Patricia Smith-Reverberations at Studio 4 Gallery

"Swaying Goddess of the Fourfold"

Patricia Smith

 Reverberations

June 9-July 4

Opening June 12, 6:30-9:00 PM

The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.
This exhibit is part of the Second Saturday Art Walks at the Workhouse Arts Center.

The exhibition “Reverberations” reflect the artist‟s explorations of the terms goddess, women and feminine. She seeks to arrive at views of women other than stereotypes. Her explorations are open-ended, not literal, making possible a proliferation of meanings that may be lived out by each viewer. The paintings are mixed media, water dispersable acrylics on kozo paper mounted on boards, with additions of collaged papers and printmaking techniques.

The artist believes that we must recognize our continuance with the past in order to transform the present and create new visions for the future. The metaphor is the central creative process which leads to an open-ended understanding of women. The ‟goddess‟ is not taken to be a super-being but a metaphor that animates possibilities for women. Spiraling webs of meaning emerge in the creative process, which can become a vehicle for creating our potentialities, of what we may become.


Studio 4 Gallery

Workhouse Arts Center

9601 Ox Road
Lorton 22079
www.workhousearts.org

Calls for Entry - Greenspiration at Workhouse Arts Center

SUBMISSION DEADLINE
April 12,  2010

The Workhouse Arts Center invites all professional and amateur artists 18 years and older residing in Virginia, Maryland, DC, Pennsylvania & W. Virginia to define, defy or deny GREEN in an all media (no video please) juried exhibition that interprets the theme of green in the most creative ways. This exhibition is an attempt to provide artists with a provocative theme that will encourage creative response outside the color wheel.

JUROR: Trudi Van Dyke is an independent curator and fine arts consultant who juries and curates nationally including exhibitions at the Rawls Museum Arts in Courtland, VA., The Suffolk Museum, VA., The Artisans Center of Virginia, Black Rock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD, and the Vulcan Gallery at the Workhouse Arts Center. Ms. Van Dyke writes on the Arts for the Alexandria Times and Élan Magazine, and speaks at conferences on the “Business of Art”. Formerly director of the Torpedo Factory Arts Center Alexandria, VA and the Ellipse Art Center Arlington, VA, she travels around the country as a festival judge.

Exhibition: May 12 – June 13, 2010

FEES
$30 Entry fee for up to three images.

Lorton Arts Foundation – Greenspiration
9601 Ox Road
Lorton, VA 22079

We the People Project 2009 - Empowered Women International

March 29, 2009


Isabel Castaneda, American Angel, Acrylics

Sunday, March 29, 2-5 PM
2 pm Reception * 3 pm Performances

Adelina Perez, Chela Sanabria, Edith Graciela Sanabria, Elsa Gebreyesus, Evelyn Brooks, Fatana Baktash Arifi, Gita Bhatia, Irina Avilova, Isabel Castaneda, Jenny McKenzie, Jung Eun Kim, Kathlyn Avila-Reyes, Kata Witorsh, Klara Sever, Mekbib Gebertsadik, Meseret G. Desta, Naomie T. Belayneh, Rabia Naeem Pervez, Rusty Lynn, Sam Nelson, Shanta Monroe, Sharmila Karamchandani, Sheldon Reiffenstein, Stephanie Bianco, Sush Mazumdar & Valentina Dimilo

Jewelry designers, fiber artists and handmade book artists will feature unique artworks for sales. Bring your checkbooks, and support our artists and EWI's work! Complimentary wine and refreshments.

Free of charge and open to the public. RSVP Required.

Workhouse Arts Center
Gallery W-16, Second Floor
9517 Workhouse Way
Lorton, Virginia 22079
Info: http://ewint.org/showcase/we-the-people/