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Originally uploaded by akkleis

I’ve had my Holga for about two years, now, but never really did anything with any of the 120mm shots before now. I just got a new film scanner last week and I found all my old 120 negatives and started scanning them last night. A lot of them were from October 2005 when I was at Maymont Park in Richmond and others were from earlier this year when it snowed.

This photo was chosen for DCist Photo of the Day today!

just to give you an idea of how it’ll look.�

I took this photo of an orange cat just a few days ago and thought against putting it in the DCist pool, but figured what the hell and added it last night.  It got used today! 

Schedule:
Day of the Dead Workshop: Sugar Skulls 3 – 5 p.m.
Mariachi Band 5 – 6 p.m.
Film Screening by Zulma Aguiar 6:15 - 6:30 p.m.
(Humanitarian Water – a short film about US/Mexican border issues.)
Mud Pie 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Flo Anito 8 – 9 p.m.
Special Guest Appearance by Inspyra 10:30 pm
(Founder of Capital Fire Arts)
Yoko K. 10 p.m. – Midnight

Location:
2925 Wilson Blvd
Arlington, VA 22201
(Right next Mexicali Blues Restaurant & Bar)

Directions:
By Metro: Take the orange line and exit at the Clarendon Metro stop. Walk down 1 1/2
blocks on Wilson Boulevard. “Ofrenda – Art for the Dead” will be on your left.

Artists (top left to bottom right):
Video Installation by Angela Kleis, Paivi Salonen and Jack Whitsitt,
Mixed Media Sculpture by Gabriel Kulka,
Gelatin Silver Print by Vickie Fruehauf.

Check out Jack’s website for information on how we’ve pulled this project together and where it’s heading.  I’m really excited about this project; it’s unlike anything I’ve ever done before.  I went to the space tonight and, while it’s on the smaller side, it will be a lot of fun.  Don’t miss this!

In the meantime, here are a few of my photos:

I will be participating in Art Outlet’s Day of the Dead show, Ofrenda.  My friend Jack, his wife Paivi, and I have collaborated on a project that we will be projecting, i.e., it’s not my usual style.  It’s still coming together and I don’t want to give too much away, but it involved a photo shoot in Rock Creek Park this weekend, and there were several people who actually thought the person on the table was dead.  As if we’d actually roll out a corpse in a park in the middle of the afternoon.  ;)  As soon as we said, “It’s an art project” people would laugh it off and seem instantly relieved.  Intrigued?  Come out and see the show on the 13th.  I’ll put up my individual photos afterwards, along with the movie.

 Ofrenda: Art for the Dead
Saturday, October 13, 2007
3pm-midnight

Come party Day of the Dead style, with art, workshops, altars, music, spoken word, dancing, marigolds and souls.

2925 Wilson Blvd
Arlington, VA 22201
(Right next Mexicali Blues Restaurant & Bar)

Participating Artists:  Zulma Aguiar, Michael Auger,Jennifer Beinhacker, Alison Christ, Andrea Collins, Rosemary Feit Covey, Roni Freeman, Jenny Freestone, Vickie Fruehauf, Susan Gardiner, Angela Kleis, Emily Liddle, Rob Lindsay, Bono Mitchell, Thomas Paradis, Marina Reiter, Marina Starkova, Henrik Sundqvist, Jack Whitsitt