Artful Weekend July 22-23 – The Art League

This weekend: The July Open up Exhibit and Beautiful World by Jinchen Han at the League Lou Stovall: The Museum Workshop at The Phillips Selection Self-taught Artists in the Robson Loved ones Collection at the American Artwork Museum and Soar at the Van Landingham Gallery.

  

 

 

July 2022 Open Exhibit

 

Various will work in numerous mediums are the element of Open up Exhibits at The Artwork League. This month’s show options 97 functions in oil, acrylic, watercolor, ceramic, pictures, printmaking, combined media, fused glass, drawings, electronic art, sculpture, gouache, and collage. The July Open up Exhibit was juried by painter Jessie Boyland, who is also the gallery director at Art Operates in Richmond, VA. The July 2022 Open up Exhibit is on see by August 7.

 

 

Beautiful World by Jinchen Han

 

Watercolorist Jinchen Han’s solo exhibit showcases his travels from around the world, frequently highlighting the location’s exceptional architecture. It is on view by way of August 7.

 

 

Lou Stovall: The Museum Workshop

 

Lou Stovall: The Museum Workshop, at The Phillips Selection, reexamines the historical past and legacy of the Dupont Centre, an artist’s museum founded in Washington, DC, in 1969. Beneath the visionary collaboration of curator Walter Hopps and artist Lou Stovall, the Dupont Center grew to become DC’s conference put for artists of diverse cultures and generations. This exhibition presents get the job done produced by artists at the workshop and gathered by Stovall in between 1969 and 1973, as properly as Stovall’s early local community posters from 1967 and 1968, which doc DC in a time of protest and upheaval. The presentation at The Phillips Selection provides together a variety of art from the workshop, together with sculpture by Rockne Krebs and Leni Stern, photography by William Christenberry and John Gossage, and paintings by Sam Gilliam, Thomas Downing, and Paul Reed. It’s on perspective by Oct 9, 1600 21st Road, NW.

 

 

We Are Manufactured of Stories: Self-taught Artists in the Robson Relatives Assortment

 

Artists without official instruction, who acquired from family, neighborhood, and personal journeys, have long been a presence in American artwork. But it was not until eventually the 1980s, with the aid of trailblazing advocates, that the collective drive of their resourceful vision and presence irrevocably turned the tide in the mainstream art earth. By way of drawings, paintings, and sculptures that span the narrative to the summary, the artworks in We Are Made of Tales: Self-Taught Artists in the Robson Family members Collection convey the humanistic ability of art and enable us to see the earth through the lens of one more. It is on watch at the Smithsonian American Art Museum through March 26, 2023 8th and G Streets, NW.

 

 

Soar

The Torpedo Factory Artists Association’s Van Landingham Gallery, found in 311, offers Soar, a membership exhibit that includes artworks by Joyce Zipperer, Samantha Shelton, Guido Zanni, Tom Kelly, Eileen O’Brien, Jennifer Brewer Stone, and Rebecca McNeely.  Additionally the gallery is presenting little items, artwork playing cards, block printed totes, and jewelry. Artworks involve authentic hand pulled prints, images, paintings, and sculpture. It’s on see through July 31, 105 N. Union Avenue, Alexandria, VA.

 

Love the weekend!