EARTH DAY EXHIBIT at artdc

The art works chosen for this exhibit are imaginative as well as beautiful and representational. The work is done using various techniques and media defining nature for the viewer. The work is almost magnetic in the way it draws you to it! The artists are all members of HCAA (Hyattsville Community Arts Alliance).

Mary Ann Lipovsky uses the history of a place when creating her watercolor painting,” It’s The Mud Season”, you imagine the time when the barn was in use and feel the dampness in the air as the snow melts.

Monna Kauppinen in “Catskill Quiet” chooses a remote space to capture Earth’s beauty in watercolor, a respite from the urban setting we find impinging on us and we are called by its nurturing effect on us. Marie Crow, in “Dancers II“, using acrylics in a sculptural technique, creates magical images grounded in realism. We long to be lost in the magic places.

Barbara LoMacchio in her image, “How Far Have We Come “ uses nature, and abstracts the image for a fantasy effect.

Delia Mychajluk in “Wolf Woman Dreams” uses a sculptural technique to impose the feeling of ‘the wild‘, looking at the boundaries of life, death in the physical and spiritual worlds.

Allita Irby with her Photography,” First Shoots“, aspires to capture in color the compositions, the detail, and clarity of nature.

Roxanne Ando with her Chinese Watercolor in “Floral Fire”, achieves a peaceful, wistful, space you want to experience.

Sally Ann Rogers uses her time in Maine every summer to capture special images such as “Mountain Mist”, in pastel, you can feel the moisture in the air.

Richard Brown with his walnut wood sculpture “Standing On The Rock” evokes crossing streams and hiking, interacting with nature, being physical and immediate drawing what
healing power he can from the rock. Denise Marie uses silhouette and bright color in her sunset oil painting, ”Pine Branch Sunset”.

Take a little vacation from your hectic pace and stop by artdc for a respite in the Earth Day Exhibit at artdc from March 25 through April 21. Opening night, SaturdayMarch 31 and Friday April 6 from 7-10pm. Artdc is located at 5710 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, MD 20781. For more info contact Jesse Cohen at fineartventures@gmail.com

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Hand picked is a selection of Washington, DC area artists who work in a range of mediums from works on paper to wet plate photographs and beyond. The Washington, DC area art scene is active, and it takes someone in that scene to find connections. Our creative manager, Grayson Heck a previous guest curator for the artdc Gallery is an active artist, and he sees connections and activity developing in his peers. We invited Grayson to select artists that he things are important with developing careers in our art scene. This show is representative of the relationships he’s developed through the University of Maryland, and artdc.org.

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Barry Schmetter
Barry gives us a modern view of darkroom photography. His treatment of light and composition, choice of objects and mastery of process make him a giant in his field.

Camden Place 
Camden brings us a layered view of life. His intricate carvings evoke emotions and questions. Each piece seems tell a story.

Justin Strom
Justin’s work demonstrates a stellar blend of concept, design and process. The work he has included in this show consists of strong, multi-faceted images. He is a master of print.

Peter Gordon
Peter is a non-stop multiple medium artist. He is always producing and exhibiting. Peter is showing two pieces from a new body of work, which is quite exceptional.

Ryan McKibbin
Ryan is a Lecturer and Fabrication Lab Director, Catholic University’s School of Architecture and Planning. Ryan’s work references communication and human interaction through the use of a variety of materials.

Henrik Sundqvist
Henrik is a print maker, who brings the frame into the image which adds an exciting layer so that the whole work is a sculpture.  He deals with life, death, and the toxicity of the world

View a video of our reception here:

Retold is an invitational exhibit featuring 9 Mid Atlantic artists who were asked to consider the words of T.S. Eliot found in The Art of Assemblage/MOMA 1961 by William C. Seitz.

The memory throws up high and dry
A crowd of twisted things;
A twisted branch upon the beach
Eaten smooth, and polished
As if the world gave up
The secret of its skeleton,
Stiff and white.
A broken spring in a factory yard,
Rust that clings to the form that the strength has left
Hard and curled and ready to snap.

- T. S. Eliot (1917)

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Poetry is a visual language; The culmination of this show brings together photographers, sculptors and mixed media artists who contribute to
a visual dialog that retell the story. Come see for yourself.

Featuring works by:

C. Mason – photography
Michael Mendez – photography
Carlos Fyfe – photography
Jenny Wallace – photography
Brian Slagle – sculpture
Steven Dobbin – sculpture
Kristin Bohlander – mixed media
Jeff Bohlander – mixed media
Jesse Cohen – photography

Deborah Winram – guest curator, artist and educator

October 7 – 30, 2011 

Artists’ Reception:
Saturday, October 15, 2011 7-10pm
artdc Gallery at the Lustine Center
5710 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, MD 20781

Inspired by the words of Spanish poet Antonio Machado, “Caminante no hay camino, se hace el camino al andar…” Traveller, there’s no road. The path is made as we travel.

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, local Latin American artists join to explore their journeys through art and life in the US.
Come and enjoy canvas of colors and symbols deeply rooted in the cultures of Chile, Costa Rica, and Mexico.

Elba Molina.

Born in Santiago, Chile and lives in the DC area since 1973.  Elba has studied art at the Corcoran School of Art, The Art League in Old Town Alexandria and Georgetown University, and has exhibited in DC, Miami, New York and New Delhi, India. Her palette varies widely demonstrating a strong sense of color, intimacy and freedom.

Claudia Olivos.
(www.claudiaolivos.com)

Raised in Chile and born in US, holds an MFA from Vermont College, and a BFA in painting from George Mason University.  Her paintings have been featured in several publications and CD covers.  She teaches art and is involved in the local DC art community.

Sergio Olivos.
(www.sergioolivosm.com)

Born in Villahermosa, Mexico, holds a BFA in painting from Universidad de Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico.  He has exhibited throughout Mexico and the Washington DC Metro area to and in other locations in the USA.  He teaches painting, printmaking, drawing and encaustics.

Gloria Valdes “Tarasca”.
(www.gloriavaldes.com)

Born in Michoacán, Mexico.  Self taught artist inspired by the culture of the Tarascan ancestral people from which she interrelates her work, colors and shapes, and draws an artistic identity. Gloria has exhibited throughout the DC area. 

Marité Vidales.
(www.maritevidales.com)

Born in San José, Costa Rica, graduated from the School of Fine Arts of the University of Costa Rica.  For over 20 years, Marité has exhibited throughout United States, Costa Rica and Germany.  Her work reflects a passion for symbols and colors.

Dates: September 4th, 12pm to October 2nd, 2011
Reception: September, 24th 2011in conjunction with the Hyattsville Arts Festival!
Location: artdc Gallery, 5710 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, MD 20815
Website: www.artdc.com
Find details on the Hyattsville Arts Festival here: www.hyattsvillearts.com

The artists include:
Ameliese Giordano
Amy Cohen
Angela Kleis
Barry Schmetter
Chris Suspect
Claudia Olivos
Dancing Queen
Denise Brown
Fabian H Rios Rubino
Grayson Heck
Ian Delaney Doherty
Jamie Downs
Jen Vallina
Jenn Verrier
Jennifer Bienhacker
Jenny Trussell
Joanna Knox Yoder
Joe Morey
Joeseph Rodgers
Justin Fair
Laurie Tylec
Lillian Mattiaccio
Linda Hosek
Lisa K Rosenstein
Matthew Malone
Meg Floyd
Ric Garcia
Robert Brown
Roy Utley
Sabeth Jackson
Sergio Olivos
Stephen Mead
Tom Cardarella
Victoria McGoogan

Photography is a form of art. It was often considered just representational documentation. But as the form has progressed, the workflow has become transformative, where the process creates a shift in the viewer’s reaction moving beyond simple representational work.

Whether through technique or abstraction, many movements have evolved. Practice and skill has developed in others professional career paths. Similar to the impact that advertising had on painter James Rosenquist, advertising has developed a beautiful and visible impact on photography, specifically in the world of fashion.

Photographers have developed a means of conveying powerful emotional works through crystal clear images fabricated in the studio with top-notch equipment and models.

A new level of hyper reality has emerged. As fashion photography develops, a new movement in photography blooms. Fashion photographers are creating art, and their work stands on its own as art without the products used to create the images. The dreams and desire that they represent are transformative!

With excitement, we bring you the work of three local and emerging fashion photographers: Violetta Markelou, Len Rizzi, and Rodney Ladson.

While you view this amazing show, in the studio you will find a retrospective of works collected by the gallery in addition to a few other works from previous shows!

(Photo by Chris Suspect).

Since 2009, we have had the pleasure of bringing Washington, DC-area artists to the public’s view at the artdc Gallery.  We’ve had great success, and built a following.  However, we haven’t yet created the opportunity to showcase Hyattsville, MD artists as a group in our gallery.

We are now making up for lost time, and representing six Hyattsville artists: Ed Burck, Tom Cardarella, Stevie O’ Grady, Joe Rodgers, Ruth Horlick, and Chris Suspect.

The show is titled, “Emerging from Hyattsville,” and will include a wide variety of works and materials from our selection of Hyattsville-area artists.  Our selections were made by Denise Brown of Hyattsville Community Arts Alliance and Jesse Cohen of artdc.org.

As we are a part of the cultural front in the Hyattsville Arts District, we are pleased to work with our neighbors to bring incredible art your way.  It is our goal to develop community.

Ed Burck is a glass artist that creates surfaces with great luminosity.  Tom Cardarella explores figures and abstraction.  Stevie O’Grady works in a wide variety of media from glass to paint and beyond.  Ruth Horlick is a photographer who has created a body of work that captures the social, as well as symbolic expressions of life. Her work often focuses on just portions of graffiti or torn posters.  Joseph Rodgers is a mixed media artist with an international style and a universal subject mater.  Chris Suspect is presenting a show in our studio of photography documenting the landscape of Hyattsville with its life and changes.

Related Links:
edburck.com
passagewaysstudio.com
csuspect.500px.com
denisemariebrown.com
hcaaonline.org
pelicanarts.com

Links discussing this show:
suspectdevice.net/emerging-from-hyattsville-gallery-openingrece
www.eastcityart.com/2011/07/13/artdc-gallery-presents-emerging-from-hyattsville/
brentcbolin.blogspot.com/2011/07/art-openings-saturday-july-16.html
issuu.com/hyattsvillelifeandtimes/docs/2011-07final
hyattsville.patch.com/articles/artdc-gallery-presents-emerging-from-hyattsville#photo-6965936

Intersections features a group of artists from the University of Maryland- College Park graduate program who explore the use of print media in combination with sculpture, installation, painting and drawing. Most of these artists do not use printmaking as part their main conceptual or technical process, but instead intersect with print to form new avenues within their own art making. These works also investigate the integration of digital processes and photomechanical techniques to push the boundaries of current printmaking aesthetic and practice, while expanding the role printmaking plays in the contemporary art world.

Reception 6-8pm June 11, 2011

Curator:
Justin Strom
Assistant Professor Printmaking/Digital Imaging
Art Department University of Maryland

Artists:
Michael Booker
Zac Jackson
Bahareh Jalehmahmoudi
Felicia Glidden
Adam Nelson
Alexander Peace
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Download this .pdf, and learn more about the artists here.

After two years, we’ve brought art of Washington, DC area artists into the eyes of the public through the artdc Gallery in Hyattsville, MD. We’ve hosted over 25 art shows with a positive following. We could not have done it with out our patrons. It is now time to thank those who support us. We invited all of our patron supporters to hang their work in the artdc Gallery.

The show is exciting with a wide range of works from over 29 area artists in many types of media from paintings to mixed media works to alternative process photography and more.

We look forward to presenting these works to you on our opening reception on Saturday, May 14th, 2011, 12 to 2pm. The open studio tour will be open from 12:00-5:00 PM.

We are displaying artwork from the artdc.org patrons below:
Alexandra Zealand
Angela Kleis
Anne Cherubim
Barry Schmetter
Brian Greyard
Cheryl D. Edwards
Claudia Olivos
D.B. Stovall
Denise Marie Brown
Gail Vollrath
Ian Delaney Doherty
Jerry Harke
Justin Fair
Lisa Neher
Lisa Rosenstein
Melissa Fredricks Foschi
Mike Lynch
Paul T. Farley
Rebold Rhett
Ric Garcia
Richard A. Brown
Roy Utley
Sean Hennessey
Sergio Olivos
Stephen Mead
Tom Cardarella
Tonya Jordan
Troy Cellmer
Dancing Queen

If you would like to support artdc.org, become a patron here.

View open studio tours here:
www.GatewayOpenStudios.com