Frances Folsum Cleveland Wedding Flowers
by Margaret Huddy |
Studio 203 watercolor artist
Margaret Huddy painted two illustrations for the
book White House Flowers published by the White
House Historical Society. Margaret painted the wedding
flowers of Nellie Grant and Frances Folsum Cleveland.
Margaret also had an exhibition of her paintings at Foxhall
Gallery in September.
Margaret
Huddy joins Marietje Chamberlain of
studio 225 and other members of the Washington Society
of Landscape Painters to exhibit more than 30 paintings
completed on properties owned and operated by the Nature
Conservancy. The show will be at the Athenaeum in Old
Town Alexandria, VA from November 14 through January
4 and is titled Protected Landscapes: Paintings of
the Nature Conservancy Preserves. The reception
will be Sunday, November 16, 6-8 pm.
Etching by Lyndia Terre |
The etchings
of associate artist Lyndia Terre are featured
in Connections, an art show and sale opening
with a reception on Sunday, October 5 from 2-4 pm at
Huntley Meadows Park, 3701 Lockheed Boulevard, Alexandria,
VA. This retrospective show is a fundraiser for the
park as well as Becca's Ark, an organization created
by Pat and Mike Young in memory of Becca, their daughter,
to support the care of abandoned and feral pets. The
show will be on display through November 30.
Ann
Barbieri of studio 322 will be in the MPAartfest,
Sunday, October 5 in McLean, VA. Other participating
Torpedo Factory artists include Marsha Staiger,
Connie Slack, Joyce McCarten,
and Susan Finsen.
Mary: Unwed, Pregnant, Candidate for Stoning
by Rosemary Luckett |
Associate
artist Rosemary Luckett's work is part of the
national traveling exhibition Highly Favored: Contemporary
Images of the Virgin Mary, which features 36 pieces
by artists from around the country.
View the Highly Favored exhibition online. Rosemary
has pieces in two Touchstone Gallery shows, GREEN
and The Artists' Book, through October 5. Also
through October 5, her drawing collection entitled
Paradise Squandered will be shown by appointment
only in the in the Bird Room of Church of the Pilgrims
in Washington, DC; 202-387-6612. At Nevin Kelly Gallery
in Washington, DC her work appears in Under Surveillance:
The Diminishing Zone of Personal Privacy through
October 8.
Pienza by Viviane de Kosinsky |
Viviane de Kosinsky, studio
208, presents a solo exhibition of new works at the
Robert Ballard Gallery in Washington, VA from October
25 through November 18. Her show will be featured during
the 4th Annual Artists of Rappahannock Studio and Gallery
Tour held the weekend of November 1 and 2.
Associate artist and photographer
Nina Tisara reports that Living Legends of
Alexandria, a photo-documentary project recognizing
people who are making history in Alexandria, has been
incorporated in Virginia and will seek 501(c)(3) status.
Living Legends is the recipient of a 2008 grant
from the Alexandria Commission for the Arts. Information
about the project and a nomination form for recognition
of 2009 Legends is available at www.tisaraphoto.com/legends.
Family crest ring by Eric Margry |
Eric Margry's craftsmanship
is part of the new comedic crime movie by the Cohen
Brothers titled Burn After Reading. Eric was
hired to create a hand engraved family crest ring that
the Oscar winning actress Tilda Swinton wears on her
pinky finger early in the film.
Studio 7 artist Sheep Jones
is in a group show at the Healing Arts Gallery at Smith
Farm Center in Washington, DC through October 30. She
is having a solo show at Gallery Plan B in Washington,
DC from October 8 to November 9.
Midnight Flowers Necklace
by Zoya Gutina |
Newly juried artist Zoya Gutina
has received the Judge's Favorite Award in the prestigious
Fire Mountain Beads and Gems 2008 Beading Contest for
her two items: Midnight Flowers Necklace and
Shahrazad Necklace.
Jolande Goldberg of studio
326 was featured in A Legal Miscellanea, a newsletter
for the Friends of the Jacob Burns Law Library at George
Washington University. Known at the Torpedo Factory
as a sculptor, Jolande is praised as an "eminent
scholar, lawyer, and librarian. [She is] widely acknowledged
as one of the creators of the Library of Congress law
classification schedule." This system has been
adopted in many libraries and institutions throughout
America and the World.
Cosmic Song by JoAnn Clayton |
JoAnn Clayton, newly juried
artist, has a solo exhibit at Glenview Mansion in Rockville,
MD November 2 to December 2. A series of layered colorist
paintings entitled Cosmic Song reflects JoAnn's
bold and intuitive approach to her work.
BJ Anderson of studio 6 has
had one of her stone lithographs accepted into the permanent
collection at the Cape Cod Museum of Fine Art. She also
won the Potomac Valley Watercolorist award in The Art
League show in August.
Viva la Revolution by Tamara Embrey |
Newly juried fiber artist Tamara
Embrey presents a special showing of her work at
a reception on Sunday, October 12, 1 - 5 pm in Fiberworks,
studio 14 at the Torpedo Factory Art Center. Meet the
artist and admire her eye-catching, one-of-a-kind hats,
skirts, dresses, and cardigans that are handcrafted
from recycled vintage fabrics.
Homage to Kamil Lhotak by Michael Borek
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Michael Borek of Multiple
Exposures Gallery presents Wide Asleep, a solo
exhibition of his photography at the Embassy of the
Czech Republic during FotoWeek DC. The Czech-American
photographer's work ranges from the playful to the ominous
with a dreaminess that pays homage to the many surrealist
artists he admires. The show runs from November 6 -
December 15 with a reception on Thursday, November 6
from 7 to 9pm.
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