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Reception: December 17th, 2011 7 to 10 pm
Location: 5710 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville, MD
Curator: Emily Ann Scheeler / UMD Intern
All works by UMD students

Artists:
Adam Echavarren
Asha Augustine
Ava Lowe
Melanie Fischer
Meg Floyd
Kurt Pung
Ryan Villardo
Sheila Bell

This is our annual UMD intern show.  We offer the experience to a University of Maryland Art student to manage a gallery like it was their own.  They control the show from artist selection to installation.  This is our opportunity to see art of a Student’s peers through their eyes!  We feel this is a unique opportunity, and are pleased to offer this again.  Our first intern exhibition was developed in 2010.

Saturnalia was traditionally held on December 17th; thus, our reception for the beautiful exhibit “Saturnalia: Abstracting Reality,” will be held on the same date in this year, 2011.

The show presents University of Maryland artists working with abstraction–some pulling straight from the unconscious mind, others working with the assistance of models and forms. Techniques vary from the pressing together of canvas to the application of cut plexiglass to screen prints on top of paintings.

The color palette is vivid and surreal, though sometimes moody and mystical. The works presented are by undergraduates, Juniors and Seniors, in the Studio Art program.

Food and wine will be bountiful, just as it would have been during a Saturnalia celebration.
If you greet the curator with “lo, Saturnalia,” she will pour you a drink.

We are pleased to present our annual 12”x12” small works show.  This is our opportunity to display works in an all-inclusive manner.  Any artdc.org artist is invited to submit work for this show!  We have the work of over 25 artists on display.  The reception for this show will occur at the same time as the Hyattsville Festival with the goal to show as much work by as many artists as possible!

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!

Sunday, July 10 – August 7^th 2011
Reception: Saturday, July 16, 2011 7-11pm

(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

An exhibit bringing together six artists using materials in unique ways
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HYATTSVILLE, MD (February 22, 2010) – Material World, an exhibition at artdc Gallery from Saturday, March 12 to Sunday, April 3, 2011 will feature works by Sherill Anne Gross, Michael Janis, J. T. Kirkland, Matthew Langley, Katherine Mann, and Marie Ringwald.

“The commitment these artists have for their materials and craft lets their processes inform the content of the work, not overwhelm it,” notes curator Stephen Boocks. “While viewers will inevitably wonder how the works were made and will marvel at the technical prowess, the pieces selected ultimately transcend the materials used, allowing each finished object to stand on its own.”

An opening reception will be held on Saturday, March 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. Two artists talks will be held: Michael Janis, Sherill Anne Gross,  and Marie Ringwald on Saturday, March 19, and Matt Langley on Saturday, April 2. Gallery hours are Saturdays from 12 to 4 p.m. and by appointment. The gallery is located at The Lustine Center, 5710 Baltimore Avenue in Hyattsville, Maryland.

“Material World features exceptional work diverse in style and serves as a testament to the rich pool of talented artists from or with close ties to the DC area,” adds Boocks. “These six artists at varying stages of their careers all have a clear vision of what they’re trying to achieve with their preferred media. ”

View a detailed catalog of the show here.

Artist websites:
matthewlangley.com
marieringwald.com
katherinemann.net
michaeljanis.com
sagworks.com
jtkirkland.com

artdc Gallery – 5710 Baltimore Avenue Hyattsville, MD 20781
Contact the gallery for appointments here.

Read our press coverage at the Gazette by Jordan Edwards here.

View a walkthrough of our reception for Censored 2011. See the post below for details on the show.

Who: artdc Gallery
What: Censored 2011
Where: 5710 Baltimore Ave, Hyattsville, MD 20781
When: Reception Feb 12, 2011 7pm – 9:30pm

In 2010, Censored was a success.  We developed the show as a response towards public opinions about nudity in local galleries, where invited artists to exhibit figure work which we self-censored.  We decided to re-tool this show and produce censored 2011 with new work and new self-censorship.  Invited artists are as follows: Andrea Hope, Chris Brady, Frank Turner, JM Hoover, Jerry Harke, Jonathan Zuck, Joshuva, Nigil Brice, Pamela Viola, Rahul Saha & Renee Azcra Woodward. Curator: Renee Azcra Woodward

Who: Peter Gordon, Grayson Heck, and  Lisa Rosenstein
What: structure, energy: exploring the grid
Where: artdc Gallery
5710 Baltimore Ave.
Hyattsville, MD 20781
When: January 9th – Feb 5th 2011
Reception: January 22nd, 2011 12:00pm (Coffee and Bagels)
We bring you a trio of artists  Peter Gordon, Grayson Heck and  Lisa Rosenstein,.  They are exploring energy and structure through minimalism and raw materials.

Peter has produced a new series of drawings titled, Invariable Discord.  Each composition grows organically as thousands of free hand horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines combine.  This series attempts to illustrate that way that pattern, planning, variation and accident merge to form our daily activities.

Grayson’s work contrasts and is connected by it’s raw material energy and rough metal edges.  Their work explores both a connection through material and technique with the energy produced by their explorations containing and grabbing the viewer with repetition and contrast of light.

Lisa has produced a vast array of monotone works consisting of only white.  The image is created only by texture and the effect of light.   The images start with a grid and grow through  lines and knots in string, thread, and pearls of paint.

artdc will provide coffee and bagels at 12:30pm while they last, so get there early!