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

Akemi Maegawa is a Washington, DC based artist born, raised and worked in Japan. She holds an MFA in Ceramics from Cranbrook Academy of Art and BFA from the Corcoran Collage of Art and Design.

She works with ceramics and mixed media and her work often responds to unique perception of western civilization because of her background strongly rooted in Japanese culture and history. Her works quite often look deceptively simple and ironically ordinary.  However, she focuses on the beauty or drama through exploring those mundane objects to search and define a meaning of life.

Her works have been exhibited in solo exhibitions at University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Adah Rose Gallery in MD, University of Maryland Global Campus in MD, DCAC NANO Gallery in DC, Academy Art Museum in MD, Irvine Contemporary in DC, Glen Echo Stone Tower Gallery in MD, Brentwood Arts Exchange in MD, and New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) Art Fair in FL. And group shows at Athenaeum in VA, Otis Street Arts Project in MD, Adah Rose Gallery in MD, Strathmore Mansion in MD, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery in DC, Arizona State University Art Museum Ceramic Research Center in AZ, New Mexico State University in NM, the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) in MO, USC Pacific Asia Museum in CA, Cathouse FUNeral in NY, Caroll Square Gallery in DC, Workhouse Arts Center in VA and more.

Montgomery Art Association is once again teaming up with the Art Clinic Online to bring you another inspiring event. The ACO Figure Painting Forum will take place on Saturday, February 22nd, from 10:30–11:30 a.m. via Zoom. Join us as Brian Kreydatus, Susan O’Neill and Nichole M. Santiago discuss the state of figurative painting in the DMV area and share their personal insights on working with the live model. These ACO events are free and open to the public, thanks to the Montgomery Art Association (MAA) and sponsors like you! 

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Join us Saturday morning for a virtual Artist Discussion with Matt Klos, part of The Art Clinic Online's artist discussion series.
Matt Klos received his MFA in painting from University of MD, College Park and his BFA from Columbus College of Art and Design (CCAD). He is a recipient of four Individual Artist Awards from the Maryland State Arts Council (2019, 2016, 2012 and 2008). His work has been featured in numerous group and solo exhibitions including the Prince Street Gallery in Chelsea, NY in 2011. He was awarded first place in the Bethesda Painting Awards in 2007 and received an Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant in 2001. Klos currently teaches drawing and painting full-time at Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, MD and has served as a guest lecturer/critic at various institutions including the New York Academy of Art, Boston University, College of William & Mary, Towson University, University of Missouri, and Mount Gretna School of Art. He is a member of the collective Perceptual Painters and Zeuxis, www.zeuxis.us.

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

Ellyn Weiss is a Washington DC-based visual artist and independent curator who has shown widely for more than 25 years in the DMV as well as Massachusetts and New York.  She is committed to engagement with the most pressing issues that face us, environmental and political.

Ellyn has mounted a number of collaborative installations focused on the effects of climate change, including on the melting of the polar icecaps (National Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC and the McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA); the destruction of coral reefs (Artists and Makers, Rockville, MD); and the movement of tropical diseases northward as the climate changes (Otis Street Arts Project, Mt. Rainier, MD).

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

Artist Statement

My work stems from lifelong interest in the design and construction of costumes and clothing, which ultimately led to sculpture. Now as a metal sculptor, my concerns address issues of women’s undergarments and shoes. Using “inflexible” materials of copper, aluminum, steel and stone emphasizes the absurdity and torture women have endured for fashion. In past history, women have squeezed themselves into corsets, reshaping bones and internal organs. We continue to cram our feet into ill-fitting shoes, in order to be currently “in style.” With fantasy and a bit of humor, my work confronts viewers about conflicts among the competing values of beauty, comfort and health.

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.”