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This Saturday 12/6 at Transformer:
Our 9th Annual DC Artist Solo Exhibition

Lily deSaussure: Double Dare Ya
December 10, 2011 – January 28, 2012

I Ain't Yo Momma, 2011, Lily DeSaussure

Transformer's 9th Annual DC Artist Solo Exhibition presents the work of Lily deSaussure in a site-specific installation of hand-embroidered images originating from snapshots of family, close friends and lovers, central to this autobiographical body of work.

OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, December 10, 2011; 6 – 8pm

EXHIBITION HOURS:
Wednesday - Saturday, 1-7pm & by appointment.
Transformer will be closed Dec 23 – Jan 2, in observance of winter holidays.

The 8th Annual Transformer
Silent Auction & Benefit Party
held Friday, November 18, 2011
at the Corcoran Gallery of Art
was a HUGE success!

Thank you to all of the participating Artists for including their work, our Host Committee and Chairs, all of our Sponsors, The Australian Embassy, and the Corcoran for making this our most successful fundraising event yet!

Click here to see additional pics from the Auction.

Through the generous support of all our Auction participants, Transformer raised substantial funds to support our Exhibition Series and Programs on behalf of emerging artists and the advancement of emergent expression in the visual arts.

AS WE NEAR THE HOLIDAY SEASON,
PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING
A YEAR END GIFT TO TRANSFORMER
TO HELP US MEET OUR
ANNUAL FUNDRAISING GOAL!!

As DC's premiere non-profit visual arts organization connecting & promoting emerging visual artists through unique & engaging exhibitions and program partnerships, Transformer is expanding the landscape in DC for experimental artistic practice in the contemporary visual arts.

We hope you will make a year-end gift
to Transformer and support our work!
It's the community of supporters LIKE YOU
that make our work possible.

Thursday, December 1, 2011, 5:30pm
Special Screening of Untitled
In honor of World AIDS Day / Day With(out) Art

Still from Untitled,
by Jim Hodges, Encke King, and Carlos Marques de Cruz,
2011, DVD, 60 minutes, Color Stereo

A year after Transformer's December 1, 2010 48-hour storefront screening of an edited version of David Wojnarowicz's A Fire in My Belly, screened in a direct response to the Smithsonian Institutions' censorship of a similar work in the National Portrait Gallery's Hide/Seek exhibition, Transformer is proud to honor World Aids Day and Day With(out) Art 2011 with the presentation of Untitled, in collaboration with NY based Visual AIDS.

Transformer joins more than 63 arts organizations, community groups, major museums, and colleges across the US in presenting simultaneous, free screenings of Untitled, a new video work by Jim Hodges, Carlos Marques de Cruz, and Encke King, featuring a non-linear montage of archival and pop footage recalling the passionate activism sparked by the early years of the AIDS crisis. Un-spooling at multiple levels, the narrative flies between scenes of tragic brutality to kitschy humor, arch clips of laughter and ironic surprises while shredding traditional chronology. Many references - the title, short excerpts from Golden Girls and Dynasty, popular songs, and contemporary issues – nod towards Felix Gonzalez-Torres' oeuvre, but the film is not an attempt to portray the artist; rather, it places the viewer "in his room". In this way, the framing of the artist becomes a means to project any number of people, endlessly.

Click here for a complete list of Untitled screenings, venues, and related programs.

As part of our screening of Untitled, Transformer will be giving away a limited number of NOT OVER buttons with red ribbons that were created by A.K. Burns, John Chaich, Joe De Hoyos, and Avram Finkelstein for the 20th Anniversary of Visual AIDS' Red Ribbon project. Untitled and the NOT OVER buttons are provided courtesy of Visual AIDS.

Seating at Transformer is limited. To reserve your seat to the December 1, 5:30 screening of Untitled, please click here. Attendance is free.

Closing out our Storefront Video exhibition, a subtitled version of Untitled will also screen on a continuous loop Dec 1 – Dec 4 in our storefront window space.

Transformer Launches a New Website

transformerdc.org

As we shared with you last week, and as noted above, Transformer is very excited to announce the launch of our new website, www.transformerdc.org! Please add this new address to your bookmarks.

Many thanks to our wonderful web designer and talented artist Victor Aguilar for his support in getting this site launched!

The website is a work in progress. It currently highlights our 2011 work as well as exhibitions & programs from the past year. A full archive of Transformer's exhibitions & programs spanning the past 9 years of our work in support of emerging artists & emergent expression in the visual arts is currently being added to the site. Keep checking into the site for updates!

In the meantime, our current address, www.transformergallery.org, will remain active.

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