GuitarMania®
GuitarMania® is a Greater Cleveland community public art project that has raised more than $2 million for its two benefiting charities – United Way of Greater Cleveland and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum’s education activities. The project consists of 10-ft-tall guitars creatively transformed into works of art by local artists and national celebrities. The inaugural GuitarMania took place in 2002, with three following acts in 2004, 2007 and 2012. You’ll find these guitars displayed on the city streets of Cleveland, in our airport and in locations throughout our community for residents and visitors to enjoy. Corporations, organizations and individuals sponsor the guitars and select from a variety of local artists to paint, sculpt or decorate them. Celebrity artists also painted and decorated guitars.Nicolette's guitar design was selected as one of the few to go on and be sold as a miniature collectable sculpture.
GuitarMania®
GuitarMania® is a Greater Cleveland community public art project that has raised more than $2 million for its two benefiting charities – United Way of Greater Cleveland and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum’s education activities. The project consists of 10-ft-tall guitars creatively transformed into works of art by local artists and national celebrities. The inaugural GuitarMania took place in 2002, with three following acts in 2004, 2007 and 2012. You’ll find these guitars displayed on the city streets of Cleveland, in our airport and in locations throughout our community for residents and visitors to enjoy. Corporations, organizations and individuals sponsor the guitars and select from a variety of local artists to paint, sculpt or decorate them. Celebrity artists also painted and decorated guitars.Nicolette's guitar design was selected as one of the few to go on and be sold as a miniature collectable sculpture.
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Penn Quarter’s Poca Madre Will Transport Diners to an Oaxacan Oasis Starting June 19
Peek inside Victor Albisu’s first formal Mexican restaurant, which slides into the
former Del Campo space
by Tierney Plumb Jun 18, 2018, 4:48pm EDT
All photos by Rey Lopez/Eater DC
Swatchroom’s redesign of Poca Madre includes white and grey walls, a white quartz bar, black paneling, and pops of green inspired by the agave plant.
Penn Quarter’s upscale, desert-inspired companion to Albisu’s wildly popular street food chain, Taco Bamba, is scheduled to open on Tuesday, June 19. Unlike the artificial tree at the heart of Wharf newcomer Mi Vida, or the mosaic tile work that adorns the walls at neighboring chain Rosa Mexicano, Albisu has flooded his newest restaurant with lush greenery and natural light. The fully renovated space replaces the back of Albisu’s now-defunct Del Campo (777 Eye Street NW), which welcomed his dressed-down taqueria Taco Bamba up front soon after closing this year. Albisu is currently searching for a new home for South American-themed Del Campo.
While the plates that will be coming out of the kitchen are inspired by fare currently served in Mexico City (stay tuned for additional details about the opening menu), Poca Madre’s layout and design is inspired by another region entirely.
“This breezy hidden restaurant really reminds me more of an Oaxacan spot, whether it’s a rooftop or hidden alley — this has this kind of vibe to it,” Albisu says.
Its secretive entrance is wedged into a walkway between two adjoining office sites on Eye and K streets NW. Inside, customers will find a 68-seat main dining room with living vines creeping down from the ceiling. There’s geometric prints on the walls; photos of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo; sliding barn doors that seal off a semi-private dining room; and potted succulents planted at every table.
Albisu says he could attach other nature-filed Poca Madres to existing or future Taco Bamba locations know that he’s got this one down. “I let life take its natural course,” he says. The twin Penn Quarter restaurants, which share the same kitchen, will not allow diners to order food or drinks from the other. And Poca Madre’s lounge-y atmosphere and music selection will also be totally different than the scene at Taco Bamba.
“It won’t be in-your-face hip hop and heavy metal,” Albisu says. “We’ll give them a break with the aesthetics.”
