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Ringgold / Saar: Meeting on the Matrix
Tuesday, April 4, noon
Online and Open to All
Please join the Washington Print Club for a virtual tour of RINGGOLD | SAAR: Meeting on the Matrix, the latest exhibition at the David C Driskell Center of the University of Maryland, College park MD.
RINGGOLD | SAAR: Meeting on the Matrix features the print work of Faith Ringgold and Betye Saar, providing a window into the material and conceptual explorations at play in their distinct practices. Both artists have uniquely utilized the matrix—the printmaking surface which transfers ink onto paper or fabric—as a site of possibilities for experimentation, storytelling, and activism. The exhibition is the first time the works of the two artists are featured together in an exhibition devoted to print media. This exhibition was collaboratively curated by graduate students in the University of Maryland Department of Art History and Archaeology.
The online tour and discussion will be led by Cléa Massiani, a curator and art professional formally based in San Francisco, CA. She is the founder and co-director of Bass and Reiner Gallery, currently located at the Minnesota Street Project complex in San Francisco, a curatorial space dedicated to fostering dynamic dialogues in the Bay Area art scene and emerging artists. Massiani has curated and co-curated several exhibitions in museums and galleries and held professional art positions both in Europe and the United States. She holds a B.A. and M.A. in History and Art History from The Sorbonne University in Paris, France, and an M.A. in Exhibition and Museum Studies from the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA. She now is a Ph.D student at the University of Maryland.
Please use the button below to register. You will receive an email from Eventbrite with the Zoom link.
Reminder to Register:
Cataloging the Prints and Drawings of
Surrealist Artist Yves Tanguy:
An Online Presentation by
Collector Bill Duncan
March 25, 11:00am
Online via Zoom and Open to All
Catalogues of artist’s works are a valuable resource for the art collector. Bill Duncan will discuss the considerations and challenges involved with compiling a catalogue of the drawings and prints by the self-taught French surrealist, Yves Tanguy. While Tanguy’s artistic career spanned only 30 years (ca. 1924 to 1954), he produced more than 1,000 drawings, 500 oils and gouaches, and approximately 33 etchings. Following a question and answer period, there will be a ten-minute slide show of the artist’s works.
This program will be online and open to all. Please register using the button below. You will receive a confirmation email from Eventbrite that will contain the Zoom link.
The Capital Art Fair
March 31 – April 2
The University Club of Washington DC
The Capital Art Fair, which features works on paper, will take place March 31 – April 2 at the University Club, 1135 16th St., NW, Washington DC. Among the exhibitors will be WPC members Conrad Graeber and The Old Print Shop.
Tickets are available for purchase on Eventbrite. More information about the exhibitors is available here.
WPC Members Receive a 20 Percent Discount on Tickets to the Baltimore Fine Art Print Fair
Tickets are now on sale for the Baltimore Fine Art Print Fair, March 31- April 2. The Baltimore Fine Art Print Fair is the only contemporary print fair in the mid-Atlantic region. Exhibitors will include WPC members Lily Press and Pyramid Atlantic. More information about the fair, including location and a full exhibitors list is available here.
The fair organizers have generously offered Washington Print Club members a 20 percent discount on general admission tickets (either single or two-day). To receive your discount, you will need to enter a code at check out. Please use the button below to request the code.
We thank the Baltimore Fine Art Print Fair for offering this discount to our members.
Acceptance of Nominations for
WPC Board of Directors
A Message from Club President
Christopher With:
The Washington Print Club is seeking new board members. We hope that members who meet the criteria below will consider applying, or you may nominate another Washington Print Club member.
Board members assist with a variety of projects and assume responsibilities in areas that interest them, so there is plenty of opportunity to work on projects that excite you. In general, board members are organized, work well on their own or with others, and have a familiarity with, and/or contacts within, the print world. Given the nature of today’s art world and our need to expand our online presence, we are seeking new board members who are comfortable with using and contributing to social media, online newsletter drafting, and other internet-based tasks. It is also important that board members be familiar with the current DC-area arts landscape and be able to serve as an ambassador for the Print Club by attending events in the area.
Board members become part of a friendly and diverse group of fellow print, drawing, and photography enthusiasts. Terms are two years. The formal election will take place during the annual member appreciation and business meeting scheduled for May 27 at Pyramid Atlantic in Hyattsville.
Board meetings are held roughly every six to eight weeks with a hiatus during summer months. They occur on weekday evenings and last about two hours. For the foreseeable future, board meetings transpire virtually.
Those interested in applying should contact membership chair Nancy Hirshbein. The deadline is Friday, April 28. Nominees are welcome to attend a board meeting before making a final decision if you wish.
Thank you for considering this invitation to nominate a candidate for the board of directors of your Washington Print Club. We look forward to hearing from you.
Gallery Member News
Addison | Ripley Fine Art, WC Richardson: A Memorial Exhibition. Until April 15. More information here.
Gallery Neptune & Brown,Oleg Kudryashov: A Tribute to the Life of an Artist. On view through April 8. More information here. Upcoming, Ben Ferry: Eastward and Onward. Opening reception April 15, 5:00 – 7:00pm. On view April 15 – May 13.
Hemphill Artworks, Prints and Works on Paper, featuring works by artists Ron Adams, Benny Andrews, Romare Bearden, John Biggers, Elizabeth Catlett, Robert Colescott, Allan Rohan Crite, Aaron Douglas, Sam Gilliam, Palmer Hayden, Jacob Lawrence, Norman Lewis, Lois Mailou Jones, Alison Saar, Charles Sebree, Renee Stout, James Lesesne Wells, Charles White, and Hale Woodruff. Until May 6.
Pyramid Atlantic, Member MashUp Exhibition, April 1 – 30.
Also of Interest
Curated by Eric Denker and organized by Dickinson College, Two for the Road: Ernest Roth and André Smith in Europe, 1912-30, will be on view at the Stanford in Washington art gallery March 29 – June 11. Opening reception April 1, 6:30 – 8:30pm. Stanford in Washington is located at 2655 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington DC.
Long View Gallery will be hosting an exhibition of prints, including works by WPC members Eve Stockton and Susan Goldman. Opening April 14.
A Window Suddenly Opens: Contemporary Chinese Photography at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Through 2023.
Montgomery College, King Street Gallery, 930 King Street, Silver Spring, MD, A Pair of Pairs, an exhibition of works by Michael Kellner, Alexandra Robinson, Dave Kube, and Janet Olney. Working in pairs, the artists created “mail art,” one side a letter, the other a drawing. Until April 7.
Looking Up: Studies for Ceilings 1550 – 1800, at the National Gallery of Art until July 9.
This is Britain: Photographs from the 1970s and the 1980s, at the National Gallery of Art until June 11.