The Hill Rag's Art and the City Exhibition Opening is March 8!

The Hill Rag's Art and the City Exhibition

Hill Center Galleries 921 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20003   March 2 – April 30, 2017 Opening Reception: Wednesday, March 8, 6-8 p.m. The Hill Rag’s Art and the City A column by Jim Magner The Hill Rag Executive Editor: Melissa Ashabranner Managing Editor: Andrew Lightman Art Director: Jason Yen   Welcome to the exhibition of the Hill Rag’s Art and the City “REvisit” artists. For the 14th year of my column, Art and the City, I elected to look back at some of the artists I had profiled in years past. I was looking for contrasts—for the creative journeys that bring new directions and new perceptions. What I found was dedication – a fervid reaching for excellence and evolving insights that let them soar higher, while ever-testing and questioning the meaning of it all. For all of these artists, the intervening years have been full of art – full of seeing, searching, and living visually. By being creative, they have given true value to time. This is a terrific show in the variety of subjects and styles. The quality of work is exceptional and intellectually exciting, from: The ever-exploring idea art of Alan Braley, The mystical watercolor landscapes of Tom Bucci, The abstracted visual rhythms of Tati Kaupp, The internal questioning force of Matt Sesow, The passage through time and dancing colors of Jan Kern, The exquisite oil landscapes of Andrei Kushnir, The powerful abstract images of Anne Marchand, The wonderfully whimsical drawings and pastels of Ellen Cornett, The roaring social statements of Dana Ellyn, The portraits and passions of Patrick Campbell, The vision and award-winning landscapes of Barbara Nuss, To the reaching and lifting river photography of Bruce McNeil. Yes, the works are for sale…too often underpriced in my opinion – with 30% going to the support of Hill Center. About Jim Magner: I’ve been writing the Hill Rag column, Art and the City, since March 2002—14 years. I am an artist and writer. My book, A Haunting Beauty: Vietnam Through the Eyes of an Artist, has received awards and great reviews. I have had a presence on Capitol Hill for 40 years in one capacity or another and have a fair number of paintings in personal collections scattered about the area. I have also been a legislative assistant to a US senator and a teacher of kids with emotional disabilities. The former prepared me for the latter.   This show is generously sponsored by the Hill Rag.

Opening at New Gallery /Adah Rose Gallery

Adah Rose Bitterbaum is opening a contemporary art gallery in Kensington, Maryland and would love for you to come to the opening of the inaugural show on September 10! She has worked as the Director  of the Studio gallery in Dupont Circle and as an Independent curator for almost four years. Ms. Adah Rose's new gallery space is a part of a burgeoning arts community in the DC metropolitan area. Her focus will be primarily on DC, Maryland and Virginia artists and a variety of art students from area colleges and universities. The inaugural show at Adah Rose Gallery features the work of artists Lori Anne Boocks and Elizabeth Grusin-Howe.

 "Mysteries of Space and Place" 

Lori Anne Boocks and Elizabeth Grusin-Howe

Sept. 7-Oct. 9, 2011

 Opening Reception: Saturday, Sept. 10 6-9 p.m.

The Opening will be a lot of fun with music, 

excellent food and of course.....wonderful art.

 Lori Anne Boocks

Ms Boocks, a painter, is the keeper of stories. The act of remembering and sharing stories is a powerful influence for Ms Boocks. Just as the passage of time creates layers of experiencing — the remembering of an event, the misremembering of it, the distancing, the forgetting are all important pieces in her process and thinking. In her paintings, text serves as both subject matter and the basis for mark-making. Texture for each piece comes from her hands, brushwork, and a subtractive process where layers of poured washes are added to the surface, then partially removed with cloth. Ms Boocks received her BFA in Art from Old Dominion University and was awarded a recent solo show at the Delaplaine Arts Center in Frederick Maryland. She has shown extensively in the Washington Metropolitan area.

Elizabeth Grusin-Howe

Ms Grusin-Howe, a print maker, also uses layering in her one of a kind prints that revel in the splendor, decay and serenity of Venice. In layers of paint, metallic pigments and waxes, she builds layer upon layer reflecting the experiences of the city itself and the intrigue and stories implicit in such a mysterious place. Ms Grusin-Howe received her BA in Art and Art History from the University of Maryland and has studied at the Corcoran College of Art and Design. She has shown extensively in the Washington Metropolitan area.

Images courtesy Adah Rose Gallery

Adah Rose Gallery
3766 Howard Ave
Kensington, Md 20895
www.adahrosegallery.weebly.com
301-922-0162
Fri-Sun 12-6 and by appointment.

Art Openings DC

Parish Gallery

Anacostia River School of Photography's
"Revealing the Treasures of the East" exhibition 

Opening reception  Friday, February 4, 6 to 8 p.m. 

An artist's talk Saturday, February 5, 4 to 6 p.m. 

The reception features the works of six fine art/nature photographers, highlighting the beauty of the Anacostia River.

Parish Gallery

1054 31st Street, NW

Washington, DC

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Lauren Rice: Heirlooms
February 5 - March 12, 2011

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Transformer

 OPEN HOUSE: Saturday, February 5; 1-7pm

Meet and greet throughout the day with artist Lauren Rice.

ARTIST TALK: Saturday, February 5; 2pm

Installation work of Detroit-based artist Lauren Rice in her first DC solo exhibition. Similar to set designs for theatrical events, the landscapes Rice creates in her sculptural work are fantastical - elements appear to collapse, levitate, burst and grow within the gallery space. With Heirlooms, Rice references gardens, flowers and vases, while simultaneously vulgarizing their traditional preconceptions as feminine and romantic.

www.transformergallery.org

1404 P Street NW Washington, DC 20010 / 202-483-1102

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Latines / Latin hood
A collective of 13 DC-based artists share their vision of what it means to live, feel, grow and evolve as latinos ... coming into a new reality and a new life,  in a place where the language is different, the flavors different and everything takes shape differently. Here and there at once. Your self-identity and present reality in a state of conflict.

Participating, artists include: Elva Lovos, Lázaro Batista, Francisco Rosario, Mauricio López, Ronald Chacón, Iván Mendizábal, Luis Peralta, Wilfredo Valladares, Katya Miranda y Alberto Roblest.  Saturday reception poetry readings by Quique Avilés, Sami Miranda & Iván Mendizábal, with music by Pepe González.

Curated by Ronald Chacón

February 7-13th, 2011
Grand Celebration / Reading/ Music: Sat. Feb. 12th from 5-10pm. No RSVP necessary!
Beverage and appetizers Friday 11 & Saturday 12.  


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The Consulate of El Salvador, 2332 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Georgetown, WDC

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Mexican Cultural Institute 
OPEN HOUSE | FEBRUARY 5, 2011
Colors and Threads:
Preserving a Cultural Heritage
A  journey through Oaxaca, its people and culture with a
special open house dedicated to weaving, one of the state's most deep-rooted
traditions.

DUE TO FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS, WEAVER ELSA ABIGAIL MENDOZA ANTONIO AND ANA PAULA FUENTES, DIRECTOR OF THE TEXTILE MUSEUM OF OAXACA, WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ARRIVE TO WASHINGTON IN TIME FOR TOMORROW’S PROGRAM.  THE EXHIBITION WILL STILL BE OPEN FOR VIEWING FROM 12 TO 4PM.

THE PROGRAM IS RESCHEDULED FOR 6:30PM ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH

12:30 - 2:00 pm
Weaving demonstration on a backstrap loom by Elsa Abigail
Mendoza Antonio from Santo Tomás Jalieza, Oaxaca.

3:00 pm
Ana Paula Fuentes, director of the Textile Museum of Oaxaca, will
discuss the history and work of the Textile Museum.

Admission is free and open to the public.
RSVP to cdiaz@instituteofmexicodc.org 

Saturday, February 5 | 12:00 pm
@
Mexican Cultural Institute
2829 16th Street, NW | Washington, D.C.

THE WEAVING DEMONSTRATION SCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6 AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN WILL STILL TAKE PLACE AS PLANNED.


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DCCAH Celebrating 2011 Black History Month | Feb 2-28
www.dcart.dc.gov


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February 2 - 27, 2011
“COLOR OF LOVE”
by 50 artists
Opening Reception: Friday, February 4, 6-8:30pm

www.touchstonegallery.com

Touchstone Gallery 901 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC

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Excellence in Printmaking
Juried by Katherine Blood,
Curator of Fine Prints, Library of Congress

 40 prints by mid-Atlantic BFA and MFA candidates.
Exhibition runs February 2-27
Opening reception and awards:
Saturday, February 5, 1-4 pm
Short talk and award announcements by Katherine Blood starting 1:30 pm,

Washington Printmakers Gallery
 Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, 2nd Floor | 8230 Georgia Ave | Silver Spring, MD 20910
 www.washingtonprintmakers.com


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Tania Karpowitz
Artist's Talk: Sunday, February 6, 2pm-4pm
@
Washington Studio School
 2129 S Street NW
Washington, DC 20008


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CITY Gallery Presents:
Nancy Donnelly (glass) and
Jill Finsen (paintings)
Color & Shape

Opening, Saturday, February 5 from 6–9 PM

www.citygallerydc.com

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Project 4
Drive By

February 5 - March 5, 2011
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 5, 2011 - 6:30pm - 9:30pm

The show Drive By at Project 4 Gallery features six artists whose drawings, paintings, collages, and video art offer unexpected insight into the common scenes we observe while moving through the structures of an urban and suburban landscape. People play a periphery role in the artwork and are frequently absent altogether. The material objects that encapsulate our urban lifestyle take on subtle psychological, emotional, and spiritual characteristics. Mundane landscapes and ordinary object are transformed by the artist into quiet reflections of the intangible structures that form the individual experience in a Western culture.

The featured artists Kim Beck, Martyn Blundell, Zlatko Cosic, Sarah McKenzie, Michael A. Salter, and Gregory Thielker take different approaches to explore what we miss when driving by seemly unimportant landscapes, too trivial for our conscious recognition or attention.
http://www.project4gallery.com/


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Friday, February 4th, 2011
TIME: 6PM-9PM
ADMISSION: $5 suggested donation

Clouds InFormation: Helen Glazer

Exhibition Dates: Feb 4 - Feb 25, 2011

For the past five years, Glazer’s work has been heavily influenced by chaos and complexity theories’ perspectives on the unpredictability of natural phenomena. As her latest Clouds series (on view from February 4th 2011 to February 24th 2011 at Hillyer Art Space) demonstrates, the artistic process is analogous to the dynamical systems posited by chaos and complexity theories — that is, an artwork takes shape within particular conditions of time, place, medium and the artist's own hand, finally unfolding as these unpredictable forces interact.

Monstrous: Jessika Tarr

Exhibition Dates: Feb 4 - Feb 25, 2011

Emerging from the dark yet whimsical world of children’s literature, Jessika Tarr’s exhibition Monstrous features works that are both narrative and theatrical. Just as German story books combine dark and provocative themes with seemingly innocent illustrations, her works contain a tension between content and style.

Members' Gallery: Artists' Advisory Committee Show

February's Members' Show features work by Hillyer Art Space's Artists' Advisory Committee members. The Artists' Advisory Committee is comprised of well-known artists' from the Washington DC area and is primarily responsible for selecting artists for Hillyer Art Space's exhibitions. Come see specially created work by Billy Colbert, John Blee, Tom Wolff, Manon Cleary, Pat Goslee, Barbara Liotta, Judy Southerland, and Foon Sham in this unique Members' Show

Hillyer Art Space
http://www.artsandartists.org/hillyer/exhibitions_upcoming.html 


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Black Abstraction exhibition

Jan. 17 through March 12, 2011 

Harmony Hall Gallery in Ft. Washington, MD 

Jarvis DuBois, Curator

202.297.4630

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Richard Siegman @ The District of Columbia Arts Center (DCAC)

ReSolve New Works by Richard Siegman 

Curated by Joanne Kent and Stuart Greenwell 

Jan. 14 - Feb. 6, 2011

Opening: Friday, January 14, 7-9pm

ReSolve is abstractionist Richard Siegman's re-examination of a 30-year painting process that finds him creating his most realized, and freshest work to date. By balancing his signature expressionist gestures against a contra-indicated slick, hard-edged ground, the result is a controlled dynamism of infinite proportion.

An artist faces a blank slate when beginning a new work. Regardless of the artist’s experience, creating even a single piece requires the same investigation of self in relation to materials and pictorial elements, and solving or re-solving those challenges. This process reinvents and keeps the work fresh and relevant to the present. Richard Siegman is a committed abstractionist. His most recent body of work is a continuation of the style developed in his signature large-scale acrylic abstractions on resin board. The palette for those paintings with vigorously applied thick strokes was mostly primary colors and black on a white background. These new paintings include more secondary and tertiary colors, and surfaces are as often hard slick gloss as thick impasto. These works are more thoughtful and controlled, and weave together a complex whole made up of disparate elements. Parts consist of shapes, including inverted pyramids or bands, either vertical or horizontal and often at right angles to each other, that interact with areas of thick paint or gloss enamel. The expressionistic strokes of color, rather than dominating the overall surface, are contained within the bands or other hard-edged shapes. These new paintings merge his earlier physical and intuitive spontaneity with a thought out and considered process, and result in a dynamic interplay of parts and surface. Joanne Ken

Source: http://www.dcartscenter.org 
DCAC is located at 2438 18th Street NW, Washington, DC

Art Openings DC

Kyan Bishop @ Hillyer Art Space

Jan 7 - Jan 28, 2011 

Opens Fri., Jan 7th, 6pm-9pm  

ADMISSION: $5 suggested donation  

Artists' Talk:  Sat. Jan 15 at 1:00 pm  

Kyan Bishop's sculpture and installation work is often built by creating accumulations of simple, yet expressive forms that seek to provide an enriched understanding of the human experience. While at times highly referential in nature, Bishop views her work as an intimate exploration of space and time as well as a reflection upon our rapidly changing landscape.

Leah Appel: Southern Aperture  @ Hillyer Art Space

Jan 7  - Jan 28, 2011

The images in the Southern Aperture exhibtion are shot with a Holga camera, darkroom printed, then toned with an antique process called Berg printing to give them the earth colors that embody both the beauty and grittiness of the real South.

MEMBERS' SHOW: DISPERSED

Guest juror, Barbara Liotta
Jan 7- Jan 28, 2011

Showcasing the work of Ellen Weiss, Lauren Kotkin, and Craig Kraft.The selected pieces will be shown @ Hillyer Art Space's newly revamped Members' Gallery.

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Washington Winter Show Celebrates 

"Georgetown: Over 200 Years of Style" 

Jan 6- 9, 2011 @ the Katzen Arts Center

The Washington Winter Show will take place on Jan 6 - 9, 2011 at the Katzen Arts Center at American University. The theme for the 2011 show is Georgetown: Over 200 Years of Style. The antiques and fine arts event features over 40 premier dealers from the U.S. and Europe and draws over 6,000 attendees. A different event will be held each day of the festival, including an opening night party, lecture and buffet luncheon, jazz night, appraisals, and a tasting of dishes from Georgetown restaurants during the final show date.
For more information about the event, visit www.washingtonwintershow.com.
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Studio Gallery "The Magic of the Melting Pot: Immigration in America" 

Jan 5 - 29, 2011

Opening reception: Fri., Jan 7, 6-9 PM.  

Author Talk: Steve Roberts, Wed., Jan 12: 7 - 8:30 pm
Artist Panels: Wed., Jan 19 and Thurs., Jan 20: 7 - 9 pm

Painters, pacifists, revolutionists and dreamers have all contributed to the beauty of art and culture
in America. Studio Gallery applauds the unique American spirit in this show featuring the diverse work of artists all informed or influenced by the immigrant experience.

www.studiogallerydc.com
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OPENING NIGHT for POLAROID: The Retrospective

Thursday, Jan 6 at 6:30pm - Jan 7 at 2:30am

 "Exposed: The Polaroid Retrospective" is an exhibit dedicated to the world of Polaroid and instant film photography, with over one thousand images being displayed by local photographers. All images being used were taken with retro instant-film cameras of different styles."

SOVA is a locally owned coffee and wine bar located in the heart of the Atlas District/H Street Corridor. With a full bar, plenty of space for performing acts and a charming interior SOVA has quickly become one of the major staples of the H Street scene. 

SOVA, 1359 H St. NE, Washington, DC 202-397-3080 

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Suzannah Vaughan: Tracing Form

Jan 7 - Feb 12, 2011

Opening Reception: Friday, Jan 7, 6-8pm

Artist talk: Thursday, Jan 20, 12:30-1:30pm

Suzannah Vaughan’s Tracing Form will feature a luminous string installation in juxtaposition with a new series of glass and cement sculptures. This is the second exhibition by a contemporary Irish visual artist that Flashpoint Gallery has presented in conjunction with Solas Nua, one of Flashpoint’s resident organizations. www.flashpointdc.org

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"Celebrate Gay Marriage" January show at the Foundry Gallery

Opening reception: Friday, Jan 7, 2011, 6:00 to 8:00 pm. 

Art work for the show was selected based on its ability to visually represent "same" sex marriage. The show will run from January 5, 2011, through January 30, 2011. 

Of special interest is that well known art historian Dr. Jonathan Katz who co-curated the "Hide and Seek" exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery, which forced the removal of one of the pieces in the show, will deliver a lecture on Saturday Jan 15, 2011, at the Foundry Gallery starting at 4:00pm. 202-463-0203.

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"Saturnalia" at Irvine Contemporary
Saturday, January 8 · 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Irvine Contemporary presents Saturnalia, a group exhibition of new works by gallery artists. The exhibition will include works by Teo González, Melissa Ichiuji, Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, Akemi Maegawa, Alexa Meade, Susana Raab, and Kahn & Selesnick.
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Bewick's Legacy: Six Contemporary British Wood Engravers

Opening Reception: Saturday, Jan 8, 1-4 pm 

Curated by Simon Brett: Neil Bousfield, Harry Brockway, Peter Lawrence, Hilary Paynter and Sue Scullard

Reception and Wood Engraving Demo with American Wood Engraver Rosemary Covey: Saturday, January 15, 1-4 pm  www.washingtonprintmakers.com
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CITY Gallery Presents

Ronnie Spiewak "Leaves, Words & Screens"

Opening Sat. Jan 8, 6-9pm

In Spiewak’s words: “Collage has always been a satisfying vehicle for expressing my ideas and emotions. Scissors and exacto blades are among my most coveted tools, serving in effect, as my paintbrushes. They help create lines and shapes quickly and crisply giving the work the energy I seek.  I am most comfortable when I’m tearing, cutting and pasting paper onto paper. Paper also has a 3-dimensional quality that I’m constantly exploring. Glossy black  ink-saturated magazine paper sings. The color, plainness and usefulness of brown paper give it an earthy quality.

City Gallery, 804 H ST NE Second Floor, Washington DC 20002

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 Touchstone Gallery January Exhibition  

 OFF-KILTER

Paintings by Leslie M. Nolan

Jan 5 - Jan 30, 2011

Opening Reception, Wine Tasting and Live music:

Fri., Jan 14, 6-8:30 pm

Leslie Nolan's color drenched figurative paintings capture the uncertainties of our world. OFF-KILTER, Nolan's solo exhibit at the newly reopened Touchstone Gallery, conveys the emotional intensity shared by its subjects. 202-347-2787 www.touchstonegallery.com
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Works by Magda Watts & Malcah Zeldis: 

January 12 - February 25, 2011 @ Luther W. Brady Art Gallery

The George Washington University, Media & Public Affairs Building,
2nd Floor, 805 21st Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20052
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Last Chance Closings

Arcimboldo, 1526-1593: Nature and Fantasy @National Gallery of Art East Building

Through January 9
Bizarre yet scientifically accurate, 16 examples of the fantastic composite heads painted by Giuseppe Arcimboldo are exhibited together for the first time in the United States. Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci and Albrecht Durer, small bronzes, illustrated books and manuscripts, and ceramics provide a context for Arcimboldo's inventions, revealing his debt to established traditions of physiognomic and nature studies.


Loïs Mailou Jones: A Life in Vibrant Color @ National Museum of Women in the Arts
Through January 9, 2011 
The first major retrospective features more than 70 paintings, textiles, and sketches from the pioneering African American artist’s 75-year career.

Artist Salon Talk / Charles Sumner School

Friday, December 10, 2010, 6:30-8pm

Topic: Where We Are Going

Artists: Elsa Gebreyesus, Sonya Lawyer, Michael Singletary

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Charles Sumner School and Museum Archives 

1201 17th Street NW

Washington, DC 

Artist Salon Talks feature “Ten for Ten″ Exhibiting Artists
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC


Ten Artists For Ten Years 
This exhibition features the works of 10 emerging and mid-career artists, reflecting the diverse artistic expressions that have helped to shape the Washington DC art scene for the last decade.
Artists featured include: Gwen Aqui, Billy Colbert, Doris Colbert Kennedy, Victor Ekpuk, Elsa Gebreyesus, Sonya Lawyer, Chris Malone, Anne Marchand, Michael Singletary and Frank Smith.


http://www.millenniumartssalon.org
Email: info@millenniumartssalon.org
Phone:  202-319-8988

Cool Yule Champagne Open House on December 4 at Gallery 555

Tues - Fri: 11am - 6pm

please call to confirm

555 12th Street NW     LOBBY     Washington DC 20004

gallery555dc@aol.com     202-393-1409

Angela White / Sea and Land @ VisArts

"Sea and Land" Exhibition

Paintings by Angela White

November 2 - November 29, 2010

Reception:  1st Friday, November 5th, 6-9 pm
@
VisArts at Rockville, 1st floor Spotlight Gallery
 

Angela White, Sea Rocks, San Francisco, California,  24" x 30." oil on canvas.

http://www.angelawhiteart.com

"Travel continues to be an integral part of my process as I communicate memories of the physical world, as well as emotional and physical responses to one's unique experience of a place". - Angela White

VisArts at Rockville presents a new series of exhibitions titled, MCPS Art Teachers: Inspiration Beyond the Classroom from November 2010 through October 2011. Monthly exhibitions will highlight the artwork of Montgomery County Public School art teachers, beginning in November 2010 with Angela White's paintings of sea and land. Opening receptions to meet the artists are scheduled for the First Fridays of each month.

VisArts at Rockville (VisArts)

155 Gibbs Street 

Rockville, MD 20850
www.VisArtsCenter.org

(301) 315-8200

From the Studio of Anne Marchand - Stratum

This week's featured artwork deals with layers.
Layers of meaning are present in friendships we make, cultural identities and in an awareness of other living systems in the world.

Stratum, ©Anne Marchand 2010, All Rights Reserved 

40" x 40" acrylic, collage (paper, tree bark, feather), and mixed media on canvas

Please direct inquiries to info[at]annemarchand.com

www.annemarchand.com

GIRLS NIGHT OUT to help a great charity, Bright Beginnings / Upstairs at 7th & Gallery 555

Let's make this Thursday, August 12th, girls night out to help some OTHER girls that need our help! Please invite all your friends so we can have a great event for this amazing charity! Gallery 555 will also be open so you will have the opportunity to see some terrific art this Thursday too. Champagne will be served so grab your girlfriends, stop by on your way home, or come down to have a great night out and do some very good work! 10% of all sales will go directly to Bright Beginnings. (The door to the building on 11th and F next to Potbelly's will be open until 8) - Ricki Peltzman, owner Upstairs on 7th boutique.

Gallery 555 features wall and functional ceramic pieces by artist, Lori Katz in August and a selection of work by area artists.

Here are some of the amazing felt necklaces, hand bags and designer pieces at Upstairs on 7th

Upstairs on 7th
555 12th Street NW (lobby)
Washington, DC 20004

www.upstairson7th.com

Gallery 555

Upstairs on 7th
555 12th Street NW (lobby)
Washington, DC 20004

202-393-1409

gallery555dc.com

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