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Curator Tour
Staging the Supernatural:
Ghosts and the Theater in
Japanese Prints
Friday, March 29, 10:45 am
National Museum of Asian Art,
Smithsonian Institution
Members of the Washington Print Club and their guests are welcome to join us for a tour of Staging the Supernatural: Ghosts and Theater in Japanese Prints with exhibition curator Kit Brooks and co-curator Frank Feltens, Friday, March 29, 10:45 at the National Museum of Asian Art (formerly the Freer/Sackler).
Throughout Japanese cultural history, the boundary between the real world and the world of supernatural beings has been remarkably porous. Certain sites, states of mind, or periods in the lunar cycle made humans particularly vulnerable to ghostly intervention. The Edo period (1603–1868) was a crucial stage in the development and solidification of ideas about the supernatural. Many of the beliefs that gained currency at this time are still held as conventional wisdom in Japan today.
Supernatural entities came to life especially during noh and kabuki theater performances with ghosts and spirits playing roles in the retelling of Japanese legends and real events. Staging the Supernatural brings together a collection of vibrant, colorful woodblock prints and illustrated books depicting the specters that haunt these two theatrical traditions.
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Artist Talk and Print Viewing With
Rosemary Feit Covey and Barry Moser
Tuesday, April 9, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Georgetown University Library
Members of the Washington Print Club and their guests are welcome to join us on Tuesday, April 9, 3:00 – 5:00 pm at Georgetown University Library for a program featuring experimental printmaker and wood engraver Rosemary Feit Covey in conversation with master wood engraver Barry Moser, her artistic mentor, who will join virtually from his home in Massachusetts.
Moser, who founded Pennyroyal Press in Easthampton, Massachusetts in 1970, has published numerous fine press editions of classic literature, and Georgetown’s Special Collections has 22 of his titles. His current book project is an edition of Herman Melville’s Billy Bud that has yet to be published. There will be a pop-up display of the work of both artists at the event, along with that of Leonard Baskin (1922-2000), a prolific graphic artist and founder of Gehenna Press, who inspired Moser’s work.
The artists’ discussion will last approximately 30-40 minutes followed by Q&A. Then guests will be able to view the assembled works and light refreshments will be served.
Registration is limited to 35 people. WPC members may register themself and a guest.
Print Collecting 101
A Panel Presentation for the Novice Print Collector
Thursday, April 4, 6:00 pm
at Hamiltonian Artists
This Program is Open to All
Have you ever wondered how to get started collecting original works of art? Are you unsure about how prints and other works on paper figure into a collection of original art?
In partnership with Hamiltonian Artists, the Washington Print Club is hosting a panel discussion to address these very questions. Please join us on Thursday, April 4, 6:00pm at Hamiltonian Artists for a conversation with artists Gail Shaw-Clemons and Cory Obendorfer and collector Phillip Barlow. The panel will be moderated by artist and gallerist Mary Early.
Hamiltonian Artists is located at 1353 U St., NW, very near the U Street Metro stop. You can find out more about Hamiltonian here.
The program is free and open to all. Because of space limitations, we ask that you RSVP. Please use the blue “button” below to register.
Member News
Carol Barsha’s Gallery Neptune & Brown exhibition, A Piece of Magic will run March 9 – April 20.
Delna Dastur and Barbara Liotta will have works in Washington Project for the Arts annual Collectors’ Night gala, May 4.
Mary Higgins, Cross The Meadow: Drawings by Mary Welch Higgins, May – June 19, Goodwin House – The Art Studio Gallery, 4800 Fillmore Ave, Alexandria, VA. Reception: Friday May, 10.
Jenny Freestone’sprint Vestige Sue will be exhibited at The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation exhibition Looking Back: An International Retrospective, Part 2, which runs from 14 March to 28 June 2024. The Hunt Institute is located at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh.
linn meyers and Soledad Salamé will have artwork in the Kreeger Museum’s 30th anniversary exhibition, June 1 – October 5.
Peggy Parker recently published a limited edition artist’s book containing nine linocuts, Saint Francis of Assisi ‘s Canticle of the Creatures. More information here and here.
Deborah Schindler has an exhibition of her linoleum cuts and artist books at the Washington Printmakers Gallery. Expressive Impressions will be on view until March 31.
Gallery Member News
Adah Rose Gallery, Carte Blanche: Celebrating Art and Artists. Until April 22.
Addison/Ripley, John Borden Evans Home. Until April 6.
Conrad Graeber Fine Art and The Old Print Shop will be a participating exhibitors at DC’s Capital Art Fair, April 5 – 7.
Hemphill, works by Steve Cushner, March 16 – April 27.
Gallery Neptune & Brown works by Carol Barsha, Until April 20.
Morton Fine Art, The Unseen, works by Prina Shah, March 20-April 17.
Pazo Fine Art, At Pazo’s Kensington location, Living Colors, featuring the work of several artists including WPC member Terry Parmelee. Until May 18.
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. On exhibition, works by Deborah Schindler (see member news).
Pyramid Atlantic, Mesh, March 15 – April 28.
Mesh celebrates the possibilities of screenprinting. Selected from nearly 300 submissions, included artworks showcase both conventional and unconventional applications of the art practice.
Pyramid Atlantic partnered with The Washington Print Cluband The Washington Print Foundation for Mesh. Through these partnerships, three $1,000 awards are offered to recognize excellence among the entries: Best Overall Entry, Best Work on Paper, and Most Innovative Entry.
Also of Interest
Capital Art Book Fair, April 6 – 7, Eastern Market North Hall, 225 7th St., SE. More information here.
Capital Art Fair, April 5 – 7. More information here. Exhibitors will include WPC members Conrad Graeber and The Old Print Shop.
David C. Driskell Center, University of Maryland, David C. Driskell & Friends: Creativity, Collaboration, and Friendship. More information here.
National Gallery of Art, The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and its Legacy. Until May 27.
National Gallery of Art, Dorothea Lange: Seeing People, until March 31.
National Gallery of Art, Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper, until March 31. Link to YouTube video about the exhibition here.
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.
May 4 is Print Day in May. More information here.
Welcome New Members!
As a child and grandchild of Washington DC painters, Clare Winslow studied painting at Catholic University. She later discovered screenprinting at the Corcoran College of Art and Design where she learned to push the boundaries of the medium. She has taught screenprinting and monotypes at Pyramid Atlantic in Hyattsville, online, and from her studio in Kensington. She exhibits her prints and paintings throughout the DC area and beyond. Her current solo exhibit of screenprints can be seen at Glen Echo’s Park View Gallery until March 24. Clare’s website is here.
Deborah Grayson shares that she is a “a fine art printmaker, painter, and scholar who uses vernacular, ethnographic and medical photographs from the late 19th and early 20th century as source material to illuminate Black women’s life-stories. Moving between figuration and abstraction, the historical and the current, the spiritual and the intergalactic, I use printmaking (relief, lithography, screenprint) and drawing to re/animate the rich quiet stories of Black women’s lives with the goal of building a visual archival imaginary. I am a native Washingtonian. My studio is based in NE Washington, DC.” Deborah will be having a showing of her work at DC’s IA&A at Hillyer in April. Deborah’s website is here.
Save the Dates
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.
In Memoriam
The Washington Print Club notes with sadness the passing of Jay Fisher, former Senior Director of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs and Inaugural Director of the Ruth R. Harder Center for Matisse Studies at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Jay was a great friend to the WPC, a former WPC advisor, and gave many BMA tours for the WPC over the years. He also curated one of the WPC’s collectors exhibitions in the early 2000s. Jay was a well known and well-loved member of the print community.