The Jewel Box Pop Up Gallery is month-long exhibition featuring the work of 18 DC area artists. Located in a former jewelry store, the expansive space will serve as an excellent temporary gallery showcasing a wide variety of styles and media.
Erin Atognoli |
List of artists showing at the Jewel Box:
Stephen Boocks |
The Jewel Box is located at 3108 Queens Chapel Road in Hyattsville, MD (at the intersection where 34th Street in Mount Rainier becomes Chillum Road) in a strip mall with ample parking. The West Hyattsville Metro is a 15 minute walk away.
Opening Reception is Thursday, September 5th from 7-9pm. The gallery will be open Thursdays and Fridays from 7-9pm and Saturdays from 1-5pm throughout the month of September.
Art Lives Here and The Shops at Queens Chillum teamed up to launch a series of placemaking events that showcase the talents of Gateway Arts District artists in a multi-use shopping center located in Hyattsville, MD and on the border of Mount Rainier. The Shops at Queens Chillum are funding these programs and events, which directly support local artists. Jewel Box (Pop-Up) Gallery; designed and curated by John Paradiso and Tim McLoraine.
Dr Claudia Rousseau reviews DC GlassWorks show
The Gazette Newspaper reviews DC GlassWorks show (now thru Aug 18) at the Montpelier Arts Center.
Dave D’Orio and Henrik Sundqvist – “Spray” engraved hand-blown glass, cast aluminum, paper; photo Pete Duvall |
Lavishing praise on the glass artwork – Dr Rousseau writes about Dave D’Orio’s artwork: ” At the entrance of the large and airy gallery space one finds his recent collaborative work called “Spray.” Made with the help of printmaker Henrik Sundqvist, the work is comprised of five hand-blown glass spray bottles with cast aluminum heads. Detailed glass engravings of insects grace the exteriors, and there are tags made of folded paper on which are etched the name of some kind of insect spray, images of insects and baroque crosses. The elegance of this work, each spray bottle set on its own little shelf against a gray wall, cannot be overstated. The critical narrative is clear here: these same vessels that look so beautiful to us are death to the creatures that are depicted on them. For D’Orio it’s more the facts of the situation that appeal to him. Spray bottles are a common object, found everywhere. Yet not like these. Confronting the conundrum of “ours against theirs” in this way brings many issues to mind, and forces the viewer to think about his/her own relation to the environment and our actions in relation to it. Yet, the remarkable effect of the work remains largely aesthetic….”
Click HERE to read the full article online. (Scroll down to “DC Glassworks”).
“DC Glassworks”
Montpelier Arts Center, 9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. For information call 301-377-7900.
Art Enables – Outsider Art Inside the Beltway
Ward 5 Panel Artist Talk
Wednesday, July 17, 6-8pm
Join Lavinia Wohlfarth (DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Commissioner for Ward 5 and gallerist behind Wohlfarth Galleries in Brookland) as she discusses the history of art in the Brookland section of Washington, DC, as well as a variety of grant opportunities available for artists across the city.
Lavinia will answer your questions regarding the city’s grant application process for artists as well as the showing, selling, and promoting of your artwork.
Free and open to the public – RSVP to bbaldwin@art-enables.org
LOCATION
Off-Rhode Studio at Art Enables Gallery
2204 Rhode Island Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20018
Working in the Studio – Commissioned Artwork for Healthcare Facility Lobby
The Washington Glass Studio is working on a commissioned artwork for Kaiser Permanente’s new Largo Medical Center. Audrey Wilson has been a busy girl – chopping up glass components for the art. We will post photos of the finished work.
Colorful glass being readied for a commissioned work to be installed in the lobby of Kaiser Permanente’s updated state-of-the-art multi-specialty facility in Largo, MD. |
Memorial Day – Glass Soldiers
Celebrating our freedom and remembering those who fought to honor it.
Western Military Academy- Detail of stained glass Iwo Jima panel in the Western Military Memorial Chapel (Alton, IL) dedicated to Frank M. Henderson, WMA’13, who retired as Commandant of Cadets in 1945.
GlassWeekend 2013 June 7- 9 at WheatonArts
Since 1985, GlassWeekend has brought together the world’s leading glass artists, collectors, galleries, and museum curators for a three-day weekend of exhibitions, lectures, hands-on glassmaking, artists, demonstrations and social events. GlassWeekend ’13, on June 7, 8 & 9, promises to be among the very best, with many new activities designed to be fun, inspiring, and informative. Demos by guest artists Beth Lipman, Davide Salvadore and Hiroshi Yamana are reason enough to make a great show, but combined with Judith Schaechter as the keynote speaker… makes this a not-to-miss event!
Davide Salvadore |
GlassWeekend is held at Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, home of the Creative Glass Center of America (CGCA) and the Museum of American Glass.
Everlast Blown by Slate Grove, sculpted and fabricated glass, stainless steel and laces |
The weekend begins with a preview reception of the gallery exhibition on Friday evening, continues with a reception in the Museum of American Glass and dinner on Saturday evening and culminates with a private demonstration on Sunday morning by the guest demonstrating artists. The 30th Anniversary Exhibition “Wheaton Glass: The Art of the Fellowship”.
Vanessa Cutler’s work in Creative Glass Center Alumni Biennial Exhibit. |
In between, participants have the option of attending slide presentations from the guest artists and CGCA Fellowship artists; panels and breakout sessions with contemporary glass artists, museum curators, gallery owners and collectors; and participate in a FunRaising auction that directly benefits the CGCA Fellowship Program and the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass (AACG) educational efforts. At GlassWeekend ‘13 highlights the work of young and talented artists. GlassWeekend ‘13 Rising Stars are sponsored by contemporary glass groups from around the country. This year’s artists:
Dean Allison
Amber Cowan
Michael Crowder
Andrew Erdos
Slate Grove
Benjamin Johnson
Carmen Lozar
Harry Pollitt
For a list of galleries showing at Wheaton GlassWeekend, click HERE
WheatonArts 1501 Glasstown Road, Millville, NJ 08332
Washington Glass School Open Studio!
Open Saturday, May 11, Noon- 5pm
The Gateway Arts District has its Open Studio Tour – 70 Artist studios will be open – make a day of studio crawls!
Be sure to start at the Washington Glass School!
Check out the gateway website:
http://www.gatewayopenstudios.org/
Don’t Forget – Daylight Savings Time Begins
Uncle Sam’s Response to International Glass & Clay Show
Washington Post Spring 2013 Arts Preview
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Something that will shock you out of the winter blues. |
The Washington Post’s Spring Arts Preview Lists the International Glass + Clay show in this weekend special guide to the whats coming up for the DC area. Jump to listing – click HERE: (scroll down to March 1).