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The DMV Speaks
A Panel Discussion with
Artists Wesley Clark, Mary Early,
Edgar Endress, and Helen Frederick
Moderated by Curator Laura Roulet
In Conjunction with the
WPC 60th Anniversary Collectors’ Exhibition
The DMV collects the DMV
The Kreeger Museum
December 7, 1:00 pm
Until November 21, WPC members have priority registration for the upcoming panel The DMV Speaks at the Kreeger Museum. After November 21, registration will be opened to the general public.
On December 7, four artists whose work is represented in the WPC 60th anniversary exhibition will be in conversation with curator Laura Roulet: Wesley Clark, Mary Early, Edgar Endress, and Helen Frederick. The conversation will delve into their artistic practice and their experiences of being an artist working in the greater DC area.
The panel is in conjunction with the exhibition The DMV Collects the DMV which draws from the collections of WPC members and includes works on paper by an array of artists, showcasing the talent within the greater Washington, DC area and the collectors who support them.
Registration is required to attend the program, as is paid museum admission (except for Kreeger Museum members). Please use the button below to register. It will take you to the Kreeger Museum website’s registration page. If you are a Kreeger member, please use the drop-down box to secure your free entry.
Registration for the panel discussion is limited to 70 individuals. After November 21, registration will be opened to the general public, so secure your spot now.
Please note that on-site parking is extremely limited. Please plan to car pool or to arrive by taxi or ride share.
Click here to view the online exhibition catalog which includes an extensive essay by the curator.
Member News
Carol Barsha and Delna Dastur had work chosen for the 2024 Mid-Atlantic New Painting Biennial hosted by the University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA.
Cheryl Edwards and Helen Frederick have work in the McLean Project for the Arts exhibition Vibrant Matter: Works from Wood. Until January 4. Tea and Talk Wednesday, December 4, 2024 at 11:00 am.
Cianne Fragione’s exhibition Isole: A Voyage Among My Dreams is on view at St. Mary’s College Museum of Art, Moraga CA until June 22, 2025. The online catalog is available here and a recording of the online artist’s talk can be found here.
Helen Frederick and Chris Mona’s collaborative and solo projects are on view at the Rice Gallery, McDaniel College, Westminster MD. Until December 13.
Susan Goldman’s exhibition of her work at the Athenaeum Gallery in Alexandria runs until December 8. Artist’s talk, Saturday, November 30, 1:00 pm.More information here.
Mira Hecht’s exhibition at the American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, in the center thereof rose a fountain, runs through December 8.
Mary Welch Higgins is curating an exhibition at the Brentwood Arts Exchange, Brentwood, MD. Beyond Networks: Work by New Image Artists runs until January 4. Artist talk December 7, 2:00 pm. More information here.
Robert Hunter’s print Toxic Silence was selected for the 2024 Fletcher Exhibition of Political and Socially Engaged Art held at the Reece Museum on the Campus of East Tennessee State University. The Exhibition runs until December 6.
Randi Reiss McCormack has had a work acquired by the US State Department’s Art in Embassies program. Lift Off is now traveling to the US embassy in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
Susan Due Pearcy will open her Sugarloaf Studio to the public for the Countryside Artisans Holiday Tour, December 6, 7 and 8th from 10:00am to 5:00pm each day. Her studio is located at 21900 Beallsville Road, Barnesville, MD 20838. More information here.
A documentary video about the work of artist Charles Ritchie is available for viewing here.
Soledad Salame was featured in the National Gallery of Art’s 9 Latinx Artists to Know.
Karen Seibert is curating an exhibition of works on paper by Werner Drewes at the Triangle Art Studios in Bethesda, MD, until November 30.
Joyce Wellman has three works in the Phillips Collection exhibition Breaking it Down: Conversations from the Vault. Until January 19, 2025. More information here.
Julie Wolfe will be exhibiting, speaking about, and signing her new publication The Beholder, a collaboration between the artist and the collective PAN. 11:00 am, November 23, at HEMPHILL. Click here to RSVP.
Gary Zuercher’s black and white photographs of the bridges of Paris at night, which were featured in his book The Glow of Paris, will be on display from November 29 through January 21, 2025 at the Parc de Choisy in Paris. This is a continuation of his debut exhibition of the photos at Paris City Hall in October and November last year.
Gallery Member News
Adah Rose Gallery Opening on November 16, an exhibition of works by Nathan Loda and Anne Smith inaugurate the gallery’s new space at 12115 Parklawn Dr, Rockville, MD.
Addison/Ripley Catherine Howe: All that Glimmers. Until November 30.
Gallery Neptune & Brown Lois Dodd: Mastering the Art of Direct Observation and Wolf Kahn: Luminous Landscapes, until November 30.
Hemphill, Two X. Until December 21. The exhibition includes work by Benny Andrews, Leon Berkowitz, Otho Branson, Francis Criss, Shaunté Gates, Wayson Jones, Norman Lewis, Kevin MacDonald, Joseph Mills, Melvin Nesbitt, Jr., Robin Rose, Alma Thomas, Julie Wolfe, and Ruri Yi.
Morton Fine Art Meditations on Blue featuring the work of Michael Andrew Booker, Kesha Bruce, Natalie Cheung, Amber Robles-Gordon, Jaz Graf, Hiromitsu Kuroo, Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann, Andrei Petrov, Prina Shah, and Liz Tran. Until January 18.
Pazo Fine Art, DC location. The Radical Middle: Stephen Maine and Christopher Miles, November 16 – January 11.
Pazo Fine Art, Kensington location. 10012: The Abstract Vanguard. Ross Bleckner, Alan Cote, Max Gimblett, and Kevin Teare. Until November 23.
Pyramid Atlantic, Carlos Hernandez Mixed Up, Cut Up: Explorations in Screenprinting, until November 24.
Washington Printmakers Gallery, Inner Peace, works by Clara Young Kim, Julie Niskanen, and Nina Muys. Until November 24.
Also of Interest
Art and Graphic Design of the European Avant-Gardes is the inaugural exhibition of the new Irene and Richard Frary Gallery, Johns Hopkins University, 555 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, until February 21. More information here.
Amy Kaslow Gallery (Bethesda) Joseph Holston: Black Lives. A Retrospective. Until December 8. More information here.
Faces and Figures: Identity Through Printmaking between South Africa and DC is on view at Mason Exhibitions, Arlington, until December 6. More information here.
Collecting Community: The Millennium Arts Salon at 25, IA&A at Hilyer, until December 1. Featured artists include Olivia Bruce, Tim Davis, Claudia “Aziza” Gibson-Hunter, Kristen Hayes Campbell, Helen Frederick, Imar Lyman, Blake Johnson, EJ Montgomery, Rashad Ali Muhammad, Michael Platt, Maria-Lana Queen, Cynthia Rivarde, Preston Sampson, Roslyn Cambridge, and Omari Jesse.
Folger Shakespeare Library, Little Books, Big Gifts: The Artistry of Esther Inglis, until January 19, 2025.
The Print Generation, National Museum of Asian Art (Smithsonian). 20th century Japanese printmaking. More information here. Until April 27, 2025.
Lecture: Japanese Art Between Two Worlds: The Case of Creative Prints and People’s Prints, with Dr. Alicia Volk. November 21, 6:30 pm, Japan Information and Culture Center. Registration required.