July 23 – August 20, 2016

Opening Reception - Saturday, July 23, 2016, 7pm – 10pm

Olly Olly, an alternative art space in Fairfax, VA, is pleased to present Making Space, co-curated by Anne Smith. Making Space is an exhibition of artists whose work investigates an awareness of built space, especially the unexpected peculiarities found in rigid structures of architecture and infrastructure. Built structures able to be measured and marked on a map or blueprint become more complex and open-ended in the work of these artists. A wall, a window, a road, or a curb are shown as more than a nameable quantity, but contain tension, uncertainty, humor, and wonder.

May 21, 2016 – June 18, 2016

Opening Reception - Saturday, May 21, 2016, 7pm – 10pm

Olly Olly is pleased to present Manifesto, an exhibition of five new collections of art by the artists of the Bunnyman Bridge Collective. Featuring sculpture, installation, painting, collage, photography, video, multi-sensory pleasure participation, and embedded sub rosa performance, Manifesto will put on public display private obsessions ranging from hedonism to metamorphosis, from pollution to esoteric science, and including the assertion that we are all sacred.

February 29, 2016 – March 31, 2016

Opening Reception - Saturday, March 5, 2016, 7pm – 10pm

Olly Olly  is pleased to present Domestic Territories,  a new exhibition of art curated by Sarah Irvin. For the exhibition, Domestic Territories, DC area artists were invited to consider how they negotiate the use of household space with their children. The work in the exhibition investigates physical and emotional spaces that are separate, shared or disputed.

January 30, 2016 – February 27, 2016

Closing Reception - Saturday, February 20, 2016, 7pm – 10pm

Olly Olly is pleased to present Embracing the Power of Artistic Practice, a new collection of art in conjunction with Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here DC 2016, a book arts and cultural festival taking place throughout the Washington, DC area from January through March 2016 commemorating the 2007 bombing of Baghdad’s historic book selling street. Inspired by the couplet of 10th century Iraqi poet Al-Mutanabbi, “If you see the lion bare its teeth/do not assume the lion is smiling,” Embracing the Power of Artistic Practice features work in a variety of mediums by six DC area artists.

Saturday, November 28, 2015

One Night Only Event

Who says size matters? We do! And we’re featuring teeny tiny artwork on the walls of Olly Olly! Can’t afford a grown up piece of art? Don’t cry about it! Adopt a Baby Canvas!

Join Olly Olly and our fabulous co-curator Jennifer Crawford on Saturday, November 28, from 7pm-10pm for Baby Canvases Five!