From Laura's Garden by Elyse Wolf

Mirella Monti Belshe is exhibiting 26 of her fragmented books in Florence, Italy. The books are shown as a single artwork under a dome of plexiglas at the prestigious Ken's Art Gallery.

Free at Last by Michael Borek

Elyse Wolf's colored pencil drawing From Laura's Garden was accepted into the Colored Pencil Society of America's 17th International Exhibition, to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, from July through August.

Michael Borek's photography exhibition Wide Asleep-Half Awake will be shown at Photoworks Gallery in Glen Echo, Maryland from June 13 to July 19 with an opening reception: Saturday, June 13 from 5 to 7pm. Wide Asleep was previously exhibited during 2008's FotoWeek DC at the Czech Embassy in Washington, DC. Click to read reviews of Borek's FotoWeek showing by the Washington Post Express and the Washington Diplomat.

Artist James Dean (Studio 306) will speak at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, on July 8 and 13 as part of a panel discussing the Museum's art collection and the current exhibition entitled Universal Dimensions: The Space Art of Wang Ming . The discussion will be for the benefit of Docents and Educators from NASM and the Freer Sackler Museums. Dean was the founding director of the NASA Art Program and the former Curator of Art at the National Air and Space Museum.

Margaret Huddy - Book Cover

Margaret Huddy - Book Open

Margaret Huddy has written and illustrated a book of State Flowers published by Credit Union House of Washington, DC.

Marietje Chamberlain was elected to participate in PleinAirEaston! This juried exhibition and competition produced by Easton Main Street in partnership with the Avalon Foundation culminates with an awards presentation and multi-day exhibition and sale at the Academy Art Museum, a museum accredited by the American Association of Museums. The plein air event runs from July 20 to 26. She will participate in group shows at American Painting Gallery in Washington, DC, from June to September, and at Broadway Galleries May 23 to June 13.

Christmas Eve Necklace by Zoya Gutina

Bead&Button magazine sponsors Bead Dreams, an annual juried competition of exceptional bead artistry fromaround the world. Zoya Gutina's

work, Christmas Eve necklace, has been juried into the 2009 Bead Dreams in the Seed Bead Jewelry category and will be exhibited at the Bead&Button Show, coming to Milwaukee's Midwest Airlines Center June 5 through 7. The Bead&Button Show is the largest jewelry and bead show in the world.

The exhibition of work by Marcia Dullum and Laurie Fields at the Red Door Gallery in Richmond, Virginia has been rescheduled. The show will open with a reception on June 5 from 6 to 9pm and runs through July 11.

Printmakers, Inc., Studio 325, presents One Good Tern and other birds and fish of the sea, a whimsical show of illustrated limericks in original woodcut and linocut prints. From July 1 to August 31, Phyllis Cohen and Lauren Miko are blending their styles to give lighthearted interpretation to Cohen's amusing literary works. The opening reception will be Sunday, July 19 from 3 to 6pm and is open to the public.

Egret by Phyllis Cohen

Rosemary Feit Covey collaborated with award-winning BosmaDance to create Eternal Return, an evening-length performance exploring the recurring nature of loss throughout human life. They presented a preview of the work at the Torpedo Factory Art Center on April 23 prior to the full performance at the

Source Theatre in Washington, DC, May 8 through 10. Covey displayed an exhibition of related new works entitled Reality Confront End from April 29 to June 27 at the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Farm.

BosmaDance collaboration with Rosemary Feit Covey

Covey was also one of ten artists selected to be part of Arthouse1, an art and film event which was held on May 16 in Washington, DC. The event included a feature film selected by the Washington Film Institute and multimedia projections and installations curated by Art Outlet.