The Art of Legacy Exhibit

Source: Daily Campello Art News

The Art of Legacy Exhibit, in the historic former space of the Georgetown Theater 1351 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC. 

Sponsored by Marsha Ralls Founder & CEO of Closed Monday Productions LLC along with architect Robert Bell. 

Cocktail reception Thursday, March 9 from 6 and 8 PM. Hours are 12 noon until 5 PM or by appointment March 9th- March 19, 2017.
See https://www.facebook.com/events/1050411408417740/ for more info. 

How do you mend a broken heart by Barbara Januszkiewicz -Acrylic on metal panel with resin, 42x44 

Closed Monday Productions LLC presents the Art of Legacy exhibition at the newly renovated Old Georgetown Theater, a former silent movie house from the 1900s.The exhibition features Washington DC artists, John Blee, Barbara Januszkiewicz, Anne Marchard, and photographers Tom Wolff, Marissa White and Matt Leedham. 

The Pop up exhibition will be on view from March 9-19, 2017. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, March 9, 2017, from 6-8 pm at the newly renovated space located at 1351 Wisconsin Avenue NW in Washington DC, Georgetown.

“I’m delighted to welcome spring with these iconic DC artists and photographers, and share their work in this historic space that has been lovingly restored,” says Martha Ralls, “It’s a perfect meeting of historic DC with artists whose work reflects the very nature of the city.” Ralls, the curator and CEO of Closed Monday Productions, worked closely with architect Richard Bell to create a showcase for some of her favorite artists.

Closed Monday Productions LLC was established in 2014 as a private art dealership. CEO Marsha Ralls was the former owner of the Ralls Collection Inc. an art advisory group that expanded in 1991 with the opening of a gallery bearing the same name. The gallery specialized in contemporary painting, photography, prints, and sculpture.

ANNE MARCHAND: VISION OF MYTH

ANNE MARCHAND: VISION OF MYTH 

extended January 2015.

ANNE MARCHAND

VISION OF MYTH

Anne Marchand explores a new vocabulary of color and texture in the swirling vortexes of nebulae and the surfaces of moons and planets, bringing these into her ongoing search for ways to approach mystic poetry through visual expression. The exhibition brings together works inspired by images from the Hubble spacecraft that relate to the artists theme of interconnections. 

Anne Marchand is based in Washingon, DC. She was awarded an Artist Fellowship in 2014 from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Marchand has traveled widely including a Cap/MexEx Residency Grant in 2003 at La Escuela de Arts Jose Limon, in Culiacán, Mexico. She has designed and won mural competitions through DC Creates Public Art Program. Her Westminster Playground Mural in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, DC was included in a Visions Award from the Committee of 100 to the Westminster Neighborhood Association. Her public art can be seen in Washington, DC and Arlington, VA. She currently exhibits work in galleries in New York City, Washington, DC, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and California. 

Founded in Monterey, California in 2013, the focus of Green Chalk Contemporary is to create a community around the celebration of the creative act and bring a select group of uniquely accomplished artists to an appreciative audience. Green Chalk Contemporary advances an uncommon opportunity for artists, curators and the public to discover, to learn, and to acquire contemporary artwork.


Green Chalk Contemporary 616 Lighthouse Ave Monterey, California, 93940 phone: 831.718.7232 email: greenchalkcontemporary [at] gmail [dot] com


www.greenchalkcontemporary.com

International Salvadoran-American Artist Karlisima opens new Art Show ‘Green Cathedrals: Trees, Roots and Branches.'

Karlisima, Angel in Blue

Washington, D.C. – Award-winning, International Salvadoran-American Artist Karlisima will present her art show entitled, Green Cathedrals:  Trees, Roots and Branches at the Potter's House Art Gallery, Washington D.C. from now until August 2nd, 2013.  Two events will be held to meet the artist on July 20 and July 27 at 4:00 pm at the Potter’s House.
Karlisima's paintings are reminiscent of stained glass windows and mosaics infused with deep spiritual meaning, intertwining the worlds of the real and the surreal.  She focuses primarily on symbols of Mother Nature and her native Mayan roots. An interest in the symbolic meaning of votive candles, which she has seen in medieval and renaissance European cathedrals, is also present in her work.  Her paintings are alive with bright, expressive colors. The strong contrasts and bold brushstrokes remind one of impressionist painters and the surrealist work of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.

Karlisima, Corn and Flower

What:            Meet the Artist Receptions of Salvadoran-American Artist Karlisima’s Art Show, entitled Green Cathedrals: Trees, Roots and Branches.

Where:         At the Potter’s House, 1658 Columbia Road NW, Washington DC  20009. Tel. 202-232-5483   www.pottershousedc.org

When:          July 20 and July 27, 2013 at 4:00 pm


“This exhibition is the culmination of many months of intense work, inspired by the beauty of the trees and the parks of the Adams Morgan neighborhood,” says Karlisima.

The exhibition is free and open to the public from now until August 2nd, 2013. 


To view Karlisima’s paintings is to enter an extraordinary world of fantasy, mystery, magic and spirituality.  Whether still-life or landscape, Karlisima’s art tells a story and has an abstract quality that transcends the real, the mundane and the ordinary.  Her paintings are metaphors for the inner light that dwells within each individual soul.

Karlisima was born in El Salvador and moved to the USA with her family at the age of 14, and has been living in Washington D.C. since 1992, when she graduated with a major in painting from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.  She also studied French in France in 1989 and is now fluent in five languages. Her art is influenced by memories of her childhood in El Salvador, her experiences in the US, and her trips to France and Europe beginning at 19, and most recently, Paris and the Holy Land:  Israel and Palestine. Her paintings hang in private collections around the world and two of her self-portraits are part of the Permanent Collection of the International Museum of Women in San Francisco. She exhibited her art in London and Berlin in 2005 and 2006.

On August 7, 2012, she dedicated The Mama Ayesha’s Restaurant Presidential Mural to the public and to President Obama.  The mural, 60 x 24 feet, is located at 1969 Calvert Street NW, and is a tourist destination in the Nation’s Capital, known as “DC’s Biggest Postcard On A Wall.”  It can be found on PBS, Wikipedia, D.C. Tourism Books, and Norway’s Textbooks to teach U.S. History.

Karlísima painted the Potter’s House Mural and the Highland’s Café’s Mural at 4706 14th St. NW, and has been teaching art to children at the Festival Center, 1640 Columbia Rd NW. Adams Morgan.

In "Salvadorans in America," Karlisima is featured as one of the 10 most notable and accomplished Salvadoran-Americans in America (www.lernerbooks.com)

To see her paintings, visit: www.Karlisima.com

Artist’s Studio - Tel. 202-483-3630

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Made in America / Artist Chatham Murray

SMALL CHANGE / Chatham Murray
2009 Paintings
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Athens, Georgia

Yes and that Athens, Georgia - America! with good music to boot.
Artist Chatham Murray has been a painter in Athens, Ga., for 30 years. Her work graces many homes and businesses in the Northeast Georgia area. If you are going to be in the area, stop by, visit and see her new work and take home a painting for your collection. Say hello for me!

There's a fire ring outside, so it's a good spot for people to visit and listen to some homemade music.

Chatham Murray, Decorative Painting and Faux Finishing
in Athens, Ga.

www.ChathamMurray.com
by appointment