WPA Announces SELECT 2014: WPA Art Auction Exhibition and Gala

from East City Art

Opening Reception: Thursday, February 27 from 7pm to 10pm

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Exhibition will be on view February 28 through March 21, 2014.

Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) announces the dates for SELECT 2014, its 33rd Annual Art Auction Exhibition and Gala. The curated exhibition will open Thursday, February 27 at 7 pm and will be on view Wednesday through Friday 4 – 11pm, Saturday noon – 5pm, and Sunday noon – 5pm, February 28 through March 21, 2014. The exhibition includes works by 111 emerging and established artists in a variety of media, selected by top curators from the region’s most important institutions, notable independent curators, and the WPA Board of Directors. While the majority of participating artists reside in the Washington/Baltimore region, a number of notable artists from outside the area will have works in the exhibition including Tavares Strachen, representative of The Bahamas to the 2013 Venice Biennale, and Mark di Suvero, world-renowned sculptor and National Medal of Arts recipient.

Saturday, March 22, 2014 marks the 33rd anniversary of the organization’s highly-regarded art gala that includes a curated silent auction of more than 150 art works by top contemporary artists, delicious dinner, open bar, desserts, and DJ-fueled party with artist-designed piñatas. Tickets to the auction gala start at $325 and can be purchased by visiting the WPA website or contacting Mary Resing at mresing@wpadc.org  or 202-234-7103 x5. New this year, WPA will be offering a $150 party ticket for guests age 35 and under with admission at 9pm. Bidding on artwork will commence the night of the gala. For information on bidding in absentia, please visit the WPA website or contact Mary Resing.

The event will be held at Artisphere, just two blocks from the Rosslyn Metro station. Free parking with validation is available in the Artisphere garage weekdays after 5pm and all day on weekends. The event is expected to draw more than 700 artists and art enthusiasts.

In advance of the March 22 gala event, WPA will host an exhibition opening reception on February 27 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm with wine & hors d’oeuvres from Peacock Cafe and two Curator Talk events on March 6 and 13 from 6:30 – 8:00 pm. These events, as well as the exhibition viewing, are free and open to the public.  At each evening of the Curator Talks, a group of curators will discuss their exhibition selections. March 6 will feature talks by Cynthia Connolly, Olivia Kohler-Maga, and Jennifer Scanlan. March 13 will feature talks by Jeffry Cudlin, Brandon Fortune, Megan Rook-Koepsel, and Gregory Volk. The talks offer a unique opportunity to meet the curators and learn more about the works on view.

About SELECT
Now in its 33rd year, the SELECT Art Auction Gala is WPA’s most important fundraising event. Guests include more than 700 artists, collectors, arts professionals, and business leaders. The event supports WPA’s mission to promote contemporary art and artists in the greater DC metropolitan region. Proceeds from the sale of art are split equally between the participating artists and WPA and help support WPA’s free programming all year round. This year’s gala event is chaired by WPA Board Members Jessica Naresh (The Art Registry) and Robert Shields (Robert Shields Interiors). Auction Committee members include Natalie Cheung, Jessica Stafford Davis, Ayanna Dunn, Barbara Escobar, LouAnne Greenwald, Dr. Giselle Huberman, Amanda Phillips Manheim, Joff Masukawa, Dr. Frederick P. Ognibene, Mary Margaret Plumridge, Judy Sherman, Andres Tremols, and Kate Warren.

Curators for SELECT include:

• Cynthia Connolly, Visual Arts Curator, Artisphere, Arlington, VA;
• Jeffry Cudlin, Professor of Curatorial Studies and Practice, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD;
• Brandon Fortune, Chief Curator, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC;
• Jennifer Scanlan; Independent Curator, New York, NY;
• Olivia Kohler-Maga, Assistant Director, Luther W. Brady Gallery at George Washington University, Washington, DC;
• Megan Rook-Koepsel, Independent Curator, Washington, DC;
• Mera Rubell, Co-founder, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL;
• Gregory Volk, Art Critic/Independent Curator/Associate Professor in the School of the Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA and New York, NY

Participating Artists Include:
Eames Armstrong * Ken D. Ashton * Holly Bass * Allison Bianco * Amy Boone-McCreesh * Calder Brannock * Sebastiaan Bremer * David A. Brown * Amanda Leigh Burnham * Sijae Byun * Colby Caldwell * Meaghan Carpenter * Page Carr * Rosane Chamecki & Andrea Lerner * Lely Constantinople & Kate MacDonnell * Larry W. Cook * Joseph Corcoran * Maryley Dawson * Frank Hallam Day * Flore de Préneuf * Andrea Deszö * Mark di Suvero * Michelle L. Dickson * Nekisha N. Durrett * Dave Eassa * Alex Ebstein * Cliff Evans * Rachel Fabiarz * Stephanie H. Firestone * Sean FitzPatrick * Victoria F. Gaitán * Avi Gupta * Rania Hassan * Clarity Haynes * Mia Hebib * Sean Hennessey * Jack Henry * Klara Hobza * Ryan Hoover * Timothy J. Horjus * Jason Horowitz * Michael Jaren Horsley * Jason Hughes * Jan Huling * Jeff Huntington * E. Jane * Sarah Anne Johnson * Tiffany Jones * Patrick Joust * Gary Kachadourian * Beth Katleman * Elizabeth A. Kendall * Bridget Sue Lambert * Magnolia Laurie * Karine Laval * Christopher LaVoie * Randall Lear * Ati Maier * Katherine Tzu-lan Mann * Anne Marchand * Ryan C. McCoy * Patrick McDonough * Kate McGraw * Ander Mikalson * Jackie Milad * Curtis Miller * Joseph Mills * Joseph Minek * Sam Noto * Cara Ober * Cory Obendorfer * Sonia Paulino * Bruce Pearson * Jefferson Pinder * Alejandro Pintado * Lina Puerta * Susana Raab * Ellington Robinson * Erica Rosenfeld *Rachel L. Rotenberg * Yuka Saito * Craig Schaffer * Rachel Schmidt * Sheldon Scott & Joshua Cogan * Ginevra Shay * Jo Smail * Joshua Wade Smith * Marcos Smyth * Milena Spasic * Shelley Spector * Susan Stacks * Tamar Stone * Tavares Strachan * Chris Suspect * Ryan Syrell * Tim Tate * Gregory Thielker * Alessandra Torres * René Treviño * Jonathan Wahl * Sarah Walker * Stewart Watson * Terri Weifenbach * Ian Whitmore * Trevor Young * Andrew Zarou * Holly Zausner * Lu Zhang

Exhibition Viewing:

• Wednesday – Friiday: 4pm-11pm;
• Saturday: noon-11pm;
• Sunday noon-5pm

Curator Talks: March 6 & 13, 2014, 6:30-8 pm

Gala: March 22, 2014, 7-11pm

SELECT 2014  is located at Artisphere at 1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA. For more information visit: www.wpadc.org.

About Washington Project for the Arts
Washington Project for the Arts is an independent, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to serve as a catalyst for contemporary art. WPA supports artists at all stages of their careers and promotes contemporary art by presenting exhibitions, issues, and ideas that stimulate public dialogue on art and culture. More information: www.wpadc.org

WPA is supported by its members, Board of Directors, invaluable volunteers, and by generous contributions from numerous individuals and the D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, William C. Paley Foundation, William S. Paley Foundation, the Abramson Family Foundation, Susan & Dixon Butler, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Center for Democracy and Technology, The Chesapeake Framing Company, Clark Construction Group, James G. Davis Construction Corporation (DAVIS), Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Raymond Garcia, Carol Brown Goldberg & Henry Goldberg, Graham Holdings Company, HapstakDemetriou+, Hickok Cole Architects, Giselle & Benjamin Huberman, Intel Corporation, j fine art, The JBG Companies, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Yvette Kraft, Marshfield Associates, NoMa Business Improvement District, Peacock Cafe, TTR Sotheby’s International Realty, Turner Construction Company, and WinSpinCiC.

About Artisphere 
Artisphere is the newest art center within the Washington, DC region. With a campus of more than 60,000 square feet, Artisphere connects artists and audiences through an eclectic mix of fresh, thought-provoking programming in established and emerging art disciplines. Artisphere is a hot spot for insight into the creative process and to engage in artistic adventures-from contemporary visual art exhibitions, live music and theatre to new media, film and dance. Admission to Artisphere and all its visual art galleries is free; there is a cost for ticketed events.

Artisphere is managed by Arlington Economic Development and supported in part by the Rosslyn Business Improvement District, corporations, foundations, and individuals.

A Witnessing to History at David C. Driskell Center

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH, 4 - 6 PM

DAVID C. DRISKELL CENTER

1207 COLE STUDENT ACTIVITIES BUILDING

Distinguished University Professors Ira Berlin and David C. Driskell will engage in a historic discussion

about major U.S. and international events that have had a defining impact on our way of life and destiny,

as a culture and as a country. Each will offer personal reflections on historic events related to politics, race

relations, cultural movements and civil liberties that have transformed social and human progress over the

past five decades. The discussion is sure to cover major events such as the Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights

Act and more.

Sponsored by:

The College of Arts and Humanities, the Office of Diversity & Inclusion and the David C. Driskell Center

1214 Cole Student Activities Building

University of Maryland, College Park, MD

(301) 314-2615 | DriskellCenter@Umd.Edu

www.DriskellCenter.umd.edu

Opening at Adah Rose Gallery

"THE DEEPEST FEELING ALWAYS SHOWS ITSELF IN SILENCE"

PAT GOSLEE & JESSICA VAN BRAKLE

February 13- March 23, 2014. 

Opening Vernissage Feb 22 6:30-8:30 pm

Live Music by Bud Wilkinson

Adah Rose Gallery

Hours: Thursday - Sunday 12-6 and by appointment.

3766 Howard Ave

Kensington, MD 20895

www.adahrosegallery.com

Pat Goslee

Painting is a healing and holistic act for Pat Goslee; it allows her to internalize exterior pain and pleasure, processing both into compassion and works of art. In her newest series of works on canvas, Pat mines her subconscious and uses her intuition to convey inner realities. Pat’s ideas straddle the disciplines of science, metaphysics and philosophy. She works to create comforting spaces and vibrant energy in each of her works. She often utilizes patterns, including materials dripped in paint and applied directly to the canvas, to create systems that describe how we store information and knowledge. Pat’s paintings are a way of visualizing and transmitting vitality. In her paintings, one sees everything from a beating heart, secret worlds, inner beauty, machines and microscopic organisms. Her palettes are both beautiful and sensitive, serving as a perfect complement to her personal ideology. 

Pat is a DC-based painter who  received her BFA from the University of Georgia and her MFA from Catholic University. Pat has exhibited in many group and solo shows, most recently at Studio 1469, the National Institutes of Health, the DCAC, McLean Project for the Arts, Hillyer Art Space, Doris Mae Gallery, Addison Ripley Fine Art and the Washington Project for the Arts. Her work is in numerous private and public collections. Pat serves on the Artist Advisory Board at Hillyer Art Space and has curated numerous shows in the DC metropolitan area. 


Jessica Van Brakle

Cranes - silent yet strong, masculine yet delicate - dominate the contemplative landscapes of Jessica Van Brakle. An homage to her grandfather’s work in construction, the cranes build networks of intricate, expansive lines. In her newest paintings, Jessica’s landscapes have become  more abstract and decorative. On close examination we see the same botanic motifs mixing with new domestic elements. Nature seems to blossom out of the mechanical, resulting in a refined and harmonious whole. The paintings are like fine Wedgwood China; elegant, ornamental and graceful. While the paintings might appear symmetric, Jessica allows the paint to drip and flow, disrupting the apparent perfection. We see a new Rococo influence in her work in addition to her older influences of 19th Century Romantic Landscape painting and photography. 

Jessica Van Brakle is a Maryland-based painter with a studio at the Arlington Art Center. She received her BFA from the Corcoran College of Art & Design in Painting. Jessica is a former Hamiltonian fellow, a recipient of an Individual Artist Grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, and in 2008 was a finalist for the Trawick Prize. Her most recent exhibitions include shows at the Arlington Arts Center, McLean Project for the Arts, Bäckerstrasse 4 in Vienna Austria, Hamiltonian Gallery, Countdown Temporary ArtSpace, in Bethesda, and Silber Gallery at Goucher College, as well as numerous group shows in the DC area.  

AIR @ Stamp Gallery: RESIDENT ARTIST MAYA FREELON ASANTE

 Presents 

VOLUME, AN INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION AND EXHIBITION

Open to the public February 6- March 7th 

Opening Reception: Thursday, February 6^th, 2014 5-8pm

Closing Reception & performance: Thursday, March 6^th, 2014 5-8pm

 

 

 

VOLUME is an interactive exhibition created by artist in residence, Maya Freelon Asante. During her collaboration with The Stamp Gallery, Asante will transform the gallery space into a colorful explosion of kinetic tissue paper art. The site-specific installation invites the UMD community to join in on the creation of the artwork; everyone who enters the gallery is welcomed to add to the tissue quilt, which will grow over the course of 5-weeks. The community working together will resonate inside and outside of the gallery space, as the tissue paper swells into the atrium inviting more to come and witness the healing power of ART!  

 

AIR @ Stamp Gallery is a new annual initiative, where the gallery invites local artists to create interactive installations for the duration of six weeks. Maya Freelon Asante is our first participating resident artist.

 

Maya Freelon Asante is an award‐winning artist who creates unique water-stained colored tissue paper sculptures that resemble quilts, geological forms, and visualizations of human experience. Asante was praised by the International Review of African American Art as a "vibrant, beating assemblage of color." She was selected by Modern Luxury Magazine as Best of the City 2013 and by the Huffington Post's "Black Artists: 30 Contemporary Art Makers Under 40 You Should Know." Maya has exhibited her work nationally and internationally including Paris, Ghana, and US Embassies in Madadagascar, Italy, Jamaica, and Swaziland. 

 

For a glimpse of Asante's work, check out this great video of her featured at the Corcoran!
http://vimeo.com/45939223

 

 

The Stamp Gallery is dedicated to the exhibition of contemporary art with an emphasis on the work of emerging and mid-career artists. The gallery supports contemporary art that is challenging and/or academically engaging and that addresses broad community and social issues. Through meaningful exhibitions and programming, the gallery offers the University community an outside-of-the-classroom experiential learning opportunity. The gallery space can be used as a laboratory for emerging artists and curators to experiment and work through their ideas, emphasizing the importance of the process to contemporary artistic practice. The gallery serves the public by providing exhibitions of social responsibility and artistic substance, as well as by offering an educational forum in which dialogue between artist and viewer and art and community is encouraged.

The Stamp Gallery is located on the first floor of the Adele H. Stamp Student Union-Center for Campus Life, at the University of Maryland, College Park.  The gallery is free and open to the public Mondays-Thursdays 10:00AM-8:00PM; Fridays 10:00AM-6:00PM; and Saturdays 11:00AM-5:00PM. For more information about the exhibition and the program log on to http://stampgallery.wordpress.com/ or contact the gallery at 301-314-8492 or stampgallery@umd.edu.

 

Artist Talk with Eric Celarier at MPA

Friday, February 21 at 7 PM

McLean Project for the Arts (MPA) will present a talk by exhibiting artist Eric Celarier.  This presentation will cover artists who use trash to touch on subjects as far ranging as globalization, environmentalism, consumerism, classicism and colonialism. 

Free, but reservations are suggested. Please email Info@mpaart.org or call 703-790-1953.

Saturday, February 22, from 1 - 4 PM 

MPA Workshop for ages 9 -14 with artist Eric Celarier: Anatsui and Reuse Art 

McLean Project for the Arts (MPA) presents a special opportunity for young people to work with exhibiting artist, Eric Celarier. During this fun and creative workshop,  9 - 14 year olds will create a woven piece from waste materials, similar to the work of well-known African artist El Anatsui. 

$10 per person. Register for the workshop at www.mcleancenter.org

MPA is a non-profit visual arts center founded in 1962 to exhibit the work of emerging and established regional artists.  In addition to its program of high quality, professionally-curated art exhibitions, MPA offers art classes for children and adults taught by professional art instructors.  MPA also presents the Art Reach program for area schools, gallery talks, and day trips to area museums and galleries. MPA is a partner with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Fairfax County Public Schools. 

McLean Project for the Arts 

1234 Ingleside Avenue  McLean, VA 22101

703-790-1953

www.mpaart.org 

 

PAPER PARADOX: Material and Meaning

February 5 – April 25, 2014

Opening Reception: Wednesday, February 5, 6:00 – 8:00pm

Mei Mei Chang
Patterson Clark
Ceci Cole McInturff
Suzanne DeSaix
Helen Frederick
Alexis Granwell
Alice Quatrochi
Beverly Ress
Pat Sargent
Peter Winant

Curated by Helen Frederick, PAPER PARADOX: Material and Meaning features artists who explore the interactivity of paper as a medium, a surface, a tension, and as a conscious transformation of plant material into new formal creative statements.

Helen Frederick is a distinguished artist, curator, educator, coordinator of international projects, and the founder of Pyramid Atlantic. She is a Professor of Art and Director of Printmaking in the School of Art and Design, George Mason University.

Carroll Square Gallery
975 F Street NW, Washington DC 20004
202.347.7978
www.hemphillfinearts.com

Gallery Open During Business Hours
Monday through Friday, 8:00am – 6:00pm

Image: Details of "Blotto", Alice Quatrochi (left) and "Chalk Lines", Peter Winant (right)

On View: Abstract Expressionism Revisited

With the first exhibits of 2014, The Art League previews an event-packed year in The Art League Gallery. This month is your chance to see what’s to come in their 60th anniversary year! 

With “Abstract Expressionism Revisited,” artists are kicking off a year-long series of themed exhibits, inspired by the six decades of art history The Art League Gallery has seen. Each month’s exhibit will explore a different movement, with a contemporary take, with October’s exhibit bringing us up to the present day.

Read more http://www.theartleague.org/blog/2014/01/09/view-abstract-expressionism-revisited/

The Art League is located in the landmark Torpedo Factory Art Center, 105 North Union Street, on the beautiful Potomac River in historic Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. The gallery is located on the first floor of the TFAC, studio 21. The Art League Gallery is open daily from 10:00 am – 6:00 pm, 12:00 noon – 6:00 pm on Sundays. The Gallery stays open late on Thursdays, 10:00 am – 9:00 pm. 703-683-1780 

New Exhibit, “Into the Void” fuses Masculine, Feminine, Abstract, 3-D, Sculpture and Painting to Create Balance for 2014

Video: New Exhibit, “Into the Void” fuses Masculine, Feminine, Abstract, 3-D, Sculpture and Painting to Create Balance for 2014

Congratulations to Anne Marchand, Judith Mullen, Roy Wiemann and Tom Wilson for the interview with Progressive Pulse on Into the Void at Porter Contemporary

Porter Contemporary  gallery in New York, presents “Into the Void”, a solo exhibition of new works by Anne Marchand, Judith Mullen, Roy Wiemann, and Tom Wilson.   “Into the Void” presents the works of four artists whose work takes the viewer into another realm. Roy Wiemann, whose paintings often include a focus on framing and presentation includes large and small color field works that embody a sense of abstraction while Tom Wilson’s 3-D works combine elements and mechanics of sound and amplification with the surreal resulting in strange and memorable still lifes. These works combined with Anne Marchand’s paintings which bring energy and movement to the exhibition through excited brush strokes and saturated colors along with Judith Mullen’s hanging sculptures and textured paintings that add elements of nature and familiarity through their sourcings of inspiration.

www.portercontemporary.com 

Reception for "Holly Trostle Brigham: Dis/Guise" at Luther W. Brady Art Gallery on January 15

Luther W. Brady Art Gallery
The George Washington University
Media & Public Affairs Building, 2nd Floor
805 21st Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20052
202-994-1525

Into the Void at Porter Contemporary

Into the Void Anne Marchand, Judith Mullen,  Tom Wilson, and Roy Wiemann January 9 - February 22 Opening Reception: Thursday, January 9, 6:30 - 8:30 PM Into the Void presents the works of four artists whose work takes the viewer into another realm. These four artists' works compliment and balance each other through color presentation and theory for a well rounded visceral effect that brings the viewer "into the void" of another world of calm yet energetic solemnity.   In Our Project Room: New Photographs by Sarah Kaufman January 9 - February 22 porter/contemporary 548 W. 28th Street, 3rd Floor New York, New York 10001 212.696.7432 info[at]portercontemporary[dot]com

porter/contemporary | 548 W. 28th Street | 3rd Floor | New York | NY | 10001

Baltimore Artists + WPA + Mera Rubell = LOVE

 January 11-18, 2014  

Opening Reception 

Saturday, January 11, 2014 6-8:00pm

Hosted by Marianne Boesky Gallery

118 East 64th St, New York, NY 10065

 Participating Artists:

Amanda Leigh Burnham, Michelle L. Dickson, Dave Eassa, Alex Ebstein, Cliff Evans, Sean J. FitzPatrick, Ryan Michael Hoover, Jason Hughes, Tiffany Jones, Gary Kachadourian, Magnolia Laurie, Curtis Miller, Cara Ober, Rachel L. Rotenberg, Ginevra Shay, Jo Smail, Ryan Syrell, Alessandra Torres, and Stewart Watson

WPA is pleased to announce a preview exhibition of SELECT 2014 works chosen by curator Mera Rubell, Co-Founder of the Rubell Family Collection, during her 36 hour studio visit marathon. 

Baltimore Artists + WPA + Mera Rubell = LOVE is an exhibition featuring the 25 works chosen by Ms. Rubell to be included in WPA's SELECT 2014 Art Auction Exhibition.  The works included in Baltimore Artists + WPA + Mera Rubell = LOVE will be on view February 27 through March 21, 2014 at Artisphere along with almost 100 works selected by other participating curators. All works will be available for purchase via proxy or at the SELECT 2014 gala on March 22, 2014.  Proceeds from the sale of artwork are shared equally between WPA and the artist and support WPA's free exhibitions, programs, and support services for artists year round.

Marianne Boesky Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday: 10am-6pm. Admission is free

Read about Mera Rubell and the 36 Studios/36 Hours tour in the Baltimore Sun 

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SELECT 2014 will be on view February 27 through March 21, 2014 at Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22209. Hours are Wednesday-Friday: 4 - 11pm; Saturday: Noon - 11pm; Sunday: Noon - 5pm; Monday & Tuesday: Closed. Admission is free.

The SELECT 2014 Art Auction Gala takes place Saturday, March 22, 2014 at Artisphere. Tickets start at $325. For additional information, visit www.auction.wpadc.org.

For additional information about WPA, 36 Studios, and the SELECT exhibition and art auction gala, please visitwpadc.org.

South African Voices: A New Generation of Printmakers

Presented by Washington Printmakers Gallery & Vula Amehlo Art Development

2 – 26 January 2014

Exhibition Reception from 1-­‐4 p.m. on Saturday, January 11

Silver Spring, MD —Washington Printmakers Gallery (WPG) and Vula Amehlo Art Development are pleased to present “South African Voices: A New Generation of Printmakers” in January 2014. This invitational exhibition features numerous hand-pulled prints by more than 30 emerging artists from South Africa. Its content seeks to bridge the social, political and economic divides and to create mutual understanding between South Africa and the United States.

Although many of the participating artists have shown in South African solo and group shows, few of them have ever exhibited work outside of their country. This work transcends what is often defined as “African art” – deriving contemporary content from rural and township life or socio-political issues. Its substance defies generalization via diverse styles, techniques and subject matter.

Most whose prints are included in this exhibition come from poverty-stricken remote rural communities or from the more urban townships in and around Johannesburg – areas created under Apartheid’s separate development policy. This talented group of young artists, many of whom have won major printmaking awards, is committed to giving back to their communities despite their own scarce resources.

As they strive to support careers as full-time professional artists, these emerging South African artists are working part-time as gallery staff, teachers for children's art classes, art therapists, or printmaking instructors. Some have developed their own community-based studios or cooperatives, or joined printmaking studios as professional collaborative printers – printing work with William Kentridge, Wim Botha and other well-known South African artists.

Vula Amehlo has organized successful exhibitions in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa – both in traditional gallery spaces and in other environments. As it showcases artists who work in a range of printmaking mediums, Vula Amehlo is a fitting partner for Washington Printmakers Gallery, a cooperative organization that exhibits diverse printmaking techniques. "South African Voices" demonstrates this dynamic juxtaposition of creative thought and approach.

This cross-border collaboration reveals these South African artists as highly collectable world-class printmakers. As noble representatives of post-Apartheid South Africa, significant contributors to the international art landscape, and compelling champions for creative achievement – these poignant voices must be heard.

About Vula Amehlo Art Development
Vula Amehlo Art Development is an organization founded in early 2011. Located in Johannesburg, it promotes the work of young, emerging South African artists by holding exhibitions and by building their capacity to manage careers as professional artists through workshops and practical experience. visit vulaamehlo.wordpress.com.

Washington Printmakers Gallery | Pyramid Atlantic Art Center – Second Floor | 8230 Georgia Avenue | Silver Spring, Maryland | 20910 www.washingtonprintmakers.com

Abstract Expressionism Revisited - Lecture Presentation

January 2014 marks the kickoff of the 60th Anniversary Lecture Series at The Art league! 

Space is limited — contact the Gallery to register for the events below. 

Dr. Claudia Rousseau on Abstract Expressionism
Thursday, January 23, at 1:00 pm to 2:30pm

In conjunction with the Abstract Expressionism Revisited exhibit, join us for a free presentation on this important artistic movement and the artists working both locally and nationally during the 1950’s and 1960’s. Dr. Rousseau received her Ph.D. in Art History from Columbia University. She currently is a professor of Art History and Montgomery College. She has written extensively on Italian Renaissance art and Modern Art. Rousseau often curates and juries exhibits. She juried for The Target Gallery in April 2013 and was a solo juror for The Art League in October 2012. 

To register please call or e-mail the gallery, 703-683-1780 or gallery[at]theartleague.org, or sign up on Eventbrite.

http://www.theartleague.org

The Art League Gallery, 105 N Union St., Alexandria, VA 22314

The Robert and Sharon Buchanan Collection

Robert and Sharon Buchanan share their exquisite art collection in the Kaplan Gallery this month at VisArts. Don't miss the Collector's Roundtable on January 12, 2014.

With These Hands

Kaplan Gallery, Now Through January 18 Three new exhibitions open at VisArts. The show featured in the Kaplan Gallery is "With These Hands," an exhibition of the Robert and Sharon Buchanan art collection. The artwork on display from December 11th through January 18th, include ceramics, prints, sculpture and paintings by artists with local and international reputations. Works range from the emerging to the mature.    The Buchanan collection grew out of Bob and Sharon's profound love and appreciation for art and artists mixed with their own life experiences during a three-year tour in Japan. Sharon, a founder of the art firm, Artists Circle, supports and encourages both regional and national artists and Bob is a stalwart champion of the arts and considers them essential to civic life. VisArts at Rockville | 155 Gibbs Street | Suite 300 | Rockville | MD | 20850

An invitation:

Three Plays in Two Days - December 18, 19, 2013
by Tom Block

Admission is free for both nights, and wine will be provided after the productions, as we discuss the works with the director, actors, playwright and audience.

The plays last about an hour total each night.

Danny and the Therapist shows a man in therapy who loses control of his session.  First, the therapist changes place with him and forces Danny to listen; then Danny's wife enters and takes over the scene.  She divulges a story of infidelity.  Danny pulls a gun, trying to regain control of his time, but the gun does not work.  

Comic Book looks at a space of last resort, a room where the last survivors of some imagined Armageddon have been called.  Sterling weaves a compelling tale about the end of time and the beginning of myth.  Wallace the poet and Lethe the mother are there.  A homeless man wanders into the scene.  Two orderlies appear and seem to indicate that they are in control.  The others tie them up.  The homeless man becomes a doctor.  It might just be a mental hospital.  

Both of these one-acts are being produced by Sanctuary: Playwrights Theater (http://www.sanctuarytheatre.org) is a NYC theater company dedicated to interpreting the work of new playwrights.  Katrin Hilbe directs.

Duck, produced by director Brad Raimondo and read by graduates of the New School for Drama's MFA Acting program, explores the dilemmas encountered by a decorated CIA agent, whose success only brings him face to face with his own perceived moral failings and the Statist myth that has been used to justify his murder in the name of security.

14th Street Y

344 East 14th Street

New York, NY 10003

The Art League - Call to Artists

Abstract Expressionism Revisited

The Art League

January 8 – February 2, 2014

Juror – Anne Marchand

Definition of Abstract Expressionism–
an artistic movement of the mid-20th century comprising diverse styles and techniques and
emphasizing especially an artist's liberty to convey attitudes and emotions through nontraditional and usually nonrepresentational means. 1  

Description -
The Abstract Expressionists valued spontaneity and improvisation. Works entered in this exhibit will demonstrate dynamic, energetic gesture and an emphasis on process. Although most works created during the post-war period of the 1950’s and 60’s, were abstract and free of references to real images, works for this exhibit can also be abstracted views of any scenes or figures. Some Abstract Expressionists included highly personal imagery combined in surprising ways such as in Robert Rauschenbergs “Combines”. Other Abstract Expressionists include Jackson Pollock, Clifford Still and Willem de Kooning. Art League instructors that artists can refer to for inspiration include Deanna Schwartzberg, Delna Dastur and Brenda Belfield.

Works not specifically created in the style of abstract expressionism will be considered for this exhibit but cannot be considered for awards. Most of us have been influenced by this seminal art movement and works entered should reflect how art today has carried on the ideals of Abstract Expressionism.

Note: To apply, artists must be members of The Art League. 
Memberships are open to all, refer to website for more details. 

www.theartleague.org/members/add 

*Artists can elect a one month trial membership for $30 and submit work for jury.

Awards –
Gallery Director Awards –
Best in Show - $200
Second Place - $100

Delivery of work for Jurying – 
Monday, January 6, 6:30pm – 8:30pm or 
Tuesday, January 7, 10:00am – 12 Noon

Notification – Artists accepted into this exhibit wil be notified via e-mail by Tuesday, January 7, 8:30pm. If not accepted, works must be picked up no later than Tuesday, January 21. After January 21 works left in the gallery will incur a $1.00 per day late fee.

Requirements –

• Work must be delivered to The Art League gallery for jurying. The Art League is located at 105 N Union St, Alexandria, VA 22314, Studio 21.
• Artists must be members of The Art League. Memberships are open to all, refer to website for more details. www.theartleague.org/members/add
• Artists will pay a 40% commission on all sold works.
• Work not sold must be picked up on Monday, February 2 between 10:00am and 6:00pm.

Juror – Anne Marchand (www.annemarchand.com)

Anne Marchand was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She completed a Master of Fine Arts Degree Program at the University of Georgia. Marchand says about her own work, “ Moving with both conscious and spontaneous actions, I combine themes of spirit and matter.”

Anne is recipient of an Artist Fellowship 2014 from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Her work was a Showcase Winner with ARTslant New York in 2011. She was honored as Liquitex Artist of the Month in November 2004 and awarded a CAP/MEX EX Residency Grant in 2003 from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. In 2002, Anne was nominated for Excellence in Artistic Discipline in the distinguished DC Mayor's Arts Awards. Her public art works can be seen in Washington, DC and in Crystal City, VA. 

Anne's paintings are represented in numerous corporate and private collections in the USA. She has exhibited extensively in the United States. Current exhibits include Porter Contemporary in New York, Green Chalk Contemporary in California, the Boston International Fine Art Show, the Affordable Art Fair in New York City,  and “Great Streets, the Urban Life of DC” a group show at Zenith Gallery in DC. Marchand teaches private art classes and maintains an art studio in Washington, DC.

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The Art League is located in the landmark Torpedo Factory Art Center, 105 North Union Street, on the beautiful Potomac River in historic Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. Facilities are accessible by car, bus, and Metro, allowing the League to serve the cultural communities of the metro Washington, DC area.

The Art League | 105 N Union St, Alexandria, VA 22314 | 703-683-1780 gallery[at]theartleague.org 

Porter Contemporary in Context from December 3 – 8, 2013

Porter Contemporary

Booth #E51

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New York, NY. Porter Contemporary presents works focused on skill, technique and the ability to push the boundaries of a chosen medium through the works of Jason Bryant, Jeff Huntington, Lori Larusso and Carolina Rodriguez Baptista at this year’s Context Art Fair during Art Basel from December 3 – 8, 2013.

CONTEXT, will take place at a 45,000-square-foot pavilion in the renowned Wynwood Arts District. CONTEXT's successful 2012 debut established it as the ultimate platform for international galleries to present cutting-edge works by emerging and mid-career talents. The fair provides insight into the latest trends in contemporary art by contextualizing them with some of the finest examples of groundbreaking 20th century movements at its neighboring sister fair Art Miami.

Artworks from all represented Porter Contemporary artists will be available at the fair (see full list below); however the booth will focus on highlighting four artists whose work best represent Porter Contemporary’s mission to focus on skill & technique combined with pushing the boundaries of a particular medium.

Photo-realist painter, Jason Bryant will debut new works for his upcoming solo exhibition, Letters From Home.

Jeff Huntington’s work will focus on a new series he began in 2012 where he started “painting” by using magazine clippings as his medium.

Abstracted mundane interior and exterior scenes make up the basis of Lori Larusso’s shaped acrylic panels, each one balancing painterly and sculptural effects. Dissections of reality and unreality sometimes are combined in multiple panels interacting with a whole idea.

Carolina Rodriguez Baptista, led by the forces of her medium, bronze, follows the motion and hardiness by her own sense of self, femininity and strength. Baptista works through the harshness of the bronze to unearth feminine curves, tenacity and moments of self-satisfaction creating figures of action, gentleness and contemplation.

Artworks will also be available by Jennie Barrese, Jessica Charlotte, JaH-HaHa, Naoto Hattori, Jan Huling, Jee Hwang, Jihay Kang, Sarah Kaufman, Katarzyna Majak, Anne Marchand, Judith Mullen, Jennifer Murray, Johnny Romeo, Anne Smerdon, Catherine Tafur, and Roy Wiemann.

General inquiries: info[at]portercontemporary.com
Media inquiries: media[at]portercontemporary.com

Cover Girl - Art Voices Magazine

Are you in Miami this week? Be sure to pick up a copy of the December Issue of Art Voices Magazine which will feature a cover and interview with Washington, DC based artist Anne Marchand. Look for Art Voices Magazine street teams who will be handing out issues to fair goers inside and outside the fairs on December 3rd and 4th.

Cover: http://artvoicesmagazine.com/

Interview: http://artvoicesmagazine.com/2013/12/anne-marchand/

Artist website: www.annemarchand.com