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Tour of the National Gallery Exhibition
Sargent and Spain
with NGA lecturer Natalie Ryan
December 9, 11:00 am
This program is in-person and members-only
Please join us for an in-person, members-only tour of the National Gallery of Art exhibition Sargent and Spain with NGA lecturer Natalie Ryan.
John Singer Sargent (1856–1925), a talented musician and celebrated portrait painter, enjoyed a cultivated upbringing as an expatriate in Europe. On his numerous trips to Spain he absorbed the atmosphere and mystery as well as the immediate, direct, and bravura manner of Goya, Velazquez, and El Greco, These visits unleashed scores of watercolors, oil paintings, drawings, and photographs currently featured in Sargent and Spain at the National Gallery of Art. Lecturer Nathalie Ryan will guide WPC members through the exhibition, with an emphasis on works on paper which pay homage to Sargent’s immersion into the exuberance, vitality and drama of Spain.
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A Visit to the Studio of Artist
Rosemary Feit Covey
December 18, 11:00 am
This program is in-person and members-only
Please join us for a December 18, 11:00am, visit with artist Rosemary Feit Covey. Rosemary’s studio is located in the Torpedo Factory in Old Town Alexandria.
Rosemary will talk on her evolution from a classically trained printmaker to her current experimental work, creating large scale pieces from wood engraving blocks, printing on a used Vandercook press, that was formerly used for proofing, at the Bureau of Engraving combined with printing on large scale commercial printers. She will explain how science and medicine have informed her work for the last twenty years and how her work is constantly shifting technically and thematically.
Rosemary Feit Covey was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her work is housed in over forty major museum and library collections worldwide, including Yale University Art Gallery, the New York Public Library Print Collection, the National Museum of American History, Harvard University, and the Papyrus Institute in Cairo, Egypt. In 2012 500 of her prints were acquired for the permanent collection of Georgetown University Library, Special Collections. She is the recipient of many awards and honors and is the creator of various large public art installations. Articles about her work have appeared in various publications and she is represented by Morton Fine Art in Washington DC.
Member News
Kate Lowman has an upcoming exhibition at the Washington Printmakers Gallery.
Susan Due Pearcy and her Sugarloaf Studio will be participating in the upcoming Countryside Artisans holiday gallery and studio tours, December 2 – 4. More information is available here.
Soledad Salame was recently interviewed by independent curator Laura Roulet for Bmore Art Magazine. You can read the interview here.
Gallery Member News
Adah Rose Gallery is currently featuring works on paper by artists Wesley Berg and Maggie Gourlay.
Addison|Ripley Fine Art, Julia Bloom Permission Slips, on view through December 3. Coffee and conversation with the artist Saturday, December 3, 11:00am.
Gallery Neptune and Brown, On view until January 7, 2023, Wolf Kahn: Free Spirit.
Hemphill Fine Art is featuring the work of artists Tim Doud and Otho Branson. The latter artist has several works on paper in the exhibition.
At Pyramid Atlantic,The 10 x 10 Invitational, will run until December 11.
The Washington Printmakers Gallery is offering printmaking workshops. Information and registration for the December 7, 10:00am woodblock/lino print workshop with Leslie Rose is available here.
Welcome to our Newest Members
New member Maxfield Shea shares, “My wife Grace and I are non-resident members [of the Washington Print Club], currently living in Seattle, WA. However, we may return to our home state of Virginia soon. We’ve enjoyed the Seattle Print Arts community but look forward to having the University of Richmond Harnett Museum in our backyard one day soon, along with the richness of D.C.”
Addison|Ripley Fine Art is the Print Club’s newest gallery member. Addison|Ripley is located in Georgetown at 1670 Wisconsin Avenue, NW.
We also welcome artist Julia Bloom as a member. Please see “Gallery News” above for information about Julia’s current exhibition at Addison|Ripley.