Another new art venue in town...
Celebration of Women: Vision and Movement, curated by Gerald Malitz opens Thursday, April 8, 2004, with a reception from 6:00 - 9:00 pm at the new Pepco Art Center: Edison Place Gallery. This new space has been in operation since November 2002 and this exhibit will help launch it as another great addition the DC arts scene.
For more details, visit the exhibition website here. The show includes 81 pieces by 23 area artists. Included in the show are Susanne Carmack, Gloria Cesal, Victor Ekpuk, Patsy Fleming, Elsa Gebreyesus, Mina Hanig, Ahmed Kachmar, Barbara Kerne, Sofia Kifle, Sharon Killian, Lu Lan, Stephanie Lane, Susan Makara, Ruth Marcus, Andrea P. McCluskey, Leslie Oberdorfer, Muatasim Omer, Anna Otchin, Dot Procter, Anastasia R. Simes, Lida Stifel, Patricia Underwood and Helen Zughaib.
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Tuesday, April 06, 2004
This coming Friday, April 9th is the second Friday of the month and thus the Bethesda Art Walk from 6-9 pm featuring 14 downtown Bethesda galleries and studios: paintings, sculpture, photography, pottery, jewelry and mixed media. Participating galleries showcase artwork created locally, nationally and internationally. Enjoy free refreshments. Art Walk attendees may walk throughout downtown Bethesda’s streets or take the free shuttle that will stop at each individual gallery. For more information, please visit www.bethesda.org or call (301) 215-6660.
We will have a group show of contemporary realism, featuring work by New York painters David FeBland, John Jacobsmeyer and Laurel Wells, plus work by our own area's John Winslow, Chawky Frenn, Heather Neill and others. We'll also have European artist Zigymantas Augustinas, a prizewinner in the 2002 BP Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
We will have a group show of contemporary realism, featuring work by New York painters David FeBland, John Jacobsmeyer and Laurel Wells, plus work by our own area's John Winslow, Chawky Frenn, Heather Neill and others. We'll also have European artist Zigymantas Augustinas, a prizewinner in the 2002 BP Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Among the many excuses that the Washington Post has given me in the past for not having more extensive gallery coverage in our area is lack of printspace.
Today, their Chief Art Critic, who seldom writes about DC area art galleries' shows, gives us a review of a lamp show in London.
Today, their Chief Art Critic, who seldom writes about DC area art galleries' shows, gives us a review of a lamp show in London.