Haruto's Fattened Calf at VeraCruz Gallery

Hey there,

So it's been a while, but here's a post about a friend of mine's exhibit, at a relatively new gallery/performance space, VeraCruz Gallery.

I had the pleasure of being introduced to this place by my friend, Haruto Imamura. What's great about the venue, is that in addition to the exhibit, they ask the artist to do an installation piece as well. Here's what was up when I first went there.

And this weekend he's got a show opening there. You can RSVP on Facebook right here: Haruto's washington DC art show-opening night!!

Managed to catch a clip of him working on one of the pieces.

This was going on right before a Social Media Week DC event, "Social Media and the Local Music Scene: Engaging local audiences and re-envisioning social networks".

And here's one of the pieces, Haruto's friend Mike managed to hang before the event started, a piece he lovingly calls, "Love Like Disaster"

And small world, one of the owners/bartenders is sisters with someone I did a show with years ago!! And VeraCruz is managed by the folks behind The Dunes, a venue I've been at not just once, but twice previously, for a Class Acts Arts fundraiser and a SpeakeasyDC performance.

Full disclosure, I work at Class Acts Arts and sit on the board of SpeakeasyDC.

But I digress. Hope you can make the opening at VeraCruz this Saturday. And whether or not you can, Haruto's show will be up until the end of April.

Make sure to like VeraCruz Gallery on Facebook, follow them on Twitter (if you're there), check-in on Facebook and/or Foursquare (or wherever you are).

AND if you tweet about it, make sure to use #dcarts!!

- J Street Jr