“March Madness” is a show being held from March 3rd to March 18th at the Target Gallery in Alexandria Virginia. Each piece in the show has been created on 10″x10″ panels, which are sale for $150. The show is a fundraiser for both the Target Gallery and the March of Dimes, providing a chance to get great art at a low price, and to help two fine organizations.
The show opening is March 16, from 7 to 10 pm.
I will be providing a piece for this show, image to be included at a later date.
The Workhouse Center for the Arts is hosting a night called “Collectors Showcase” on Saturday February 25, 2011 from 7:30pm to 10:30pm. For the low price of $150, one can attend a party at the Workhouse, and come home with a piece of art. Every Artist in the Workhouse donates a piece of art for this show, like my piece “Suffragist Dress 1″ , 6″x8″ encaustic with vintage dress and suffragist button.(See photo). It is a great opportunity to support Fairfax County’s Workhouse, and to pay almost nothing for an original piece of art.
This month my paintings and others of Studio 5 of the Workhouse Center for the Arts are showing at the Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen in Richmond Virginia. Please come and see six of my small works, all encaustic with vintage dresses, vintage buttons, and suffragist banners. Here is a link to the website…http://www.artsglenallen.com/galleries.php
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This mural, depicting Joseph leading The Virgin Mary and Jesus into Egypt, can be found in the Hanging Church in Cairo Egypt. Notice the specifically Egyptian symbols..such as the Nile, which forms the blue backdrop, the pyramids in the upper left hand corner, and the papyrus plants in the foreground. Those might even be date trees, on the far side of the Nile.
Carol Dupre is an old friend of mine. She has a studio at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria Virginia. Her work is beautifully painted , and highly intellectual. She literally writes papers on each painting. Each painting is extremely dense in art theory, history, culture and imagination. (Should you doubt my word on this, please visit Carol and ask her to tell you her thoughts on a random painting. Prepared to be impressed!)
The oil painting to the left is one from a large number of her “Stories of the Universe” Series. The colors , to me, are luscious-rich browns, dark reds, and blue greys.
Here is a link to her website. Here also is an except from that website from her “Stories of the Universe” artists statement.
Hale Tenger is a fascinating artist. She uses installation art to comment on political issues and /or Turkish government policies. Some of her installations include sculpture, such as rag dolls, or giant decorated domes. A good site to read about her work is Green Art Gallery.
Ms Tenger had an installation at the Freer-Sackler Museum of Art in Washington , Dc. Here is an excerpt from that website, or click here to go there directly.
“Multimedia artist Hale Tenger (born 1960, Izmir, Turkey) creates videos and installations that examine the tangible and intangible traces of events. From 2005 to 2007, Tenger filmed the façade of the St. George Hotel in Beirut—the site of the assassination of Rafik Hariri, former prime minister of Lebanon—while it was being renovated. Gently flapping curtains, shifting light, and Serdar Ateser’s simple musical composition evoke a historical moment with profound repercussions that still haunt this physical space.”
“Shell Cluster”, a watercolor and ink painting, is a dark and bloody work by A Relene Schuster. She has a studio at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton Virginia , and one can view her website by clicking here.
She says this of her work…” As an artist, art therapist and teacher, I have taught and shown my work in the Washington DC area. I focus in on abstract acrylic paintings as well as do loosely painted watercolors. Color is very important to me in my work. Color heals and relaxes us or it stimulates and energizes us.
Nature and the natural world inspire me as nature heals and refreshes us. All is perfect in nature unless it is abused. The most perfect color is in nature”
I first saw this butterfly art in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Large clear plastic boxes are filled with dried butterflies of differing colors and shaped into various patterns. (Here is a a link to the website…ButterflyPeople ). The colors and shimmers of those butterfly wings almost make one forget that this art consists of pinning dead bugs to a plastic sheet.
I tried to find an artist’s name on the website,or their business card, but no name appears. In fact, the term “we ” is used to discuss the creation of the art, along with the name Butterfly PEOPLE. So, is this art or product? Does it matter?
Wondering what to see at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, in Washington Dc? Susan Swartz has a show there now titled “Seasons of the Soul”, consisting of thirteen large, 3 feet by 4 feet, paintings.See info below, copied from the website…
The museum has a process where women artists can try to jury into this exhibition space. Definitely something most women artist should try!
  Susan Swartz Fading Light, 2010 Acrylic on linen 36 x 48 in. Private collection |
Susan Swartz: Seasons of the Soul features thirteen large-scale works by Utah-based artist Susan Swartz, whose dazzlingly colorful abstract landscapes simultaneously articulate her awe of the natural world and a rallying cry for its preservation. A fervent environmentalist, philanthropist who has been involved with a number of award-winning documentaries, Susan Swartz has turned to painting as a source of healing during her protracted battle with environmentally-bred illnesses. Seasons of the Soul will examine Swartz’s striking vision of the natural world throughout the seasons in conjunction with her personal story of resilience and artistic transformation. |
One of my former students , Nadine Thola, is having a show . She just completed her Mastery of Interdisciplinary Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her show (thesis exhibition) is at the NVCC-Annandale Campus, Ernst Comm. Cultural Center, Verizon Gallery, 8333 Little River Turnpike, Annandale Virginia.
The show runs until September 16th.
Above is a glass piece titled “Churches” and a locket made from enamel and silver.Here is an except from her webpage ..
Hi, I’m Nadine Kastelan Thola. As far back as I can remember, I love art and painting. For Continue reading