Art Galleries: Art Shows, Art Receptions, Artist Talks
Look here for the latest shows from regional and national artists at DC's Art Galleries featuring contemporary and traditional paintings, prints, fine art, photography, glass sculpture and more. CultureCapital's Art Gallery section includes shows, artist talks and receptions. And sign up here to receive our Museum & Art Gallery Seasonal e-newsletter launching this Fall!
Hot Hits
Tangerine
Del Ray ArtisansThru Feb. 2 “Tangerine” is a juried exhibit featuring art from local area artists and is guaranteed to bring warmth and brightness to January’s wintry blahs.
Creature Comforts Art Exhibit
VCA Alexandria Animal HospitalThru Jan. 26 Gallery Without Walls program features artwork of the animals in our lives by Del Ray Artisans members.
Kaleidoscope National Juried Show
Gallery ClarendonThru Feb. 8 “Kaleidoscope” National Juried Show focuses on the theme of a kaleidoscope lens which alters the world and beautifully distorts reality.
Gallery Resident Artist MK Bailey
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW)Thru Feb. 10 Her proposal entitled FEVER DREAM includes constructing a life-size, evolving collage on a wall of the gallery space.
The all-media exhibit Rhythm and Blues
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW)Feb. 15 – Mar. 14 The juror for the show is Justyne Fischer, award-winning printmaker and teacher.
High Caliber Art Exhibition
Gallery UndergroundThru Jan. 31 “High Caliber” is a juried showcase of six artists chosen to represent the best of wide-ranging styles and media.
Kondo vs. Chaos Art Exhibit
Del Ray ArtisansFeb. 7 – Mar. 1 “Kondo vs. Chaos” explores the divide between those inspired by Marie Kondo’s theory of keeping only those things that bring you joy and those who deal with chaos in their lives.
Carved in Stone, Painted with Light
Zenith Sculpture SpaceThru Apr. 4 An exciting exhibit with a new sculptor David Therriault who uses reclaimed stones and painters Hubert Jackson and Carolyn Goodridge.
Out of Joint - Small Drawing by Karen Schiff
DC Arts Center (DCAC)Thru Feb. 23 These playing-card-sized drawings, made with graphite and watercolor pencil, twist and pull at the classic forms of the modernist grid.
Small Treasures
Zenith GalleryThru Jan. 25 Jewelry, wall art, sculpture, ceramics, wearable art and many items you may have dreamed of owning and giving are all on display and for sale at Zenith Gallery’s Holiday show, Small Treasures.
Waverly Street Gallery invitational Exhibition
Waverly Street GalleryFeb. 9 – Mar. 7 Waverly Street Gallery member artists each invite an artist guest to participate in this show.
A Tale of Four Cities
Waverly Street GalleryThru Feb. 8 Journalist and documentary photographer Frank Van Riper has spent decades traveling across the country, and many parts of the world, telling stories: first in words and now in words and photographs.
Spotlights
Opening Reception: Kondo vs. Chaos Art Exhibit
Del Ray ArtisansFri. Feb 7
Opening Reception: The Moment: Nature, Life, and Re-creation
Korean Cultural Center DCFri. Feb 7
African American Journey through Fiber Arts: Opening Reception
Montpelier Arts CenterSat. Feb 8
Opening Reception: Carved in Stone, Painted with Light
Zenith Sculpture SpaceWed. Feb 5
Annual Needlework Show
Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey HouseMar. 1 – 30
Art Reception for Gallery Resident Artist MK Bailey
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW)Fri. Jan 31
Andrew Flanders: Bygones: Opening Reception
Montpelier Arts CenterSat. Feb 8
Artists' Reception: Waverly Street Gallery Members Invitational Show
Waverly Street GalleryFri. Feb 14
Opening Reception: The all-media exhibit Rhythm and Blues
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW)Sat. Feb 15
