October 2012 Show Pics

Sorry for the delay (camera trouble).  Here’s some installation shots of Old World and New: Apart, Though Still a Part in the main gallery space as well as the traveling mezzotint exhibition Both Sides of the Brain currently in the Press Room!

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Fall Arts Events for your Calendar

“Piazza dell’Anfiteatro, Lucca” by Deron DeCesare

WPG is excited to have two special Press Room Exhibitions in addition to our regularly scheduled October and November member and solo artist shows.  In October, mark your calendars for Both Sides of The Brain, a travelling mezzotint portfolio, in the Press Room and Deron DeCesare’s Old World and New: Apart though still a Part.  The Opening Reception for both these shows (and the membership exhibition) is Saturday, October 6 ,1-4 pm.  In November we have Before and After the Derecho, a solo exhibition by Yolanda Frederikse in the main space, and Carol MacDonald’s Line – Structure – Pattern in the Press Room.  The Opening Reception for these exhibition is Saturday, November 4, 1-4 pm.

In addition to our events, there are two fairs we’ve probably mentioned, but it doesn’t hurt to mention them again.  First, is the 2nd ever (e)merge Art Fair, put on by the WPA.  This fair focuses on under-represented artists and galleries “with an an energetic environment of collaboration and discovery.”  This fair takes place at the Capitol Skyline Hotel in SW DC, October 4-7.

Later, in November, there is the Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair.   WPG will have a booth, and the full list of vendors is now online at their website.  Check it out, get excited, and come to the Book Arts Fair November 16-18, 2012.

Finally, looking forward to the Winter season, Maryland artist members of WPG will join their mentors (or artists to whom they have been mentors) for Mentor/Mentee II at the Brentwood Arts Exchange.  More details to follow, but know that the exhibition will run December 3-January 26 and the Opening Reception is Friday, December 7, 6-9 pm.

Next Month in the Press Room: Both Sides of the Brain

Image Credit: Aaron Coleman

Artist and printmaker Aaron S. Coleman is a graduate student at Northern Illinois University.  Within the last year he has been coordinating a group of internationally known printmakers and artists in an effort to spread knowledge and appreciation for the mezzotint medium.  Aaron has been working with the mezzotint technique for 2 years now.  As a self-taught mezzotint artist (you can see more about his process here), in a field where few practice the technique, Aaron wanted to reach out to other printmakers working within the medium.  The portfolio on exhibit next month at WPG hosts 17 internationally established artists including Michael Barnes, Julie Niskanen, Linda Whitney and Kouki Tsuritani to name a few.

The artists in the portfolio were selected by Aaron to represent a wide range of influence, style and conceptual direction.  The prints in the portfolio display artists working in the realms of abstract, hyper-realistic, conceptual, illustrative and contemporary art.  Both Sides of the Brain is a themed portfolio that explores ideas of duality.

Each of the 17 artists created an original edition of 19 prints to contribute to the portfolio.  The two extra portfolios will be donated to the printmaking archives of Northern Illinois University where Aaron is finishing his Masters of Fine Art degree and Herron School of Art where he received his Bachelor of Fine Art degree.  The exhibition schedule jumps off in Indianapolis at Herron in August of 2012.  From there, the portfolio will be shown at Northern in September and the Washington Printmakers Gallery in Silver Spring Maryland in October.  There are two exhibitions in 2013 at the University of Missouri and Lamar D. Fain College of Fine Arts in Texas.  This is sure to be an amazing exhibition for all mezzotint, printmaking and art enthusiasts.