part of keeping artists in the DC area.  With nearby draws such as affordable studio spaces in Baltimore and Philadelphia, or the allure of New York City, it is important to nurture the connection that exists amongst the artists, curators, gallery owners and collectors here, and let them know their presence is appreciated.

We will have our debut performance during the opening night festivities of the (e)merge Art Fair, at Capital Skyline Hotel in SW DC on Thursday, September 22nd. After (e)merge, Bilonick hopes to grow the team and travel to other art events in DC and elsewhere to ‘represent’ for the ‘home team’. Stay tuned to this site for info on upcoming events, performances, and opportunities to join the squad!