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Lingua, 2003, Street Level Walk through the Grand Lobby, and two 16-foot columns will flank you. These columns are etched through with foreign language text recalling historic gatherings — or conventions — of people from 1400 BC until the 19th century. The text is inscribed onto the bronze in eight different languages — French, Ethiopian, Greek, Latin, Spanish, Chinese, Russian and Ononandaga. Appropriately, Sanborn calls his piece Lingua, which in Latin, means “spoken word.” A native of Washington, DC, Sanborn influences include the physical sciences, archeology, mythology and unseen forces of nature.

Photo credit: Kenneth Wyner

It is the one show at the Washington Convention Center that never ends.

Welcome to the home of the largest public 1

art collection in Washington, DC. Throughout our facility, you will find more than 120 works of art — sculpture, painting, photography, mixed media and graphics. It may surprise you to find an art collection in a convention center. Then again, we wanted to offer our guests a truly special experience. So please take time to look around, admire and enjoy the show.

OUR ART PROGRAM GIVES A SENSE OF WHO WE ARE AND WHERE WE LIVE.

The new Washington Convention Center has everything you could ask for — huge exhibit halls, plenty of meeting rooms, a spacious ballroom, inviting architecture and every technological advance imaginable. But we wanted to offer our guests more, something that was uniquely personal, and we found our solution in art. I 2

Who better to help develop a collection than the directors and curators from the National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Federal Commission of Fine Arts and DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. I While everyone acknowledged that the Center was not a museum, we still felt art would bring more humanity to the facility.

And it has. Artists were selected from all over the globe. Yet to honor our local art community, we are proud that more than 50% of the artists came from the Washington area.

Rik Freeman

Billy Colbert

Shaw Rhythms, 2003 Level Two

The Spirit of Sunday in Shaw, 2003 Level Two

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Frank Smith / Arnetta Lee

Deirdre Saunder

Shaw, The Root and Fabric of a Community, 2003 Level Two

Moments in Time and Place, 2003 Level Two

O U R P R I D E A N D J O Y. These tales were instrumental in creating the works. One

Every work of art holds a special value to us. One show-

African American community. The Shaw Wall celebrates

piece is the dynamic Shaw Wall, which honors and

the neighborhood’s rich history.

Creating the Wall

of the pieces created by the team of Frank Smith and

celebrates the Shaw community, the neighborhood that

was a collaborative process, with members of the

Arnetta Lee highlights the notable individuals, landmarks

is home to the Center. The 72-foot long wall

Washington Convention Center Authority Advisory

and organizations that have been a part of the community’s

comprises four different pieces and features five artists

Committee and the Ad Hoc Shaw Wall Community Art

history. The Shaw Wall is located on Level Two near the

I From the 1890s to the 1950s,

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the Shaw neighborhood was the heart of Washington’s

them with colorful stories about their neighborhood.

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Donald Lipski Five Easy Pieces, 2003 This piece is also viewed from Street Level and Level Two.

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Chan Chao Young Buddhist Monk, 1997

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Chan Chao Thaung Tin and Friend, 1997

Larry Kirkland Capital Stars, 2003 This piece is also viewed from Street Level and Level Two. 4a

Chan Chao Young Recruit for CNF, 1997

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4b Greg Hannan Progeny #1, 2001

Costas Varotsos Galaxy, 2003

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Greg Hannan Progeny # 2, 2001

Greg Hannan Progeny # 4, 2001

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Nancy Sansom Reynolds Flux, 1999 7c

John Winslow What Rooms Reveal, 2001 3

Lorna G. Thorne Great Expectations, 2002 14

Foon Sham Rock in Volyage, 2001 8

Donald Lipski Five Easy Pieces, 2003 This piece is also viewed from the Concourse and Level Two.

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Patricia Tobacco Forrester Pierce Mill II, 1992

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William Christenberry Wall Construction with Number 3, 2003

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Willem de Looper Untitled, (Santa Fe), 1992

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Yuriko Yamaguchi Politics/Power = Human Nature, Metamorphoses #102-103, 2003

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David Kohan Domain, 1996

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Dana Wyse 120 Pill Cure Displays, 2002

Wendy Ross Millefiore Volvox I, 1998

Willie Cole Schwinn tji wara, 2002

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Trevor Young Slanted Dark, 2001

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Jann Rosen-Queralt Ear Trumpet IV, 2001

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Roberto Azank Still Life #144, 2002

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Larry Kirkland Capital Stars, 2003 This piece is also viewed from the Concourse and Level Two.

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Juan Bernal Far Away, 2001

Cedric Smith Annie Lue’s Cake, 2002

Sol LeWitt Wall Drawing #1103, 2003* This piece is also viewed from Level Two.

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Kendall Buster Parabiosis II, 2003

Ivan Chermayeff Sky, Land, Sea, 2003

Tatiana Kaupp Cape May #1, Tapioca, 2002

William Dunlap Landscape and Variable, 2003

Gerd Rohling Untitled, 2003

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Sam Gilliam Many Things, 2003

Edith Kuhnle Tidewater, 2001

Stephen Talasnik Landing Pad, 2000

Judy Jashinsky Family Portrait, 1992 Jim Sanborn Lingua, 2003

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Stephen Talasnik Observation Deck, 2000

Karen O. Brown Flying Dreams, 2003

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Sara Sze Untitled (Footprint), 2003

Preston Sampson Good Counsel, 2000 34

Tom Nakashima Orchard Pile on Westwood Road, 2003

19 Al Smith Crossings, 1986

Darren Lago Loafer Round, 1999

*See Sol LeWitt’s profile on page 14 for a list of contributing artists.

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Christopher H. Chambers Chairs, 1996 2

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Carole Bolsey Waterfields/Springhouse, 2002

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Mary Haggerty Salt Water Cowboys, 2001

Harlee Little Dex, 1977

Andrea Maki Silver City, 1998

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Maxwell MacKenzie Near Pomme de Terre Lake, Grant County, MN, 1997 Anne Lorraine Bousch Women Boxers #5, 2001

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Billy Colbert The Spirit of Sunday in Shaw, 2003

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Annette Polan Forbidden Fruit Series I, 2000 Deirdre Saunder Moments in Time and Place, 2003

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Annette Polan Forbidden Fruit Series III, 2000

Maxwell MacKenzie Near Twin Bridges, Madison County, MT, 1999 29 Raul Jarquin Hand, 2000

20a Sol LeWitt Wall Drawing #1103,* 2003 This piece can also be viewed at Street Level

Richard Kagan Reamer, 1992

15a Carrie Mae Weems The Armstrong Triptych with Bugle Boys, 2000

Rebecca Cross Variations on the Pear, 2003

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Chris Gardner Arrowdynamics, 1983-2003 27

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Anne Lorraine Bousch Women Boxers #1, 2001

Lisa Scheer Rapunzel, 1997

Rik Freeman Shaw Rhythms, 2003

David Fokas Balanced Stones, 2002

Nicholas Kahn / Richard Selesnick Breaddawn, 2000

Pat Steir Red on Blue Waterfall, 2003 26

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Frank Smith / Arnetta Lee Shaw, The Root and Fabric of a Community, 2003

Rodney Graham Welsh Oaks (#3), 1998

Michael Platt Child #1, 2002

Radcliffe Bailey Black Star Line, 2002

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Mary Haggerty The Button Man, 2001 Richard Kagan Wire Tool, 1992 15b 20c Mary Haggerty Penguin Plunge, 2001

Richard Kagan Dividers, 1992

Larry Kirkland Capital Stars, 2003 This piece is also viewed from the Concourse and Street Level. *See Sol LeWitt’s profile on page 14 for a list of contributing artists.

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Joyce Wellman Heart Beat, 1998 14

Brian Martin Buffalo Soldier, 2002 11b

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Jaune Quick-to-See Smith Tribal Map, 2000-2001

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Patrick Craig Round Up, 1992

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Many Things, 2003, Street Level Gilliam is one of the most influential colorists of the last thirty years. Major museums all over the world hold works of this Tupelo, Mississippi native. And we’re lucky enough to be among that esteemed group. Acrylic on birch, Many Things is a constructed relief painting evoking a celestial yet earthly landscape. The individual interplay of shapes, through layering and spaces, work to develop the complex relationships with the whole.

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Parabiosis II, 2003, Street Level Buster received her MFA at Yale University after completing the Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program. Currently, this native Washingtonian is a Professor at the Virginia Commonwealth University. When she’s not teaching, she’s creating. Her award-winning works have been exhibited throughout the country as well as Spain, South Africa, Germany and Peru.

Her commissioned piece for the Center is a suspended sculpture that hangs from the underside of the main escalator. It is constructed of a lightweight powder-coated, enameled steel frame and covered with a shadecloth “skin.”

The piece resembles a floating city created out of interlocking buildings with visible interiors.

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Five Easy Pieces, 2003, Concourse Level, Street Level, Level Two You’re sure not to miss Lipski’s hanging sculpture in the Center. Five Easy Pieces is a collection of giant, geometric shapes made from everyday objects like tennis rackets, kayaks, guitars, bar stools and bicycles — a nod to Lipski’s fond childhood memories with his father who was in the bicycle business. As you approach the suspended sculpture from a distance, the individual objects reveal themselves. You can also find Lipski’s world-renowned sculptures in national and international museums. His work has been written about extensively and celebrates the common object. He lives in Sag Harbor, New York.

L A R R Y

K I R K L A N D

Capital Stars, 2003, Concourse Level, Street Level, Level Two Worldly describes Kirkland. Currently residing in Washington, DC, he has lived in California, Japan, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Oregon. His sculptures have generated worldwide acclaim and carved out a special niche for him in large site-specific installations. Capital Stars will no doubt continue to enhance that reputation. This magnificent suspended sculpture combines history, geography and politics. By placing Washington, DC in the center of the piece, Kirkland reinforces the dichotomy that while the nation’s Capital is our political epicenter, it stands alone, without a state.

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Wall Drawing #1103, 2003, Street Level, Level Two Located on the L Street Bridge, this multi-hued, two-level drawing embraces the geometric abstract that defined much of LeWitt’s impressive career.

Famous for architectural scale works, LeWitt created this piece with a respect for the Center’s environment. LeWitt’s New York artists led a team of 10 Washington painters who brought this dynamic painting to life: Stevens Jay Carter, Larry V. Colbert, Megan Dyer, Elizabeth Flyntz, John Hogan, Thomas Jennings, Melissa Levin, Luis Peralta, Tomas Ramberg, Jon Routson, Jason

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Rulnick, Michelle Talibah, Chris Dale Taylor and Joanne Wasserman.

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V A R O T S O S

Galaxy, 2003, Concourse Level A trained architect and sculptor, Varotsos spent many years in Italy working in the Lamorgia mountains on a V-shaped crater left from a WWII shelling.

He stacked the crater with plate glass, so it would resemble a pond. A native of Greece, who currently lives in Athens, Varotsos often uses glass to represent water. However, in Galaxy, the work he created for the Center, the stones and glass symbolize a loose interpretation of the Big Bang theory.

WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS

WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Vincent H. Cohen, Chairman Of Counsel, Hogan and Hartson, LLP

Carmencita R. Kinsey, Chairman Hilton Washington and Towers (Retired)

Michael M. Dickens, Vice Chairman President, Hospitality Partners

John Boardman, First Vice Chair Executive Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO, Local 25

William H. Simons, Secretary Treasurer, The Association for the Study of African American Life and History

Stuart Long, Esquire,Second Vice Chair Attorney/Restaurateur, Capitol Hill Management Corporation

David Goldblatt, Esquire Designee for Councilman Harold Brazil (At-Large), District of Columbia Council

Paul J. Cohn Senior Executive Officer and Director of Development, Capital Restaurant Concepts, Ltd.

Elizabeth Blakeslee, Secretary Agent/Broker, Coldwell Banker Real Estate

Joseph Hairston, Esquire Assistant Treasurer, National Bar Association & Washington Bar Association

Cheryl R. Cooper Executive Director, National Council for Negro Women Gregory W. Fazakerley Chief Executive Officer, C.G. Investments, Inc. Dr. Natwar Gandhi Chief Financial Officer, District of Columbia Kumiki Gibson Partner, Williams & Connolly Eric Price Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, Office of the Mayor Allen Y. Lew Acting General Manager and Chief Executive Officer; Managing Director/Development

Lawrence Thomas, Treasurer Former Chair, ANC 2C Winifred Abdul-Rahim Designee for Councilman Jack Evans (Ward 2), District of Columbia Council Jonathan Barnett Representing American Institute of Architects Percy Battle Community Activist Doris Brooks Commissioner, ANC 2C03 Stephen Cochran Representing the American Planning Association

Norma E. Davis Former Commissioner, ANC 2C01 Anthony Giancola Executive Director, National Association of County Engineers

Linda Lee, Esquire Proprietor/Owner, Hunan Chinatown Restaurant Gregory Melcher Representing ANC 2F, Deputy Director, Assessments Division, Chief of Naval Operations/Assessment Division/Pentagon Christopher Murray Designee for Councilwoman Linda Cropp, Chair, District of Columbia Council Ron Richardson Executive Vice President, Hotel and Restaurant Employees International Union

ART PROGRAM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

ART PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE

William H. Simons, Chair; Secretary, Washington Convention Center Authority Board of Directors; Treasurer, The Association for the Study of African American Life and History

Andrew Altman Director, DC Office of Planning

Charles Atherton Secretary, Commission of Fine Arts

David Bell President, DC Preservation League

Molly Donovan Assistant Curator, National Gallery of Art

Elizabeth Blakeslee Secretary, Washington Convention Center Authority Advisory Committee; Agent/Broker, Coldwell Banker Real Estate

Anthony Gittens Executive Director, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Carol Kelley Deputy to the Director, National Gallery of Art David Levy President and Director, The Corcoran Gallery of Art Virginia Mecklenberg Senior Curator, Smithsonian American Art Museum Lou Stovall Artist

Felix Angel Executive Director, Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center

Richard Bradley Executive Director, Downtown BID Honorable Harold Brazil DC City Councilmember (At-Large); Chair - Council Committee on Economic Development Bell Clement Director of External Affairs, DC Chamber of Commerce Anne Corbett Executive Director, Cultural Development Corporation Barbara Franco Executive Director, The Historical Society of Washington, DC Patricia E. Gallagher Executive Director, National Capital Planning Commission CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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CONTINUED ART PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE

William A. Hanbury President and Chief Executive Officer, Washington, DC Convention & Tourism Corporation

Joanne Neuhaus Executive Director, Pennsylvania Quarter Neighborhood Association

Don Hasfurther Executive Director, DC Preservation League

Sue Porter Director of Tourism & Visitor Services, DC Chamber of Commerce

Susan Henshaw Jones Director, National Building Museum Cleopatra Jones Commissioner, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 5C03 Mariah Josephy President, Washington Sculptor’s Group George Koch Founder and Chief Executive Officer, A Salon, Ltd.

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AD HOC SHAW WALL COMMUNITY ART PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Linda Lee, Esquire Representative, Washington Convention Center Authority Advisory Committee; Proprietor/Owner, Hunan Chinatown Restaurant Terry Lynch Executive Director, Downtown Cluster of Congregations Maxine Maye Representative, Downtown Cluster of Congregations Michael McBride Program Manager, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Leslie Miles Former Chairman, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2F

Leila Putzel Program Associate, Cultural Development Corporation Joyce Robinson-Paul Commissioner, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 5C02 Molly Ruppert Director, Warehouse Theatre and Gallery Susan Schreiber Director of Interpretation and Public Programs, Historical Society of Washington, DC Ken Sparks Executive Director, Federal City Council B. Stanley Executive Director, District of Columbia Arts Center Lawrence L. Thomas Former Chairman, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2C Richard A. White General Manager, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Princess Whitfield Representative, United House of Prayer William Wooby Director, Millennium Cultural Art Center

William H. Simons, Chairman; Secretary, Washington Convention Center Authority Board of Directors; Treasurer, The Association for the Study of African American Life and History Carmencita R. Kinsey, First-Vice Chairman; Chairman, Washington Convention Center Authority Advisory Committee; Hilton Washington and Towers (Retired) Winifred Abdul-Rahim Washington Convention Center Authority Advisory Committee; Designee for Councilman Jack Evans (Ward 2), District of Columbia Council Doris Brooks Washington Convention Center Authority Advisory Committee; Commissioner, ANC 2C03 Starmanda Bullock, PhD Professor of Art, Howard University Yvonne Carter, PhD Chairperson, Department of Mass Media, Visual and Performing Arts, University of the District of Columbia Norma Davis Washington Convention Center Authority Advisory Committee; Former Commissioner, ANC 2C01

DC COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES Reverend Walter E. Fauntroy Pastor, New Bethel Baptist Church; Former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Anthony Giancola Representative, Washington Convention Center Authority Advisory Committee; Executive Director, National Association of County Engineers Lillian Gordon Ward 2, Resident Ibrahim Mumin President, Mumin & Associates; Ward 2, Resident The late Virgin Mary Jefferson Paige Producer, Shaw Documentary Molly Ruppert Director, Warehouse Theatre and Gallery John Snipes Ward 1, Civic Leader Dr. John Syphax Ward 2, Resident

Dorothy McSweeny, Chair Maurice Shorter, Vice Chair Felix Angel Clara Apodaca Jane Lipton Cafritz Kathleen Donner Lou Durden Cathy James Ehrman Jay Gates Isabella Gelletich Derek Gordon Charlene Drew Jarvis George Koch B. Warren Lane E. Ethelbert Miller Franklin Odo David Umansky Gail Berry West Anthony Gittens, Executive Director Alec Simpson, Deputy Director Malik Marvin Lloyd, Consultant JOEL STRAUS CONSULTING Joel Straus, Curator Vivienne M. Lassman Associate Curator 2001-2003 Sarah Tanguy, Associate Curator 2000-2001

Special thanks to the architectural teams of Devrouax & Purnell Architects Planner, P.C.; Mariani Architects, Engineers, P.C.; and Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates, Inc.

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S M I T H

Annie Lue’s Cake, 2002, Street Level Cedric Smith is a self-taught artist, born in Philadelphia, now residing in Atlanta, Georgia. This work Annie Lue's Cake appears to be old signage from an earlier era in the South, but it is not an exact depiction. By taking black and white photographs as a representation of the past and then adding color, he brings it into the present.

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