Only a Few Spaces Remain
A Tour of
Faces and Figures: Identity Through Printmaking Between DC and South Africa
with Alissa Maru, Associate Curator and
Exhibition and Program Manager,
George Mason University School Of Art
Saturday, September 28, 2:00 pm
Please join us on Saturday, September 28, 2:00 pm for tour of an exhibition of prints by South African artists organized by George Mason University. The exhibition explores artists’ expressions of identity in contemporary South Africa through the lens of printmaking. The artists are alumni and current students of the Artist Proof Studio (APS), a community printmaking center in Johannesburg, South Africa. More information about the exhibition can be found here.
The tour will be led by Alissa Maru, associate curator and exhibition program manager, and will be enriched by input from Washington Print Club artist member Cheryl Edwards, who will offer personal insights into the work based on her experiences in South Africa.
Also showing in the gallery will be The Printmaking Legacy Project’s latest video project documenting the work of printmakers Percy B. Martin and Michael B. Platt.
Attendance is limited to 25. Please use the blue “button” below to RSVP. WPC members may register for themselves and one guest.
The Gallery is located at 3601 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA, located near the Ballston Metro stop.
Member News
Rosemary Feit Covey is a finalist for the prestigious Trawick Prize. Work by Trawick finalists will be on view at Gallery B (Bethesda, MD) until September 29.
Jacqui Crocetta and Susan Hostetler have work in the exhibition On Beauty at the Massoni Art Center in Chestertown, MD, until October 19.
Delna Dastur has work on view at Second Street Gallery (Charlottesville, VA). The online gallery can be viewed here. Delna will also have work in the October 17 Washington Project for the Arts upcoming “Art Night. More information here.
Cianne Fragione has an exhibition of her work at the Saint Mary College Museum of Art (California), until June 22. Cianne will be participating in the October 26 open house at 52 O Street, NW, Washington, DC, where her studio is located.
Galerie Myrtis (Baltimore) is presenting Susan Goldman’s new print series, Squaring the Flower VI. Click here for more information.
Mira Hecht’s exhition at the American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, in the center thereof rose a fountain, runs through December 8. Mira’s work is also included in the online exhibition Pattern & Repetition, Conversations with Artists. Until September 30. More information here.
Mary Higgins,Cross The Meadow: Drawings by Mary Welch Higgins, Until October 15, Goodwin House – The Art Studio Gallery, 4800 Fillmore Ave, Alexandria, VA. Reception September 27, 4:00 pm.
June Linowitz’s show Elemental is at the Fred Schneider Gallery September until October 27. Artist talk October 6.
Kate Lowman leaf & luminosity: constructed prints and photographs will be on view at the Washington Printmakers Gallery until September 29.
Martha Olson’s will exhibit her painting exhibition, The Perfect Mother, at Jaryam (located in Georgetown). The exhibition is in conjunction with the 2024 edition of “Art All Night,” a city-wide celebration of the arts. Martha will be present at the exhibition on Friday, September 27, 6:00 – 10:00 pm and Saturday the 28th, 3:00 – 6:00 pm.
Susan Due Pearcy will open her Sugarloaf Studio to the public for two upcoming tours with the Countryside Artisans. The Fall Tour is October 4, 5 and 6th and the Holiday Tour is 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.
Charles Ritchie, Journals & Drawings will be on view at BravinLee Programs, New York, October 5 – November 2, 2024. Opening Saturday, 5 October 2024, 6-8 pm.
Soledad Salame has work on view at Goya Gallery (Baltimore). The exhibition From This Nature Springs will be on view until October 30.
Gail Shaw-Clemons’ work is included in the exhibition Reverberations: The Butterfly Effect of Michael B. Platt currently on view at Brentwood Arts Exchange, Brentwood MD. This exhibition runs concurrently with Something Left Behind: Selections from the Studio of Michael B. Platt. Both shows close on October 19. Gail also has work in the exhibition Sculpture Now at McLean Project for the Arts, which runs until October 26. Gail will also be participating in Stable’s open studios, Saturday, September 28, 1:00-4:00.
Deborah Smith will have works from her collection featured in the Strathmore exhibition, Art Flow(s): Perspectives from the African Diaspora. The exhibition runs until November 7. There will be a panel discussion on collecting October 16, 7:00pm. RSVP to reserve your spot.
Julie Wolfe will debut her latest artists’ book The Beholder at HEMPHILL, October 5, 11:00am. RSVP to HEMPHILL
Gallery Member News
Adah Rose GalleryWinter Silence, Midnight Sun, North Star, Noonday Night, the paintings of Gabe Brown, until October 27.
Addison/RipleyNancy Sansome Reynolds Wave, Until October 19.
Gallery Neptune & BrownDiane Szczepaniak: Meditations on Color and Form, until October 19.
Hemphill, Works by Rush Baker IV, until October 26.
Morton Fine Art New Experimental Printmaking by Rosemary Feit Covey, until October 4.
Pazo Fine Art, DC location. Michael Scott: Fantastical Landscapes, until October 26.
Pazo Fine Art, Kensington location. 10012: The Abstract Vanguard. Ross Bleckner, Alan Cote, Max Gimblett, and Kevin Teare. Until November 23.
Pyramid Atlantic, Errantry, works by Alonzo Davis, until October 6.
Washington Printmakers Gallery, Leaf and Luminosity: Constructed Prints and Photographs by Kate Lowman (see above). Until September 29.
Also of Interest
Last year’s Mellon Lecture series speaker Jennifer Roberts will be in conversation with the National Gallery of Art’s Steven Nelson about Roberts’ collected volume of her Mellon lectures, Contact: Art and the Pull of Print, 2:00 pm September 27 at the NGA. Registration information here.
Print Month Online Programming. October is “Print Month” and museums and other institutions are offering free online programming. The IFPDA has created a calendar which includes registration information.
Black Art in America will present its Atlanta Fine Art Print Fair in Washington, DC, October 11 – 13 at the Eaton Hotel, 1201 K Street, NW. Timed entry passes are free. More information is available here.
Save the Date
October 5, 1:00pm, a visit to Delna Dastur’s northern Virginia studio.