PRESENTED BY THE GEORGETOWN BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

December 11–20 6–10 p.m. nightly

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LIGHT ART EXHIBITIONFREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Re-imagine the season of light

GeorgetownGLOWDC.com

Re-imagine the season of light

Experience the sparkle of the season at Georgetown GLOW, the region’s only curated

exhibition of public light art installations. Set against the historic backdrop of DC’s oldest

neighborhood, it’s a whole new way to shine.

Georgetown GLOW is presented and produced by the GEORGETOWN BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

Now in its second year, GLOW is even bigger for 2015, expanding from a weekend-long

celebration to a 10-day exhibition from

This year’s exhibition encourages contemplation of, and interaction with, the natural environment. The works of five

regional and international artists are featured along and adjacent to the historic C&O Canal—a beautiful, meditative

waterway reminiscent of Georgetown’s founding as a port town just steps from bustling M Street.

December 11–20 • 6–10 p.m. nightly

ARTISTS’ TALKMeet & greet the 2015 Georgetown GLOW artists and learn about their light art installations. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

Saturday, December 12, 4:30–6 p.m. Program starts at 5 p.m.Hickok Cole Architects, 1023 31st St., NWRSVP at www.GeorgetownGLOWDC.com

ENTERTAINMENTEnjoy live entertainment from 6:30–7:30 p.m. on the lawn of Grace Church, 1041 Wisconsin Avenue:

• Friday, Dec. 11: 42nd Street Singers, caroling quartet

• Saturday, Dec. 12: Vanny, singer/songwriter/guitarist

• Sunday, Dec. 13: St. Lucia Swedish Choir

• Friday, Dec. 18: 42nd Street Singers, caroling quartet

• Saturday, Dec. 19: Word of Mouth, DC’s young professional a cappella group

• Sunday, Dec. 20: Tamara Wellons, soul, jazz vocalist

HOLIDAY WINDOW COMPETITIONGeorgetown’s holiday decorations and lights make it one of the city’s most festive neighborhoods during the holiday season. Stroll the charming streets of Georgetown, and stop by the 15 beautifully decorated merchant windows that are part of the

4th Annual Holiday Window Competition. Visit the 2015 Holiday Window Competition photo album on the Georgetown Facebook page (@OfficialGeorgetownDC) for a list of participants, and “like” your favorite window to place your vote! Voting ends December 20th, and winner will be crowned on December 21st.

INFORMATION BOOTHSLocated at the following locations, December 11–13 & December 18–20 from 6–10 p.m.: Grace Church, 1041 Wisconsin AvenueJefferson Court, 1025 Thomas Jefferson Street at K StreetPinstripes Plaza, 1064 Wisconsin Avenue

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BEST VIEWING SPOTS

Shifting Gaze: A film Installation about Choice, Desire & MemoryLaia Cabrera & Co. (Laia Cabrera + Isabelle Duverger)New York, NY

SPONSORED BY JAMESTOWN PROPERTIES & GEORGETOWN PARKLocation: C&O Canal Wall, 1064 Wisconsin Avenue

Shifting Gaze is a film-art-music installation about choice, desire and memory conceived and directed by Laia Cabrera (filmmaker and video artist) and created in collaboration with Erica Glyn (music, composer and singer), and Isabelle Duverger (animation and mapping). Drawing from the body, faces, urban patterns, nature and remains of activity, the piece explores a notion of choice, linked to desire and memory—choice being the present, memory is the past and desire, the drive for a future. Underneath these mirrored imageries lie many stories about limits, freedom and self-perception.

BEST VIEWING SPOT

WIRED People Project: The LoversArthur Gallice & Hervé OrgeasShanghai/Washington, DCLocation: Under Wisconsin Avenue Bridge, just south of M Street

Drawing inspiration from calligraphy and its philosophy, WIRED People Project: The Lovers is a series of portraits that are hand-drawn with uninhibited brushstrokes expressing an emotion caught in time. This series has been developed in both print and sculpture. For Georgetown GLOW, Orgeas and Gallice have worked closely to introduce an experiential, lighting element to the sculpture. The result is an installation that tells the story of two lovers who meet each other at night…under the historic Wisconsin Avenue Bridge.

BEST VIEWING SPOT

iGlowHiJACWashington, DCLocation: Grace Church Lawn, 1041 Wisconsin Avenue

iGlow is a corridor of light that puts its occupants on display, pixelating their image to express an analog digitization of motion. The corridor is lined with lights on one side and a perforated screen on the other. As you make your way through, the sculpture’s exterior translucent surface displays the activity within. The commotion of activity inside creates an ephemeral expression of life on the outside.

Intr( )Scapes SHO + ULRPittsburgh/Gainesville, FL/Boston

SPONSORED BY THE JBG COMPANIES Location: Foundry Building Plaza, along the C&O Canal at 1055 Thomas Jefferson Street

Inspired by swaying prairie grasses, Intr( )Scapes is an interactive light installation that invites visitors to immerse themselves within its dynamic lightscape featuring 480 eerie, glowing acrylic stalks. Tracked via an infrared imaging system, visitors’ movements are reflected in waves of colored light animations that shift and churn with every step. The inherent flexibility of the acrylic stalks reacts naturally to self-weight, air movement, and human touch, embodying and tracing the kinetic energies and latent forces present within the environment.

A Happy PlaceKelly TowlesWashington, DC

SPONSORED BY THE JBG COMPANIES Location: Jefferson Court office building courtyard, 1025 Thomas Jefferson Street. Enter at K Street. Video Projection Showing 7–9 p.m.

Towles, an artist known for his colorful, large-scale murals whose work has been shown at Washington’s David Adamson Gallery and in commissions throughout the city, ventures into video and light projection with A Happy Place. The work is an animated version of the artist’s world, bringing to life his creative processes and transforming his typically painted works into motion and form. The work marks a new interaction with Towles’ “canvas” of facades, windows and walls, and invites viewers into his Happy Place.

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EXHIBITIONARTISTS

The GLOW exhibition looks to juxtapose the contemporary and historic inherent to Georgetown by artfully playing upon the natural and built environments. Georgetown’s historic district offers GLOW a unique canvas, one that is perfectly suited for contemporary public art installations.

This year’s works are deeply connected to the “spine” of Georgetown— the C&O Canal—erected in 1828 to carry goods westward, and today, a place where people go to connect with nature and take respite. Visitors are encouraged to reflect as they are transported. The five carefully selected GLOW locations which play host to these installations are historic, natural and architectural. The artists’ site-specific works play upon the attributes of each location and renew our awareness to our surroundings by allowing us to interact with public space and each other in new and different ways.

Georgetown GLOW frames the holiday season in a renewed light by commissioning playful, dynamic and engaging contemporary installations. The exhibition seeks to encourage viewers to explore Georgetown through a new lens and to bring light and warmth to its historic surroundings.

Georgetown GLOW 2015 is curated by Deirdre Ehlen MacWilliams, a public art expert and curator whose projects have included the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities’ 5x5 program, Foggy Bottom Sculpture Biennial, the Downtown BID’s Art All Night Festival, and Arlington, VA, public art initiatives.

DEIRDRE EHLEN MACWILLIAMS

CURATOR’S STATEMENT

is presented and produced by the GEORGETOWN BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and enhancing the accessibility, attractiveness and overall

appeal of Georgetown. For more information, please visit the BID’s website at bid.georgetowndc.com.

A special thank you to our generous event, artist and location sponsors:

Georgetown Business Improvement District

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