Welcome to Artful Weekend

-our listing of area art exhibits and events-

This weekend: December 2024 Interiors Exhibit, The Language of Flowers by Ali Wunder, and Gallery 75 at The Art League; Field Notes by Andrea Cybyk at 868 Estate Vineyards; Star Power: Photographs from Hollywood’s Golden Age by George Hurrell at the National Portrait Gallery; and Little Books, Big Gifts: The Artistry of Esther Inglis at Folger Shakespeare Library.

December 2024 Interiors Exhibit

Explore Interiors, our December exhibit featuring art inspired by interior spaces—whether cozy and familiar or open indoor places. The exhibit  Juried by Joseph Gyurcsak, artist, instructor, author, and Blick Art Supplies brand manager, this showcase invites you to reflect on the spaces we inhabit. Interiors is on view through January 5.

The Language of Flowers by Ali Wunder

Mixed media artist Ali Wunder breathes fresh life into florals with her captivating solo show, The Language of Flowers. Her works are anything but garden-variety still-lifes; each bloom, blossom, and bud is reimagined through a mesmerizing fusion of paint, embroidery, and collage. With every season, she conjures bouquets that are as enchanting as they are unique—a vivid celebration of nature’s beauty, told in textures and hues that speak volumes. The Language of Flowers is on view through January 5.

Gallery 75: November – January

Come and explore Gallery 75, our vibrant art hub nestled right here in our main gallery. It’s a treasure trove where you can find a range of affordable, extraordinary artwork created by our talented local member artists. Whether in the market for framed, unframed, or even three-dimensional pieces, you’ll find a wealth of pieces waiting for you to take home and display.

Field Notes by Andrea Cybyk

Art League member Andrea Cybyk finds beauty in resilient and determined plants—perennials, random weeds, bamboo, invasive grasses and other vigorous spreaders that flourish largely without assistance. They are the subject of her current exhibit Field Notes, at 868 Estate Vineyards. Her work combines painting and monotype printmaking techniques to create tropical tangles of overlapping flora as well as quieter studies of individual specimens. She works directly with found plants, capturing their crisp silhouettes and the intricate textures of branches, stems, leaves, blossoms, and roots. Field Notes is on view through January 12; 14001 Harpers Ferry Road, Hillsboro, Virginia.

Star Power: Photographs from Hollywood’s Golden Age by George Hurrell

Widely regarded as the preeminent Hollywood portrait photographer of the 1930s and 1940s, George Hurrell created definitive, timeless images of many of the most glamorous figures of filmdom’s golden era. Star Power: Photographs from Hollywood’s Golden Age by George Hurrell, at the National Portrait Gallery, explores his timeless images of film royalty, capturing these stars in their most enchanting light. Among those featured are film icons, ranging from Jean Harlow and Bill “Bojangles” Robinson to Greta Garbo and James Wong Howe. Selected from the National Portrait Gallery’s collection by senior curator of photographs Ann Shumard, this exhibition features golden-era portraits that reveal Hurrell’s skill in shaping the images of Hollywood’s brightest stars. Star Power is on view through January 4, 2026; 8th and G Streets, NW, Washington, D.C.

Little Books, Big Gifts: The Artistry of Esther Inglis

Seventeenth century artist Esther Inglis prefaced her handmade books with self-portraits.Esther Inglis, a professional-class Franco-Scottish refugee, working mother of eight, and contemporary of Shakespeare, earned her living by her pen, combining her artistic skills and religious beliefs to create over 60 miniature handwritten and hand-illustrated books which she strategically gifted to dozens of prominent European Protestants during a period of religious turmoil. Four hundred years after her death, Little Books, Big Gifts: The Artistry of Esther Inglis, at the Folger Shakespeare Library, explores her life and work as an early modern influencer and as the first woman in Britain to preface her works with selfies. It is on view through February 9; 201 East Capitol Street, SE, Washington, D.C.

Enjoy the weekend! Happy New Year!