The Washington Glass School

Novie Trump: Longing for Distant Skies

Hillyer Art Space, 9 Hillyer Court NW, Washington, DC  September 4 – 26, 2015

Opening Reception: Friday, September 4, 6-9pm

Since ancient times, man has looked up into the heavens and dreamed of distant skies.

In this exhibition of porcelain, glass, wax and steel installations, Novie Trump explores the longing we have for those distant skies: that desire to fly away to bluer skies, to drift upwards into the stars, to follow the horizon to unknown places.

Novie Trump (formerly the Director of the Lee Arts Center in Arlington and founder/director of Flux Studios in Mount Rainier) recently relocated to Jerome, Arizona, returns to DC a solo show at the Hillyer Art Space.  Fans of her evocative ceramic sculpture and installation work will see how her the depth of her work has intensified and deepened in the incredible exhibit titled “Longing For Distant Skies” opening today (Friday Sept 4). Of her recent works, Novie said, ” the show was inspired by the beautiful huge skies that are their own presence where I now live.”

From her new studio space out west in Arizona, Novie curates exhibitions and juries for arts organizations throughout the US. Trump has served on the boards of several arts organizations and is also an educator who teaches workshops in ceramics and professional development. sculptor and installation artist working in ceramic, mixed media and sound.

Formally trained in classical archaeology at the University of North Carolina, her work has been selected for juried and invitational exhibitions in the US and Europe and has been featured in numerous publications. Winner of the Fairfax Strauss Fellowship, she has been awarded numerous grants and commissions for public art works, most notably at the National Institutes of Health in Washington, DC.  In 2013, Novie Trump was selected as a Fulbright Candidate by the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars

Novie Trump: Longing for Distant Skies

September 4 – 26, 2015

Opening Reception: Friday, September 4, 6-9pm

Hillyer Art Space