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Washington, D.C. is an art connoisseur's paradise -
- More than a dozen academic institutions that offer undergraduate or graduate degrees in art.
- A wealth of local and national museums that require no admission fee.
- Many local jurisdictions offer various incentives (e.g., grants, lower taxes) to local artists.
- Gallery exhibits, community bazaars and art shows are plentiful.
Bask in the plethora of fine art venues throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Take a leisurely stroll on a Sunday afternoon to the Hirshorn Museum, The National Gallery of Art, or any of the other excellent art venues in the area. This experience is sure to heighten your enthusiasm and enhance your appreciation of art.
"Around Town" will keep you informed of all significant fine art activities in the metropolitan area and other selected cities. Perhaps, you will be inspired to consider acquiring a piece of art from one of our local artists, especially one featured on this Web site.
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Location |
| (New) May 18 - June 12 |
"I Dream a World: Paintings Inspired by the Poems of Langston Hughes"
Opening Reception: Friday, May 18, 6 – 8 pm
This promises to be a noteworthy exhibit featuring works by renowned portraiture artist Simmie Knox and his protégés Mason Archie and Morris Howard. Knox has specialized in oil portraiture since 1981 and his subjects have included former President Bill Clinton and other luminaries.
The works of award-winning Mason Archie, an artist who strives to master his craft, have been shown in museums and exhibited in galleries throughout the country. Mason’s work has been described as a reflection of God’s creativity, wisdom, and beauty.
According to Morris Howard, “I prefer to draw and paint the human figure in all its complexities. Art is something that inspires people through great skill and beauty.”
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Parish Gallery Georgetown
1054 31st Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 944-2310
http://www.parishgallery.com |
| (New) May 12 - June 30 |
"Leo Villareal: New Work"
This exhibit will be Leo Villareal’s fifth solo exhibition with Conner gallery. Villareal’s latest body of work enacts formal inquiries into imagery closely identified with modernity, reimagining colors and forms in the works of post-painterly abstractionists Frank Stella, Kenneth Noland, and Ellsworth Kelly.
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Conner Contemporary Art
1358 Florida Ave, NE
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 588-8750
Gallery summer hours: Wed - Sat,
10-5 pm or by prior appointment.
http://www.connercontemporary.com |
| (New) May 18 - June 22 |
"Mona El Bayoumi: The Subliminal Seduction of Spring "
Opening Reception: Friday, May 18, 6 - 8 pm
This exhibit features paintings by Mona El-Bayoumi inspired by her exposure to issues of social justice around the world. It is these themes that permeate and guide her work as an artist. The struggles in Palestine, Egypt, the Arab world in general, Iran, Central America, South Africa and Eritrea are of significant influence, and she reifies the nature of art as a force in achieving social change.
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The Jerusalem Fund Gallery
2425 Virginia Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Tel. (202) 338-1958
Gallery hours: M - F, 9 am. - 5 pm
or by appointment
http://www.thejerusalemfund.org |
| (New) May 16 - June 17 |
"Gallery plan b features: Works by Michael D. Crossett"
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 19, 6 – 8 pm
Artist Statement: “…I also live in a city of monuments, so I’m surrounded by symbols. I’m drawn to them. You see lots of symbols and icons in my work. I like to juxtapose symbols that shouldn’t go together but do––one of the reasons I love graffiti. If it wasn’t illegal, I’d be doing it all the time.
With a passion for culture, I use my choice of colors, application technique, texture and layouts to provide the viewer with unique perspective of the urban life. As mixed media collage, the process utilizes built upon or inlaid layers and combinations of paint, photographic transfers, digital prints and found objects to create a unique interpretation of the subject. All applications within the layers are pulled, applied or stroked by hand…”
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Gallery plan b
1530 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 234-2711
http://www.galleryplanb.com |
| (New) May 18 - June 23 |
"Artomatic 2012 in Crystal City, Virginia"
Opening Night: Friday, May 18. Doors open at 6 pm.
Artomatic is the DC area’s biggest arts festival. It features all kinds of art: visual art, music, performance, film, fashion, and more. And it is run entirely by volunteers. Check the Artomatic Web site events calendar for specific happenings – daytime workshops for kids, DJ appearances, comedy acts and even wine tastings.
Arts Festival Hours of Operation:
• Wednesdays and Thursdays: noon – 10 pm
• Fridays and Saturdays: noon – 1 am
• Sundays: noon – 5 pm
• Closed Mondays and Tuesdays |
Artomatic 2012
1851 S. Bell Street
[One Block from Crystal City
Metro]
Crystal City, VA
http://www.artomatic.org/ |
| (New) May 12- June 30 |
"Caryl Burtner & Taliaferro Logan: LOVE, LOSS & LIPSTICK "
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 12, 5:30 – 8 pm
(The reception is part of the Gateway Arts District Open Studio Tour after party, http://www.gatewayopenstudios.org/ )
Curated by Tosha Grantham…."Caryl Burtner and Taliaferro Logan celebrate the magical and the mundane in each of these bodies of work. Using materials drawn from everyday life, Burtner and Logan make intimate art that recalls cherished memories and refers to popular culture and art history."
Also Showing in the 39th Street Corridor Space, works by Alan Binstock, Rebecca Clark and Emily Greene Liddle
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39th Street Gallery
Gateway Arts Center
3901 Rhode Island Ave
Brentwood MD, 20722
(second floor, 39th street entrance)
http://www.39thstreetgallery.org |
| (New) May 4 - June 2 |
"Lisa Dillin: The Alternate Present"
Opening Reception: Friday, May 4, 6 - 8 pm
This exhibit showcases Dillin’s first solo exhibition in Washington, DC with her recent sculptures and photo-based imagery. The artist incorporates images from the natural world and manmade materials such as laminated fiberboard, neon lighting and vertical blinds with wood grain texture. The works investigate the contrast between primitive and contemporary culture and the tension between the built environment and the natural world. |
Gallery at Flashpoint
916 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 315-1305
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday, 12 - 6 pm
or by appointment
http://www.flashpointdc.org |
| (New) Through June 23 |
"The Mansion at Strathmore Exhibit: Strathmore Unleashed!"
Strathmore is going to the dogs... and you’ll love it! Strathmore Unleashed! is a canine-tastic art exhibition that’s all about man’s best friend. Dogs — and all the memories and emotions they evoke—depicted in sculpture, painting, mixed media, design, photography and video. It’s a show so intriguing you’ll want to sit and stay. |
The Mansion at Strathmore
10701 Rockville Pike
North Bethesda, MD 20852
(301) 581-5125
Mansion Hours - Galleries and Gift Shop
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday -
10 am - 4 pm
Wednesday, 10 am - 9 pm
Saturday, 10 am - 3 pm
Closed Sunday
http://www.strathmore.org/ |
| (New) April 27 - September 3 |
"African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond"
Mark your calendars Art Connoisseurs—this exhibition is heralded as one of D.C.’s best fine art venues for the year 2012. Featured in the exhibit is a selection of 100 works by 43 internationally acclaimed black artists who lived through the tremendous changes of the 20th century. In paintings, sculpture, prints and photographs, the featured artists embrace themes both universal and specific to the African American experience, including the exploration of identity, the struggle for equality, the power of music and the beauties and hardships of life in rural and urban America.
The 100 works on view are drawn entirely from the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s rich collection of African American art, the largest and finest in the United States. More than half of the works featured are being exhibited by the museum for the first time, including paintings by Benny Andrews, Loïs Mailou Jones and Jacob Lawrence, as well as photographs by Roy DeCarava, Gordon Parks and Marilyn Nance. Individual object labels connect the artworks with the artistic and social factors that shaped their creation.
FREE EXHIBIT PUBLIC PROGRAMS:
A JUNETEENTH FAMILY DAY: Saturday, June 16, 11:30 am – 3 pm (in the museum’s Kogod Courtyard)
Includes historical reenactors, a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation, storytelling, live music by Follow the Drinking Gourd, craft making activities and a genealogical workshop. Pre-registration is required for the workshop only and is limited and on a first-come, first-serve basis via AmericanArtPrograms@si.edu or (202) 633-8490.
ARTIST'S TALK: Three leading African American photographers—Tony Gleaton, Earlie Hudnall Jr. and Nance—will discuss their work Friday, June 22, at 7 pm (in the museum’s McEvoy Auditorium) . Debra Willis, professor of photography at New York University and author of Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present, will act as moderator.
CURATOR'S TALK: Virginia Mecklenburg, senior curator of painting and sculpture at the museum will discuss the exhibition Wednesday, Aug. 1, at 7 pm (in the museum’s McEvoy Auditorium)
EXHIBIT DISCUSSION: Marcia Battle, curator in the prints and drawings division at the Library of Congress, will highlight the works of selected featured artists in her talk, Tuesday, Aug. 14, at 6 pm in the exhibition galleries.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Eight and F Streets NW
Metro: Gallery Place metro station
Washington, DC
(202) 633-1000
Museum Hours: 11:30 am - 7:00 pm, daily
http://americanart.si.edu |
| (New) May 2 – 27 |
"Assemblage by Peter Loge: Occasional Acts of Art "
Opening Reception: Friday, May 4, 6 – 8 pm
This is Peter's first solo exhibit—works featured are found boxes or small painter's canvasses with tableaus of found objects and small plastic figures. The pieces often feature found photographs, film negatives and lights
MAY MEMBER'S SHOW:
In addition to Peter's solo show in the main gallery, Foundry's Gallery 2 features member artists’ work that has not been shown before at the Foundry. All work is for sale.
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Foundry Gallery
1314 18th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 463-0203
Gallery hours: Wed - Sun,
noon - 6:00 pm
http://www.foundrygallery.org |
| (New) May 4 - June 29 |
"FRÉDÉRIC NAUCZYCIEL: LE TEMPS DEVANT"
“LE TEMPS DEVANT” (“Our Time Ahead”: Anachronism and Utopia in the French Countryside)
This fascinating photographic exhibit, “Our Time Ahead,” takes you to a place of history while simultaneously drawing a familiar connection with modern life. The photographs prompt the viewer to consider their lives, the role of the countryside today, farming and other rural lifestyles through a subconscious co-mingling of contemporary living.
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Honfleur Gallery
1241 Good Hope Rd. SE
Washington , D.C. 20020
(202) 536-8994
Gallery Hours:
12 - 5 pm, Tues - Fri
11 am - 5 pm, Sat.
Closed on Sun and Mon
http://www.honfleurgallery.com |
| (New) May 6 - August 12 |
"Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape"
GALLERY TALKS: May 11 – June 26 (Please visit the Gallery's Web site to check out the specific lecture dates & times)
Joan Miró, celebrated as one of the greatest modern artists, developed a visual language that reflected his vision and energy in a variety of styles across many media. Through some 120 paintings, drawings, sculptures, and prints from a career spanning almost a century, the exhibition reveals a politically engaged side to Miró's work, including his passionate response to one of the most turbulent periods in European history.
The exhibition is on view in the East Building of the National Gallery of Art, Mezzanine and Upper Level. |
The National Gallery of Art
East Building
4th and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC
(202) 737-4215
Hours:
Open Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday from 11 am to 6 pm. The Gallery is closed on December 25 and January 1.
http://www.nga.gov |
| (New) May 11 – June 9 |
"International Visions - The Gallery: DIALOGUE"
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 11, 6.30 - 9 pm
A group exhibit of three emerging female artists [Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, Annette Isham, and Helina Metaferia] that promises to be an entertaining fine art event. Their alluring work creates a conversation using visual art to discuss issues surrounding identity, injustice, and expected social and cultural norms within society. The Gallery looks forward to all of the Washington metropolitan area art connoisseurs coming out to see this sensational exhibit.
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International Visions - The Gallery
2629 Connecticut Ave NW
Across from Woodley Park Metro stop
Washington, DC 20008
(202) 234-5112
http://www.inter-visions.com |
| (New) April 14 - June 29 |
"Benjamin K. Nguyen: birdsdecay"
Artist Reception: Friday, May 4, 6 pm
This is an intriguing exhibit of photographic works by the multidisciplinary visual artist Benjamin K. Nguyen. Nguyen has set out to master the basic fundamentals of framing, composition, time, color, and especially lighting–all of which he takes on with a Zen approach. Before even loading film into a camera, he thought it best to start with graphic design. |
The Gallery at Vivid Solutions
2208 Martin Luther King Ave SE
Washington DC 20020
(202) 365-8392
http://www.vividsolutionsdc.com |
| (New) May 4 - 27 |
"Touchstone Gallery Exhibits"
Two exhibits:
[1] Kate McConnell: “It’s My Nature”
New works by Kate McConnell which feature landscapes and treescapes with a unique colorist sensibility of vibrant tones and energetic marks which bring her sacred places to life. Under Kate’s paintbrush her ‘sacred’ places come to life, from the dunes of Cape Cod to Andean glaciers. Trees are a reoccurring element among these works as she translates their essence within the landscape.
[2] Colleen Sabo: “Vivid Horizon: Color and Light”
This exhibit brings Sabo’s Passion on Canvas to life. She strives to paint landscapes as they have never been rendered before, using color and light to define areas of the Chesapeake Bay and the Maine Coast where Sabo paints each year.
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Touchstone Gallery
901 New York Avenue, NW
Metro: Mt. Vernon Square, or
Metro Center, Chinatown
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 347-2787
GALLERY HOURS:
Wed - Thurs, 11-6,
Fri 11-8, & Sat - Sun 12-5
http://www.touchstonegallery.com |
| (New) January 27 - October 14, 2012 |
"Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: Paradox of Liberty "
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and Monticello present this exhibition of artifacts from the Smithsonian’s collections and from excavations at Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia plantation.
Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence and called slavery an “abominable crime,” yet he was a lifelong slaveholder. The exhibition will provide a look at the lives of six slave families living at Monticello alongside Jefferson and his family. Personal belongings and working tools will be on display, and visitors will have a chance to learn about the families’ connections to one another, their religious faith and their efforts to pursue literacy and freedom. |
Smithsonian
National Museum of African American
History and Culture (NMAAHC)
Constitution Avenue & 14th St NW
Washington, DC 20560
(202) 633-1000
Open Daily 10 am - 5:30 pm
http://nmaahc.si.edu/ |
| (New) May 9, 2012 - February 24, 2013 |
"Lalla Essaydi: Revisions "
A collection of 30 works of diverse media are drawn from Moroccan-born artist Lalla Essaydi’s photographic series. The exhibition also includes a selection of new works, as well as rarely exhibited paintings and installations.
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Smithsonian
National Museum of African Art
950 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20560
(202) 633-4600
http://africa.si.edu/exhibits |
| (New) April 3 - May 20 |
"Late Spring 2012 Exhibits Featured at the Katzen Museum, American University "
[Exhibit 1] Lou Stovall: "Vertical Views"
Washington, D.C.’s preeminent printmaker Lou Stovall, latest iteration, his “vertical views,” take form in silkscreen monoprints reconstructed into three-dimensional collages.
GALLERY TALK: Lou Stovall, Saturday April 21, 4 pm
[Exhibit 2] "Floating World: 19th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints"
[Exhibit 3] Tomokazu Matsuyama: "Thousand Regards"
An exhibit featuring paints of Baltimore artist Raoul Middleman’s nudes, cityscapes and narrative paintings. |
The Katzen Arts Center at
American University
Washington, DC 20016
(202) 885-2787
Museum Hours:
11:00 am to 4:00 pm, Tues - Sun
http://www.american.edu/museum |
| (New) April 13 - June 9 |
"FLUID: Rhythms, Transitions, & Connections"
In this multifaceted exhibition artists Francie Hester, Lisa Hill, and Rebecca Kamen tackle the oft-unexplored complexities of human existence and visually ponder questions relating to loss, memory, and our connections to nature and one another.
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The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery
at Smith Farm Center
1632 U St NW
Washington DC
20009
(202) 483-8600
Regular Gallery Hours:
Wed - Fri, 11 am - 5 pm,
Sat 11 am - 3pm,
and by appointment
http://www.smithcenter.org |
(Upcoming) Thursday, June 7, 2012
5 - 8:30 pm |
"Phillips After 5: Thursday, June 7, 2012"
"Phillips After 5", a lively mix of art and musical entertainment on the first Thursday of each month. Due to the event’s popularity,
reservations strongly advised for this popular event. $12; $10 for visitors 62 and over and students. Members always admitted free, no reservation needed.
5:30 – 8:15 pm: "DC Jazz Festival"
In the fourth annual partnership between the Phillips and the DC Jazz Festival, the Michael Thomas Quintet pays tribute to New York jazz legends from the 1950s. Violinist David Shulman plays in the galleries, interpreting the visual rhythms of the paintings on view.
6:30–7:30 pm: Episodes from "The Simpsons”
Two episodes: Jasper Johns appears as himself in “Mom and Pop Art,” and Lisa meets her jazz mentor in “Moaning Lisa.”
6 & 7 pm: Gallery Talk: "From Painter to Printer: Jasper Johns as Innovator"
From 1960 forward, Johns explored printmaking while using signature imagery from his paintings including flags, targets, and numbers.
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The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW (at Q Street)
Metro: Dupont Circle, Q Street exit
Washington, DC
(202) 387-2151
http://www.phillipscollection.org |
| On View Indefinitely |
"Separate and Unequaled: Black Baseball in the District of Columbia"
From Reconstruction to the second half of the 20th century, baseball, the great American pastime, was played in Washington, D.C., on segregated fields. “Separate and Unequaled” looks at the phenomenal popularity and community draw of this sport when played by African Americans. Featured in this exhibit are such personalities as Josh Gibson and “Buck” Leonard, star players of the Negro Leagues most celebrated team, the Washington Homestead Grays. |
Smithsonian Institution
The Anacostia Community Museum
1901 Fort Place, SE
Washington, D.C. 20020
(202) 633-4820
http://www.anacostia.si.edu |
| (New) April 12 - May 20 |
"Michelle Peterson-Albandoz: Urban Forest"
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 23, 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Michelle Peterson-Albandoz is driven by a desire to shine light on the destructive relationship humans and technology have on nature as well as an aesthetic need to make pretty what others deem unfit. This exhibit showcases how one man’s trash is Michelle’s treasure – as the discarded wood scrapes from the renovations of Chicago row houses are transformed into the reclaimed wood and mixed media pieces for which she has become known. |
Long View Gallery
1234 9th Street NW
Washington, DC, 20001
(202) 232-4788
http://www.longviewgallery.com |
| (New) March 1 - May 5 |
"A THOUSAND AND ONE FACES OF MEXICO: Masks from the Collection of Ruth D. Lechuga "
GALLERY TALK & OPEN HOUSE: SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 12 – 4 pm
At 2 pm join the Institute for a Gallery Talk with exhibition curator Marta Turok, who will highlight the uses, significance, evolution and dynamism of the mask tradition in Mexico.
Masks have been an integral part of the rituals and ceremonies of societies all over the world and this exhibition, curated by folk expert Marta Turok, features over 140 masks accompanied by a selection of photographs, figurines, costumes and musical instruments that reflect the regional traditions, religious rituals and celebrations of the indigenous populations in Mexico from the Ruth D. Lechuga Collection. Together, they provide a salient example of the diversity and richness of Mexican culture. |
Mexican Cultural Institute
2829 16th Street, NW
Metro: Blocks from the Columbia
Heights Station
Washington, D.C. 20009
(202) 728-1628
Gallery Hours:
Monday - Friday 10 am - 6 pm
Saturday: Noon - 4 pm
http://www.instituteofmexicodc.org |
| (New) Through May 10 |
"Vochol: Huíchol Art on Wheels"
This exhibit featuring a singular piece combines Huíchol culture with a pop-cult icon, the Volkswagen Beetle. Two families comprising eight Huíchol artisans devoted more than 9,000 hours transforming the “canvas”—a 1990 Volkswagen Beetle—into a stunning juxtaposition of modern machinery decorated with bright, psychedelic patterns and colors. More than 2 million glass seed beads and nearly 35 pounds of fabric, paint, yarn and resin adorn the vehicle’s chassis and interior, including the seats, steering wheel and dashboard. |
National Museum of the American
Indian (NMAI) On the Mall
4th Street & Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20560
Phone: 202-633-1000
http://www.nmai.si.edu |
| (New) March 24 - May 25 |
"Colby Caldwell: gun shy"
Colby Caldwell’s exhibit features photographs of depleted shot gun shells, abandoned duck blinds, found birds and feathers, and abstractions derived from a corrupted film frame highlight his preoccupation with this relationship between photography and memory. Caldwell uses the photographic medium to memorialize objects that would otherwise be forgotten or neglected.
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Hemphill Fine Arts
1515 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 234-5601
Gallery Hours: Tues - Sat,
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
http://www.hemphillfinearts.com |
| (New) Through May 20, 2012 |
"CORCORAN GALLERY EXHIBITS "
[Exhibit 1] Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro: Are We There Yet?
Through: March 11, 2012
Occupying two spaces at the Corcoran, Healy and Cordeiro’s project consists of a site-specific, gallery installation, “Are We There Yet?,” a fanciful meditation on space travel, coming 50 years after the first human journey into outer space and the more recent shuttering of NASA’s space shuttle program. Another installation features a number of wall works constructed from Lego that continue the series “Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going, Why (2010–11).” The artists’ materials are the “readymades” found on our supermarket shelves and in toy stores, repurposed in the context of the museum.
[Exhibit 2] Tim Hetherington: Sleeping Soldiers
February 4 – May 20, 2012
Between 2007 and 2008, photographer Tim Hetherington (1970–2011) was embedded with U.S. Army soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team at Outpost Restrepo, a remote and dangerous post in the Korengal Valley of northeastern Afghanistan. Living with the soldiers during their 15-month deployment, Hetherington recorded all aspects of their experience, from construction of the camp to scenes of intense combat, and through frequent passages of boredom and waiting. Many of his images show the soldiers during moments of respite, bonding through common interests in music, video games, sports, and other cultural experiences from back home. |
Corcoran Gallery of Art
500 Seventeenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 639-1700
http://www.corcoran.org |
(New) April 21 - May 26
5 pm |
"Jackie Battenfield: Field Notes "
Opening reception: Saturday, April 21, 5 pm
Artist Statement: “My painting practice is to work with watery pigments. I pour sweep, brush, drip, and fling layers of paint. I coax pools of paint into translucent veils of color. Anchoring these ephemeral elements are gestural marks, stripes and blocks of color.”
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Addison/Ripley Fine Art
1670 Wisconsin Avenue
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 338-5180
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday – Saturday, 11am – 6pm and by appointment.
http://www.addisonripleyfineart.com/ |
| (New) February 2 – June 22, 2012 |
"Successions: Prints by African American Artists from the Jean and Robert Steele Collection "
An exhibition of works by some of the most highly regarded African American artists, organized by the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora.
Forty-five artists, using traditional printmaking techniques such as etching, monoprint, lithography, linocut and silkscreen, created the sixty-two works on display. The exhibition highlights the remarkable focus of the Jean and Robert Steele collection. For the last four decades, the Steeles have developed a collection of hundreds of prints and works on paper by African American artists.
Instrumental in the Steele’s collecting has been their patronage of printmaking workshops that have been established by, and focus on, African American artists, such as Bob Blackburn’s Printmaking Workshop, Inc. in New York City; Allan Edmunds’s Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA; Lou Stovall’s Workshop, Inc. and Percy Martin’s WD Graphics Studio, both in Washington, DC.
The extraordinary depth of this collection provides an opportunity to appreciate a variety of styles and thematic expressions embodied in the works by some of the most celebrated African American artists of the 20th century. Important to the exhibition are prints by Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Elizabeth Catlett, David C. Driskell, Margo Humphrey, Emma Amos and James L. Wells. Many other seminal African American artists such as Benny Andrews, Bob Blackburn, Robert Colescott, Stephanie Pogue, Allan R. Crite, Loïs Mailou Jones, Betye Saar, Sam Gilliam, Samella Lewis, Lou Stovall and William T. Williams are featured in the exhibition. The works of these influential figures, as well as those of emerging and mid-career artists, inform the viewer of the significant role the print medium has had in African American visual culture. |
The David C. Driskell Center
1214 Cole Student Activities Building
University of Maryland
College Park , MD 20742
(301) 314-2615
Driskell Center Gallery Hours:
Monday-Friday: 11-4 pm
Wednesday: 11-6 pm
http://www.driskellcenter.umd.edu |
| (New) February 3, 2012 through January 6, 2013 |
"Textile Museum: Dragons, Nagas, and Creatures of the Deep "
This exhibition welcomes East Asian calendar’s Year of the Dragon and features a global selection of textiles depicting dragons and other fantastical creatures of legend.
Across the world and over the centuries, dragons have taken many forms, from the beneficent nagas (divine snakes) of East and Southeast Asia, to the fearsome flying beasts of Western traditions. Whether viewed as good or evil, these powerful creatures became symbols of prestige for those who were permitted to use their images to decorate clothes and furnishings.
Drawn entirely from the museum’s collection, the textiles in this exhibition illuminate imaginative images of mythical creatures as diverse as the peoples who created them. |
Textile Museum
2320 S Street NW
Washington, DC 20008
(202) 667-0441
Museum Hours:
Tuesday through Saturday:
10 am - 5 pm
Sunday: 1 - 5 pm
Closed federal holidays and
December 24
http://www.textilemuseum.org |
| (New) January 19 - May 7 |
"The Gallery at Iona "
Artist Reception: Friday, February 10, 5 – 8 pm
The Gallery at Iona features an exhibition of the highly acclaimed local artist, George Smith-Shomari, who is also their next selected artist-in-Residence. George is a printmaker, painter, and artistic consultant. He has been featured at several local galleries (e.g., Strathmore Mansions) and at over national art venues. Other artists participating in the gallery’s current exhibit are special guest glasswork artists Varda Avnisan and Jill Tanenbaum. |
The Gallery at Iona
4125 Albermarle Street, NW
Washington, DC 20016
(202) 895-9407
Gallery Hours:
Mon - Fri, 9 am - 5 pm
http://www.iona.org |
| (New) March 17 - April 14 |
"Hamiltonian Gallery Exhibits: Sarah Knobel + Jenny Mullins "
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 17, 7 – 9 pm
Artist Talk [w/Sarah Knobel and Jenny Mullins]: Wednesday, April 11,7:00 pm
Two concurrent solo exhibitions by of new works by Hamiltonian Fellows Jenny Mullins and Sarah Knobel.
Jenny Mullins:
Mullins explores themes of consumerism and American identity in her newest series of paintings, titled Gold for the Price of Silver. Her monolithic and intensely detailed images incorporate traditional drawing and collage techniques to recreate contorted scenes from the works of nineteenth century French sculpture Antoine-Louis Barye.
Sarah Kbobel:
Knobel's new body of work includes photography, video and animation, which all coalesce to examine the need or desire to find purpose in our daily lives. |
Hamiltonian Gallery
1353 U Street, NW
(14th and U Streets)
Washington, DC
(202) 332-1116
http://www.hamiltonianartists.org |
| (New) April 6 - 27 |
"Hillyer Art Space Exhibitions "
First Friday Exhibition Opening: Friday, April 6, 6 – 8 pm
ADMISSION: $5 Suggested Donation
[Exhibit 1] Tomomi Nitta: “Infinite Set 3”
A fascinating exhibit featuring a series of works depicting female forms floating in a space of nothingness.
[Exhibit 2] Zac Jackson: “New Work”
Jackson’s work highlights the rigidity and stiffness that can occur in human reaction to a stressful environment. Using cast plastic and screen-printed fiberglass He is capturing the unseen manifestations of tension as it relates to our personal space.
[Exhibit 3] Miori Inata: “Sakura in Ise Jingu”
This exhibition of photography work highlight the distinct connection between The Ise Shrine of Japan and the District of Columbia’s Cherry Blossom Festival and examines each region's mutual respect of the cherry blossom. |
International Arts and Artists
9 Hillyer Court, NW,
Washington, DC 20008
(202) 338-0680
http://www.artsandartists.org |
| (New) January 26 - April 29 |
"GA Gardner: Interconnections "
Artist's Reception / Sunday, January 29, 2012 from 4 - 6 pm
GA Gardner addresses our often complicated relationship with mass communication by infusing his paintings and mixed media works with the energy and vibrant colors of his native Trinidad and Tobago.
Gardner’s works deal with the proliferation of media in contemporary society and the resulting cacophony of mixed messages. Layers of painted printed strips cover some canvases to represent both today’s advanced, digital modes of communication as well as the nature of the original thought or message. His palette recalls the sky, sunsets, sea, and terrain of his Caribbean roots—yet his subject matter, style, and content speak more to our fast-paced, urban environment. |
Athenaeum
201 Prince Street
lexandria, Va
22314
(703) 548-0035
GALLERY HOURS:
(Thurs, Fri and Sun -- 12 - 4 pm)
(Saturdays -- 1 - 4 pm)
Closed on holidays
[Admission is free]
http://www.nvfaa.org |
| (New) Through March 10 |
"Zimstone Gallery Presents: CONVERGIING CULTURAL TAPESTRIES "
Converging Cultural Tapestries artist Antionne Goho will be at Zimstone Gallery at 1 pm on Saturday, February 4, to talk about the current exhibition and his recent travels to his home in
the Ivory Coast.
Artist Eileen Cave will discuss her work Saturday, February, 25th at 1 pm.
This exhibition features renowned artists Eileen Cave and Pierre-Antoine Goho collaborating to create a series of paintings reflecting their respective journeys. Both Eileen and Antoinne have traveled extensively throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia and Africa and bring the sights, sounds, and aroma of two distinct paths together for this exhibit.
Zimstone Gallery is a Washington metro area gem for unique and reasonably priced African Sculpture. The gallery owner, Jeff Brown, travels frequently to Southern Africa to meet with some of the world’s most talented sculpture artists and to select works for the Gallery based on their beauty, value and cultural significance. In addition to hosting periodic art exhibits at the Gallery, Jeff also provides private art consultations. Check out the Gallery Web site for an informative tutorial on types of sculpting stone. |
Zimstone GALLERY
4814 Rhode Island Avenue
Hyattsville, MD 20781
(301) 699-1499
GALLERY Hours: Wed - Fri, 3 - 7 pm; Sat - Sun, 12 - 5 pm
http://www.ZimstoneGallery.com |
| (New) February 4 - May 6, 2012 |
"THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION --- Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard "
Curator Elsa Smithgall leads a tour of French Drawings from the Aaronsohn Collection on Thursday, March 29, at 6:30 pm
The Phillips Collection highlights a gift of 27 works on paper by modern masters active in France in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It marks the first drawing by Edouard Vuillard (1868–1940) to enter the collection and the Phillips’s first holdings by Bernard Lamotte (1903–1983), Fernand Léger (1881–1955), and Kees van Dongen (1877–1968). The rich array of portraits, nudes, landscapes, and cityscapes offers a glimpse into the essential role drawing played in the modern artist’s creative process. French Drawings from the Aaronsohn Collection is on view Feb. 2 through April 29, 2012.
The gift from the D.C.-based collectors Jonathan and Roseann Aaronsohn enriches The Phillips Collection’s important holdings of work by Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947), Stuart Davis (1892–1964), and André Derain (1880–1954). “The Phillips is grateful to the Aaronsohns for this gift of drawings that strengthens our commitment to the graphic arts,” says museum Director Dorothy Kosinski. “It underscores the important synthesis between drawing and painting that invigorated modernist practice.”
Artists of the Parisian avant-garde embraced the expressive potential of line, charting a course for modern art with the medium. The exhibition features 25 drawings by Bonnard, Vuillard, Dutch-born painter van Dongen, French masters Derain and Lamotte, and renowned cubist Léger, along with two lithographs by American modernist Davis based on his drawings of Paris. Whether rapid sketch or well worked study, each drawing reveals a fresh and personal vision, from Derain’s classical line to Léger’s abstract geometry. |
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW
[Metro: Dupont Circle,
Q Street exit]
Washington, DC
(202) 387-2151
The Phillips Collection is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm, with extended evening hours on Thursdays until 8:30 pm, and on Sundays from 11 am to 6 pm.
http://www.phillipscollection.org |
| February 12 - May 20 |
"Exploring Art of the Ancient Americas: The John Bourne Collection Gift "
Assembled from the John Bourne collection of art of the ancient Americas, this exhibition will feature 129 Precolumbian artworks from Mexico to Peru. Organized thematically by culture, the artworks present more than 2,500 years of creativity in Mexico, Central America and Andean South America from 1200 B.C. to A.D. 1520. |
The Walters Art Museum
600 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 547-9000
Museum Hours: 10 am –5 pm
Wednesday through Sunday.
Closed: Mondays and Tuesdays
http://thewalters.org/ |
| (New) August 20, 2011 – Summer 2012 |
"Sweet Silent Thought: Whistler's Interiors "
Freer Gallery of Art
This exhibit features a selection of prints by American expatriate artist James McNeill Whistler. Images of private, enclosed spaces, inhabited by quiet, self-contained figures, recur from his earliest etchings in the mid-1850s to his later watercolors and lithographs. Family members, close friends, or the artist's current mistress almost always serve as the focus of these interior scenes. This sense of intimacy is underscored by the works' small scale, which compels the viewer to stand close and study the scene carefully. |
The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Smithsonian Institution
1050 Independence Avenue
Washington, D.C.
(202) 633-1000
http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions |
| (New) October 30 - March 25, 2012 |
"Print by Print: Series from Dürer to Lichtenstein "
The BMA offers a treasure trove of fine art venues. Take a leisurely drive to our sister city, Baltimore, and visit its many cultural offerings. (I enjoy driving up on a Saturday morning, staying overnight - having dinner and breakfast at Gertrude's [serving delicious regional cuisine] restaurant in the BMA)
FEATURED EXHIBIT:
The replete exhibition is an epic tour of serial printmaking, featuring more than 350 prints, spanning 500 years.
Singled out by The Baltimore Sun as the Critic's Pick for fall 2011, nearly 30 complete series of prints—many never before on view—reveal the true vision of renowned artists, including Dürer, Picasso, Canaletto, Lichtenstein, Duchamp, and many more.
The exhibition is drawn exclusively from the BMA’s 60,000+ print collection, considered to be one of the most significant collections of works on paper in the country.
Note: Gertrude's restaurant, Call (410) 889-3399 for reservations |
Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA)
10 Art Museum Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218
(410) 396-7100
http://www.artbma.org |
| (New) December 1 - February 25, 2012 |
"Zenith Gallery at Chevy Chase Pavilion: Year’s End / New Beginnings "
Artists Reception: Wednesday, December 7, 6 - 8:30 pm
A mixed media exhibition of work featuring hanging neon jellyfish by Eric Ehlenberger; the paper mache work of social humorist Stephen Hansen; the dreamy landscapes of realistic painter Bradley Stevens; the architectural illusions and manipulations of Ken Wyner and Karen Starika; Cassie Taggart’s hyper-detailed fantasy world; paintings created via fire by Peter Kephart; light dancing through three dimensional pieces by multi-media artists Joan Konkel and Justin Beller; the gestural art of Brooke Fierce Bronner; and more. The show will be in Zenith Gallery and displayed throughout the Chevy Chase Pavilion. |
Zenith Gallery @ Chevy Chase
Pavilion
[Level 2, next to Embassy Suites
Hotel]
5335 Wisconsin Avenue NW
Washington, DC
(202) 783-2963
Gallery open Wednesday-Saturday,
noon - 6 pm and by appointment
http://www.zenithgallery.com |
| (New) October 28 - April 22, 2012 |
"Photographs by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders: The Black List "
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and Elvis Mitchell worked together to develop a list of 50 individuals whom they thought would represent the African-American experience in the 20th century. Greenfield-Sanders created large-format fine-art photographs, and Mitchell interviewed the subjects on film; the portrayals provide insight on the struggles, triumphs and joys of black life in the United States. |
National Portrait Gallery
Eight and F Streets NW
Metro Stop: Gallery Place-Chinatown
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 633-8300
Museum Hours: 11:30 am – 7:00 pm, Daily
http://www.npg.si.edu |
| (New) September 7 - January 22, 2012 |
"Momentum: A National Juried Exhibition for Emerging Artists with Disabilities, Ages 16-25 "
This exhibition features the work of 15 emerging artists with disabilities who examine the vital creative spark behind their work. This year’s artists are Dimelza Broche (Florida), Holiday Campanella (Pennsylvania), Will Copps (District of Columbia), Angela Godoy (Maryland), Brian Kellett (Ohio), Krista Kuskye (Indiana), Emily Gail Lyles (South Carolina), Artur Matveichenkov (Puerto Rico), Emily McPeek (California), Caitlin Miller (District of Columbia), Xi Nan (Maryland), Sonya Seitz (Pennsylvania), Jansen Smith (Florida), Rea Walsh (Pennsylvania), and Beth Zarden-Benson (Wisconsin). |
Smithsonian Institution
S. Dillon Ripley Center,
International Gallery
1100 Jefferson Drive, SW
Metro: Smithsonian Station
(Use Mall Exit)
Washington, DC
(202) 633-1000
http://www.si.edu/Museums/ripley-center |
| (New) September 25 - January 15, 2012 |
"Andy Warhol: Shadows "
This exhibit, created in the last decade of Warhol’s life, “Shadows,” 1978 comprises 102 silkscreened and hand-painted canvases featuring distorted photographs of shadows generated in the artist’s studio. The paintings, which are always installed edge-to-edge, will extend uninterrupted for almost 450 linear feet around the Hirshhorn Museum’s distinctive curved galleries, emphasizing the cinematic quality of the work and providing a unique opportunity to see the work in its entirety. |
Smithsonian Institution
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Independence Avenue at 7th Street SW
Washington, D.C.
(202) 633-4674
Hours of Operation:
Open daily except December 25
Museum: 10 am to 5:30 pm (EST)
Plaza: 7:30 am to 5:30 pm
Sculpture Garden: 7:30 am to dusk
http://hirshhorn.si.edu/ |
| (New) May 8 - November 27, 2011 |
"Sensational Exhibitions at The National Gallery of Art "
[Exhibit 1]: "Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1525–1835"
May 8 to November 27, 2011
On view in the Gallery's West Building
The splendors of Italian draftsmanship from the late Renaissance to the height of the neoclassical movement are showcased in an exhibition of 65 superb drawings assembled by the European private collector Wolfgang Ratjen (1943–1997). Works are featured by many of the most important artists of the period, from Giulio Romano to Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo. Outstanding Venetian examples include those by such artists as Domenico Tintoretto, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, and Canaletto, whose elegant rendering of the "Giovedì Grasso" festival in Venice is perhaps his finest surviving drawing.
[Exhibit 2]: "The Gothic Spirit of John Taylor Arms"
May 8 to November 27, 2011
On view in the Gallery's West Building
The astonishing dexterity and passion for detail of American printmaker John Taylor Arms (1887–1953) is revealed in the first exhibition of his works at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. The exhibit features some 60 prints, drawings, and copperplates that span the artist's career, from his early New York series to his finest images of cathedrals. |
The National Gallery of Art
West Building
4th and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20565
(202) 737-4215
http://www.nga.gov |
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