Eileen Doughty (Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery): Taiwan International Quilt Exhibit 2012

Uncover, Recover, art quilt by Eileen Doughty

Three of Eileen Doughty's art quilts were juried in to the Taiwan International Quilt Exhibition 2012 (TIQE 2012). Quilts from 24 different countries were accepted.  Eileen is a member of Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery, Studio 18.TIQE2012's theme: "Moving Water and River" will portray global concerns of the vitality and sustainability of water. 


Venues for TIQE 2012:


1) National Tainan Living Art Center, Tainan City, Taiwan


August 11-September 7, 2012

Rhapsody Watershed, art quilt by Eileen Doughty

2) Huludun Cultural Center, Taichung City, Taiwan
September 22- October 28, 2012
"Uncover, Recover" (diptych) portrays two scenes of the Mississippi River.  In the far north, good management allows the river level to rise and fall naturally; but at its delta, all the problems upstream, flooding and loss of wetlands means erosion and polluted water.  Both landscapes are beautiful -- on the surface. The minimalist materials and threadwork provide an elegant representation of water quality issues.  Satin mimics the sheen of water.

"Rhapsody Watershed" depicts the run-off of rainwater in my suburban neighborhood, due to impermeable surfaces. Access to clean water will be one of the critical issues of this century, even more than access to energy resources.  The open areas (containing only netting) symbolize the lack of rainwater retention, and the streams and pond are painted in gold to symbolize that water is precious.
Great Falls on the Potomac River is a national park in a large suburban area, where kayakers train for the Olympics, and visitors climb the rock cliffs or hike in the woods.  A few people drown here every year, underestimating or not respecting the power of this wild river.
The Potomac River below Great Falls is close to Washington, DC, and to Eileen's home.  "Below Great Falls" shows the beauty and wild power of this river.

Below Great Falls, art quilt by Eileen Doughty

Photographer Maureen Minehan's solo show is at Multiple Exposures Gallery in the Torpedo Factory Art Center through May 6th. These spectacular images were captured in two hours on a summer morning at Rehoboth Beach. The reception is Sunday, April 15th from 3 - 5 pm.

Nancy Bishop at Fire House Gallery

A show honoring the work of former Torpedo Factory potter, Nancy Bishop opens April 13

at the Fire House Gallery in Berryville, Virginia:

Nancy Bishop: Celebrating Pottery … and 50 Years at the Wheel.

Bishop created, demonstrated, and sold her pottery in Studio 24 from 1976 to 2002.

It was there she perfected her distinctive style -- painting or carving images on her pieces –

as well as creating a never-before-attempted ruby chromium glaze  she named “Ruby Red.”

The exhibit which runs through Saturday, May 5th will feature a stunning display of Bishop’s signature pieces -- many from her private collection – demonstrating the evolution of her masterful technique over five+ decades of throwing pots on the wheel.           

Professional exhibition designer and local resident Jeanne Krohn, whose clients include The Smithsonian and the National Building Museum, is curating the show.

The artist has donated four pieces for a silent auction – the last ones available for sale –

 that will run throughout the three week exhibit. 

Opening Reception, Friday 5:30 – 8:00 pm

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday 10am -3pm

Friday 10am – 7pm

Berryville, Virginia is in the Shenandoah Valley approximately 55 miles from metro-DC. Complete details here.

   

23 East Main Street            Berryville, Virginia 22611            540 955-4001

Rosemary Covey at DC Now, a Pop-Up Project of Morton Fine Art

DC NOW               

An Exhibition of New Work  by 5 Contemporary Artists in DC   

April 4 - April 29, 2012

** Exhibition will be held at : Gallery B, 7700 Wisconsin Ave # E, Bethesda, MD 20814-6530**  

Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Sunday 12pm-6pm 

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OPENING RECEPTION

Friday, April 13th, 2012 6 - 9 pm

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Morton Fine Art (MFA) is pleased to present its fifth *a pop-up project. The exhibition titledDC NOW, features new artworks by nationally renowned, DC based, contemporary artists Maya Freelon Asante, Billy Colbert, Rosemary Feit Covey, Laurel Hausler, and Victoria Shaheen. *a pop-up project will be on display from April 4th through April 29th 2012 at Gallery B located at 7700 Wisconsin Ave # E, Bethesda, MD 20814-6530. The opening reception will be held on Friday, April 13th from 6 - 9 pm. Images can be previewed online atwww.mortonfineart.com and www.apopupproject.com     DC NOW is a tribute to the vibrant exploration and innovation in contemporary art, highlighting a talented group of artists living in and around Washington, DC. The exhibition will include floor and ceiling installations, tissue paper mono prints, fine art porcelain and paintings in a variety of mediums.   Artists include: Maya Freelon Asante (Baltimore, b. USA, tissue paper installation, tissue paper mono prints and sculpture):     Recently in the group exhibition Material Girls at the Reginald Lewis Museum in Baltimore, Maya Freelon Asante was initially inspired by intricate stains transferred from wet tissue paper discovered in her grandmother's house. Asante creates dramatic sculptures and mono prints from "bleeding" tissue paper. Each sheet of tissue paper speaks to her memory of existence and resilience and mirrors her familial quilt-making heritage and the tradition of preservation and resourcefulness. Billy Colbert (Washington, DC b. USA, screen printed & mixed media paintings):   Exhibited at museum shows at the African American Museum in Dallas, TX and the Delaware Center for Contemporary art in Wilmington, DE, Colbert uses popular culture, personal experiences and cultural leveraging as narratives for his 2D and 3D mixed media works.  Billy Colbert's first solo exhibition at Morton Fine Art, 20 Hour Day, opens April 20th and runs through May 16th, 2012.      Rosemary Feit Covey (Alexandria, VA, b. South Africa, wood engravings, mixed media):One of the preeminent wood engravers working today, Rosemary Feit Covey's masterful and emotionally powerful black and white engravings can be found in prominent museum and library collections around the world including Georgetown University Library's recent 512 piece acquisition. In a career spanning three decades, she has exhibited internationally and received countless awards for her wood engravings. Last year her self-appropriated mixed media artworks debuted in her solo exhibition Death of the Fine Art Print at Morton Fine Art. Laurel Hausler (Washington, DC, b. USA, paintings): A Washington, DC native, Laurel Hausler's love of literature, antiquity and the absurd inspire the stories behind her work. Admired for resisting a self-conscious approach to process, the artist reveals lines, scratches, rips and gestures on her surfaces that demonstrate her decision-making process through the work's evolution to its finished state. Victoria Shaheen (Washington, DC, Michigan b. USA, fine art ceramics):    A recent graduate of the Corcoran College of Art + Design, Shaheen is currently pursuing an MA in Ceramics at the prestigious Cranbrook Academy of Art.  Shaheen's accomplishments include the 2011 Fine Art Faculty Award for Recognition of Excellence in the Study of Fine Art and  the 2011 Anne and Ronald Abramson Award for Excellence in Ceramics. Shaheen will have two porcelain pieces on display; one floor installation and one wall mounted work titled White Light, White Heat.    About Morton Fine Art (MFA):   Founded as an innovative solution to the changing contemporary art market, Morton Fine Art (MFA) is a curatorial group that collaborates with art collectors and visual artists to inspirefresh ways of acquiring contemporary art. Firmly committed to the belief that anyone can become an art collector, MFA's mission is to provide accessibility to museum-quality contemporary art through a combination of innovative exhibitions and a new generation of art services.

Morton Fine Art *a pop-up project (202) 628-2787 mortonfineart@gmail.com

Torpedo Factory Art Center featured in article at AmericanRoads.net

Yellow Tulips on Red Ground Row by Matthew Johnston

Read travel writer Anne Jenkins on her visit to the Torpedo Factory Art Center. Artists Matthew Johnston, Susan Finsen, Chris Erney, Julian Parker-Burns and Jim Steele are featured.

Rita Ludden: US Department of State Art in Embassies Program Calendar

Fourteen Bowls by Rita Ludden

Torpedo Factory Artist Rita Ludden's work is featured in the US Department of State calendar titled Homage to American Artists. Also featured in the calendar are the works of artists Andra Patterson, Cecelia Burnett, and Peg Bruhn. The calendar has a distribution of 30,000 and is sent to ambassadors and diplomats in US embassies.

Ludden's work has also been used to illustrate concepts in the New Eighth Edition of Sensation and Perception by author E. Bruce Goldstein. A professor at Brown University, Goldstein discovered Ludden's work while visiting the Torpedo Factory Art Center.