Visits to the Studios of Artists Amber Robles Gordon and Gail Shaw-Clemons

Gail Shaw-Clemons, born in Washington, DC, received her Masters’ Degree in printmaking from the University of Maryland. She is a printmaker and mixed media artist and activist. She has exhibited extensively, with many works included in public and private collections in the USA, Brazil, Norway, Sweden, China, Florence, Italy, and the Republic of Ireland. Her work is also in the collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Library of Congress, and the Banneker-Douglass Museum. Shaw-Clemons prints at the Bob Blackburn Printmaking Studio in New York as well as the Pyramid Printmaking Studio in Hyattsville MD. Shaw-Clemons taught at the United Nations International School in New York for 24 years and is currently an adjunct professor at Bowie State University.

Amber Robles-Gordon is an interdisciplinary artist of Puerto Rican and Caribbean descent who resides in Washington, DC. Her creations reflect her hybridism: a fusion of her gender, ethnicity, cultural, political and social experiences, and concerns.

Currently Robles-Gordon is creating a multidisciplinary project titled Reclamando mi tiempo, reclamando lo mío which explores her maternal Puerto Rican heritage. Through the exploration of the Afro – Puerto Rican traditional dance, bomba, Robles-Gordon is navigating the connections between place, heritage and culture. Robles-Gordon is working in collaboration with Cultural DC, Washington, DC, El Cuadrado Gris Galería, Puerto Nuevo, Puerto Rico and Semilla Cultural, Washington, DC, to present a traveling exhibition upon completion of the project. You can find more information about Amber Robles-Gordon and her work here.

Both studios are located at STABLE Arts in DC’s NoMa neighborhood. There is limited on-street parking. The closest Metro station is NoMa.

Registration for this event is limited to 20 WPC members and their guests.