You know we like to keep busy at The Art League — and we like to keep you busy, too! Highlights in the Gallery this year include a slate of exciting solo artists and the return of the biennial Ikebana exhibit.
Here’s a list of every exhibit, major event, and school term dates for 2016:
“Muted”
Tuesday, January 5–Sunday, January 31: For “Muted,” artists are encouraged to focus on using a limited palette, explore a subtle composition, soft representation, or discuss thoughts that are not openly or strongly expressed. Juried by Allison Nance.
Solo Preview Exhibit
Wednesday, January 6–Sunday, January 24: The Art League’s Solo Preview Exhibit will premiere a work by each of our 2016 solo artists. (See below!)
SOHO Photography Exhibit
Monday, January 25–Sunday, January 31: Photographs taken and developed by the girls in the Space of Her Own arts mentorship program.
Patrons’ Show Fundraiser
February 1–14 (Tickets go on sale: Saturday, January 16 / Drawing: Sunday, February 14, 4:00 pm)
Don’t miss out on the best art fundraiser in the DC area! Details are at the link above.
Student/Faculty Show
Wednesday, February 17–Sunday, February 28: The Art League’s annual Student/Faculty exhibit showcases the diversity and talent of our prestigious visual arts school in Old Town Alexandria, VA.
Ikebana
Thursday, March 3–Sunday, March 6: Floral arrangements created to pair with works of art. This exhibit comes to The Art League for four days only, every two years!
March Open Exhibit
Tuesday, March 8–Sunday, April 3: A juried exhibit of artwork in all media by Art League artists.
Fritz Desroches: “The Caribbean – How Beautiful”
Wednesday, March 9–Sunday, April 3, 2016: Airbrush paintings full of color, movement, and happiness. Desroches shows off both vibrant examples of daily activities and traditional elements of Haitian art.
Orbit Exhibit
Tuesday, April 5–Sunday, May 1: Juried by Melissa Staiger.
Teresa Oaxaca: “Misfits”
Wednesday, April 6–Sunday, May 1: Teresa Oaxaca’s recent paintings explore themes of clowns, dolls, human effigies, and painted faces. All paintings in this exhibit will also be displayed in unique artist-designed and painted frames.
May Open Exhibit (digital entry)
Tuesday, May 3–Sunday, June 5
Nancy McIntyre: “Rhythms of Time”
Wednesday, May 4–Sunday, June 5: Silk screens and acrylic paintings celebrating “the local, the small-scale, the eccentric, the ordinary.”
June Open Exhibit
Tuesday, June 7–Sunday, July 3: A juried exhibit of artwork in all media by Art League artists.
“Tabletop”
Wednesday, June 8–Sunday, July 3: An international juried exhibit of functional tabletop fine craft.
Alex Tolstoy: “Watermarks”
Wednesday, June 8–Sunday, July 3: Watercolor paintings by a former research scientist in mathematics.
“Not a Box” (digital entry)
Wednesday, July 6–Sunday, August 7: A juried exhibit of installation art.
Kathleen Best Gillmann: “Vision at Water’s Edge”
Wednesday, July 6–Sunday, August 7: Oil and acrylic paintings on canvas, inspired by the coast of southern Maine where the artist grew up.
’Scapes
Tuesday, August 9–Sunday, September 4: The annual juried landscape exhibit.
“Taking Shape”
Tuesday, August 9–Sunday, September 4: A juried exhibit of 3-D artwork.
September Open Exhibit
Tuesday, September 6–Sunday, October 2
Michael Fischerkeller: “Art of Politics”
Wednesday, September 7–Sunday, October 2: Spraypainted paintings exploring the state of politics, by a doctor of political science.
“OpEd”
Tuesday, October 4–Sunday, November 6
Anita Damron: “Transformations: Tapestries in Glass”
Wednesday, October 5–Sunday, November 6: The tapestries of India are the inspiration for these glass mosaics.
“MINImax” (digital entry)
Tuesday, November 8–Sunday, December 4: A juried exhibit of very small and very large works.
Soomin Ham: “Sound of a Butterfly”
Wednesday, November 9–Sunday, December 4: Photographs are re-photographed under ice and snow to create the final product.
December Open Exhibit
Tuesday, December 6–December 31
Dennis Crayon: “That Which Was Once Whole”
Wednesday, December 7-December 31: Trompe l’œil paintings on panel that create “contemporary fragments of our culture.”
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