Christopher Hoppe Poetry and Prose Bowie, MD, USA Home page: http://wordsofestrellahoppe.blogspot.com/ Performing: 05/10/2008 - 6:00pm, 05/16/2008 - 7:00pm, 05/24/2008 - 7:30pm, 06/08/2008 - 2:00pm

Sat May 10 - 6:00pm-6:30pm
SpeakEasy Lounge

Mr. Hoppe currently calls Alamogordo, New Mexico his home, but he was born in the Philippines. He currently resides in Southern Maryland. Mr. Hoppe was born to a military family and has lived and studied in Guam, Great Britain, France, Switzerland, Italy, Hong Kong, and Spain) just to mention. He has been engaged in art since the age of seven, but began studying art full force when he was living in Western Europe. Mr. Hoppe studied art history in England, art restoration in France, fresco painting in Florence, Vatican City, and Assisi. He has been asked to show his artistic work at various locations from local coffee shops to the University of Maryland to Federal Agencies, to Capitol Hill. His murals grace the walls of private residences and has donated his time in painting academic murals for community service, the most recent being at Kimball in 2004 and two murals in Orr Elementary Schools in Southeast DC each elementary school he was only given one day to finish the murals. In 2007, for Hands On DC and the Beautifications of the DC schools, “The Halls of Heros” was finished with 10 murals 8 foot by 5.5 feet that were installed in the cafeteria of Randolph Elementary School in Washington DC. It was finished in August 2007.