Art Leaguers’ Work in “(CON)text”

A Common Thread by Kathlyn Avila, which incorporates clay, fabric, cotton, photographs, and encaustic, won the Urquhart Award for best in show. Watch this blog for a Q&A with the artist.
A Common Thread by Kathlyn Avila, which incorporates clay, fabric, cotton, photographs, and encaustic, won the Urquhart Award for best in show. Watch this blog for a Q&A with the artist.
(Text)tile by Eric Vahouny.
(Text)tile by Eric Vahouny.

With a title like “(CON)text,” one might expect an eclectic group exhibit at The Art League this month, and that’s what we’ve got: mosaics, comic books, and narrative collages, among the other works of art by our members. Each artist brought his or her own context to the exhibit, and juror John James Anderson, a DC-based artist and art teacher, selected what’s on the walls.

The theme called for text-based work or work that sends a message, and artists responded with original and repurposed text, language and the written word in the abstract, social and political commentary, visual conflict, comments on art, and stories of all kinds: Continue reading Art Leaguers’ Work in “(CON)text”