All Media Show by the Capitol Hill Art League April 10 - April 30, 2010

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Opening on Reception: Saturday April 10, 2010 from 5PM to 7PM

The Capitol Hill Art League (CHAL), a program of the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW), will open its next exhibit on Saturday, April 10th, 2010, 5-7 PM at CHAW, 545 7th Street SE with a reception and gallery talk for the public.   The show’s juror is Berthold Schmutzhart.  Admission to the opening and exhibit is free.   The all-media, no-theme show of original art work continues through April 30th.  Gallery hours are: 9:30AM-9:00 PM (M-Th), 9:30AM-6:00 PM (F), and 9:00AM-2:00 PM (Sat).

Juror Berthold Schmutzhart, who is returning to CHAL for the April show, has been Professor Emeritus of the Corcoran School of Art since 1994.  He has over fifty years of teaching experience as a sculpture and drawing professor. He is an art historian alumnus of the Academy for Applied Art in Vienna, Austria and has exhibited in over eighty local and international exhibitions.  Schmutzhart’s gallery talks have proved to be very popular in his previous visits to CHAL/CHAW.

Also, on April 10th, immediately following the opening at 7 PM, CHAW is presenting a concert of newly-choreographed works by Alvin Mayes and music with Nicole Lamm, Soprano, and Jesse Crites, Guitarist.  Admission to the hour-long concert is $10 at the door.  

For more information about CHAL visit www.caphillartleague.org the concert, and other CHAW events, visit www.chaw.org or call:  202-547-6839.