Join us for an exhibition of paintings by Yellow Barn Studio Founder & Director Walt Bartman, open November 9 - November 10.

Walter Bartman is Founder and Director of the Yellow Barn Studio and Gallery, and has created each of our other studios. Walt teaches landscape, still life and figure painting classes and workshops, here and abroad. His career spans four decades. He received a Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Art History from American University and he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Belgium and Holland. His philosophy of painting centers on personal interpretation and the unique approach to the ordinary. For him, a great painting includes all the arts. He works with all levels of students and challenges them to ‘see’ more. Walt’s own work is representational in subject, but with an abstract approach to seeing and expressing his thoughts on canvas. He is a colorist and he shares his knowledge with his students.

Join us for an Artist Talk with Walt Bartman in conjunction with his exhibition New Work: Paintings by Walt Bartman, currently on view in the Yellow Barn Studio and Gallery. Bartman is Founder and Director of the Yellow Barn Studio and Gallery, and has created each of our other studios. Walt teaches landscape, still life and figure painting classes and workshops, here and abroad. His career spans four decades. He received a Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Art History from American University and he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Belgium and Holland. His philosophy of painting centers on personal interpretation and the unique approach to the ordinary. For him, a great painting includes all the arts. He works with all levels of students and challenges them to ‘see’ more. Walt’s own work is representational in subject, but with an abstract approach to seeing and expressing his thoughts on canvas. He is a colorist and he shares his knowledge with his students.

Join us for the Opening Reception of Glimpses of the Sky and Other Scapes: An Exhibition in Memory of Jacob by artist Ann Schlesinger.

Ann teaches painting and drawing with an emphasis on composition, perceptual observation, color and surface.  Her philosophy is simple – the visual arts should be visually compelling, pulling you in and making you see!  Ann has a BA in Studio Art and Art History from the University of Virginia, an MFA in Painting from American University, and had a year of postgraduate study at the Fine Arts Academy in Munich, Germany.  Awards include a Fulbright Scholarship in Painting, the Annette Kade Fine Arts Fellowship, the David Lloyd Kreeger Award, and the Art Prize from UVA.  Ann is an Adjunct Professor of Art at Georgetown University, and has taught extensively at area schools including the Yellow Barn Studio, AU, Maryland, NVCC and the Smithsonian.

Invitation from the artist: 

Please join me and my family for Glimpses of the Sky and Other Scapes, an art exhibition in honor of my son Jacob.

The show’s opening will be Saturday, October 26, from 4 – 7 pm at the Yellow Barn Gallery of Glen Echo.
This will be the fourth exhibition in honor of my son, Jacob, who passed away in October 2020. Each year since his passing, our family has had an art show in his memory at the Yellow Barn Gallery.

Stop by for some great music, refreshments, and to see my most recent pieces.

This show will consist of paintings, drawings, photos and other tributes, and it will be a celebration of life through art – an opportunity to remember Jacob and keep his spirit alive. Proceeds from sales will be donated to the Jacob Schlesinger Lustig Fund for the Homeless, created in his honor. As many of you know, Jacob cared deeply about the homeless, and spent time with homeless communities across the country and abroad. Since its creation, this fund has contributed to eight local charities.

I hope to see you there:) If you cannot come, please consider a donation to this cause. You can read more about Jacob and the fund here.
www.jacobfundforhomeless.com

Join us for a virtual Artist Talk with Carolina Zumarán-Jones. Zumarán-Jones currently has an online exhibition through Photoworks titled Learning to See - Beyond the Surface.

Join us Saturday morning for a virtual Artist Discussion with Dawn Whitmore, part of The Art Clinic Online's artist discussion series. 

Dawn Whitmore (b. 1983) is a Washington, DC based interdisciplinary artist whose work explores the dynamics between mythology, identity and the environment. Using soundscapes, photography, video, sculpture, performance, painting, and drawing, she creates immersive spaces that invite the participant to enter an altered emotional landscape. Dawn received a BFA from the Corcoran School of Art in 2005. Her work has been shown nationally including: the Mesa Museum of Contemporary Art (AZ), Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington (VA), Hemphill Fine Arts (DC), Area 405 (MD), Spring Gallery (NY) and published in The Guardian, The Washington Post and The Virginia Quarterly Review. She is a recipient of multiple Artist Fellowship Grants from the DC Commission on the Arts and an CAH-NEA CARES Act Grant.

Artist Statement
The act of drawing represents the physical gesture of making a mark on a surface; an ancient and sacred ritual that goes back to the beginning of human consciousness. It also can mean to ‘draw’ something out – to invoke a new action or perception. In my work I am exploring the act of drawing by creating immersive environments through sculpture, sound, performance, video and traditional mark making to understand the layers of individual and collective mythology. The root of my work is based on exploring the inner emotional landscape – a place represented with symbolic imagery derived from nature and myth. I am curious to explore the connections between storytelling and reality. As a child I was enthralled by the colorful serpentine path on the board game Candyland. This inspired playfulness is a thread in my work that leads to exploring themes of deep ecology and climate change.

Join us Saturday morning for a virtual Artist Discussion with Sondra N. Arkin, part of The Art Clinic Online's artist discussion series. As a sculptor, printmaker, and painter, Sondra N. Arkin is known for her exploration of line, space, and boundaries. Modular installations use common materials such as wax, ink, shellac, steel, foraged natural, found, and manufactured materials. In her paintings, luminous surfaces are saturated with color and atmosphere. Prints and drawings further explore the intersection of atmospheric and linear formations. Ethereal orbs of steel wire form “drawings in space” that amplify the dialogue between the viewer and object, and installations of found objects further explore the idea of environment.

Arkin has participated in many exhibitions in both galleries and museums, and her work has been represented in a number of private, corporate, and public collections including the U.S. State Department’s Art In Embassies Program, the DC Art Bank, and public art in Crystal City, Virginia. She has been awarded an Individual Artist Fellowship grant from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities multiple times.

In addition, as Curator of the DC City Hall Art Collection, she assembled for the District a remarkable collection that includes many of the finest artists who have lived in the nation’s capital. As the largest permanent collection of regional art on public display, it constitutes a unique resource. She has curated many independent projects, regularly programs alternative arts spaces, and is deeply involved in the mid-Atlantic arts community. She lives and works in Washington, DC.

Join us for an opening reception of student work, celebrating the creative journey and body of work of SilverWorks students of all levels.

The Park View Gallery presents FLORA— A Celebration of Nature, Beauty & Life, a solo exhibition by artist Marcie Wolf-Hubbard. This exhibition features a collection of paintings and sculpture in encaustic and mixed media and is dedicated to the artist’s late Aunt Flora. Wolf-Hubbard states, “My Aunt Flora was a huge supporter of me, my family, and my art. She displayed my art proudly in her beautiful home, was my patron, and attended many of my art receptions.…The exhibit is a celebration. Aunt Flora touched so many people’s lives.”

The Stone Tower Gallery presents A Momentary Immersion, a solo exhibition of drawings by artist Susan Stacks. These drawings are records of a moment of processing. They are fields to review potential problems, identify hierarchy and community among subjective features, and opportunity for convergent problem-solving.

The Popcorn Gallery presents Drifting with Nature, a two-person exhibition by artists Jan Rowland and Danielle Bensky. In this exhibition, viewers will experience how profoundly the artists have been inspired by nature over the course of many years of making art.