Five of Michael Borek’s photographs from his Scranton Lace project were selected by Phillip Brookman, Chief Curator and Head of Research at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, to be shown at the Flash Foto DC exhibition at Crystal City, VA. The opening party will be held on Friday, March 18, 2011, 8-11 p.m. The exhibition will be open from March 17 to April 17, 2011. For more information, go to
Flash Foto DC.
Michael Borek’s photograph #4801 (Chair I) from his Scranton Lace project was selected by Milena Kalinovska, Director of Public Programs for the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC, for the annual Washington Project for the Arts Auction Gala. For more information, go to
WPA 2011 Art Auction Gala.
Eight of Michael Borek’s photographs from his Scranton Lace project were selected for the exhibition
Mirrors to the World, curated by Frank van Riper, photography writer, photographer, and faculty member at the Photoworks Gallery at Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Maryland, 20812. The opening reception will be held on Friday, March 18, 2011, 6-9 p.m.
Dumbarton Church in Georgetown, Washington, DC, presents Michael Borek’s solo exhibition Wide Asleep/Half Awake. The opening reception will be held on March 19, 6-8 p.m., and it will be followed by a concert of the Vogler Quartet. The Dumbarton Church is located at 3133 Dumbarton St. NW Washington D.C. The exhibition will be open from March 18 to March 25, 2011. For more information, go to
www.dumbartonconcerts.org or call 202.965.2000.
The National Institute of Health presents solo exhibition of Michael Borek’s photographs from his Urbania and Wide Asleep/Half Awake portfolios. The exhibition, curated by Lillian Fitzgerald, Curator of the Clinical Center Art Program, will be held at NIH, 10 Center Drive MSD 1352, Bethesda, Maryland, from May 13, 2011 through July 8, 2011.