Register Now for Curator
Tours of Two Exhibitions at
American University’s Katzen Arts Center
Saturday, March 9, 11:00 am
WPC board member and exhibition curator Laura Roulet will lead a tour of The Human Flood, a site-specific collaborative installation conceived and created by artists Ellyn Weiss and Sondra N. Arkin. The exhibition focuses on the mass migration of human populations caused by climate change. Years of extreme heat, rising sea levels, wildfires, drought, and water shortages make the environments in which millions of people have lived no longer able to sustain human life. The installation evokes the more visible markers of this movement – extreme weather, nomadic refugee scenarios – and also the human and societal impacts of uprooting.
Led by curator Vivienne Lassman, program participants will also tour the exhibition The Tree Around the Corner featuring the work of artist and educator Barbara Kerne. Barbara has been making art inspired by nature since childhood, as is evident in her myriad interpretations of trees throughout the decades. Her paintings display a varied and intriguing perception of trees ranging from the magical to the humorous to the intensely poetic. Her fascination with forests also led her to create a series of trees in the woodcut print medium, which are on view in the exhibition.
All three artists, Ellyn Weiss, Sondra Arkin, and Barbara Kerne, will be present during the WPC tours of the exhibitions.
Register Now for Curator Tour of
The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism
and it Legacy with Exhibition Curator
Shelley Langdale
Wednesday, March 20, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Shelley Langdale, Curator and Head of Modern and Contemporary Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery of Art, will lead a tour of the exhibition Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and its Legacy currently on view at the National Gallery through May 27, 2024. She will be joined by the Israeli artist Orit Hofshi whose work is included in the contemporary section of the show, who will offer her own insights and commentary on the works on view. This will be followed by short session (1/2 hour) in the study room to view some of the German expressionist prints and drawings that were not included in the show and a discussion of the parameters and challenges of choosing works for the exhibition. Please see here for information about the exhibition.
Member News
Carol Barsha’s Gallery Neptune & Brown exhibition, A Piece of Magic will run March 9 – April 20. Opening reception on March 9, 5:00-7:00 pm.
Susan Goldman, founding director of the Printmaking Legacy Project, has announced another screening of the documentary Black Printmakers of Washington DC: Percy B. Martin and Michael B. Platt on March 12, 6:00 – 8:00 pm at Busboys and Poets, 625 Monroe St NE, Washington, DC. Admission is free. The Printmaking Legacy Project is a non-profit dedicated to the documentation, preservation, and conservation of printmaking practice and history. More information here.
Robert Hunter had a print accepted into the 2024 Delta National Exhibition of Small Prints at the Bradbury Art Museum, Arkansas State University at Jonesboro. In addition, Robert’s work Waiting for Galahad won “best in show” at the recent Alleghany Arts Council exhibition, What is Love?
Deborah Schindler has an exhibition of her linoleum cuts and artist books at the Washington Printmakers Gallery. Expressive Impressions will be on view March 1 – 31. Reception March 10, 3:00 – 5:00 pm. Lecture and demonstration March 16, 3:00 – 5:00 pm.
Eve Stockton has work on view at Massoni Art in Chestertown, MD. Until March 18. More information here.
Ellen Winkler is having a showing of her work at the St. Albans High School gallery, 3001 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. The work includes paintings, prints, drawings and artists’ book. The exhibition is accessible by entering the Lane Johnston building. The secretary there will guide you to the gallery which is in the Steuart Building. The gallery is open during the school week from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm. Those wanting additional logistical information should email the print club for details.
Gallery Member News
Adah Rose Gallery, Of Homage or of Hope, Brian Dupont and Nathan Mullins. Until March 3.
Conrad Graeber Fine Art will be a participating dealer at the Print Club of Cleveland Fine Art Fair, April 26 – 28.
Hemphill, Willem de Looper paintings. Until March 2.
Gallery Neptune & Brown works by Carol Barsha, March 9 – April 20. Opening reception March 9, 5:00 pm.
Morton Fine Art, Sculptural paintings by Jenny Wu. Until March 15.
Pazo Fine Art, Geometrix: Encoded Abstraction, until March 16 at Pazo’s Washington, DC location. At Pazo’s Kensington location, Living Colors, featuring the work of several artists included WPC member Terry Parmelee. March 9 – May 18. Opening reception March 9 6:00 – 8:00 pm.
The Washington Printmakers Gallery is conducting a membership drive. WPG is hosting a reception for prospective new members on Sunday, March 24, 1:00 – 3:00 pm. RSVP by emailing the WPG.
Also of Interest
David C. Driskell Center, University of Maryland, David C. Driskell & Friends: Creativity, Collaboration, and Friendship. More information here.
The Amy Kaslow Gallery has invited WPC members to the opening of its latest exhibition Sandra Dooley: Layers, Thursday, February 29, 6:00 – 8:00 pm. The Gallery is located at 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda. More information here.
National Gallery of Art, Dorothea Lange: Seeing People, until March 31.
National Gallery of Art, Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper, until March 31.
National Museum of Asian Art, Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change, until May 4.
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Holding Ground: Artists’ Books for the National Museum of Women in the Arts, until October, 2024.
Welcome New Member Mary Welch Higgins
Mary Welch Higgins was born and raised in Washington DC. After graduating with a BFA from Corcoran College of Art and Design in 1986, she worked for six years at The Phillips Collection before moving to Northern Virginia. She received her MA in Visual Information Technology from George Mason University in 1995. Throughout her professional career, she has maintained her artistic practice of drawing and exhibiting throughout the Washington DC region. Mary and her husband Jay Townsend have been collecting art for many years and have acquired a number of prints and works on paper.
Save the Dates
April 9, time TBD. Georgetown University Library. A conversation between artist Rosemary Cooley and wood engraver Barry Moser, who is her artistic mentor. On display will be works by Rosemary Cooley, Barry Moser, and Leonard Baskin, who inspired both artists’ work.
April 22, 10:15 am. Behind-the-scenes print room presentation with Shelley Langdale and the artist Matthias Mansen focused on his work in the NGA’s collection.
April 27, 11:00 am. Tour with exhibition curator Helen Frederick of Eternal Paper at the University of Maryland Global College art gallery.
May 17, 11:00 am. Presentation by Alana Quinn, Senior Program Associate, Cultural Programs, of works on paper in the collection of the National Academy of Sciences.
June 1, 2:00 pm. WPC Annual Meeting at Pyramid Atlantic.