Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Lest we forget



Studio View, 9/11 Oil on Canvas c. 9/11/2001 by David FeBland

"Studio View, 9/11"
Oil on Canvas c. 9/11/2001 by David FeBland

2nd Tri-Annual Maryland State Artist Registry Juried Exhibition

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 19 I 6pm - 9pm
On View:  Thursday, September 19 - Sunday, November 10

Performances:
Thursday, September 19 I 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Performances by:  Margaret Rorison, A. Moon, Sara Dittrich, Maren Henson,  and Jason Sloan
Saturday, November 9 I 9pm - 11pm 
Performances by: Dominique Zeltzman, Shonnita Johnson, Ceylon Mitchell and Stephanie Barber

Join Maryland Art Place (MAP), in partnership with the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) this September, in celebrating a statewide, juried exhibition highlighting the wide range of artists and artwork featured on the Maryland State Artist Registry. The exhibition will take place at Maryland Art Place located at 218 West Saratoga St. from Thursday,September 19th – Sunday, November 10th. A reception will be held on Thursday, September 19th from 6pm to 9pm.

Performances will be held during the opening reception on Thursday, September 19 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm and Saturday, November 9th from 9pm to 11pm

Visual Jurors: Dr. Susan J. Isaacs and Jeremy Stern
Performance Jurors: Ada Pinkston, Hoesy Corona, and Laure Drogoul

Participating Artists:


Visual Artists: Gregory HeinRichard WeiblingerShanthi ChandrasekarSaeideh GilaniJudi GunterAcquaetta WilliamsKristina KingCat GunnAlan CallanderCarmen MartiniSylvie Van HeldenGregg MorrisAmy Boone-McCreeshAlizah LathropBarb SiegelJanet OlneyMagnolia LaurieElli Maria HernandezMegan MaherLeslie ShellowAmanda BurnhamNick PrimoHollis McCrackenHsin-Hsi ChenMaria-Theresa FernandesSaloni ShahShana KohnstammVirginia SperryStanley WenocurBetsy PackardPatricia AutenriethGiulia Piera LiviChristine StrongDominie NashBrad BlairSara CaporalettiJanet HuddieDanielle FauthYam Chew OhTrace MillerHelen GlazerDavid LeonardPaul FordGregory McLemoreDaniel Humphries-RussNilou KazemzadehDon James, Osvaldo MesaJuan RodasErin FostelEvans Thorne, Bruce McKaigTaha HeydariNicole StokesMegan BurakRoger JamesRam BrisuenoMcKinley Wallace IIIRick RugglesAubrey GarwoodScott PonemoneMargaret HuddyVictoria RouseAriston JacksKaren WarshalLaToya HobbsLauren CastellanaFlorencio Lennox CampelloAaron OldenburgAnnette Wilson JonesMike McConnellLinda Agar-HendrixNicoletta de la BrownMaren HensonAmber Eve AndersonCarrie FucileNoah McWilliamsJackie HoystedWilliam RichardsonCarolyn CaseCorey GrunertHedieh Javanshir IlchiOletha DevaneKate KretzGeorge LorioAnna Fine FoerRobert CantorMia HaltonJason PattersonDavid PageJowita WyszomirskaDiane LorioMarcia Wolfson RayTom BoramMargaret RorisonA. MoonSara DittrichJason SloanDominique ZeltzmanShonnita JohnsonStephanie BarberCeylon Mitchelland Valerie Smalkin

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Inaugural Exhibition at Freight Gallery

FREIGHT GALLERY - Presents Diane Szczepaniak

Floating Light: An Installation In The Freight Elevator

Opening Reception on Sunday, September 22 from 3-5 pm 
Freight Gallery is pleased to present its inaugural exhibition featuring an installation called Floating Light, by Diane Szczepaniak. A painter and sculptor, Szczepaniak focuses equally on the object as well as the space around the object:  “When successful, the space becomes a sense experience that eludes description, but is felt in the body.”

About the artist: Diane Szczepaniak has exhibited her work in numerous solo and group exhibitions. Among her other accomplishments, she won a 2019 Fleur and Charles Bresler Residency at VisArts in Rockville, MD and in 2014 and 2011 she was a Semi-Finalist for the Sondheim Prize at the Decker/Meyerhoff Galleries, MICA, Baltimore, MD.  She was a finalist for the Trawick Prize in Bethesda, Maryland in 2012 and was awarded an Individual Artist Award in Visual Arts: Sculpture from the Maryland State Arts Council.  She has presented annual workshops exploring color, perception, and space to the Dudley Fellows at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her work is in numerous private and public collections.  www.dianeszczepaniak.com

About Freight Gallery: Freight is an artist run pop-up gallery in a 1925 Hollister Whitney freight elevator in Washington, DC.  The space is 75 inches wide, 95 inches high, and 85 inches deep–a perfect container for displaying sculpture and small installations.  Its mission is to create more opportunities for artists. Freight is located at 2414 Douglas Street NE Washington DC 20018. There is plenty of on street parking.  Please enter on the side through the loading dock.

Monday, September 09, 2019

Next week's lecture: On Identity in the Arts: What Does It Mean to be Latinx?

Lecture: On Identity in the Arts: What Does It Mean to be Latinx?


Montpelier Art Center

9652 Muirkirk Rd




Saturday, September 21, 2pm.

I will be delving deep into the history and evolution of the Latino ethnic label and then discussing important questions on the issue while wrapping it around the context of the fine arts in a sometimes funny, but always informative presentation. 

Lecture is free and open to the public.

Sunday, September 08, 2019

Art All Night 2019

Please join the DC Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD), eight of our District Main Streets and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH) on Saturday, September 14, 2019 for a FREE all-night art festival!
 
Festivities in select DC Main Street corridors will begin at approximately 7 pm and end around midnight, though some neighborhoods will keep the celebrations going until 3 am (Sunday morning). The festival will showcase visual and performing arts, including painting, photography, sculpture, crafts, fashion, music, dance, theater, film, and poetry, to indoor and outdoor public and private spaces, including businesses.

The festival is presented by Mayor Muriel Bowser and in partnership with Destination Congress Heights, Deanwood Heights, Historic Dupont Circle Main Streets, H Street Main Street, Minnesota Ave, North Capitol Main Street, Shaw Main Street, Tenleytown Main Street, with support from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH) and the DC Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD).

To visit the official Art All Night 2019 website for more information about the night's events, click here.

Saturday, September 07, 2019

From a collector...

A collector in NYC sent me a photo of three of my pieces that he owns and how he has installed them in his penthouse in NYC - I thought that they looked very cool!


Friday, September 06, 2019

Congratulations to Oletha DeVane!

Congratulations to Oletha DeVane of Ellicott City, MD, the 2019 Trawick Prize Best in Show Winner! 

Additionally, Mojdeh Rezaiepour of Washington, D.C. was named 2nd place; Renee Rendine of Towson, MD, 3rd place and Monroe Isenberg of Washington, D.C. was named the Young Artist winner of 2019.



The exhibit of all eight finalists will run through September 28.

The Trawick Prize, which was one of the first regional competitions of its kind in the metropolitan area, has received over 3,000 artist submissions over the years.  Artists must be 18 years of age or older and residents of Maryland, Virginia or Washington, DC. This event is produced in September of each year by the Bethesda Arts and Entertainment District & Bethesda Urban Partnership and features the work of the finalists in a group exhibition.

Gallery B, 7700 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite E
Gallery hours: Wed. - Sat, 12-6pm
Reception: Friday, Sept. 13, 6-8pm