Update on Women Artists of the DMV survey show!

 Update on the Women Artists of the DMV survey show: 

1. We are up to nine venues, and working on a 10th! Over 300 artists selected so far! Know of an exhibition venue who may be interested? Email me!

2. The deadline to apply is coming up! If an artist does not apply, then I can't include!

3. Please pass the word to any and all DMV female artists who you may know!

4. If you know any politicians, businesses,  or anyone willing to sponsor a prize, please contact me directly! I can use some help with this!

5. All details here: https://dcartnews.blogspot.com/2025/01/women-artists-of-dmv-all-that-you-need.html

6. The artists selected so far are listed below -- if you have emailed me, and I have not responded with a YES or NO, please email me again.  If I have responded and said YES, and you're name is not on the list below, please email me!

Abramson	Cathy
Achu	Shiri
Altman	Evie
Alzona	Esperanza
Andreozzi	Maremi
Antognoli	Erin
Applequist	Courtney
Arkin	Sondra
Armstrong	Sharon
Balamaci	Suzi
Banks	Michele
Banner	Marilyn
Bardin	Sara
Barfield	Kate
Barker-Barzel	Veronica
Barlow	Jennifer
Barnes	Victoria
Barr	Denée
Barr	Tara
Barsha	Carol
Bass	Holly
Battle	Lisa
Beaudet	Jennifer Lynn
Benderson	Judith
Bentley	Sarah
Birch	Karin
Bishop	Jennifer
Blom	Liliane
Bloom	Julia
Boccella Bagin	Carolyn
Bonds	Prudence
Boocks	Lori
Boozer	Margaret
Borchert	Vian
Bouie	Anne
Brabant	Jill
Brandt	Claire
Breen	Laurie
Brito	Maria
Brotman	Lisa
Brown Goldberg	Carol
Bruce	Amy
Buck	Patricia
Bugash	Dianne
Bullock	Shante
Burley	Melissa
Byron	Judy
Calisti	Denise
Calvin	Stephane
Canuteson	Sue
Carren	Rachel
Casqueiro	Elizabeth
Chandrasekar	Shanthi
Chang	Mei Mei
Chen	Hsin-His
Cherubim	Anne
Clouthier	Irene
Coelho	Amanda
Collier	Bonnie B.
Cooper Cabe	Diane
Cornett	Ellen
Cornwell	Kathy
Craigie-Marshall	Lea
Crider	Sheila
Crocetta	Jacqui
Cullins	Andrea
Curren	Beth
Cybyk	Andrea
Danzinger	Joan
Daryl	KayLee
Dastur	Delna
Davis	Jenny
Davis	Tanya
Davis	Anna U.
Davison	Elizabeth
Dawson	Danni
Day	Catherine
de Poel Wilberg	Patricia
Dekel	Limor
Demovidova	Anna
Donahoe	Wendy
Dowell	Margaret
Droblyen	Jen
Durrett	Nekisha
Early	Mary
Eder	Susan
Edwards	Cheryl
Edwards	Bria
Ellyn	Dana
Elsner	Rita
Erickson	Hyunsuk
Farrell Johnson	Cynthia
Federman Cogut	Felisa
Feit Covey	Rosemary
Finsen	Jill
Fishel	Sharon
Flanders	Sheila
Fragione	Cianne
Frank	Mary Anella
Frederick	Helen
Freestone	Jenny
Fussner	Emily
Gallegos O'Neill	Helena
Gauthiez-Charpentier	Marie
Ghim	Genie
Gibson-Hunter	Claudia (Aziza)
Giganti	Kate
Goldberg	Margery
Goldman	Susan
Goodman	Janis
Goslee	Patricia
Grand	Freya
Granek	Graciela
Haden	Josephine
Halprin	Debra
Hamblett	Beatrice
Harrison	Elyse
Hasbun	Muriel
Hashem	Seemeen
Hassan	Rania
Hayes	Jennifer
Hecht	Mira
Hehlen	Alexandra
Herman	Michelle
Hester	Francie
Hill	Lisa
Hill	Ellen
Hipschen	Pattee
Holt	Leslie
Hostetler	Susan
Hoysted	Jackie
Hull	Sarah
Hunter	Michal
Ichiuji	Melissa
Ilchi	Hedieh
Jackson	Selena
Jackson Jarvis	Martha
Jakobsberg	Pauline
Januszkiewicz	Barbara
Jarzynski	Teresa
Jenkins	Carmen
Johnson	M. Jane
Kallista	Jessica
Kanzler	Jenny
Karametou	Maria
Katalkina	Anna
Katz	Lori
Kauffman	Sally
Kent	Trish
King	Megan
King	Zofie
Klein	Lillian
Klein	P D
Kretz	Kate
Lambert	Bridget Sue
LaMont	Susan
Lawler	Linda
Le	Ngoc
Lee	Kyujin
Lee	Jun
Lescault	Liz
Lesser	Harriet
Levin	Carol
Lillis	Jennifer
Lin	Kara
Lin	Amy
Linowitz	June
Liotta	Barbara
Little	Kirsty
Litwak	Taina
Lowenstein	Shelley
Lukaszewski	Laurel
Luttwak	Dalya
MacKinnon	Caroline
Maegawa	Akemi
Maher	Megan
Makara	Susan
Malakoff	Julia
Manalo	Isabel
Mánlapaz	Joey
Mann	Katherine
Marchand	Anne
Marcus	Jai
Marshall	Lucinda
Martire	Isabella
Marx	Amy
Massaro	Sheryl
Mayorga	Carolina
Maza Borkland	Elena
McAleer-Keeler	Kerry
McCracken	J.J.
McCrocklin	Sophia
McCullough	Donna
McFall	Becky
McGrath	Dale
McLean	Marla
Meagher-Cook	Anne
Michael	Maggie
Miele	Regina
Militaru	Ramona
Mojica	Marily
Montalbano	Michele
Montgomery	E.J.
Moody	Sharon
Morgan	Ally
Morris	Meredith
Mosley-Pasley	Camille
Moumin	Adrianne
Mueller	Lindsay
Mussoff	Jody
Nassikas	Georgia
Newmyer	Carol
Niehuss	Juliette
Niland Rounds	Lori
Nolan	Leslie
Nzinga Terrel	Zsudayka
Oaxaca	Teresa
Offen	Ronnie
Okropiridze	Tea
Olivos	Claudia
Orgen	Erica
Osher	Marian
Packard	Betsy
Parker	Nicole
Patin	Dora
Peck	Judith
Perdomo	Monica
Pérez-Ramos	Sandra
Pham	Anne
Ping Shen	Pearl
Pinner	Robin
Pocen	Naan
Poku-Speight	Patricia Edwine
Pollock	Maryanne
Posey	Kelly
Prinsloo	Yolanda
Raab	Susana
Rachko	Barbara
Raedeke	Erin
Rebhan	Gail
Reed	Carol
Reed	Felicia
Renteria	Cindy K.
Ress	Beverly
Riccio	Marie
Riley	Lesley
Ringwald	Marie
Rivarde	Cindy
Robles-Gordon	Amber
Rodman	Sarah
Rogers	Alla
Rojas	Roxanna
Rosenstein	Lisa K.
Rothschild	Gayle
Rubin	Carol
Ryan	Christine
Sandell	Renee
Sargent	Madeleine
Sausser	Nancy
Schmitz	Karen
Schwartzberg	Deanna
Sestakova	Martina
Sever	Lian
Shalowitz	Susan
Shaw	Janathel
Shaw-Clemons	Gail
Shelford	April
Sigethy	Alison
Sikorska	Elzbieta
Silverthorne	Alexandra
Siple	Pauline
Southerland	Judy
Springfield	Molly
Srinivasan	Pritha
Staiger	Marsha
Stockton	Eve
Stout	Renee
Svat	Terry
Szalus	Veronica
Thompson	Kat
Underwood	Patricia
Uskievitch	Christine
Van Brakle	Jessica
Vasquez	Gloria
Vera	Rosa Ines
Vess	Claudia
Vidales	Marite
Viola	Pamela
Walsh	Lori
Walton	Jenny
Warren Gobar	Sandra
Way	Andrea
Weiss	Ellyn
Wellman	Joyce
Wilkerson	Tracy
Wolf-Hubbard	Marcie
Wolpoff	Sharon
Wood	Helen
Wrbican	Sue
Yamaguchi	Yuriko
Yancy	Shawn
Yurdin	Suzanne
Zeller	Paula
Ziselberger	Barbara
Zughaib	Helen

The Chronicles of Anderdingus: Cubani Fiesta

Cubani Fiesta is my fave cut from the new Chronicles of Anderdingus album!

Listen to it in YouTube here.

Art Scam Alert!

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Red-Handed – Sudan: Don’t Turn Away

Red-Handed – Sudan: Don’t Turn Away

May 10 – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Historic Christ Church Auditorium 

118 N. Washington Street Alexandria, Virginia

What we're told about this powerful exhibit:

Art you can walk on, art you should walk on. Art meant to open your eyes to a world tragedy going on right now.

An extraordinary one-day art installation by well-known artist Rosemary Feit Covey is coming to Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, May 10. She calls the work “Red-Handed.” Covey designed  the mixed-media installation to open our eyes to the suffering of people anywhere. It shows stylized bodies of hundreds of victims, each with hands dipped in red paint. 

The Alexandria installation, offered by American Friends of the Episcopal Church of the Sudans, is subtitled “Sudan: Don’t Turn Away.” It focuses on awareness of the tens of thousands killed, and the tens of millions displaced and starving in the continuing, often-overlooked two year civil war in Sudan. 

Red-Handed is a powerful and dark sight. It encourages us not to look away, especially from a humanitarian crisis on the level occurring in Sudan.

Rather than simply an exhibit of one abstract artwork for one cause, Covey explains, “I want my work to be a conduit to dialogue and awareness. The context changes the meaning of the work, the viewer becomes involved because walking on art, and on this particular image, is uncomfortable and meaningful.” And so, Covey collaborates with other artists and causes.

Red-Handed is designed to travel. Constructed in sections, it can change sizes and configurations from a simple wall poster to covering a ballroom floor to wrapping an exterior.

Red-Handed – Sudan: Don’t Turn Away will feature a 40 x 35-foot floor artwork meant to be walked on. Looking down, visitors will find ways to discover the toll of war in Sudan. Former U.S. Ambassadors will be on hand as well as members of the South Sudanese community to report what’s happening on the ground, and the American Friends of the Episcopal Church of the Sudans will offer ways to help.

The exhibit will be open Saturday, May 10, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Historic Christ Church, 118 N. Washington Street (2nd Floor) Alexandria. Admission is free. Because of the intensity of the images, Red-Handed – Sudan: Don’t Turn Away is not suitable for young children. 

Update: Women Artists of the DMV!

Update on the Women Artists of the DMV survey show that I am curating: We're now up to 9 art venues & over 250 artists as I've just added Maryland Hall to the list of exhibition venues!

All the details here.

Art Scam Alert!

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Beatrice Hamblett at The Writer's Center

Today I visited The Writer’s Center in Bethesda, Maryland to see “You Don’t Know Me,” a solo exhibition of photographs and stories by DC photographer, Beatrice Hamblett. The exhibition opened March 6 and will be on view until April 18 with an Artist Talk on March 27 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Joram Piatigorsky Gallery at the Center.

Ready for this? I was floored by this exhibition! In fact, this is easily one of the top, if not the best photography show that I have seen in a loooong time.

We are told that:

“You Don’t Know Me,” introduces viewers to a cross-section of people— fisherman, hunters, church-goers, people living in small towns and “hollers—who reflect the spirit of Appalachia. With this five-year project, Hamblett hopes to bridge the gap between urban and rural people at a time when division runs deep throughout the US. 

This show does that and more. The images are all memorable, and are all eye-opening to not only Americans, but to anyone who has never set foot in Appalachia and relies on Hollywood and politicians to describe a region and a people who are close to the heart beat of our nation.

In the show, Hamblett not only showcases her photographic skills - she's a darkroom photographer who flexes her old-school skills and displays that enviable geekyness of the silver gelatin crowd when she tells me that "all photos are silver gelatin prints, developed and printed in my own darkroom. Film: Ilford HP 5 120 shot with a Hasselblad 501 CM camera. Paper: Ilford Multigrade Fiber-based paper," but she also exposes her equally enviable ability to capture the essence and soul and presence of a special and important segment of our people in this great nation.

Andi Looks Up, Huttonsville, WV

Helping Hands, Squire, WV

You will come out of this exhibition not only lucky to have been exposed (no pun intended) to a great photographer, but you'll also will learn a lot about our fellow Americans from that fabled region; a beautiful and powerful presence in our nation, captured in intelligent and important photographs.

One of the walls at The Writer's Center 

Beatrice Hamblett is also one of the artists selected for the Women Artists of the DMV survey show coming later this September to eight DMV art venues, including The Writer's Center.

Yelp is hiring an intern

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A modern-day Greek tragedy’: the life and death of artist Thomas Kinkade

In that way, Art for Everybody makes the implicit argument that you can either make art that will win over the establishment or that will win over the greater population, but you can’t make both...

Read the most excellent ‘A modern-day Greek tragedy’: the life and death of artist Thomas Kinkade by Veronica Esposito here.

Last day at Affordable Art Fair

 Last day!

The crew at the Affordable Art Fair in New York City

Suzanne Yurdin, me, and Steve Wanna posing in front of the booth - missing from pic is the amazing Jeannette Herrera, who was helping out early in the week.

Suzanne Yurdin, Lenny Campello and Steve Wanna
at the 2025 Affordable Art Fair NYC

The Bisque wall at the Affordable Art Fair

Jeannette Herrera's amazing evolution

The spectacular new work by Jeannette Herrera in full splendor at the Affordable Art Fair New York!

Jeannette Herrera art at Affordable Art Fair NYC

Arrival in New York

01:30 AM - Wide awake on my bed, thinking about the always dicey unload operations when we arrive at the Metropolitan Pavilion in NYC later in the morning.

04:00 AM - Out of bed, teeth brushed, coffee made and awaiting for Steve Wanna to arrive.

04:20 AM - Steve Wanna arrives, we load his artwork into my van - somehow it fits.

04:35 AM - We depart and head north on I-95 to NYC.

06:30 AM - Speed camera flashes somewhere in Delaware.

07:45 AM - We're within 14 miles of the Holland Tunnel - about 90 minutes later we enter NYC.

09:15AM - We arrive at the Met Pavilion, check in and then meet artist Jeannette Herrera and her friend Abby, who are going to help us unload.

10:00 AM - Art is unloaded into the booth and the hanging process begins as the empty boxes are re-loaded into the van

Steve Wanna installing at Alida Anderson Art Projects'
booth at the Affordable Art Fair NY

10:30 AM - I drive and leave van in parking garage on 19th Street and walk back to Met Pavilion to continue hanging the work.

3:00 PM - I notice that artist Suzanne Yurdin's work is not lit properly and spring an extra light at $105!

4:15 PM - I walk over to the Chelsea International Hostel, check in and go to my room, unpack and walk out to the shared bathroom, shower and shave, get dressed and walk back to the fair.

5:00 PM - VIP Night starts and the aisleas are packed!

10:00 PM - Head back to the hostel - over 2300 people attended the VIP night... multiple sales of Bisque pieces and a nice painting by Anne Cherubim.

11:00 PM - Out for the night.

The booth!

The booth finally done!

Dora Patin

Anne Cherubim

Suzanne Yurdin

Suzanne Yurdin

First sale! A work by Anne Cherubim!

Wanting for the VIP Opening!

The VIP opening is in about 30 minutes... huge line outside at the 2025 Affordable Art Fair NYC in the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea!

LEON BERKOWITZ and WAYSON JONES at HEMPHILL

The halcyon years of the Washington Color School, over half a century ago, still represent the deepest fine arts footprint ever made by our (then) regional artists, elevating most of them to (now) a global presence.

There's currently a terrific show at Hemphill showcasing the works of two immensely talented artists: Leon Berkowitz and Wayson Jones.

Jones' work first came to my attention via my good friend Lou Stovall, when Stovall selected Jones in 2010 for the October Members Show in Hillyer Art Space.

I've been following Jones' work for many years, and in 2018 I wrote about his participation in that year's Superfine Art Fair and highlighted the "refined works of Wayson R. Jones, whose technique and presentation just keeps getting better and sharper! This is a key DMV artist deserving of more attention by the curatorial cabal of our area." And two years ago I was in the audience when Jones, who in 2022 was Montgomery College’s Visual and Performing Arts Department's Artist in Residence, presented a really good Artist Talk one September day. 

It has been said that "Leon was a character, a character that stood alone..." 

In "An Interview with Gene Davis" by Walter Hopps, we learn that the The Washington Color School "members" did not feel much camaraderie, with each other, and perhaps even a sense of jealousy? George Hemphill notes that:

There are stories of Davis' extreme annoyance at the Corcoran students gathering in groups and sitting before Berkowitz's paintings while leaving his work absent of attention. Berkowitz's paintings sold as well, possibly better than others. His peers' work may garner greater investment returns today, but none have as much universal and growing appeal.

Leon Berkowitz (Photo by Paul Feinberg - Courtesy of Hemphill)

This is an important show which deserves attention not only because of the historical importance of Berkowitz, but also and equally important, a new and powerful footprint by a superbly talented contemporary artist who clearly represents a 21st century extension of those halcyon days. 

Leon Berkowitz in his studio (Photo by Paul Feinberg - Courtesy of Hemphill)

The show runs through April 26, 2025.

H E M P H I L L

434 K Street NW

Washington DC 20001

202.234.5601

hemphillfinearts.com

The Chronicles of Anderdingus: Team Up

Erik Thor Sandberg: GATHER

SELECT | ERIK THOR SANDBERG: GATHER

March April 2025

TO VIEW   TO INQUIRE

CONNERSMITH is presenting an online view of "Gather" by American surrealist Erik Thor Sandberg, who is easily one of my favorite painters on this planet.

GATHER by Erik Thor Sandberg

This major work features a thoughtful gathering of multiple human figures and a profusion of hybrid animals within a detailed landscape. Though unsettling, and equally grotesque as Hieronymus Bosch’s demons, Sandberg’s fantastical creatures seem vulnerable, perhaps even endearing. “I didn’t want to make them too scary,” the artist elucidates. “I think people conceived of demons as scapegoats for human failings. My creatures aren’t evil; they represent experiences, feelings, motivations - aspects of life that shape us for good or bad. Life throws everything at you. Some things can damn near cripple you; some make you stronger, some make you laugh. They are all important.”

Two standing women dominate the scene. One figure appears astonishingly translucent. The other holds a woven strand of creatures that are being either drawn into, or expelled from, the see-through torso of her companion. “I often present the human form as a vessel for various things,” Sandberg relates. “These creatures fill the figure with aspects of humanity.” The person who facilitates the process has an aspect of resolution, as someone who has already undergone something similar. This scenario evolved from earlier works where Sandberg depicted vessels as biological cells, clumps of earth, watery spheres, or skulls containing multiple figures, each person symbolizing a different aspect of the self. Composite forms are important in the artist’s work, as he explains, “I don’t think anyone is completely good or completely evil. Myriad experiences define intricate layers that make us who we are. I create aggregates to express this complexity.”

The assembly in “Gather” is bracketed between a cat, who watches from the foreground, and a seated woman, who peers out from behind the standing technician. “In some paintings I include one or more figures that I call witnesses,” Sandberg imparts. “They do not participate. They do not interfere. They, like the viewer, are just trying to understand everything that is happening.” Sandberg describes the woman staring out from the background as a companion to the crowned skeleton/death figure on the other side of the technician. He elaborates, “I imagine her whispering without words to the woman standing in front of her.” The theme of watching is amplified by eyes and eyeballs integrated throughout the scene. “Eyes imbue life and spirit into my images,” Sandberg reflects. “After all, seeing and being seen is a basic human desire.”