It’s such an artsy weekend! There’s an opening reception tonight from 5-8 p.m. for the Mid-City Artists Spring open studios. The reception is at Coldwell Banker, which is at 1606 17th Street, NW. If you prefer to wait and see the artists in their natural habitats, there’s a map of the participating studios that will be open on Saturday and Sunday. I’m glad I took another look at the map because I want to drop in on Sondra Arkin and it turns out her studio is only open on Sunday. My fellow Artomatic Board member Chuck Baxter is only going to be in his studio Saturday. Chuck is one of the most audacious and ambitious found-object sculptors in the area and I’ve never seen his studio. This is all going to require more planning than I realized. I’d better check that schedule again.

Saturday, the Washington Glass School open house is from noon-6 p.m. The Gateway Arts District is really doing it up, with maps and a free shuttle and a parade. That’s just too much excitement for me. If I make it out there, I’ll most likely stick around the ultra-trendy 3700 block of Otis Street, which is where the Glass School, Red Dirt Studios, Flux Studios, and Sinel/Stewart/Weiss Studios (Ellyn Weiss) can all be found in one convenient place. Convenient for me, anyway, and that’s all that really matters, right?