Please Join Us For a
Tour of
Scientific Illustration: Sampling Across
the Collections
With Co-Curators Christen Runge
and Stephanie Hughes
Lauinger Library
Georgetown University
Friday, September 29, 11:00 am
Please join us for a tour of Scientific Illustration: Sampling Across the Collections with co-curators Christen Runge and Stephanie Hughes on Friday, September 29 at 11:00.
Science is a largely visual endeavor. It elucidates the world of the material—atoms, minerals, flames, rivers, herbs, machines, skeletons, distant galaxies.
From the very beginnings of early modern scientific inquiry, the field of illustration has intertwined with the development of scientific knowledge. Image has mingled with text to communicate the discoveries, ideas, research and observations of the sciences.
This exhibition brings together some of the most magnificent examples of scientific illustration in the Booth Family Center for Special Collections, as well as some of the more curious and most speculative. Works of art, influenced by and influencing the sciences, share space with the illustrations throughout the exhibition. More information about the exhibition is available here.
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Member News
Julia Bloom’s work is included in the exhibition Repetition at Ruby Projects, Fairfax, VA. The gallery is located in a private home. Those wishing to visit the exhibition should contact Travis Childers via email.
Kate Lowman’s exhibition at the Washington Printmakers Gallery Sails Away is open until September 24.
Elzbieta Sikorska will participate in an exhibition and auction on behalf of the McLean Project for the Arts and participate in the exhibition Moving Beyond Beauty, which will open at the McLean Project of the Arts on December 7 and run until February 17, 2024.
Julie Wolfe has work on view in the Georgetown University Library exhibition Scientific Illustration (see image above) and will be participating in the upcoming Laconica Biennial in Lithuania. The Biennial is dedicated to senses of vision and smell. Julie will be showing an installation of 100 pages stained with chlorophyll that will fill the room with the scent of plant life.
Gary Zuercher will be exhibiting photographs from his book The Glow of Paris at Paris City Hall (Hotel de Ville), October 16 – November 30.
Gallery Member News
Adah Rose Gallery, Work by Maremi Andreozzi until October 22.
Gallery Neptune & Brown,Jowita Wyszomirska Limitless Are Leaves. Through October 14.
Hemphill, Jacob Kainen, September 16 – October 28 and Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, November 11 – December 22.
Morton Fine Art, Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann Murmuration until October 10.
Pazo Fine Art inaugurates its new downtown DC space at 1932 9th St., NW with Epicenter, featuring the work of Sue Crawford, Elise Ferguson, and Richard Tinkler. The show runs until November 2. Pazo’s Kensington location will host Proximities with works by artists Olivier Mosset, Michael Scott, and Blair Thurman. The exhibition will run September 30 – November 16.
Washington Printmakers Gallery announced the launch of the “Georgetown Art Studio at the Washington Printmakers Gallery,” an initiative that aims to nurture artistic talents of individuals of all ages and backgrounds. The Georgetown Art Studio will offer an array of classes and workshops under the guidance of accomplished instructors. The Washington Print Foundation is offering several scholarships that cover tuition fees for selected applicants. More information is available here.
Also of Interest
Georgetown University Galleries, Kara Walker: Back of Hand will be on view in the de la Cruz Art Gallery and Kara Walker: Prince McVeigh and the Turner Blasphemies will be on view in the Spagnuolo Art Gallery, September 21 – December 3. Opening reception September 21 6:00 – 8:00 pm.
American University Art Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Cushner, featuring the works of Steven Cushner, including many works on paper. September 9 – December 10.
National Gallery of Art, Etched by Light: Photogravures from the Collection, 1840-1940. October 15 – February 4.
National Gallery of Art, Dorothea Lange: Seeing People, November 5 – March 31.
National Gallery of Art, Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper, November 19 – March 31.
The IFPDA print fair will be at New York’s Javits Center October 26 – 29.
Save the Date
October 27, 11:00 am – Rescheduled tour with Alana Quinn of works on paper in the collection of the National Academy of Sciences.