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Featured Member Artist: Marilyn Banner

Marilyn Banner 

Takoma Park, MD

 www.marilynbanner.com

SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND MAJOR INSTALLATIONS


2011 A Sense of Place/ Ceres Gallery, New York, NYC ;
2011 A Sense of Place Adkins Arboretum Gallery, Ridgely, MD
2009 Sacred Ground/Delaplaine Center for the Arts, Frederick, MD; 
2009 Sacred Ground/ Ceres Gallery, NYC 
2008 Scenes of Childhood/Georgetown University Lombardi Center, Wash. DC 
2008 Songs of Joy/Benfield Gallery, Severna Park, MD
2006 Soul Ladders/Northern Virginia Community College, Sterling, VA 
2006 Still With Us/Prince Georges Community College, Largo, MD
2005 Music Memory/Atlas Performing Arts Center, Wash. DC
2004 Rainforest Memories/Embassy of Costa Rica, Washington, DC
2003 I Am One/Northern Virginia Jewish Community Center, Fairfax, VA
2002 Still With Us/Paul Peck Humanities Institute/Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
2001 Still With Us/Ceres Gallery, NYC
2000 Darkness into Light, Greenbelt Art Center, Greenbelt, MD 
1998 Ladders of Light/Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, WV
1998 Ladders of Light/Ceres Gallery, NYC
1998 Presence of Spirit/Georgetown University Lombardi Center, Wash. DC 

1997 Ladders of Light/Art Space, Richmond, VA

1996 Presence of Spirit/Ceres Gallery, NYC

1994 Overview/Glenview Mansion Gallery, Rockville, MD

1993 Soul Ladders/Ceres Gallery, NYC 

1993 Retrospective/Loyola College Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD

1993 As Far Back as Memory Reaches/District of Columbia Arts Center, Wash. DC

1990 Spirit Soundings/ Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, MD

1990 Rituals/Rights and Relics/C.A.G.E., Cincinnati, OH

1988 Skin: Beneath the Surface/School 33, Baltimore, MD

1988 Skin: Beneath the Surface/Gallery 10, Wash. DC

1986 In Search of Cambridge Springs/Edinboro University of PA, Edinboro, PA 

1986 Passage: The Soul’s Journey, Lanham, MD

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 Exploring New Dimensions/ Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD

2011 Beeline/Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2011 Sanctuaries in Time/Barnard College, New York City
2011 Womens Nature/Ceres Gallery, New York City
2010 WCA Group Show/ Delaplaine Center for the Arts, Frederick MD
2010 Drawing the Line/ National WCA/JWAN, Beverly Arts Center of Chicago, Sarah Giller, Juror
2010 Body Mind Spirit/, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, H McNamee, B Donovan, Curators
2010 Personal Armor (2)/ Black Rock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD T. Van Dyke, Curator 
2009 Hot for Wax/ York Arts, York PA, juried
2009 Personal Armor: Artists Look at Aprons/ Suffolk Museum, Suffolk, VA T. Van Dyke, Curator
2008 On the Edge/ Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA, Laura Moriarty, Juror
2008 VMRC National Juried Show/ Harrisonburg, VA
2008 The Fine Art of Freedom/ Baltimore JCC, Baltimore, MD Claudine Davison, Curator
2008 Letter Carriers, Shooting Star Gallery, Suffolk VA Trudi Van Dyke, curator

2008 New Work/ Ratner Museum, Bethesda, MD 3 person show

2007 Words/Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (juried)

2007 Art on Paper/MFA Gallery, Annapolis, MD Helen Frederick, Juror

2007 Words Within/Barnard-Columbia University, Laura Kruger, juror
2007 Of Doors and Keys/ Jewish Community Center, Baltimore, MD Claudine Davison, Curator
2006 What Are You Looking At?/  Sub-Basement, Baltimore, MD,  Anne Clark Priftis, Curator
2004 In 2 Words// Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA Krystyna Wasserman, Juror
2004 Secrets of the Alephbet: The Mystical DNA/ Baltimore JCC, Baltimore. MD
2004 The Song of Songs / Ratner Museum, Bethesda, MD
2003 The Art of Aging/ Hebrew Union College, NYC Laura Kruger, Curator 
2003 All Dolled Up Again/ Peninsula Fine Arts Cntr, Newport News, VA Trudi Van Dyke, Curator
2003 The Soul’s Journey Through the Bible/ Washington Theological Union, Wash, DC
2003 Identity and Memory/ Embassy of the Czech Republic, Wash, DC, w/Joyce Ellen Weinstein
2003 Creation/ Ratner Museum, Bethesda, MD
2002 Bible on the Wall/ Jewish Community Center, Baltimore, MD
2002 Angels and Messengers/ Ratner Museum, Bethesda. MD
2000 Way Off the Rack/Ellipse Art Center/, Arlington, VA Trudi Van Dyke, Curator
1998 Women/ Kunstlerforum/ Frauen Museum/ Bonn, Germany
1998 Abstracted/ Figured/ Exposed/ School 33, Baltimore, MD, Margo Crutchfield, juror
1998 Power Objects in the Here and Now/ Government House, Annapolis, MD (juried)
1996 Mysticism in Jewish Art/ B’nai B’rith National Jewish Museum, Wash, DC Ori Soltes,, Cur.
1996 Global Focus/ National Museum of Women in the Arts, Wash. DC
1995 Global Focus/Beijing, China and Moscow, Russia
1995 The Six Directions/ Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD Curator, Gary Irby
1994 The Realm of Myth/ Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD
1992 Operation Forward/ National Museum of Women in the Arts/Wash., DC (performance) 
1991 At the Crosshairs/ Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY 

AWARDS/ HONORS/ FELLOWSHIPS

2009, 2008, 2005, 2003, 2001, 1999, 1995, 1993, 1992:  Fellowship Residencies at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA 2000 Inclusion in Who’s Who of American Women, 57^th ed.
1999 Corinne Mitchell Award, Women’s Caucus for Art/DC Area chapter
1990 Best of Show Cash Award/Matrix Gallery/Sacramento, CA 

1986 Best of Show/MLK Gallery Washington, DC

1982 MSEd Thesis with Honors, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2010: Cover Art, More, by Barbara Crooker, C and R Press, publ.; 2009: Feature article, Standing on Sacred Ground, Lauren LaRocca, The Frederick News Post, August; 2009: The Art Scene, Interview by Lila Snow Montgomery Cable TV/May; “In the Brushstrokes”, Washington Post/March 19 2008: Listening to the Paint’s Music, August 6, review by Menachem Wecker, ”The Jewish Press; Searching for Oneness with the One: Mysticism in the Jewish, Christian and Muslim Traditions by Ori Z. Soltes. Rowman and Littlefield, publ.  2007: Zeek Magazine, Fall/Winter Edition, art work published; April 18, Jewish Press: Review by Menachem Wecker; Three “Music Memory” images reproduced in Mutuality Magazine; 2005:  February/reproduction of Terezin #12 in Presence, An International Journal of Spiritual Direction  2003: May/June/Cover Illustration/ Journal of the American Pharmacists Association; JAPhA article “Angel of the First Heaven #3" by Suzanne Scott and Lynne Constantine  2002  The Kali Guide by Stelli Munis “Fixing it and Fitting in: Contemporary Jewish American Women Artists” by Ori Z. Soltes, in Women and Judaism, ed. Leonard Greenspoon and Bryan Le Beau  Image/ Bible Review/Bethesda, MD  2001  Montgomery Cable TV interview/September Washington Post/ January  2000:  "Spirituality Into a New Millennium: Mysticism in Jewish Art" by Ori Soltes in Studies in Jewish Civilization, ed. L. Greenspoon and R. Simkins  Inclusion in Who’s Who of American Women/ 57^th Edition 

EDUCATION

Washington University (BFA 1968); Queens College, CUNY (1968-69); Montgomery College; University of Maryland; Massachusetts College of Art (MSEd 1982); Corcoran School of Art; R&F Encaustics

For her permanent gallery: here

Featured Artist: Jane Pettit

Jane Pettit is an artist who creates 

one-of-a-kind, contemporary fine art 

for homes, galleries and corporate 

environments. Her unique, award-winning

style is a combination of sculpture, mosaic 

and collage. The synergy of intricate mosaic

combined with larger pieces in asymmetrical

forms defines her unique gestalt. 

Incorporating recycled materials and natural

elements play a major role in her creative 

process. The influence of the abstract 

expressionists and the ART NOUVEAU style 

are evident in her work. Her outdoor 

sculpture and wall art are featured in area 

galleries, has won awards for originality and 

excellence and has illustrated the Capital 

Area Food Bank calendar. Numerous 

commissioned works are in private 

collections.


Larger portfolio of work here.

Jane Pettit, Mosaic Assemblage Artist     

www.janepettit.com

http://www.wcadc.org

Featured Member Artist: Elaine Langerman

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

 

I am fascinated by dreams, fairy tales, mythology and mystical thought.

With my work, I explore the visions I receive through dreams, the subconscious, and intuition. I like to put found objects together to see what happens.

I make work in both 2-and 3-dimensions. I compose, construct, juxtapose and paint. In my quest, I capture images using photographs (my own and others), drawing and painting. I use varying scale systems and points of view, employing image-as-text and text-as-image.

I let these objects, composed of found and fabricated elements, create their own meanings and resonance.

Elaine Langerman

(c) 2011

Permanent Collections:

         National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC.

         National Museum of Women in the Arts

         National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

         University of California, Santa Barbara Davis Library,       
         Special Collections

         University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Special Collections

Selected Exhibitions:

2004 Matter & Spirit, Wells Books Arts Center, Wells College
         Aurora, New York.         

2003 In Flight, travelling book exhibit, till 2005, Guild of
         Book Workers.

2002 Women of the Book, Judith Hoffberg, Curator

         1997-2002 (travel throughout the US), resumed 2003,
         2004, 2005.

2000 Work included in: Dreams: 1900-2000, Science, Art and the
         Unconscious Mind, Gamwell, Hartmann, Kuspit; Cornell
         University Press, 2000

1995 Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
         Greenbriar, VA

1992 - 2005, seven grants from the DC Commission on the
         Humanities.     

http://elainelangermanart.com

http://www.wcadc.org

Featured Member Artist: Jane Forth

Living in nature and my reflections of it have created the direction of my work. The Blue Ridge Mountains are powerful in color as light washes over them. The ancient history of the earth and the natural forces that created the Blue Ridge are evident and I think of landscape painting as a connection.  

In the Shade of Oaks (Encaustic--11 x 14 ©Jane Forth 2010)

Watercolor, I find, is a medium expressive of nature—in its luminous and fluid character; encaustic has similar qualities, since heated wax has alchemy of its own that influences the painting process.  I rely very much on drawing as the beginning and most direct notes for painting.  For this reason, pastel with it’s intensity of pigment and versatility as a medium is often my most immediate reference.

Jane Forth: Solstice Kayakers (Encaustic-16x20 in©Jane Forth 2011)

Having lived in cities much of my life, I had no idea of the impact that actually living in a rural setting would have on my work --when I moved to the Northern Virginia countryside in 1978.  I often paint the same locations over and over, yet there is always something new in color and how light defines the moment.

Jane Forth

http://www.wcadc.org

Featured Member Artist: Cindy K. Renteria

Landscapes, figures and motion are the focus of Renteria's Art. Line, color and add to the paintings movement. Each painting is alive with motion and light.

The paintings have many things to discover. Look behind the trees and in the sky there are people, birds and flyers hiding.

The scenes are painted in gouache watercolors and acrylics. Each canvas is painted in many layers, in order for the colors and movement to be vibrant.

Renteria’s paintings are meant to be a place outside of reality. Where viewers can find their own dreams.

Cindy K. Renteria Artist/Illustrator/Writer

www.cindykrenteria.com

www.cindypopdesign.com

www.cindyartgraphics.com

Featured Member Artist: Cynthia Farrell Johnson

For Cynthia's photoset: click here.

























Opening night in March 2010 (l. to r.) with Dr. Johnetta Cole (Director of the National Museum of African Art), Norman Parish (artist and owner of Parish Gallery of Georgetown) and Cynthia Farrell Johnson. The pieces in the background are Balm in Gilead, Jacob's Ladder and Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, and form part of the exhibition entitled "Many Thousand Gone: Songs of My Father." This was an exhibition of art inspired by the Negro Spirituals my father sang.

Artist Statement
I believe that our world is full of beauty and that there are countless individuals committing random acts of kindness every day. My goal as an artist is to record the beauty as I see it and in the process, I hope that it will bring some joy into the viewer's life.

Cynthia Farrell Johnson

Contact her:
cfjfinearts@verizon.net or
cyn@cfjfinearts.com
www.cfjfinearts.com
Celebrating the Colors of Life!!!

Artist in Residence - Wesley Theological Seminary - Luce Center for the Arts & Religion
http://www.wesleyseminary.edu/lcar.aspx

Current Exhibition:
The Shape of Things to Come: A Creative Collaboration
Encore Reception - Sunday, March 13 (2 - 4 PM)
Sandy Spring Museum, January 5 - March 27, 2011
http://www.sandyspringmuseum.org/
Read The Gazette Article on The Shape of Things to Come:
http://www.gazette.net/stories/01262011/entemon105350_32534.php

C. Farrell Johnson Fine Arts LLC products are available at
ArtSpring/Pyramid Atlantic Community Arts Store & Gallery
821 Wayne Avenue (across from the Whole Foods exit)
Silver Spring, MD 20910
http://www.artspringsilverspring.com/

Featured Member Artist: HIRO

images copyright (c) HIRO 2011
http://www.hiro-artist.com/

The Artist

HIRO is a visual and performance artist who combines her American experience with her Japanese cultural heritage to create artworks based on East-West cross-cultural themes. Her paintings concern many issues that impacted her life: identity and the community, cultural diversity, civil rights/justice and politics, cities, environment and technology, figure-in-motion and kinetics, self identity and community. In addition she has developed painting series with titles such as Portrait Biography, East-West Dialogue, Life Cycle, Constellation and Calligraphic Imagery. She curates Asian Pacific American and Cultural Diversity Exhibitons. Using expressionistic brushstroke methodology, HIRO demonstrates and conducts hands-on Creativity Painting Workshops and gives PowerPoint programs on her art and related topics including: diversity, identity, civil right/justice issues, the workplace, goals in education and occupations, and other issues.

The most personal and heartfelt of HIRO's art are two major acrylic on silk paintings, “SADA MEMORIES: Thoughts on Justice” and “Justice For All.” Both paintings were in the Smithsonian Exhibition, “A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the United States Constitution” at the National Museum of American History, 1987-2005, Washington, D.C. These works are a part of the 35-painting series entitled, “KIMONO AND BARBED WIRE: Breaking Barriers,” which have been exhibited nationally and internationally.

From her childhood fascination with the lights of the cities, HIRO's earliest crayon drawings featured the glitter of buildings, cars, and street lights depicted in broad brushstrokes of colors. Her “City Lights” series of artworks grew from this inspiration. In New York, HIRO began working on a series of Manhattan skyline paintings, then added other cities she had lived in or traveled to across the United States and overseas: Washington, D.C., Chicago, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Tokyo, London, et al. The crowning joy came years later upon having been invited to the press opening topping-off ceremony of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center upon the completion of the elevator shaft to the rooftop. What a glorious sight to view the vast expanse of New York Bay from cloud level. From Soho she first noticed two towers rising up beyond the skyline during the construction period (1966–1973). Amazed at the sight, she quickly researched the World Trade Center project to discover that the architect was Minoru Yamasaki.

All of HIRO's New York series of artworks were painted before “9/11” except for one — which was finally completed after the terrorist attack. In the triptych painting “Before and After 9/11/2001,” she has an “ARROW” pointing up (third panel), to represent the construction of a “NEW” World Trade Center. These Manhattan paintings are in tribute to the beauty of the New York skyline before 9/11/2001, but also to mark the beginning of the “NEW.”

Featured Member Artist: Michelle Frazier

Michelle Frazier

The psyche of a woman is translated through my work. Seeking serenity, my figures show their strength, weakness and vulnerability as underlying characteristics. The viewer is then challenged to look beyond the surface beauty and peel back the layers of subtle gestures. My figures are robust and strong in appearance, but desire all the virtuous and delicate attributes associated with being feminine. In their solitary reverie, they mask their true emotions. Demanding a space for their persona, my pieces are complex, yet simple.

My works are sculptural narratives, each piece telling a different story. Through their lack of expression or movement, they are held in place by the weight of the burdens they carry. They can only look inward and protect their vulnerable emotions as if waiting to be awakened. Within the stone veins run through out, gently pulsing, inviting you to look closer and tap into their reverie, rolling back the layers, exploring the inner beauty that exists there.

The sensuality of the full-figured female body is explored through various twists and distortions that address the concerns of inner/outer beauty, unconditional self-love and self-acceptance.. The process of building up and tearing down then keeping the parts that work is ongoing. Like the cycle of life, the process is repeated and out of it evolves a new woman.

As my work moves forward, the solitary form will begin to peel back the layers, exposing what is truly on the inside, the surface will change. Having a better understanding of what lies underneath will push my figures outward, twisting and changing to be reborn once again.

Exhibitions

2010
WCA Edison Gallery, Delaplaine

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http://www.wcadc.org/