Artist Talk: All The Tea on Generation Fabulous
Find out how LGBTQ+ history informs contemporary art
Join us for an informal talk with the artist behind Generation Fabulous (on partial display at the Courthouse Library). This show celebrates activists from the 1969 Stonewall Uprising. Artist Jeffrey "Jblend" Brady discusses his fractal-based portraits that blend history, culture, and mathematics.
Get the inside scoop, hear inside stories, and learn about the creative process that makes this project so special. Find out which Arlington Public Library online databases made the research for this project possible. Connect, ask questions, and make your own art. Attendees will get a free take-home art activity. Please note: some discussions will include descriptions of historical violence.
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Please call 703-228-3352 or email Lib-Courthouse@arlingtonva.us for more information.
Transportation: Parking in the garage located beneath the Bozman Government Center is free on weekends and after 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. Watch this quick guide on how to park in the attached garage on Clarendon Blvd. We are also accessible via public transit: by Metro (Orange and Silver Lines - Courthouse) and by bus
- Date:
- Tuesday, June 16, 2026
- Time:
- 6:30pm - 7:30pm
- Location:
- Fir Room
- Library:
- Courthouse Library
- Audience:
- Events for Adults Good for Adults Age 55+
- Categories:
- Arts & Culture Communication & Connection Community Resources Maker & DIY
- Calendar:
- Arlington Public Library
Artist Biography: Jeffrey "Jblend" Brady always knew art mattered. At his first "ukiyo-e" (Japanese print-making) class at age 10, he slipped, slicing his hand open with a sharp knife. He said nothing. Fearing he would be forced to stop, he silently tended his wound and kept working. His tenacity paid off. It won him an International Rotary Club art competition at age 14. The artist later studied printmaking under a Living Cultural Master instructor while teaching English in Japan. Brady has an MS in information science from LSU. The artist has worked in archives settings as well as special, public and school library settings in Louisiana and the Northern Virginia area.
Recently, he was a featured artist at ARTOMATIC 2023 with fellow Arts Club artist Karen La Du. He collaborated with poet Doritt Carroll and La Du on a short film combining poetry, audio, minimalist music, and handmade book art. Brady worked alongside NASA education specialists and burlesque dancers for two short experimental films celebrating Yuri’s Night, 2022 and 2026.
For more than a decade, he has been the artist-in-residence for Story District, DC’s premier storytelling organization. Since 2010, he’s created analog stop-motion animation, digital motion graphics, and traditional 2D art for storytellers, audiences and other stakeholders. In 2009, he was commissioned by the North American Pedestrian Safety Association to create a stop-motion animation film celebrating pedestrian safety advocates. Brady was named Tryst Coffee Artist-in-Residence / AdMo Art Walk Artist in March, 2026, where his work was featured in the walking tour.
His art resides in personal collections around the DMV and the Museum Tucson collection.
The artist emphasizes social justice and the power of storytelling in his library practice (not affiliated with Arlington County Public Library) and artwork. He currently works at the Institute for Cyber Executive Education, which he co-founded. Brady serves on the Arts Club’s Spilsbury Gallery committee at the Arts Club of Washington. For more information, visit jblendimagery.com.