Please Join Us for a Visit to the Studio of Artist Carol Barsha
Please join us for a visit to the Washington, DC studio of artist Carol Barsha on Saturday, September 20 at 11:00 am.
Carol shares with us that painting for her has consistently been a means to discover and reveal the beauty of the natural world. Her compositions are often quite personal, symbolic, and surreal with hidden meanings.
Carol has always been fascinated by the smallest details of flowers, birds, the gesture of an upturned leaf, movement of water, and has sought to master the spirals and sequences, colors and patterns inherent in them. Her process involves a layering of drawing and painting materials, as well as collaged remnants of her own work.
The artist works on paper because she loves its “touch” and because she relies on the white as an important element in the final painting. Carol seeks to create a never-been-seen-before world that she can discover and inhabit, creating a view of nature that inspires and transports.
Registration is open to15 WPC members and their guests. Members may register for themselves and one guest. Please RSVP by September 13.
Gouache, walnut ink, gold mica flakes, pastel and collaged paper on Stonehenge paper
Please Join Us For a Visit to the Home Studios of Charles Ritchie & Jenny Ritchie
Please join us for a visit to the Silver Spring, MD studios of artists Charles and Jenny Ritchie, Saturday, September 27, 11:00 am.
Over the past 40 years Jenny and Charlie’s art studio home has inspired Charlie’s drawings, intaglio prints, and more than 171 watercolor journals. Print proofs, mezzotint plates, in-progress drawings, and sketchbooks under construction attest to his process. Jenny’s creative invention is found throughout the house and has most recently has blossomed in Japanese Shibori – resist dyeing fabric with indigo – involving the intricate sewing and blocking of cloth in patterns. Jenny will present samples of the variations she has learned.
watercolor, acrylic, graphite, and pen and ink on Fabriano paper, sheet: 6 1/8 x 4″
indigo on linen, cloth: 27 x 17 inches
Jenny and Charlie have generously offered to open their home to 20 WPC members and their guests. Members may register for themselves and one guest. Please RSVP by September 20.
Member News
Many WPC Members are participating in the multi-site Women Artists of the DMV exhibition. Please click here for information.
Julia Bloom has work in the Art Clinic Online exhibition at Glen Echo’s Popcorn Gallery, until September 28, and will have work in a group show at the Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Context: Art, Books & Freedom. Opening September 11. Until May, 2026. From September 25 – October 9, Julia’s work will be exhibited in the Harper College juried small works exhibition, Palatine, IL.
Steven Clay has announced that he has become an accredited member of the Appraisers Association of America, specializing in postwar, contemporary, and emerging art.
Michèle Colburn will be hosting the exhibition The Flower Power Redux at her home and studio, opening October 4, 6:00 – 10:pm. The exhibition will include work by WPC member Mary Higgins. Please contact Michèle for further information. In addition, Michèle will have solo shows at the Arts Club of Washington and at the DC Art Center (DCAC) in 2026.
Michéle Colburn, Delna Dastur, Cianne Fragione, Mira Hecht, Gail Shaw-Clemons, and Elzbieta Sikorska are DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities art bank finalists. Opening reception of the finalist exhibition September 11, 6:00 – 8:00 pm.
Rosemary Feit Covey’s work Red Handed – Sudan: Don’t Turn Away was on display at the Chautauqua Institute in July.
Jacqui Crocetta, Susan Hostetler, and Cheryl Edwards are participating in the exhibition Order and Chaos, which features work created with blind and vision-impaired persons in mind. 3307 M St., NW. Until September 27. Gallery hours Saturdays 2:00 – 5:00 pm and by appointment.
Delna Dastur will have work on view at the Second Street Gallery (Charlottesville VA) exhibition Teeny Tiny Trifecta. Until September 26. In addition, Delna will be participating in the exhibition Friends of USAN, September 12 – 14, 737 7th St., NW. More information here.
Susan Campbell, Kristine Deninno, Pauline Jakobsberg, Susan Pearcy, Leslie Rose, Deborah Schindler, Norman Strike, and Terry Svat will have work in the Washington Printmakers Gallery 40th anniversary exhibition, Then and Now, until September 28. (More info below in the “Gallery News” section.)
Kristine Deninno has work in the Lancaster Art Vault (Lancaster, PA) exhibition, Pop Impressions. Until September 27.
Cheryl Edwards is curating the exhibition Before the Americas at George Mason University, until November 15. More information here.
Cianne Fragione and Morton Fine Art will be participating in the 52 O Street (NW, DC) open house. October 24, 12:00 – 4:00 pm.
Helen Frederick and Randi Reiss-McCormack will have work in the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts (Farmville, VA) exhibition CHASM: Intuition, Risk, and Certainty. September 12 – February 2, 2026.
Susan Goldman’s latest Printmaking Legacy Project documentary, Portfolios: Lloyd Menard, will screen at the Vortex Film Festival, Vermillion SD, September 26 – 28. Susan will have a solo exhibition of her work at Galerie Myrtis (Baltimore), November 8 – January 10. Artists’ panel November 15, 2:00 pm. Susan and Myrtis Bedolla in conversation December 6, 2:00 pm.
Mira Hecht will be showing her work at the ADA Art Gallery October 3 – December 18. More information about the ADA Gallery here.
Susan Hostetler is participating in the exhibition Dialogue of Clouds at Jo Fleming Contemporary Art, Annapolis, MD, until October 25. Reception and artist talk September 13, 5:00 – 7:30 pm.
Martha O. Land will be exhibiting her work during DC’s “Art all Night” festivities. Friday, September 12, 1531 Wisconsin Avenue, 5:30 – 10:00 pm.
Shelley Langdale is co-curator (along with Kanitra Fletcher) of With Passion and Purpose: Gifts from the Collection of Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson, National Gallery of Art. Until October 5. The exhibition includes work by WPC member Joyce Wellman. More information here.
linn meyers has been awarded both a year-long Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program residency and a Yaddo residency. linn will also be creating new works on paper at the Tamarind Institute and with the Ballet Collective. linn’s work is included in Luminous Forms at the Ucross Art Gallery, Clearmont, WY. Until January 10, 2026 she will have work in two upcoming shows: Imperfectionism, opening October 17 at the Wonzimer Gallery in Los Angeles and Anonymous Was a Woman at the Kreeger Museum, October 16 – December 31.
Dennis Lee Mitchell has work in the exhibition Blaze, Smoulder, Char, Sohn Fine Art, Lenox MA. Until October 6.
Susan Pearcy will host an open studio in conjunction with the Countryside Artisans Fall Tour, October 3 – 5.
Charles Ritchie: Drawing Place was named “Best Documentary Short” at the LA International Cinema Awards, August 2025. The 10-minute feature debuted with the artist’s solo exhibition at BravinLee programs, NY last fall. It can be viewed online here. Charlie will participate in Stay Frosty, a group installation organized by BravinLee programs, October 24 – 26.
Amber Robles-Gordon will have her work featured in the University of Maryland’s Driskoll Center exhibition Solace and Sisterhood, September 12 – December 5. More information here.
Soledad Salamé has work in the exhibition Strong, Bright, Useful & True at the Frary Gallery, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center (DC). Until September 6. The online catalog of that exhibition is available here.
Gail Shaw-Clemons has a print in the Parkside National Print Exhibition at the University of Wisconsin, Kenosha.
Eve Stockton’s exhibition of woodcut prints, Field Notes, is on view at the Children’s National Hospital through January, 2026.
Eve Stockton and Susan Goldman will be featured in an upcoming segment of WETA Arts. The episode will air September 8, 9:30 pm, September 9, 4:30 pm, September 21, 2:30 pm, September 22, 9:30 pm, and September 23, 4:30 pm.
Vesela Stretenović is curator of Anonymous Was a Woman, upcoming at the Kreeger Museum, October 16 – December 31. Artists will include Jae Ko, linn meyers, Joyce J. Scott, and Renée Stout. More information here.
Terry Svat and Kristine Deninno have work in the Layers exhibition at Falls Church Arts. Until September 28. More information here.
Joyce Wellman has work in the National Gallery of Art exhibition With Passion and Purpose, until October 5.
Claire Winslow has four paintings in the Capitol Hill Art League Juried Exhibition. The exhibition runs until September 6. More information here.
Julie Wolfe will be signing her latest book, Apophenia Vol. 2: Exquisite Corpse, at HEMPHILL on October 11. (Time TBD.)
Gallery Member News
Adah Rose Gallery (Rockvillelocation) will be a venue for the multi-site Women of the DMV exhibition, September 7 – 29. Opening reception September 7, 3:00 – 5:00 pm.
Addison/RipleyChristopher Baer, September 9 – October 18. Reception September 12, 5:00 – 8:00.
Gallery Neptune & BrownVincent Ricardel: Chasing Light, September 13 – October 18. Opening reception September 13, 5:00 – 7:00 pm.
HEMPHILL Melvin L. Nesbitt, Jr. Your Lil Friends, September 13 – October 25. Opening reception Saturday, September 12, 4:00 – 7:00 pm.
Morton Fine Art Three Seasons, an exhibition of the work of Meron Engida Hawke. September 18 – October 21.
Pazo Fine Art (DC location) Joanne Kent and Richard Tinkler, September 13 – November 1. More information here.
Pyramid Atlantic Women Artists of the DMV, including WPC members Kristine Deninno, Jenny Freestone, Pauline Jakobsberg, Carol Reed,Terry Svat, and Ellen Winkler. September 13 – November 2.
Washington Printmakers Gallery Now and Then, a celebration of the Gallery’s 40 years. September 4 – 28. Opening reception September 6, 3:00 – 5:00 pm. Closing reception September 28, 2:00 – 4:00 pm.
Of Interest
Brand X: Innovation in Screenprinting, Philadelphia Museum of Art, through November 16.
Cut + Paste: Experimental Japanese Prints and Photographs, National Museum of Asian Art (Smithsonian), until November 30.
IFPDA Print Month Online Programming. A extensive selection of online print-related programs are available in the coming weeks. Click here for further information.
Little Beasts: Art, Wonder and the Natural World, National Gallery of Art. Until November 2.
Radical Alteration (Book Arts), National Museum of Women in the Arts. Until September 28.
Vivian Browne: My Kind of Protest, Phillips Collection, until September 28. More information here.
Save the Dates
October 11 – Visit to the studio of Julia Bloom.
October 26 – Visit to the studio of Caitlin Teal Price