“Artist of the Washington Glass School” closes this Saturday, June 18, at Long View Gallery, 1234 9th Street NW.
From Jana Petersen
There are three galleries closing their current exhibits this weekend: Gallery plan b, Hamiltonian and Long View. See descriptions below to devise your divide and conquer plans.
Gallery plan b, “Works by Gordon Binder, Works by Tanja Bos, Works by Beverly Ryan”: Each artist in this exhibit chooses a different way to paint his/her environment. While Gordon Binder captures the world around him through natural landscapes and cityscapes, Tanja Bos uses ink and paper to create ethereal scenes “that seem to glow from within” (Gallery plan b) and Beverly Ryan’s “narrative paintings are populated with soul-searching figures amongst decorative and colorful patterns” (gallery plan b).
Hamiltonian Gallery, “Concurrent Exhibitions by Three Hamiltonian Fellows: Ryan Hoover, Jessica van Brakle, and Linda Vargas de la Hoz”: In this exhibit, each artists explores the notion of physical objects and space to paint a convergence that is not normally seen — a tent made out of a clothes jacket? What about furniture implanted with micro-controllers?
Long View Gallery: Find out how students and teachers at the Washington Glass School have taken glass sculpture outside of its traditional form.
Find out what’s showing at 12 galleries in the Logan-Shaw-U Street area below the fold.
Overview: “Supernatural” features “works on paper produced by airy means. Whether using her breath, paint sprayed from a bottle or an air compressor, the end results reveal delicate tendrilly forms and marks that evoke a host of recognizable yet not-quite-nameable things that you are sure you have seen or felt in nature but cannot quite place.”
Gallery Hours: Wednesday through Saturday, noon to 6 pm.
Overview: Each artist in this exhibit chooses a different way to paint his/her environment. While Gordon Binder captures the world around him through natural landscapes and cityscapes, Tanja Bos uses ink and paper to create ethereal scenes “that seem to glow from within” (Gallery plan b) and Beverly Ryan’s “narrative paintings are populated with soul-searching figures amongst decorative and colorful patterns” (gallery plan b).
Gallery Hours: Wednesday through Saturday, noon to 7 pm; Sunday, 1 to 5 pm
“Concurrent Exhibitions by Three Hamiltonian Fellows: Ryan Hoover, Jessica van Brakle, and Linda Vargas de la Hoz” runs to June 18.
Overview: In this exhibit, each artists explores the notion of physical objects and space to paint a convergence that is not normally seen — a tent made out of a clothes jacket? What about furniture implanted with micro-controllers?
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 6 pm.
Overview: As the name suggests, this exhibit features the works of many artists who have contributed to Irvine during its stay at the 14th street location; this exhibit occurs amidst the impending move.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 11 am to 6 pm.
“What Matters.” Judy Byron’s “What Matters” is on display 24-7during construction at the gallery.
Overview: What matters? Too much? Not enough? Too difficult to articulate? In her installment, “What Matters,” Byron uses the dialogue that flows from the question to inspire and create six life-size models of the women she engages (life-size models currently on display). “What Matters” is an exploration of the elusive nature of this question and these women.
Overview: “Through wood sculpture and other media, Reed investigates the expressive potential attained by transforming familiar everyday objects into new forms.” (Project 4)
Gallery Hours: Wednesday through Saturday, noon to 6 pm.
Overview: This IS Hawai’i artists Solomon Enos, Puni Kukahiko, Carl F. K. Pao and Maika’i Tubbs explore — through site-specific installation, artistic actions and public programs — what it means to be “Hawaiian” in the 21st century.
This exhibit is being co-hosted by the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. For a full list of Smithsonian hosted events, click here.
Petersen writes about about health, fitness and wellbeing. When she’s not contributing to Borderstan or managing health care marketing strategy (daytime job), she can be found running in Rockcreek park, baking (banana cream pies, anyone?), and /or plotting her next move in Scrabble or Words with Friends — not necessarily in that order. Follow Petersen on Twitter @jana_petersen; email her at jana[AT]borderstan.com.
