Your ARTINI Cup Could Runneth Over Too….

Ari & Micah Wilder's “The Ratchet” features custom-made ice cubs using edible flowers and orange blossom essence.

NORTHWEST -- April 2nd is fast approaching and the soon-to-sellout “can’t miss” party of that particular Saturday evening will be the culminating celebration of the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s 2011 ARTINI cocktail competition.

A few days back, we featured six of the contending drinks and their respective creators from this year’s contest and today, after the terribly onerous job of visiting some of the District’s best bars, we bring you the remaining seven…


Church & State
1236 H Street, NE – Upstairs
Mixologist: Josh Berner
Artini: “B Cup” inspired by Kiki Smith’s Breast Jar, 1990, blown glass.


Mie N Yu
3125 M Street, NW
Mixologist: Rob Tinney (Beverage Manager Mike Cherner pictured)
Artini: “Fifth Avenue Punch” inspired by Richard Gordon’s Fifth Ave, N.Y.C., 1973-1978, gelatin silver print.


Potenza
1430 H Street, NW
Mixologists: Ari & Micah Wilder
Artini: “The Ratchet” inspired by James Hyde’s Ratchet, 1995, glass box, oil paint, paper, acetate, and silicone.


PS 7
777 I Street, NW
Mixologist: Gina Chersevani (Bartender Frankie Jones pictured)
Artini: “In Between the Lines” inspired by Gene Davis’ Black Popcorn, 1965, oil on canvas.


The Gibson
2009 14th Street, NW
Mixologist: Jonathan Harris
Artini: “Bonfire Shelter” inspired by Albert Bierstadt’s The Last of the Buffalo, 1888, oil on canvas.


Hotel Tabard Inn
1739 N Street, NW
Mixologist: Chantal Tseng
Artini: “Sea Legs Daiquiri” inspired by Edward Hopper’s Ground Swell, 1939, oil on canvas.


Sei
444 7th Street NW
Mixologist: Arris Noble
Artini: “La Fenêtre de Cancale” inspired by John Singer Sargent’s Oyster Gatherers of Cancale (En route pour la pêche), 1878, oil on canvas.

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To purchase tickets to ARTINI 2011 on April 2nd, please visit the Corcoran’s ticketing website.