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Sandro Kereselidze Founder/Creative Director, Art SoirÉe
Tatiana Pastukhova Co-Founder/Business Director, Art SoirÉe
How has the D.C. art scene changed in the last five years? Since we started Art Soirée in 2009, it has changed a lot, especially over the past couple of years. We are proud to say that we made our mark in D.C.’s art history by bringing something unique and adding a lifestyle concept to peoples’ everyday lives. Now more than ever you see various types of art events and pop-up “happenings.” We think the sky is the limit, but as long as it stays high quality, tasteful and creative. What are the new art trends for 2014? We see a few trends becoming more and more popular, such as live art and digital art, We will see more fusion between the two. Over the past two years Art Soirée has been highly focused on live art. We were the first to showcase the largest live canvas painting at the Georgetown Waterfront during our Art Metamorphosis event in June of 2012.Twenty-seven professional artists worked on the 440-square-foot canvas in front of more than 3,000 attendees. Favorite local hangouts/restaurants/bars? With over 70 [Art Soirée] events just last year, it is really hard to go out much and spend time outside of those venues where we host our events. favorite apps? Park-Mobile is probably one of the most useful and convenient applications to date. You don’t need to carry quarters around and you can pay for parking with your phone. Art Soirée We are really proud of the app we launched which lists all of our upcoming events. Our followers can get easy access to all event information with a few simple clicks on their phone and never miss local artistic happenings. Shazam As huge fans of music, this app has definitely simplified tagging and adding songs to the playlist, wherever we are.
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