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On Exhibit
The following are some of the art exhibits taking place in the Fairfax-Loudoun area: ArtsCapade. There will be a tour of seven Reston artists' home studios Saturday, Nov. 1, noon-5 p.m. It will be followed by a silent auction and raffle 5-7 p.m. at the Reston Art Gallery & Studio, Lake Anne Village center, Reston.This is the first home studio tour from The League of Reston Artists. The seven participating artists include photographers and painters.
Tickets for the tour and silent auction are $30; auction/raffle ticket only is $15.
Featured artists are: Pam Coulter Blehert, oil and watercolor; Lassie Corbett, mixed-media, acrylic, watercolor and oriental brush painting; Fae Penland Gertsch, watercolor; Elizabeth Linares, photographer; Charles Neenan, founder of PhotoGraphfix, a photographic art movement fusing photography and graphics; Mary Frank Saunders, colorist, oil and acrylics; Loretta Scott, South African colorist, portraiture, landscape, animals and jewelry.
Art will be available for sale at the discretion of the artists.
Also during the visit to the studios, local high school students will be on-site to present and discuss their artwork.
Visit www.leagueofrestonartists.org for more information and tickets.
Three exhibits at MPA. The McLean Project for the Arts opens three thought-provoking exhibitions Thursday, Nov. 6. The formal opening reception will be Thursday, Nov. 13, 7-9 p.m. at MPA’s Emerson Gallery in the McLean Community Center, 1234 Ingleside Ave. The exhibits continue through Saturday, Dec. 20.
In the Emerson Gallery: “Georgia Goldberg, Seeing the Unseen: Light, Shadow and Air.” The entire gallery becomes an art installation, focusing on making the invisible visible. Materials include glass, scrim, twine and wind.
In the Atrium Gallery: “Aimee Helen Koch, Undressed.” Created in Paris, these photographs are from a series that investigates the runway model’s influences on women’s self-perceptions.
In the Ramp Gallery: “Photograms by Michael C. Mendez.” Using experimental techniques, these works explore the socialization and effects of alcohol and illicit substances in society.
Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Saturday, 1-5 p.m.
For more information visit www.mpaart.org or call 703-790-1953.
Workhouse Arts Center. The Workhouse Arts Center, 9601 Ox Road, Lorton, presents an exhibition featuring the works of artists William “Skip” Lawrence and Diane Santarella.
The exhibition, featuring “Homecoming” and “States of Mind,” runs through Nov. 23 in the Vulcan Gallery on the first floor of Gallery (W-16).
“Homecoming” is Lawrence's works of friends, family and places that resonate with him. Santarella’s mixed-media works in “State of Mind” include a series of paintings exploring the graphic, visual experience of meditation, migraines, dreamscapes and the organization of mental minutiae.
The Workhouse Arts Center Gallery is open from Wednesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and on Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Visit WorkhouseArts.org.
'The Conscience of a Nation.' George Mason University’s Art and Visual Technology Department is sponsoring the exhibition “The Conscience of a Nation: Sid Chafetz Leads the Way.” The exhibit runs through Friday, Nov. 7, in GMU’s Fine Arts Gallery on the Fairfax campus, intersection of Braddock Road and Route 123.
Curated by Helen Frederick, “The Conscience of a Nation” features art shaped by the political events that “define our culture and determine our survival.” Works by regional artists and invited artists from other states investigate the psyche of survival instincts and emergency situations that grow from the political actions of our leaders. GMU faculty and students will add their own works to the exhibition throughout the week before and after the election.
The show is anchored around artist and printmaker Sid Chafetz’s provocative digital print “Walter Reed Hospital.” This 48-by-96-inch work was inspired by the Walter Reed Army Medical Center neglect scandal; it juxtaposes images of amputees and replacement limbs with the heads of George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and Condoleezza Rice positioned on athletic bodies in motion.
The gallery is open to the public on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and weekends by appointment. Paid parking is in the deck adjacent to the mainstage Concert Hall. Visit www.gmu.edu/cfa.
Potomac Valley Watercolorists. The Potomac Valley Watercolorists' Annual Fall Art Exhibit and Sale is Saturday, Nov. 1, 3-7 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 2, noon-4 p.m. Artists from the greater Washington metropolitan area will exhibit original paintings at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 4000 Lorcom Lane, Arlington (intersection of Lorcom Lane and Military Road).
Admission is free and refreshments will be provided. Exhibiting artists will be on-site.
For more information, potomacvalleywatercolorists.com.
ArtSpace Herndon. The ArtSpace Invitational runs through Nov. 2 at 750 Center St., adjacent to the Fortnightly Library and bike trail in downtown Herndon. Hours are 10 a.m-2 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 1-3 p.m. Sunday.
More than 28 artists with two- and three-dimensional works are taking part. Working in collage, oils, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, clay, wood, printmaking and mixed or experimental media, these artists offer images ranging from traditional to edgy.
Admission is free.
For details, log on to www.ArtSpaceHerndon.com.
'Sleeping Tree.' Shinji Turner-Yamamoto's “Sleeping Tree” is at the Greater Reston Arts Center, 12001 Market St., Suite 103, through Nov. 14. Turner-Yamamoto is an environmental artist. Call 703-471-9242 or log on to www.restonarts.org.
Lyndia Terre etchings. “Connections,” an exhibition featuring the etchings of Lyndia Terre, continues through Nov. 30 at Huntley Meadows Park Visitor Center, 3701 Lockheed Blvd., Alexandria. Terre’s etchings capture the intricate designs of the park’s wetlands. Sale of the art will benefit the park and the memorial group Becca’s Ark, which supports the care of abandoned and feral pets. 703-768-2525.
Werder photography exhibit. The photographs of Northern Northern Virginia photographer Lillis Werder are on exhibit at Washington Dulles International Airport through December. Two series of works by the artist are on display, on the themes of Washington, D.C., War Memorials and Venice, Italy.
The exhibit, coordinated by Gallery 222 and the Washington Metropolitan Airports Authority, is the fifth in the program's rotating series of displays. The photographs are installed in the area beyond the security checkpoints in the Main Terminal on the Arrivals Level. Werder specializes in European architecture, landscapes, open-air markets, animals, florals and historic sites near her home in Northern Virginia.
For more information, log on to www.gallery222.com or www.loudounacademy.org.
Soldwedel sculpture. An exhibition of work by sculptor Pamela Soldwedel will continue through Jan. 2 at The Corporate Centre at Tysons II in the sculpture atrium, 1600 Tysons Blvd. This exhibit is curated by Richard Suib and presented by Lerner Enterprises. Call 800-337-8907 or log on to www.SoldwedelSculptures.com.
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