Please Join us for a Tour of What Remains? The Vietnam War and its Reckoning With Curator Cheryl Edwards Saturday, November 7, 12:00 pm
Mason Exhibitions
Fairfax Drive, Arlington (Metro Accessible)
The Viet Nam war unfolded alongside profound social, political, and cultural upheavals within the United States. The 1960s witnessed transformative events, including the civil rights movement, the assassination of political leaders, and racial injustice. These developments culminated in large-scale demonstrations such as the 1969 Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam, widely regarded as one of the largest anti-war protests in U.S. history.
Within this context, veteran artists were shaped not only by their military experiences but also by a rapidly shifting cultural landscape. The intersection of war, civil rights struggles, and countercultural movements created conditions in which questions of identity, justice, and belonging became inseparable from artistic production. The Vietnam veterans suffered not only from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) but also endured moral injury.
This exhibition brings together works by veteran artists whose practices emerge from the enduring afterlives of military service, examining memory, history, and the physical and psychological after-effects of war. In the context of the United States’ 250th anniversary, it reconsiders national narratives as contested and ongoing rather than resolved.
You can learn more about the exhibition (including a content advisory) here.
Registration for this event is limited to 20 WPC members and their guests. Please click on the blue “button” below to RSVP. This will ensure that your RSVP goes to the correct person. Please RSVP by October 30.
Member News
Carol Barsha, Michèle Colburn,Delna Dastur, and Mira Hecht have work in the McLean Project for the Arts exhibition (Not) Strictly Painting. The exhibition runs through November 7. Click here for information about the exhibition-related events.
Kit Brooks is the curator of the exhibition Takeda Hideo’s Genpei: Defying Authority, Princeton University Art Gallery. Until January 3, 2027. More information here.
Adjoa Burrowes, Gail Shaw-Clemons and other members of the Dandelion Black Women Artists Collaborative have work in the exhibition Rebuttal, Montpelier Arts Center, until November 1. The exhibition will travel to the Bob Blackburn Printmaking Studio (NY) in March, 2027.
Michèle Colburn has an exhibition of her work, Contours of Remembrance, at Glen Echo’s Stone Tower Gallery. Until November 1. Gallery hours Saturdays and Sundays, 12:00 – 6:00 pm.
Delna Dastur has work in the Art League’s mimiMax exhibition at the Torpedo Factory. Until December 4.
Catherine Day has had her work accepted into the Made in VA Biennial, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (Richmond). On view until March 21, 2027.
Kristin DeNinno and Clare Winslow will be participating in Layered Lives: Woman in Print, Gallery B, Bethesda, MD. Until November 1.
Cheryl Edwards has work in Jubilee: Celebrating 25 Years of the Driskell Center, University of Maryland. Until May 12, 2027.
Sharon Fishel’s collaged paintings and mono prints are on view at
Holding Sanctuary: Water & Earth, Ashe & Norton Gallery (DC). Until November 1. “Art and poetry” conversation, October 30, 6:00 pm.
Annette Fortt, Susan Goldman, Deborah Grayson, Susan Due Pearcy, and Caroline Thorington have work in Printed Voices, Kramer Gallery (Silver Spring, MD), until January 6. More information here.
Annette Fortt will be interviewed by Adjoa Burrowes on October 24, 10:30 am. The program will be online, part of the Art Clinic Online series. More information here.
Mira Hecht, Carol Reed, and Beverly Ress will have work at the November 21 Transformer gala and auction.
Robert Hunter has work in the exhibition Perspectives: America at 250 organized by the Boston Printmakers Guild, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Until November 8.
Zofie King will have a solo show at McLean Project for the Arts November 21 – January 23, 2027. Opening reception December 3, 7:00 – 9:00 pm.
linn meyers will have work in the group show Lune di Giove / Moons of Jupiter at the Villa Clara, Montegiovi, Italy. linn also has work in the exhibition A System in Place: A Conversation with Sol Lewitt, University of Denver, until November 6.
Randi Reiss-McCormack’s work will be featured in the Goucher College exhibition Fables, Foibles, and Fallacies: An Interactive Exhibition of the Senses, November 12 – January 22, 2027. More information here.
Beverly Ress has a solo show at Tephra Institute for Contemporary Art’s Signature Gallery (Reston). Until February 13, 2027.
Charles Ritchie’s work is featured in the Steven Francis Fine Art/Tradewynd Gallery (Lynchburg, VA) exhibition Nulla Dies Sine Linea. Until November 22.
Soledad Salamé’s work will be featured at the Goya Gallery’s both at the ADAA Art Fair (NYC), November 12 – 16.
Eve Stockton will have an exhibition of her work at the Nepenthe Gallery, Alexandria, VA. Until November 4.
Gallery Member News
Adah Rose Gallery Surreal Horizons, featuring the work of Kyujin Lee and Teagan Treichel. Until October 31.
Addison/Ripley Fine ArtWonder featuring the work of Carlotta Hester, October 24 – November 28. Reception October 24 5:00 – 7:00 pm.
HEMPHILL Virtual exhibition Kevin MacDonald: Dream State. Until November 30. More information here.
Gallery Neptune & BrownBen Ferry: Take the Long Way Home. Until October 31. More information and e-catalog here.
Morton Fine Art Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann / Water Body. October 24 – December 19. More information here. Opening reception October 24, 2:00 – 4:00 pm.
PFA Gallery DC Location Re/Assemble featuring the work of Reed Anderson and Alex Ebstein. Until October 31.
PFA Kensington (MD) LocationNothing but Net, featuring the work of Eleanor Anderson, Amie Cunat, Regina Jestrow, Jody Joyner, Meg Lipke, Evan Nesbit, Gelah Penn, Lauren Rice, and Molly Zuckerman-Hartung. Until November 28.
Pyramid AtlanticOutlaw Printmakers. Until November 16. More information here.
Washington Printmakers Gallery Humanography: Paramythia, An Exhibition of Contemporary Myths and Tales by Matina Marki Tillman. Until October 25.
Also of Interest
A broad array of online and in-person programs are scheduled in conjunction with IFPDA’s “Print and Drawing Month.” Throughout October.
On October 23, 6:00 pm, there will be a performance and discussion with artist Anthony Le in conjunction with the exhibition curated by Cheryl Edwards, What Remains (see above). Information about the event can be found here.
DC Print Fair, November 7, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, and November 8, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. Eastern Market North Hall.
Capital Art Fair, November 13 – 15, University Club (DC). More information about this print fair (including tickets and registration) can be found here. Exhibitors will include WPC members Conrad Graeber Fine Art and The Old Print Shop.
Red Dirt Studio Open House (Mt. Rainier), November 15, 12:00 – 4:00 pm. More information here.
Capital Rare Book Fair, December 4 and 5, University Club (DC). Information about tickets and registration here.
Save the Dates
November 14, 11:00 am. Curator-led tour of Outlaw Printmakers at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD
December 1, 11:30 am. Curator-led tour of Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea at the Phillips Collection
December 5, 11:00 am. Collectors visit with Laura Roulet and Rafael Hernandez