Opening receptions at Conner Contemporary Art and Industry Gallery

Gallery owner Leigh Conner, Conner Contemporary Art, Dakota, and art collector Mera Rubell

CONNER Contemporary Art and Industry Gallery – both galleries located at 1358 Florida Avenue in Northeast Washington – opened new exhibitions on Saturday evening, May 15.

AT CONNER CONTEMPORARY ART two concurrent solo exhibitions are featuring new video and photographs by Janet Biggs (New York, NY) and performance and video by Mary Coble (Washington, D.C.). Nobody Rides for Free is Biggs’ first solo exhibition with the gallery; Source marks Mary Coble’s third exhibition at the gallery. The two exhibitions will run through July 3, 2010. Conner Contemporary ARt is at 1358 Florida Ave., N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002. Tel. 202-588-8750,

New York-based designer Chris Rucker and photographer Maria Catalán. Rucker’s solo exhibition “If I told you one time…” opened at Industry Gallery on Saturday, May 15.

INDUSTRY GALLERY hosts “If I told you one time…,” which is the first solo U.S. exhibition for New York-based designer Chris Rucker. The exhibition, which will run through July 3, 2010, features 10 limited edition works and one installation all created during the past nine years. Industry Gallery is at 1358 Florida Ave., N.E., Washington, D.C., 2nd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20002. Tel. 202-399-1730,