Papermaking and Kolam Painting Party

Papermaking and Kolam Party on May 19 and 20.
MAY 19 10-1PM
MAY 20 2-5PM
P A P E R and K O L AM
READING ROAD STUDIO
8707 Reading Road
Silver Spring, MD 20901
TWO hands-on experiences!
Try rangoli and kolam painting with Shanthi Chandrasekar
Try papermaking with Helen Frederick
Bring some favorite designs, wear old clothes that can get wet and shoes/sandals with good tread and you are ready to go!
Supplies are provided. Refreshments and drinks.

$50/day to cover supplies, food and a bit of an honoraria.

Questions and Registration: 301 580-8295
hfrederick1945@gmail.com
Please respond by May14th.
(Images: Kolam courtesy Shanthi and Helen, and pulp painted flower by Ellen Hill)

Creative Bethesda Welcomes Teresa Jarzynski

Teresa Jarzynski joins our list of Bethesda based artists. Check out her work and spread the word about Creative Bethesda, a wonderful resource for local art.

                                                                   Harvest Fire

SUSAN HOSTETLER at ADKINS ARBORETUM

ADKINS ARBORETUM on the Chesapeake Bay presents

BARBARA MANDEL AT RIVER ROAD UNITARIAN FELLOWSHIP HALL GALLERY

“Framing France”

River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation

Fellowship Hall Gallery

March 27-May 6, 2018

Receptions: April 8, 5pm and April 22, 5pm

Barbara Mandel

Clare Winslow at NOVA

Bethesda artist, Clare Winslow, will be exhibiting a series of hand-pulled monotypes inspired by the meditative aspects of light, nature, and seasonal change. The exhibit runs from January 20, 2018 to March 4, 2018 in the passage gallery on the second level of the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center, 4915 E Campus Dr, Alexandria, Virginia 22311

Clare studied printmaking, painting and drawing at the Corcoran College of Art and Design and received a B.A. in Painting from Catholic University. She teaches monotype printmaking and Screenprinting at the Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Hyattsville MD.

You can learn more about Clare at her website at  https://clarewinslow.com/

The opening reception will be held on Saturday, February 10, 2-4 pm. Parking is available in the Visitors Lot. Light refreshments and beverages will be served.

LETTERS: Modern Calligraphy and Intercultural Communication

Featuring artists Riva Brown, Shanthi Chandrasekar, Ruth Lozner, Manzar Moghbeli, Nahid Tootoonchi, John Wang, and Towson University students.

Beautiful examples of modern calligraphy in diverse expressions—the exhibit includes painting, calligraphy, book arts and installation.

January 4 – March 4, 2018,  Takoma Park Community Center

below: featured artwork by Shanthi Chandrasekar

Takoma Park Holiday Art Sale

Takoma Park Holiday Art Sale featuring art by Bethesda artist Shanthi Chandrasekar.

AMuse at WAS

We are delighted to open our holiday season with the exhibition, AMuse, on Friday December 8 with a reception from 6.30-8.30pm. The exhibition features small paintings by local artist Alexandra N Sherman and New York based artist Steve Nyland and is on view through January 20, 2018.

A Pop up Art Shop at WAS gallery!
Featuring small artwork under $150 by nine local artists and one New Yorker- opens that same evening (Fri. Dec. 8, 6.30-8.30pm) .

Please stop by for some wine and holiday cheer!

WAS gallery hours: Saturdays 2-6pm and by appointment
5110 Ridgefield Road, 2nd Floor, Bethesda, MD 20816
tel 202.361.5223 WAS gallery
 
Image: Steve Nyland " Final Evening", 2017, Acrylic and Watercolor Crayon on Luan, 6 x 6 in 

SUSAN HOSTETLER CURRENT EXHIBIT

"In Conversation: Where Drawing and Sculpture Meet", Nov 7 - Dec 14, Angela Newman Johnson Gallery, Alexandria, Va.

Greg Ferrand at Adah Rose Gallery

The opening event for DC artist Greg Ferrand and his masterful exhibit "Nothing Lasts Forever (and that's ok)" at Adah Rose Gallery was packed!. A powerful collection - don't miss it! On view through January 5th.

artist Greg Ferrand (right)

Adah Rose of The Adah Rose Gallery

Shanthi Chandrasekar's contribution to the grand re-opening of the Freer/Sackler Galleries in Washington, DC

The grand re-opening of the Freer/Sackler Galleries celebrated Deepavali, a five-day festival of lights held in India and around the world every autumn, in which light symbolically triumphs over darkness. Artist Shanthi Chandrasekar demonstrated kolam, the art of creating beautiful patterns from rice flour and illuminating them with light.

Check out June's Book!

A beautiful new book featuring the art of June Linowitz, is now available on Amazon. Gorgeous photographs by Ulf Wallin and an introduction by Professor Claudia Rousseau!

June Linowitz at the Chatham University Art Gallery

Opening October 16th, the art of June Linowitz at Chatham University in Pittsburgh.

Susan Hostetler at Northern Virginia Community College

Another bird sighting!

Andrea Barnes at Galleries of the Takoma Park Community Center

I am happy to be included in the exhibition, "Thresholds" featuring some of my new paintings, collages and mixed media work.

Clare Winslow at WAS Gallery

opening Friday, September 29th, 6-8 pm

Impressions

Opening Friday, September 29, 2017, 6-8pm
 

We are delighted to open our fall season with the exhibition, Impressions, on Friday, September 29, with a reception from 6-8pm. The exhibition features prints and a wall drawing by artists Clare Winslow and Elle Friedberg and is on view through November 18, 2017.

WAS gallery, hours: Saturdays, 10am-2pm and by appointment
5110 Ridgefield Road, 2nd Floor, Bethesda, MD 20816
tel 202.361.5223 WAS gallery
 
Image: Clare Winslow “E/Merge”, 2014, silkscreen print, 11 x 15 inches

Sondra, Joan and Mary at The Katzen

Wow! What a magnificent installation here at The Katzen. Congratulations to my friends who worked so hard to present us with "Twist Layer Pour". Your creativity is pitch perfect.

Richard Dana at The Livingston Center for Art and Culture

Richard Dana's awesome prints will be on display at The Livingston Center for Art and Culture in Livingston, Montana, September 7th through the 30th.  

Judy Levey on painting the same house for 19 years

Bethesda Artist Judy Levey shares her favorite subject matter in Maine where she spends part of the summer in the same house she has rented for the past 19 years. Read more about her artistic insights after observing something this intensely year after year, on her own blog at Judy Gilbert Levey Art.