Chevrolet 3 by Pete McCutchen. Photo courtesy of Touchstone Gallery.
Friday, September 5
Touchstone– 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Three concurrent exhibitions will showcase figurative works by ceramicist Bill Mould, photographs of decaying cars by Pete McCutchen and a group show by the gallery’s member artists with an avian theme. For more information on all three exhibitions, click here.
Touchstone Gallery is located at 901 New York Avenue, NW.
Montpelier Art Center– 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The art center will host opening receptions in its three gallery spaces for the watercolors of former botanist David Daniels (Main gallery), painter Stephen Boocks’ Play (Library Gallery) and recent work by resident artist Steven Williams (Resident Gallery). For more information on all three gallery openings, click here.
The Montpelier Art Center’s galleries are located at 9652 Muirkirk Road Laurel, MD
Saturday, September 6
39th Street Gallery– 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The gallery opens The Charmers by sculptor Christopher Romer along with new paintings by Capitol Hill artist Kathryn McDonnell and Academy 2013 participant Jay Hendrick. For more information on the three concurrent exhibitions, click here.
The 39th Street gallery is located at 3901 Rhode Island Avenue, second floor, Brentwood, MD
Brentwood Arts Exchange– 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Thirteen fellows from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts will participate in a group exhibition titled Axis. The group multi-media and inter-disciplinary exhibition seeks to overcome individual variance through collective interpretation of the term “axis.” For more information on this exhibition, click here.
The 39th Street gallery is located at 3901 Rhode Island Avenue, Brentwood, MD.
gallery plan b– 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Audiences attending Sheep Jones’ fourth solo exhibition at gallery plan b will revel in the artist’s ever-evolving style of whimsical fairy-tale like subjects. For more information, click here.
gallery plan b is located at 153014th Street NW
Gallery OonH– 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
The gallery’s popular Circus on the O returns this month with revelry and burlesque at their famous H street courtyard. A general admission period for viewing the gallery’s exhibition precedes the ticketed circus event. For more information and to purchase ticket, click here.
Gallery OonH is located at 1354 H Street, NE.
Monday, September 8
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop Mayoral Forum on Arts Education– 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Where do you stand on arts education? How do you want to see it funded? Find out where the mayoral candidates stand on this issue. All candidates have been invited to attend and discuss their vision for educating young DC citizens in the arts. Audience members will have an opportunity to ask questions following a moderated debate format.
CHAW is located at 545 Seventh Street SE
Coming Events (Save the Dates!)
Hyattsville Arts Festival– September 13
H Street Festival– September 20
Figment DC– September 27
Art All Night– September 27
Emerge Art Fair– October 2-5
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