Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Provisions Library

Check out the recent article by George Mason University news:


Provisions Research Center for Art and Social Change
located on the lowest level of the School of Art.

Professor Chawky Frenn Be the Change You Seek!"

BE THE CHANGE YOU SEEK!

February 1 – 25, 2012.    

Reception: Saturday February 4th, 5:30 to 7:30

Artist’s talk: Wednesday February 1st at 7:15



BlackRock Center for the Arts
12901 Town Commons Drive
Germantown, MD 20874
www.blackrockcenter.org       
(240) 912-1050        
Hours: M - F 10 to 5  / S 10 to 2
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In Unison

MAS Opens "In Unison: 20 Washington, DC Artists" at Capital One's Reston, Virginia Executive Center
February 6 through April 30, 2012
"In Unison:  20 Washington, DC Artists" represents a collaboration of a group of Washington, DC area artists, distinguished by their diversity in terms of accomplishments - emerging, mid-career, and masters; ethnicity - African American, White American, Asian American and Latin American; age - from the 30's to the 80's; gender - male and female; and varying artistic approaches - painters, sculptors, digital media and installation artists, and a few printmakers. 

These artists came together in the welcoming space of the print studio at George Mason University School of Art to each create 5 monoprints (from February to June 2010 and during the month of June 2011).  While they were exploring their artistic expression individually through the printmaking process, the environment provided opportunities for interaction among the artists and promoted a true sense of collaboration. In the Washington, DC environment where art communities remain largely segregated, these artists crossed the color line both literally and figuratively, fostering hope for our world's future.

Indeed, the process by which these works were born reflects the unifying vision of the exhibition as a whole. Selected works from the over 100 monoprints created were initially shown at the Kreeger Museum and then selected works of the 20 at the Hillyer Art Space in 2011.  "In Unison" will next be on view at the Capitol One Executive Center, 1680 Capital One Drive, Reston, Virginia 22102, from February 6 thorugh April 30, 2012.

Millennium Arts Salon is the proud sponsor of this project, which features some of Washington's finest artists.  Special thanks to George Mason University for use of its print studio, to International Art and Artists for managing the travel of the exhibition, and to the inspiration and creative genius of all the participating artists.

Participating Artists:

Akili Ron Anderson
Sondra N. Arkin
Paula Crawford
Sheila Crider
Edgar Endress
Helen Frederick
Claudia Aziza Gibson-Hunter
Susan Goldman
Tom Green
Billy Colbert
Bill Harris
Joseph Holston
Martha Jackson-Jarvis
Walter Kravitz
EJ Montgomery
Michael B. Platt and Carol A. Beane
Al Smith
Renée Stout
Patti Underwood
Yuriko Yamaguchi

Monday, January 23, 2012

A few images from the Fall Semester Senior Show at the end of December.  These photos were taken in the Fine Art Gallery.