JEMBE

BLACK ARTISTS OF DC

ANNUAL LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Volume 11 - 2017

January to December

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Why Jembe? The jembe, also known as the 'healing drum', was traditionally cut by members of the revered blacksmith caste who manufactured the various tools, instruments and ceremonial masks needed for everyday existence in ancient Africa. According to the Bamana people in Mali, the name of the jembe comes directly from the saying "Anke djé, anke bé" which literally translates as "everyone gather together" and defines the drum's purpose of summing the people. I chose the name because we are also coming together to support each other and to present our art to the world.

Jembe contains the annual list of accomplishments of the Black Artists of DC (BADC), its friends and associates. It is a yearly compilation designed to recognize the successes of our artists, furnish member contact information and act as a guide to possible venues. The future is often cloudy and much has been lost in our past. It is important to document the work of Washington DC artists and that the documentation is readily available for future research. Towards that end, I have initiated this volume which is being sent to selected repositories. No one document can contain all of our accomplishments but my aim is to give a clear picture of the direction and focus of our members and supporters. Washington DC is a cosmopolitan city. Our world is bigger than the street on which we live. Our goal is to create and be recognized!

Daniel T. Brooking BADC Archivist

© 2017 Daniel T. Brooking

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BADC WEB SITE BADC BLOG http://blackartistsofdc.org/ http://badcblog.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html

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The Beginning Black Artists of DC (BADC) began in 1999 when three artists: Viola Leak, PLANTA and Aziza Claudia Gibson-Hunter decided to address the lack of communication and support between local Black artists. BADC has grown since then to include members, associates and supporters from every discipline; who at one time lived, were educated, or worked in the Washington DC metropolitan area. The group meets monthly to critique new works and to discuss and address issues that impact the artistic community in DC. Support is given to established and emerging artists with a great emphasis on art education in the public schools and mentoring young artists. BADC is composed of artists, arts administrators, educators, dealers, collectors, museum directors, curators, gallery owners and arts enthusiasts. BADC, has grown nationally and internationally, including artists from other US cites and from Asia, South America, Africa and Europe. They all lend their artistic skills and insight to the cause of supporting and enlivening the arts in DC. They also act as resources for other artists by encouraging them to explore new techniques and to improve their professional approach to art. BADC compliments the diversity of a cosmopolitan nation’s capitol.

Mission Statement The mission of the Black Artists of DC is to educate and enrich the local, regional and global community to the cultural heritage and contemporary practices of artists of African descent. This is achieved by sponsoring public exhibitions, educational programs and community events that increase the awareness and documents of the various forms of visual expression.

Goals and Objectives The purpose of Black Artists of DC is to create a Black artists’ community to promote, develop and validate the culture, artistic expressions and aspirations of past and present artists of Black- Afrikan ancestry in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. BADC will accomplish this by governing and organizing ourselves to:

ꞏ Meet on a scheduled basis ꞏ Learn and teach the disciplines of artistic expression ꞏ Share resources ꞏ Produce, exhibit, document, validate, continue and conserve our artistic legacy ꞏ Promote collaborative and collective expressions ꞏ Create a cooperative trans-generational training ground for artists ꞏ Support each other’s activities and accomplishments ꞏ Create an advocacy for Black artists through community and political activity ꞏ Connect with the creative energy of our creator/ancestors for the development of our work, our people and the extended world community ꞏ Support activities that are in the best interest of the group and the individuals within the group ꞏ Identify with Afrikan world development ꞏ Create and support a market for the art created by people of Afrikan descent

The names of BADC members and associates are printed in bold. I think it is important to print the names of nonmember artists also in order to show the caliber of artists with whom we exhibit. This listing is only a sample of the work created by BADC members and associates.

Daniel T. Brooking, BADC Archivist 4

Why your membership in Black Artist of DC is important, what is in it for you?

Workshops

Classes

Studio Visits

Critiques

Business Meetings (a chance for your input)

Excursions

Group Exhibitions

Mentoring

Summer Bridge Training Program

Archiving your achievements

Attend lectures with world class artists

Posting on the BADC Blog

Weekly listings of: Artists’ opportunities Calls for exhibitions Residencies Grants Fellowships Employment National and international articles on the arts Invitation to artist’s events

Subscription to Jembe (the annual list of accomplishments)

The opportunity to work with fellow artists who know and understand your struggle

An international community of Supportive artists

The opportunity to gain hands-on experience in art management, public relations, advertising/ web and print, and more

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2017 LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS

EXHIBITIONS JANUARY

Larry Poncho Brown, Brinille E. Ellis, Alexis H. Goodridge, Carolyn Goodridge, David Allen Har- ris, Hubert Jackson, Zsudayka Nzinga, Russel Simmons, and Nanno Smith. 6

The Exposure Group: Gloria C. Kirk

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Edgewood Gallery, Edgewood College, Madison, Wisconsin Re-riding History, January 25-February 26, 2017 Participating artists: Edgar Heap of Birds, Emily Arthur, Annie Bissett, Marwin Begaye, Harry Mithlo, John Hitchcock, Jason Lujan, Neal Ambrose-Smith, Cyn- thia Clay, Michael Connors, Georgia Deal, Faisal Abdu-Allah, Norman Akers, Mel Chin, Lynn Allen, Jesse Barnes, Jennifer Angus, Melissa Bob, Derrick Bu- isch, Laurie Beth Clark, Melissa Harshman, America Meredith, Sarah Sense, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Tania Softic, Alison Saar, Sonya Clark, and many more...

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Autumn Joy 12/4/16-1/8/17 Friendship Gallery at the Friendship Heights Village Center 4433 South Park Avenue Chevy Chase, MD (Mardi Gras Blanc) Gloria C. Kirk

Imagine Peace Now Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina Participating artists: Ken Bova, Harriete Estel Berman, Liz Clark, Marilyn Da Silva, Hoss Haley, Stacey Lynn Weber, Arthur Hash, Billie Theide, Jaydan Moore, Phil Renato, Joyce Scott, Claire Sanford, April Wood, Deb Todd Wheeler, Sonya Clark, and more...

Outcomes and Revelations, Craft in America Center, Los Angeles, California January 21-March 11, 2017 Participating artists: Cynthia Bringle, Nancy Callan, Sonya Clark, Bruce Dehnert, Arline Fisch, Susie Ganch, Michael Good, Gerhardt Knodel, Marc Maiorana, Dante Marioni, Christy Matson, Jaydan Moore, Rowland Ricketts, Chris Staley, and Lino Tagliapietra.

A little background Sonya Clark has been chair of Craft/Material Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University since 2006 and recently became a Distinguished Research Fellow in the School of the Arts. In 2016 she was given the university-wide Distinguished Scholars award. She holds an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art where she received a Distinguished Alumni award, a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a BA from Amherst College which granted her an honorary doctorate. Her work has been exhibited in over 300 galleries and museums in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas. She has received a variety of prizes including a Pollock - Krasner Award, an 1858 Prize, an Anonymous Was a Woman Award, a Rockefeller Foundation Residency in Italy, a Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Award, a Red Gate Residency in China, a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, an Art Matters Grant, a Civitella Ranieri Fellowship in Italy, a United States Artist Fellowship, and a BAU Camargo Fellowship in France.

For more information: www.sonyaclark.com

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FEBRUARY Black Art by Black Artists Black Art by Black Artists is an exhibition curated by Black Artists of DC. Featured artists include: Nanno Smith, Carey Francis, Daniel Brooking, Russell Simmons, Gloria C. Kirk, Francis Haskins, and T. H. Gomillion.

Black Artists of DC (BADC) began in 1999 when three artists: Viola Leak, PLANTA and Claudia Aziza Gibson-Hunter decided to address the lack of communication and support between local Black artists. BADC has grown since then to include members, associates and supporters from every discipline; who at one time lived, were educated, or worked in the Washington DC metropolitan area. They all lend their artistic skills and insight to the cause of supporting and enlivening the arts in DC.

Dates: Feb. 1, 2017 thru Feb. 28, 2017 Artist Talk and Reception: Feb. 23rd, @ 6:30 p.m. Hours & Location: Mon.-Thurs. 11:00 a.m.- 8:00 p.m. Fri.-Sat. 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. *Closed on Sunday Black Studies Center, Room 320 For more information, please call the Black Studies Center, 202-727-1211. BADC co-curators: Russell Simmons and Daniel T. Brooking

Image by Carey Francis Yellow Girl by Francine Haskins

Martin Luther King Library Location 901 G St. NW Washington, D.C. 20001 202-727-0321

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Creatively We Unite

"Having Tea" by Cassandra Gillens

Presented by: Zenith Gallery February 3-March 4, 2017

Considering our present political climate and in honor of Black History Month, Zenith Gallery proudly presents “Creatively We Unite”. This exhibit includes a vast array of African and African American artists Zenith has cultivated throughout the years along with some new additions whose works show both traditional West African and African American culture and design that illustrates the Black experience in modern America.

Featured artists Doba Afolabi, Mason Archie, Richard Fitzhugh, Robert Freeman, Cassandra Gillens, Hubert Jackson, Gloria Kirk, Christopher Malone, Ibou N’Diaye, and Preston Sampson have come together in this show using a variety of mediums and expressions to showcase unity, creatively.

Gloria C. Kirk, Carolyn Goodridge and Hubert Jackson http://www.nbcwashington.com/entertainment/the-scene/Black-History-Incorporated-Into-Art- in-Zenith-Gallery-Exhibit_Washington-DC-412723743.html

University Art Galleries, University of LaVerne, LaVerne, California Hair Craft Project photographs, February 1-April 27, 2017 Participating artists: Sonya Clark in collaboration with Kamala Bhagat, Dionne James Eggleston, Marsha Johnson, Chaunda King, Anita Hill Moses, Nasirah Muhammad, Jameika and Jasmine Pollard, Ingrid Riley, Ife Robinson, Natasha Superville, and Jamilah Williams.

Galerie Karin Wimmer, Munich, Germany Flow of Form, Form of Flow: Material Morphosis, Febriaru 2-March 3, 2017 Participating artists: David Adjaye, Sonya Clark, Nora al-Badri & Jan Nikolai Nelles,Doktor and Misses, Eric van Hove, Yinka Ilori, Haldane Martin, Emo de Medeiros, Marjorie Wallace, Palash Singh, Laduma Ngxokolo, and Fatimah Tuggar

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State of the World, Artspace, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri February 20-March 18, 2017 Participating artists: Vito Acconci, Sonya Clark, Edith Dekyndt, Mounir Fatmi, Komar and Melamid, Pedro Lasch, Lucy and Jorge Orta, Georgia Papageorge, Mike Sinclair, Allison Smith, Jim Woodfill, and The Refugee Nation

Weaving Dreams, Le Beffroi, Montrouge, France February 21-March 19, 2017 Participating artists: Janet Echelman,Carmen Colibazzi, Cecile Dachary, Marya Kazoun, Nao Kimura, Inga Liksaite, Numen for Use, Pen Raffaele, Crystal Wagner, Marialuisa Sponga, Arturas Morozovas, Thomas de Falco, Simona Muzzeddu, and Sonya Clark

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Jute Spirit By Michael Platt YOU'RE INVITED

In honor of Black History Month, experience Transitions, a collection of works in partnership with Black Artists of DC at Kimpton Carlyle Hotel Dupont Circle. Co-curators: Julie Ratner, Russell Simmons and Daniel Brooking.

Join us February 16th for a neighborhood open house at Kimpton Carlyle Hotel Dupont Circle celebrating the installation of works from local collective, Black Artists of DC. The temporary gallery curated by Julie Ratner of Directions in Art includes the work of such talented locals as Russell Simmons, Daniel Brooking and Gloria C. Kirk. From now until April 16, 2017, a selection of 12 works will be on display in the hotel’s living room in addition to permanent works by renowned artist Michele Oka Doner.

View the exclusive collection while enjoying live entertainment plus bites and drinks from The Riggsby by James Beard award-winning chef Michael Schlow. Then, explore the newly redesigned Ellington room which hosts private events and meetings of up to 60 guests and also features curated artwork, including selected works by Chef Schlow’s wife and mixed media artist Adrienne Schlow.

Thursday, February 16th 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Kimpton Carlyle Hotel Dupont Circle 1731 New Hampshire Ave, NW Washington, D.C. 20009

Please RSVP to [email protected]

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KIMPTON CARLYLE HOTEL Over 100 guests attended the opening.

Photos by Daniel T. Brooking 15

KIMPTON CARLYLE HOTEL Over 100 guests attended the opening.

JuliaeWhite Ratner and Russell Simmons Daniel T. Brooking, Francine Haskins

Dwight Tyler and Aziza Gibson Hunter Michael Platt (L) Dwight Tyler (r)

Nanno Smith, Tommy Smith, and T. H. Gomillion Laverte Mathis and Russell Simmons

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Black History Celebration 2017– Carlyle facebook page Now on view: Black Artists of DC Seeing that Kimpton Carlyle Hotel Dupont Circle is within walking distance of more than a dozen galleries and museums in a global culture capital, it should come as no surprise that we highly value the art that adorns our venue. An enticing, inspiring masterpiece in itself, Kimpton Carlyle wows locals and visitors with its permanent art installations and rotating gems. In her first U.S. hotel design project, internationally acclaimed artist Michele Oka Doner helped revamp and re-envision our landmark Art Deco building, complementing the pre-existing clean lines, geometric designs, and polished finishes with organic shapes that soften spaces through- out the hotel. For example, her signature bronze chandelier enhances the lobby’s original hex- agonal marble floor tiles, historic mixed-metal railings, and rich woods. Guests gather here and in the adjacent living room to view the curated rotating gallery of works by local and interna- tional artists, including four permanent pieces by Oka Doner herself.

Visitors also regard the works of Boston-based mixed media artist Adrienne Schlow, whose work is showcased in our restaurant, The Riggsby. Schlow's works — entailing gestural ab- stractions and large-scale mixed-media pieces — focus around the female subject, often exam- ining roles chosen by and imposed on women in our society, families, and romantic relation- ships. Her Riggsby installation features a wallpaper created from the original "jury" (pictured above); other highlights include the “Darwin's Lovers” and the wildly colorful “Lion,” a daz- zling sculptural treasure displayed in the lobby.

Through April 16, 2017, experience Transitions, a collection of 12 works exhibited in partner- ship with local collective Black Artists of DC (BADC) at Kimpton Carlyle Hotel Dupont Cir- cle. This temporary gallery curated by Julie Ratner of Directions in Art includes the work of such talented locals as Russell Simmons, Daniel T. Brookings, Akili Ron Anderson, T.H. Gomillion, Francine Haskins, Michael Platt, Nanno Smith, and Gloria C. Kirk.

Black Artists of DC began in 1999 when three artists – Viola Leak, PLANTA, and Aziza Clau- dia Gibson-Hunter – decided to address the lack of communication and support between local Black artists. Together they fostered a community that aims to promote, develop, and validate the culture, artistic expressions, and aspirations of artists of Black-African ancestry in the DC area.

Daniel T. Brooking,  Gradient 21  Digital print on aluminum  20 x 30 inches

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Michael Platt  Jute  Pigment print on canvas  54 x 36 inches

Nanno Smith  Primordial  Gallery wrap, painting  30 x 24 inches

https://www.facebook.com/TheCarlyleDupontCircle/posts/1423150101051419 February 22 at 11:42am ꞏ On Thursday, February 16, we celebrated our newest public art exhibition featuring 12 beautiful pieces by eight talented artists from Black Artists of DC, which were expertly curated by Julie Ratner of Directions in Art. Come see their stunning works at the hotel until April 17. (Photo credits: Rich Kessler Photography)

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Celebrating African American History Month 4433 S Park Ave, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 ꞏ (301) 656-2797

Exhibiting Artists

Beverly Adewoyin John Beckley Llewellyn Berry Dave Cook Bruce Fagin Richard Fitzhugh Aziza Claudia Gibson-Hunter Carolyn Goodridge Jarvis Grant Gail Hansberry Bill Harris Gloria C. Kirk Jane Lepscky Percy Martin Leigh Mosley Naida Page Michael Platt Carol Porter Nikkia Redd Nanno Smith Michael Syphax Dwight Tyler Duane Winfield

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MARCH

ZENITH GALLERY

Celebrating 39 years in the nation’s capital. March 7-April 29, 2017

Egungung Masquerade by Gloria Kirk The Receptionist by Stephen Hansen Pony Tail by Larry Ringgold

Homage to Vince by Larry Ringgold Twilight’s Last Gleaming by Gavin Sewell

Where: Exhibit on Display: Meet the Artists Reception: Information: Gallery Hours:

(On Saturday Enter on 12th St. NW DC 20004; Knock and a guard will let you in.)

Now celebrating 39 years in the nation’s capital, Zenith is recognized for its unique mix of con- temporary art in a wide variety of media, style and subject. The gallery provides high-quality acquisition, art consulting, commissioning, appraisal and framing services, through its gallery/ salon/ sculpture garden off16 th Street at 1429 Iris St NW, WDC 20012. Zenith also curates ro- tating exhibits at the Eleven Sculpture Space at1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, WDC 20004

Featuring Artists: Kim Abraham, Jan Paul Acton, Doba Afolabi, Mason Archie, David Bacharach, Andrea Bar- nes, Bert Beirne, Caroline Benchetrit, Richard Binder, Francesca Britton, James Butler, Lenny Campello, Eric Elhenberger, Katie Dell-Kaufman, Renee DuRocher, Elissa Farrow- Savos, Richard Fitzhugh, Robert Freeman, Carol Gellner-Levin, Cassandra Gillens, Julie & Ken Girardini, Margery Goldberg, Carolyn Goodridge, Stephen Hansen, Len Harris, Chris Hayman, Philip Hazard, Frank Holmes, Marcie Wolf & David Hubbard, Hubert Jackson, Robert Jackson, Gloria C. Kirk, Joan Konkel, Aaron Laux, Michael Madzo, Chris Malone, Paul Martin Wolff, Donna McCullough, Hadrian Mendoza, Davis Morton, Carol Newmyer, Ibou N'Daiye, Tom Noll, Keith Norval, Katharine Owens, Larry Ringgold, Preston Sampson, Gavin Sewell, Sica, Ellen Sinel, Bradley Stevens, Laura Taylor, Jennifer Wagner, Curtis Woody, Joyce Zipperer and more!

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From the Vault, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan March 2017 Participating artists: Anni Albers, Josef Albers, Harry Bertoia, McArthur Binion, Charles Eames, Richard Serra, Robert Rauschenberg, Louise Nevelson, Donald Lipski, Sonya Clark and more..

Tell Me Why, Why Can't We Live Together, Lisa Sette Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona March 1-April 15, 2017 Participating artists: Enrique Chagoya, Angela Ellsworth, Claudio Dicochea, Binh Danh, Siri Khandavilli, and Sonya Clark

Power, Sprueth Magers, Los Angeles, California March 28-June 17, 2017 Participating artists: Kara Walker, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Renee Cox, Elizabeth Catlett, Rene Stout, Jennie Jones, Clementine Hunter, Carrie Mae Weems, Simone Leigh, Sonya Clark, Lorna Simpson, Alma Thomas, Joyce Scott, Senga Nengudi, Julie Mehretu, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Lorraine O'Grady, Beverly Buchanan, Ellen Gallagher, Leslie Hewitt, Xavi- era Simmons, Minnie Evans, Betye Saar, Faith Ringgold, Njideka Akunylili Crosby, Shinique Smith and more...

Now and Then, Tuttle Gallery, Owings Mills, Maryland March 30-April 20, 2017 Sonya Clark, solo exhibit

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Cheryl Edwards, Wason R. Jones, March 3-16, 2017, PEPCO Edison Place Gallery

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APRIL

Bowie State University 4/16/17 Juried Undergraduate Art Exhibition 4/13/17 Presentation to Undergraduate Art Students Bowie State University, Bowie, Maryland Gloria C. Kirk

Oaths and Epithets, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania April 23-August 19, 2017 Sonya Clark, solo exhibit

Southern Accent, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky April 24-October 15, 2017 Participating artists: Mel Chin, Ebony Patterson, Kara Walker, Hank Willis Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems, Jeff Whetstone, Willie Birch, Tameka Norris, Terry Adkins, Ebony Patterson, Mel Chin, Jeffery Gibson, Catherine Opie, Kerry James Marshall, Howard Finster, Terry Ad- kins, William Christenberry, Andy Warhol, Stacy Lynn Waddell, Sanford Biggers, Deborah Luster, Gordon Parks, Deborah Grant, Willie Birch, Sally Mann, Amy Sherald, Xaviera Sim- mons, Radcliffe Bailey, Theaster Gates, Sonya Clark and more...

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Freedom: "the power or right to act, speak, WE WHO BELIEVE IN

or think as one wants without hindrance OPEN UR MIND TO HIGH FREEDOM

James Brown, Jr. ER KNOWLEDGE, FREEDOMER KNOWLEDGE, Black Artists of DC (BADC) & PEPCO Edison Place Art Gal- Opening Reception: April 10, 2017, 7-9 pm Opening Reception: Do you believe in freedom? If so taste…smell? Today, there is mu Glenda Richardson, Joe Ruffin, Russ Simmons, Winston Harris, Antionette Simmons Hodges, Alonzo Robles-Gordon, Amber Robles-Gordon, important is it and why? What does it look like? How does it Julee Dickerson-Thompson, Eugene R. Vango, Eugene R. Julee Dickerson-Thompson, 702 Eighth Street, NW, Washington, DC, Rosetta DeBerardinis, Abiodun Eniyandunni, Rosetta DeBerardinis, Abiodun Eniyandunni, Esther Iverem, Roger James, Esther Iverem, Rachel Mann, Magruder Murray, Leslie B. Claudia Gibson-Hunter, David R. Ibata, Nanno Smith, James Stephen Terrell, PEPCO, Edison Place Art Gallery, James Brown, Jr., Michael Platt and Carol A. Beane, Daniel T. Brooking, Ashley Brown, Gail Shaw Clemons, Larry Cook, 20068, 202-872-3358 Carey Francis, T. H. Gomillion, Zsudayka Nzinga Terrell, April 10-28, 2017 Curtis Woody in bold new ways. Artists Nesbitt, lery word

what does it mean to you? How

Summer Brown, ch opportunity to define this

Gloria C. Kirk,

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MAY

May in the Galleries at A&M1 – Parklawn

Artists & Makers Studios Presents “Navigation/Immigration” with Alonzo Davis “Waterborne” with Cindy Packard Richmond “This Ain’t Yo Mama’s Textiles” with Melanye Coleman

Artists & Makers Studios on Parklawn in Rockville presented three thought-provoking exhibits in three galleries for the month of May. “Navigation/Immigration” with Alonzo Davis, whose artworks are a take on early Micronesian navigation tools, and an exploration of the many modes of transport immigrants use while seeking sanctuary from war and oppression.

Adjoa Burrowes, Cheryl D. Edwards and Lynn Sylvester

Language of Impressions: DC Area Printmakers - on view through June 30 Group exhibition at the Verizon Gallery, Ernst Community Cultural Center, 8333 Little River Turnpike, Annandale VA 22003

Featuring: Adjoa Burrowes, Cheryl Edwards, Helen Frederick, Lisa Rosenstein, Alec Simpson, Hendrix Sundqvist, Anne Smith, Aziza Claudia Gibson-Hunter, Joan Belmar, Nikki Whipkey, Maroulla Morcos, Amelia Hankins and Michelle Talibah. Curated by Mary Welch Higgins and Cheryl D. Edwards.

Adjoa Browes; Undercurrent 1; monotype on paper; 28” x 36”

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Wish You Were Here 16, A.I.R. Gallery's Annual Postcard Show. Daniel T. Brooking submitted a designed postcard which was accepted and purchased. The postcards are donated by the artists and the funds they generate support the gallery. This is the third time Daniel’s design has been accepted and purchased.

A.I.R. Gallery, 155 Plymouth St., Brooklyn, NY 11201, (212) 255-6651, airgallery.org ARTISTS: Hyun Jung Ahn, Katelyn Alain, Jennifer Ale, Rosaire Appel, Dan Alvarado, Micaela Amateau Amato, Silvia Aviles, Nancy Azara, Jihye Baek, Nancy Brett, Nick Battis, Ria Bauwens, Susan Bee, Sigal Ben- David, Bridget Benson, Kathleen Benton, Cynthia Bickley-Green, Liz Biddle, MJ Bono, Suzanne Bonser, Megan Borseth, Patricia Bouley, Sílvia Boyer, Daniel Boyer, Elena Brady, Peter Brandt, Jill Brandwein, Claire Breidenbach, Lisa Breznak, Daniel Brooking, Ly Bui, Nicole Bull, Parul Bouvart, Natalie Burlutskaya, Sandra Caplan, Susan Carr, Sofia Carmi, Yingqian Caw, Aurore Chabot, Chantal Calato, Yen Yen Chou, Sally Christensen-Novak, Ray Ciarrocchi, Annemarie Coffey, Ginger Cook, JF COOK, CR Cooper, Leah Miriam Cooper, Lisa Cooperman, Tamsin Corrigan, Mary Crenshaw, Janet Culberston, KaiCruz Jimenez, Ivy Dachman, Elke Daemmrich, Faith Damm, Brooke Davidson, Bill Davison, Jessica Davies, Mira Dayal, Liz Demaree, Liz DiGiorgio, Jasmine Dillavou, Maria Dimanshtein, Daria Dorosh, Julia Dubovyk, Natalie Dunham, Patricia Erbelding, Bel Falleiros, Donna Faranda, Amy Faris, Lia Kim Farnsworth, Melanie Fay, Natasha Ferla, Pavel Filkov, Arlene Finger, Emily Fleischman, Francine Fox, Akilah Frank, Mia Gahrmann, Colleen Gahrmann, Jill Galarneau, Heather Gallagher, Silvia Gallart, Andrea Geller, Rosemary Giacomelli Soares, Anna Giardina, Skye Gilkerson, Jane Gilmor, Ann Ginsburgh Hofkin, Laura Glabman, Amy Goldin, Mim Golub, Diana Gong, Michela Griffo, Cheryl Gross, Jiin Ha, YoungGi Han, Nanako Hattori, Madison Hendry, Adella Helton, Julie Henry, Robert Hendrickson, Maxine Henryson, Seulki Heo, Nancy Herman, Amanda Hernandez, Marla Hernandez, Kristen Hettermann, Sue Hettmansperger, Sabetty Heyaime, Antoni Hidalgo, Kumi Hirose, Irena Hodzic, Alexandria Hovet, Cynthia Hsieh, Etian Huang, June Jason, Shanye Huang, Wei-An Huang, Suejin Jo, Gosha Karpowicz, Mariel Katafias, Akiko Kato, Margaryta Kenis, Jacquie Kennedy, Sarah Kennedy, Leslie Kerby, Young Ji Kim, Bonam Kim, Aaron Kirchmaier, Amanda Konishi, Milosz Koziej, Varka Kozlovic, Carole Kunstadt, Gulsum Kavuncu, Yuko Kyutoku, Sheila Lam, Ron Lambert, Angela Lamonte Heidi Lanino Bilezikian, Zini Lardieri, Ivana Larrosa, Susan Lasch Krevitt, Hyomin Kwon, Isabelle Lauzon Miltioux, Cendres Lavy, Hayoon Jay Lee, Soo Jeong Lee, Linda Levit, Nina Lichtman, Dain Lim, Christophe Lima, Sandra Lippmann, Laura Lleal, Judy Logan, Loretta Lomauto, Paula Lombardi, Valeria Lombo, Gina Lucia, Rita Maas, Alejandro Macias, Janet Mahoney, Samantha Malay, Christa Malay, Lawrence Malu, Victoria Manganiello, Sam Margevicius, Anna Martin, Thelma Mathias, Mary Mattingly, Roxi Marsen, Laura McAdams, Danielle Mckinney, Meagan Meehan, Sherry Mestel, Erica Meium, Caterina Miani, Joy Mickinney, Wendy Miller, Sue Miller, Jamie Mirabella, Hyungjo Moon, Tomo Morisana, Grace Modla, Liora Mondlak, Zea Morvitz, Willemina Mostert, Janice Schoultz Mudd, Verimta N'Cogmta, David Nicolato, Natalia Nieves, Marie Odenstrand, Lisa O'Donnell, Hiroko Ohno, Katsura Okada, Mami Okada, Yukako Okudaira, Midori Okuyama, Mary Alice Orito, Brian Ortmann, Susan Osgood, Kei Ota, Andre Pace, Diana Palermo, Jordan Parks, Jill Parry, Genevieve Paterson, Joey Patrickt, Jan Paulatto, Page Perrault, Camille Perrottet, Laura Petrovich-Cheney, Stephanie Pfeiffer, Chris Phillips, Renee Phillips, Bill Phipps, IrenePomianowski, Cait Porter, Mel Prest, Jennifer Prevatt, Nancy Price, Daniela Puliti, Carole Randall, Kathleen Reichelt, Maryann Riker, Helena Rios, Ellen Pober Rittberg, Irina Rodnikoff, Linda Rubinstein, Judy Russell, Lola Saenz, Rihomi Sato, Rachel Scharly, Lionel Scharly, Ann Schaumburger, Federico Schiaffino, Lique Schoot, Victoria Schultz, Lars Schumacher, Susanne Schumacher, Judith Seligson, Yesuk Seo, Shamsy Shams, Shicoff Shicoff, Tatiana Shelding, Alessandra Sicuro, Mafalda Silva, Wendy Sittner, Karen Smith, Brian Spies, Les St. Leon, Erica Stoller, Nancy Storrow, Melissa Sraigen, Alex Strada, Elissa Swanger, Maria Tanikawa, Kim Taylor, Merle Temkin, Keat Teoh, April Terry-Griffith, Robin Tewes, Rhonda Thomas-Urdang, Vicky Tomayko, John Tomlinson, Kate True, Eliso Tsintsabadze, Kathleen Vaccano, Daniel Valentin, Juliana Vallejo, Linnette Vázquez, Norma Vila, Chelsea Warren, Lisa Warren, Heather Weathers, Tenesh Webber, Dawson Weber, Karren West, Adi Wiedersheim, Evan Williams, Cynthia Winika, Nechama Winston, Carolin Wissing, Ruth Wolf, Mariana Carolina Wuethrich, Tamara Wyndham, Ellen Jing Xu, Bert Yarborough, Yuliya Yasenetska, Janise Yntema, Mineko Yoshida, Mary Younkin, Soo Yun, Jody Zellen, Abby Zonies 27

Zenith Gallery Presents: VarietyIsTheSpiceof Life!

Featuring: Richard Binder, William Ludwig, Julie Girardini, Carol Newmyer, Margery Goldberg, Aaron Laux, Todd Warner, Larry Ringgold, Stephen Hansen, Chris Malone, Ibou N’Diaye, Paul Martin Wolff, Gloria Kirk, and Gavin Sewell

At The Sculpture Space at1111 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington DC 20004

Show Dates: May 4 – September 9, 2017 Meet the Artists Reception: Wednesday, May 17, 5:00-8:00 PM

l-r: Dogon Horseman by Ibou N’Diaye, Becoming Yourself by Gavin Sewell, Water Pathway by Aaron Laux, Trident by Paul Martin Wolff, and Roots and Wings by Carol Newmyer

l-r: Him by Chris Malone, Nikola’s Dream by Julie Girardini, He She Tree by Margery E. Goldberg, Engaged by Richard Binder, Giraffe by Todd Warmer, and Woman with Polished Helmet by William Ludwig

Zenith Gallery invites you to come experience an adventure in artistic creativity. Artistic elements collide at the Presidential Building, at the 1111 Sculpture Space, which we have had the honor to curate for over a decade. A kaleidoscope of artist’s come together representing multitudes of artistic medium, creating a mini version of our flagship gallery on Iris Street. From traditional West African wood carving, to mixed media collage painting, to fabri- cated steel, we have cultivated a true smorgasbord of artist’s excellence!

Zenith’s founder and owner, Margery Goldberg, leads the exhibition as an expert wood fabricator and carver by shining a light on this medium that is experiencing a new wave of extraordinary wood sculptors. Continuing in her path are wood sculptors Aaron Laux, who’s wood sculpture retains the original bark while adds mosaic to the me- dium. Ibou N’Diaye with his 1000’s of years of traditional African Sculpture to draw from, he tells the story of the life of the Dogon’s of his motherland and Larry Ringgold, who relies on mother natures wrath to have her way with fallen tree branches and he puts them together to form animal and human forms that defy conventional wisdom of what is possible; each creating a new perspective on the traditional craft. Metal sculptors, Richard Binder, Julie Girardini, William Ludwig, Carol Newmyer, and Paul Martin Wolff who show the vast difference in the way artists use metal by fabricating, casting, adding other material like glass rocks, they create human, abstract, spiritual, ani- mal and traditional sculpture. Mixed media artists Stephen Hansen, Gloria Kirk, Chris Malone, Gavin Sewell, and Todd Warner combine unusual materials and ideas in their art which ranges from humor to tribal creations and much in between. Each artist showcases their own experiences and backgrounds in their art, giving this colorful exhibit a unique and original feel. Our sampling of sculptures, textile, and mixed media art assures there is truly something for everyone.

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Variety Is the Spice of Life 5/4 – 9/9/17 Produced by Zenith Gallery The Sculpture Space at 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington DC (Egungun Masquerade Ensemble) Gloria C. Kirk

Not Your Mother’s Photos Tolbert and Bing Gallery and Studio 5/13-31/17 Arts Walk Brooklyn, Washington, DC (I Will Never Leave You) Gloria C. Kirk

CUBA 12/27/16-May 2017 Tolbert/Bing Studio Arts Walk Brooklyn, Washington, DC (Big Mama, Camel Bus, Havana Opera House, La Costurera) Gloria C. Kirk

Follicular, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia May 14, 2017 Sonya Clark, solo exhibit

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ART IN EMBASSIES PROGRAM American Embassy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 9/1/16 – 9/2/19 (I Will Never Leave You) Gloria C. Kirk

Hill Center Galleries 2017 Regional Juried Exhibition 6/28-10/1/17 921 Pennsylvania Avenue SE Washington, DC (Flow of Time) Gloria C. Kirk

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JULY

Artists & Makers Studios Presents Black Artists of DC & The Identity of Water” with Cheryl Edwards

Glenda Richardson, Transformation,

(Rockville, MD) – Artists & Makers Studios on Parklawn in Rockville is proud to present two powerful exhibits in three galleries for the month of July. Black Artists of DC (BADC) are in the two main galleries with work by Daniel T. Brooking, James Brown, Jr., T.H. Gomillion, Gloria C. Kirk, Glenda Richardson, Janathel Shaw, Russell D. Simmons, Nanno V. Smith, and Eugene R. Vango. Black Artists of DC was formed in 1999 when three artists: Viola Burley Leak, Planta (Jacqueline Reeder), and Claudia Aziza Gibson-Hunter decided to address the lack of communication and support between local Black artists. It is composed of artists, arts administrators, educators, dealers, collectors, museum directors, curators, gallery owners and arts enthusiasts.

The Identity of Water with Cheryl Edwards will fill the Gallery Hall. Edwards returned from a trip to Havana, Cuba in 2014 and immediately started researching elements of water as it related to memory and identity. Resident artists’ open studios round out the evening for visitors at Parklawn.

Black Artists of DC and The Identity of Water Opening Reception 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Friday, July 7th, 2017 Artists & Makers Studios, 11810 Parklawn Dr., Suite 210 Rockville, MD 20852

Resistance (Resistencia), Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba, July 21-October 23, 2017. Solo exhibitor: Ben Jones

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Daniel T. Brooking

Daniel T. Brooking, Paddy Daniel T. Brooking, Sankofa Daniel T. Brooking, It's a Rollers’ Moon, digital ar- dialogue: Black Body, archi- tossup freedom or else, Daniel T. Brooking, chival print, 16”x24”, 2012, val digital print, 20”x20”, digital print on aluminum, Freedom,?, digital print on $400 2016, $400 24”x36”, 2017, $600 aluminum, 24”x36,” 2017, $600

James Brown, Jr.

James Brown, Jr., AFRICAN James Brown, Jr., EARTHDAY, ARTIFACTS of the SUN PEO- James Brown, Jr., ANCES- Handmade felted wool fibers PLE", Handmade felted wool TORS EYES ,Handmade felted wool fibers with hand spun with hand spun threads 30in L fibers with hand spun threads, 34.inL x 24inW, 2002, $875 threads 33.25in L X 22in W, x 30in W, 2003, $1850 2004, $1500

T. H. Gomillion

T. H. Gomillion, No Saint, T. H. Gomillion, Got T. H. Gomillion, Third in the acrylics, 16” X 20”, $450. the blues, acrylics, 16”x court, acrylics, 21”x26”, $480 33 20”, $450 Gloria C. Kirk

Birthing, 25"hx33"w framed Postcards and Pansies, Digital Pigment Print on German 20"hx18"w Gallery Wrap, Gloria C. Kirk, Birthing, 25"hx33"w Etching Fine Art Paper Digital Pigment Print on Can- 2009, $1,900 vas, 2006, $975 framed, Digital Pigment Print on German Etching Fine Art Paper, 2009, $1,900 Glenda Richardson

Glenda Richardson, Transformation, Art quilt : Richardson, Glenda, Never Wrong, Repurposed Recycled clothing, commercial cottons, hand clothing, commercial cottons, photo transfer, painted fabrics, metallic leaves, found objects, rhinestone trim, Indonesian cottons, machine mirrors, photo transfer, machine quilted, 2015, 30" H x 22" W, $600 embroidery, 48"H x 36"W, 2010, $2,000

Janathel Shaw

Janathel Shaw, Here to Janathel Shaw, Dreaming Stay, graphite on wc Phenomenal, graphite and paper, (c) 2017, $2900, acrylic on wc paper, (c) 24”x30” 2017, $2900, 28”x34”

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Russell D. Simmons

Russell Simmons, Blues Singer , Russell Simmons, Russell Simmons, Freedom Crossing, acrylic & mixed media on can- Face to Face, acrylic in mixed media acrylic and mixed media on canvas , vas, 36 "x48", 2017, $1500 on canvas, 2016, 34”x 36”, $1500 48"x48", 2016, $2000

Nanno V. Smith

Nanno V. Smith , Pandorium, Acrylic paints and mediums, texture paste, cheesecloth and aluminum foil on wood Smith V. Nanno, Energy, Acrylic Nanno V. Smith, Primordial, panel (diptych), 24”x36”, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 30”x24”, $1150 paints and mediums, texture paste, cheesecloth, aluminum foil and resin 2017, $1475 on wood panel, 24”x18”, 2016, $1150 Eugene Vango

Eugene R. Vango, Landscape Forms, 2017, 36”x36”, $1200 Eugene R. Vango, Jazz Combo 2, 30”x22” 2017, $400,

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July 7th.- July 27th. Artists & Makers Studios Presents Black Artists of DC Daniel T. Brooking, Sankofa dialogue: Black Body, archival digital print, 20"x20", 2016, $400 Daniel T. Brooking, It's a tossup: freedom or else, digital print on aluminum, 24"x36", 2017, $600 Daniel T. Brooking, Paddy Rollers’ Moon, digital archival print, 16"x24", 2012, $400 Daniel T. Brooking, Freedom?, digital print on aluminum, 24”x36,” 2017, $600 James Brown, Jr., AFRICAN ARTIFACTS of the SUN PEOPLE, Handmade felted wool fibers with hand spun threads, 34"L x 24"W, 2002, $875 James Brown, Jr., ANCESTORS EYES ,Handmade felted wool fibers with hand spun threads 33.25"L X 22"W, 2004, $1500

James Brown, Jr., EARTHDAY, Handmade felted wool fibers with hand spun threads 30"L x 30" W, 2003, $1850 T. H. Gomillion, No Saint, acrylics, 16"X 20", $450. T. H. Gomillion, Got the blues, acrylics, 16"x 20", $450 T. H. Gomillion, Third in the court, acrylics, 21"x26", $480 Gloria C. Kirk, Birthing, 25"hx33"w framed, Digital Pigment Print on German Etching Fine Art Paper, 2009, $1,900

Gloria C. Kirk, Postcards and Pansies, 20"hx18"w Gallery Wrap, Digital Pigment Print on Canvas, 2006, $975

Gloria C. Kirk, Puzzled, 24"x36", Pigment Print on German Etching Fine Art Paper, 2009, $1,900 Glenda Richardson, Transformation, Art quilt: Recycled clothing, commercial cottons, hand painted fabrics, metallic leaves, found objects, mirrors, photo transfer, machine embroidery, 48"H x 36"W, 2010, $2,000 Glenda Richardson, Never Wrong, Repurposed clothing, commercial cottons, photo transfer, rhinestone trim, Indonesian cottons, machine quilted, 2015, 30" H x 22" W, $600 Janathel Shaw, Here to Stay, graphite on wc paper, (c) 2017, $2900, 24"x,30" Janathel Shaw, Dreaming Phenomenal, graphite and acrylic on wc paper, (c) 2017, $2900, 28x34 Russell Simmons, Face to Face, acrylic in mixed media on canvas, 2016, 34”x 36”, $1500 Russell Simmons, Freedom Crossing, acrylic and mixed media on canvas , 48"x48", 2016, $2000 Russell Simmons, Blues Singer, acrylic & mixed media on canvas, 36 "x48", 2017, $1500 Nanno V. Smith, Pandorium, Acrylic paints and mediums, texture paste, cheesecloth and aluminum foil on wood panel (diptych), 24”x36”, 2016, $1150 Nanno V. Smith, Energy, Acrylic paints and mediums, texture paste, cheesecloth, aluminum foil and resin on wood panel, 24”x18”, 2016, $1150 Nanno V. Smith, Primordial, Acrylic on canvas, modeling paste, cheesecloth and aluminum foil, 30”x24”, 2012, $1475 Eugene R. Vango, Jazz Combo 2, 30"x22", 2017, $400 Eugene R. Vango, Landscape Forms, 36"x36", 2017, $1200 http://blackartistsofdc.com

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Daniel T. Brooking, BADC Archivist, Eugene R. Vango, artist, Janathel Shaw, artist, BADC Vice President, and Russell D. Simmons

Carol Dyson, BADC President, Russell D. Sim-

mons, BADC Vice President, Marily

Mojica, Artist and Daniel T. Brooking, BADC

Archivist

Works by Daniel T. Brooking, Nanno V. Smith, Russell D. Simmons and Daniel T. Brooking

Artspace at Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC, 7/14 – 9/17, (Monotype Triptych), Gloria C. Kirk

The Art of Hampton R. Olfus, Jr. Just Lookin’ Gallery, Hagerstown, MD, July 22-August 26, 2017.

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Nina Benton, Katherine Bodner, Daniel T. Brooking, Dave Cook, Patsy Fleming Jean Frederic (Wabba), T.H. Gomillion, Margaret Halpin, Eden Hansen, Nanno G. Lee Elke Matthaeus, Magruder Murray, Hope Myers, Bill Olexik, Millie Shott, Nanno Smith Michael Syphax, Billie Van Wieren, Jack Welch and Duane Winfield

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AUGUST ABSTRACT ART EXHIBIT

Daniel T. Brooking

Gradient 9 Gradient 21 Gradient 35 Color Fill Divided Theme

Magruder Murray

Equestrian Stomp Traffic

Nanno V. Smith

Skeldona Pale Lady Kabuki We are not Alone

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AUGUST

Jefferson Ariaga,"Helios" ‐ Photography (Best of Show)

Best of the Best August 11 through August 30, 2017 The purpose of the exhibition was to inspire the hearts and spirits of all those who viewed the artwork. The Best of the Best: 100 exhibited pieces of artwork as well as 200 digitally presented art works by The Notable Artists.

"Best of the Best" presented two hundred and forty nine artists spanning the globe - from DC to LA, Miami to Boston, the UK to Canada, and from Switzerland to Syria. 302 pieces were cho- sen from over fourteen hundred works of art! Half of the artists reside in the D.C. Metropolitan Area. The public was invited to enjoy: a video installation, photography, paintings, fabric art and more. Some works were hung on the Pepco Edison Place Gallery walls for three weeks and others, The Notables, were shown in a digital presentation during the opening reception. With a 110-page exhibition catalog documenting this colossal event, the visitors were able to walk away with a treasured souvenir.

Jazz performances by The Charles Rahmat Woods Trio.

THE BEST OF THE BEST EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Khaled Alchekh Khador, Salma Arastu, Jefferson Ariaga, Larry "Poncho" Brown, Clement Bryant, Megan Burak, Helen Burroughs, Brenda Chandler, Quintan Collins, Steven Chayt, Djibril Drame, Carlos Edmunds, Cheryl Edwards, Annette Fortt, Chawky Frenn, William Gotha, Timothy Griffith, Carl Hall, Tarver Harris, Michal Hunter, Cheryl Hurd, Phillip Istomin, Hubert Jackson, Ronald Jackson, Ashley Ja'nae, Daniel Kathalynas, Pamela Lawton, Tina Medina, Gary Murrell, Jan Nelson, Werllayne Nunes, Sharon Robinson, Karin Schacht Kellie Smith, Ann Stoddard, Khalid Thompson, Bob Tomolillo, Gloria "Tarasca"Valdes, Winifred Wallace, Erin Pyles Webb.

The chief Juror was Professor Curlee Raven Holton, Executive Director of the David C. Driskell Center and Distinguished Artist in Residence, Department of Art, University of Mary- land and Curated by Carolyn Goodridge, Executive Director of Art Impact™ USA.

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OCTOBER

Neglected Weed

Honfleur Gallery 1241 Good Hope Road SE Washington DC 20020 202-631-6291

Exhibition: October 20 – November 25, 2017 Opening Reception: October 20, 6 – 9 pm Artist Talk: November 18, 2 – 4 pm

Neglected Weed is a series of large scale portraits in ballpoint, colored pencil, and charcoal on wood and acid-free paper. Burts presents an antithetical approach to the usually flattering intentions of portraiture, He looks to show homelessness and untamed non-traditional images in a manner of dignity.

About the artist: Al Burts is a Gulf War veteran and alumnus of Duke Ellington School of Arts with over 10 years of exhibition experience. The award-winning artist studied fashion illustration at Virginia Commonwealth University and summer drawing at The Corcoran School of the Arts. A retiree of the National Gallery of Arts, Burts has illustrated three children’s books, and his work can be found in the private collections of Tom Joyner, Peggy Cooper Cafritz, and University of Maryland.

BADC MONTHLY MEETING October 15th, 2017 Magruder Murray our Web Master gave a presentation on WEB Sites and social media for Artists.

Aziza Gibson-Hunter gave a presentation on archiving the history of your art. Several members presented works for critique.

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NOVEMBER

BADC MONTHLY MEETING November 19, 2017

Francine Haskins gave a presentation on how to market yourself as an artist. She was interviewed and filmed by Howard Student Miaya Maylan.

Daniel T. Brooking gave a presentation on maintaining your art CV and the importance of keeping records, even of your rejections.

T H. Gomillion gave a presentation on new venues to exhibit your art.

Works for critique were presented Daniel T. Brooking, Carey Francis and Magruder Murray.

Daniel T. Brooking T. H. Gomllion

Carey Francis Magruder Murray

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Black artists create imagery that declares freedom through resistance, collective experience, and past reflection. The work affirms to viewers that in the midst of remembrance, joy remains sacred and tangible.

Artists: Daniel Brooking, James Brown, Jr., Summer Brown, Abiodun Eniyandunni, T.H. Gomillion, Francine Haskins, Esther Iverem, Magruder Murray, Alanzo Robles- Gordon, Russell Simmons, James Terrell, Zsudayka Nzinga Terrell.

DC Art Center, Washington, DC

December 15, 2017-January 14, 2018

James Brown, Jr., Speak 2 Me,

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HAPPENINGS

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PRESENTATIONS AT MONTHLY BADC MEETING Artists present works for critique and to share their knowledge

T. H. Gomillion Carey Francis: created a series of works forming a grid of art

Daniel T. Brooking showing a plaster sculpture by his late father, Daniel H. Brooking

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AWARDS

July 28, 2017 Claudia Aziza Gibson-Hunter won FIRST PLACE at the Hill Center Galleries Regional Juried Exhibition. There were 120 artists.

Niles Arcmanoro: recipient of the Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Award: Born in Washington D.C, Arcmanoro studied Studio Art in high school at Duke Ellington School of the Arts. During this time he studied Figure Drawing at the Washington Studio School. He obtained his BFA from Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2013 and his MFA at New York Academy of Art in 2015. He is currently living and working in Brooklyn.

His paintings chronicle his upbringing as a youth in Washington DC and illustrate the complex, multifaceted narratives within the urban landscape. By rendering his subjects so they occupy the entirety of the canvas, Niles elevates his communities and enhances their power through his characteristic blisteringly vibrant hues. Alongside his human subjects are mischievous characters dubbed “seekers,” personifying forces external to the focal narratives.

About the Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Award: The Painters and Sculptors Grant Program was established in 1993 to acknowledge painters and sculptors creating work of exceptional quality through unrestricted career support. The first year of grants was awarded in 1994 and the Foundation has funded individual artists annually since that time. The Foundation currently awards $25,000 to twenty-five artists through a nomination process. Nominators from across the country are invited to recommend artists, at any stage in their career, who are currently under-recognized for their creative achievements, and whose practice would significantly benefit from the grant. In an anonymous process, a jury panel then selects the twenty-five awardees. Nominators and jurors include prominent visual artists, curators, and art educators who are dedicated to supporting artists. http://www.artnews.com/2017/11 /14/joan-mitchell-foundation- announces-2017-painters- sculptors-grant- recipients/

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SYMPOSIUMS, LECTURES, ARTISTS' TALKS, STUDIES ABROAD, STUDIO VISITS

Sonya Clark-Lectures 2017

Blanton Museum, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 2.16 @ 6:30

University of LaVerne, Campus Center Hall, La Verne, California 2.21 @ 6pm

Cornell University, Millstein Hall, Ithaca, New York 3.9 @ 6pm

Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee 3.14 @ TBD

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 3.28 @ 6pm

Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, Tennessee 4.6 @ TBD

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Art Review Washington Post, June 15, 2017 In the galleries: Dark hues that paint unsettling portents By Mark Jenkins

Creative Alchemy Curator: Carol Dyson. There are several portraits of George Washington Carver on the first floor of Howard University’s new Interdisciplinary Research Building. Some are photographs, but the most evocative is a symbolic representation: a room full of talismans and plants that represent both the pioneering scientist’s work and his African heritage. Anne Bouie’s installation is one of the highlights of “Creative Alchemy,” a six-artist show that marks the center’s opening.

The other works include two by Renee Stout, who also employs found objects. Where Bouie uses shells, seed pods and other organic items, Stout combines African-style totems with vintage electronic gear. In her wall-mounted assemblage on the third floor, the dials of antique radios are tuned to settings such as “empathy” and “creativity.” Nearby are Evangeline “EJ” Montgomery’s shimmering prints, in which glyphs seem to pierce metallic-ink surfaces that change character from different viewpoints.

On the fourth floor is Angelina Sumadre’s installation, a desk covered with scientific gear and specimens, outfitted for discovery. Around the corner are the landscape-like abstractions of Roslyn Cambridge’s “The Earth’s Reaction” series. With semicircles that evoke both geometry and geology, these handsome pictures alchemize science and art. Creative Alchemy: Common Source of Art and Science On view through June 30 at Howard University Interdisciplinary Research Building, 2201 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-903-6179.

Richmond Free Press, June 24, 2017, Spiritual practice, Regina H. Boone

Veteran Virginia State University art educator and artist Eugene R. Vango of Petersburg demonstrates the basics of portrait still life painting with Footlights, a spiritually based program for women military veterans from Richmond’s Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center. They are, from left, Renette Rawlings, Kimberly Winn, Felicia Moore, Cheryl Moses and Dianne Butts. Led by chaplain Brenda Phillips, the vets were investigating painting as a spiritual practice during a field trip with Mr. Vango at the L. Douglas Wilder Library and Learning Resource Center at Virginia Union University. It was the culminating activity of Footlights’ 10-week session. Another session begins Sept. 14. 53

East City Art Q&A with Wayson R. Jones

By Editorial Team on June 26, 2017

What is your process? It depends on the series I’m working on and whether I’m doing painting or the occasional 3D piece. But it’s always very much based in a materiality approach. My first serious medium was pastel, and I’m still enchanted by the physicality of it, that you’re basically just grasping the pigment and applying it directly to your surface. I work intuitively, without preliminary sketches, guided by what type of piece I’ve set out to do, whether it’s an all-over-type, thickly textured piece or something flatter. Most of the pieces in this show are built on a resist technique using powdered graphite and acrylic gloss me- dium. I do a gestural drawing with the medium, then sprinkle the graphite on and work it with a palette knife. The graphite-acrylic combination has be- come a mainstay of my practice over the last couple of years.

When did you first begin making art? I started making visual art when I was 50, ten years ago, but I’ve been involved in the arts since I was a kid. I played music from grade school through college, where I also was in an improv dance company for a couple of years. I was in the DC downtown arts scene in the 80s and early 90s as part of an active Black LGBT arts scene that had national prominence, doing spoken word and music with the poet Essex Hemphill. I’d always done drawings at rare intervals, and I Pensive Mood. started doing some collage-oriented stuff around 2006, getting material from craft stores. The first fine art medium I bought was oil pastels in around 2007, then soft pastels 2008 to 2011 or so, and my practice has gradually expanded since then .

Have you shifted the direction of your work and if so, why? The work in this show probably represents the biggest shift in my work, from “pure” abstraction to a more figurative approach. I would describe it as more of a drift than a shift; it grew naturally out of the less objective pieces I’d been mak- ing. I’ve tended to use a strong horizon line, with a large mass centered in the upper part of the picture plane. Over time, the line curved to suggest shoulders, and the central mass morphed into a head-like shape. It’s hard to say why this At Ceiling happened; that’s a challenging question. I don’t think there was real intent on my part. Even when I did a few more realistic heads/faces, it still was driven by the material as much as any pictorial impulse.

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What draws you to one particular medium over another? I’m drawn to painting in part because of the potential for thickness of the pigment layers, as opposed to the flatness of photography or printmaking. Just that aspect gives painting a vast formal potential; it can be so many things. The physicality of it is really seductive. I love working on paper, for the directness and tactile quality of it. When I stretch canvas, I’m really intrigued by the idea that I’m creating this arena where the action of painting takes place. Since I work flat rather than on easel, it just accentuates that feeling. There’s something invit- ing about the blank surface, like it’s looking up at me expectantly.

What do you hope a viewer would take away from your work? Medgar A feeling of presence and contained energy. An idea or feeling suggested by the title. I try not to think too far beyond that. I don’t want to be too prescrip- tive.

Discuss your color palette—how does it inform your work? I work predominantly in black and white/grayscale, with occasional forays into color. It’s something that gradually developed after I got my studio. I grew up on black and white TV and movies, so I think there’s a memory aspect to it. I just find the composition of an image to be so much clearer in B/W. I don’t really like having too many choices, so having that color palette limitation is actually liberating for me.

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What do you believe is value of painting in the 21st Century? I think it’s fundamentally the same as it’s always been. I don’t subscribe to the whole “painting is dead” idea, which I think is sadly still around, despite what I see as a renaissance of painting. I think there’s a real desire for things done with the hand, and something primal about mark-making and representation that resonates deeply with people. I don’t think it will ever really get old; it’s so foundational to what is thought of as fine art.

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Fisher Art Gallery opens Wayson R. Jones Memory, Mostly Self, Saturday, July 8 from 2pm-3pm at the Fisher Art Gallery. The solo exhibition is on view through July 30.

The Fisher Art Gallery is on the second level of Schlesinger Center, which is located at 4915 E Campus Drive, Alexandria, VA. For more information about art shows and concert hall events, call the Schlesinger Center at 703.845.6156.

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ON-LINE PRESENTS

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Gallery: Black Artists of DC present “Transitions” 20 Apr 2017 A dozen works by Russell Simmons, Daniel T. Brooking, Akili Ron Anderson, T.H. Gomil- lion, Francine Haskins, Michael Platt, Nanno Smith, and Gloria C. Kirk are on display at the Kimpton Carlyle Hotel Dupont Circle, part of the collective, Black Artists of DC. Curated by Julie Ratner of Artworx. On display through Friday, April 21. 1731 New Hampshire Ave. NW. Call 202-234-3200 or visit carlylehoteldc.com.

Daniel Brooking, Divided Theme Daniel Brooking, Gradient 21

TH Gomillion, The Garden Russell Simmons, Strange Fruit Nanno Smith, Primordial

http://www.metroweekly.com/2017/04/gallery-black-artists-dc-present-transitions

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Sonya Clark Austin Businesswoman Helps Bring a Slice of African-American History to the Blanton http://kut.org/post/austin-businesswoman-helps-bring-slice-african-american-history-blanton

Baltimore Rising' and the Role of Art in Settling History https://www.citylab.com/design/2016/11/baltimore-rising-and-the-role-of-art-in-setting-history/507950/

Richmond artist's hair stories visualize black history at Roanoke museum http://www.richmond.com/entertainment/arts-theater/article_7050e595-4b2e-581b-b53a-81b550d791b3.html

A conversation with Sonya Clark, who tells stories through coiffured canvases http://artsatl.com/conversation-sonya-clark-tells-stories-coiffured-canvases

Exhibition at Taubman Museum uses hair to explore race and standards of beauty http://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/Exhibit-at-Taubman-Museum-of-Art--396936701.html

Follicular: The Hair Stories of Sonya Clark at the Taubman Museum of Art http://www.dailyserving.com/2016/12/follicular-the-hair-stories-of-sonya-clark-at-the-taubman-museum-of-art/

Black Lives Matter: Protest in Red, White, and Blue http://www.bmoreart.com/2016/11/black-lives-matter-protest-in-red-white-and-blue.html

Sonya Clark marks slavery history at Second Street Gallery http://www.c-ville.com/tag/sonya-clark/

"Southern Accent" exhibit confronts legacy of the South http://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2016/09/southern-accent

Arte per l’estate: a Francavilla al Mare la LXVII edizione del Premio Michetti http://www.espoarte.net/arte/arte-per-lestate-a-francavilla-al-mare-la-lxvii-edizione-del-premio-michetti

Artist awarded ‘gift from a stranger https://vcu.exposure.co/artist-awarded-gift-from-a-stranger

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LIST OF VENUES Cryor Gallery A Coppin State University Adobe Design Center and Showroom 2500 West North Avenue, 645 H Street, N.E. Baltimore, Maryland, 21216. Washington, DC 20002 (410) 951-3368 or (410) 951-3370 (202) 529-9006 D [email protected] District of Columbia Art Center (DCAC)

2438 18th Street, NW American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center Washington, DC 20009 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW (202) 462-7833 Washington, DC 20016 202-885-3884 www.dcartscenter.org www.american.edu/katzen E Art In Garden Show (Bi-Annual) F 1st weekend in May and 1st.weekend in October Foundry Gallery 1314 18th Street, NW 3218 Chestnut Street, NE st Washington.DC 20018 1 . Floor (202) 269-2757, Washington, DC 20001 T.H.Gomillion (contact person) (202) 232-0203 www.foundry-gallery.org Artomatic G [email protected] Gallery at Flashpoint www.artomatic.org 916 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 (202) 315-1305 Arts Club of Washington www.flashpointdc.org 2017 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 (202) 331-7282 Harvey B. Gantt Center 551 S. Tryon Street B Charlotte, NC 28202 (704) 547-3700 C http://www.ganttcenter.org/

Corcoran Gallery of Art Joyce Gordon Gallery 500 Seventeenth Street, NW 406 14th Street Washington, DC 20006 Oakland, CA (202) 639-1700 (510) 465-8928 http://joycegordongallery.com The Corner Store Gallery Govinda Gallery 900 South Carolina Ave., S.E. th (9th and S. Carolina Ave., S.E.) 1227 34 Street, NW Washington, DC 20003 Washington, DC 20001 Kris Swanson - (202) 544-5807 (202) 333-1180 www.GovindaGallery.com Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Black Creativity H 57th Street and Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60637-2093 Hampton University Museum http://www.msichicago.org Hampton VA, 23668 Octavia Hooks, Community Affairs (757) 727-5308 Request for the Black History Exhibit goes out in [email protected] October for the following February exhibit.

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Harmony Hall Regional Center 10701 Livingston Road M Fort Washington, MD 20744 301-203-6070 Marlboro Gallery, Prince George’s Community College 301 Largo Rd, Largo, MD 20774 Hemphill Fine Arts (301) 546-7422 1515 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 Market 5 Gallery (202) 234-5601 201 7th Street, SE www.hemphillfinearts.com Washington, DC 20003 (202) 543-7293 Hillyer Art Space www.market5gallery.org 9 Hillyer Ct. NW Washington, DC 20008 Maryland Institute College of Art (202) 338-0325 8 Market Place, Suite 100 Baltimore, MD 21202 Honfleur Gallery www.mica.edu 1241 Good Hope Road, SE Washington DC 20020 Millennium Art Center www.honfleurgallery.com 65 Eye Street, SW 202-631-6291 Washington, DC 20024 (202) 479-2572 Howard University, Armour J. Blackburn Center https://millenniumartscenter.org/ 2397 Sixth Street, NW Washington, DC 20059 Millennium Arts Salon 202-806-5979 1213 Girard Street NW I Washington, DC 20009 J (202) 319-8988 Wilmer Jennings Gallery at Kenkeleba [email protected] 219 E. 2nd Street New York, NY, 10009 MOCA DC Gallery 212-674-3939 1054 31st Street, NW Washington, DC 20007 K David R. Quammen Kefa Cafe (202) 342-6230 963 Bonifant Street www.mocadc.org Silver Spring, MD 20910 240-641-8023 Montpelier Cultural Arts Center 12826 Laurel-Bowie Road L Laurel, MD 20708 Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland (301) 953-1993 African American History & Culture www.pgparks.com/places/artsfac/mcac.html 830 E. Pratt Street Baltimore, MD 21202 Museum of Science and Industry (443) 263-1800 Black Creativity http://lewismuseum.org/ 57th Street and Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60637-2093 Long View Gallery (773) 684-1414 (Octavia Hooks) 1234 9th St. NW Washington, DC 20001 Galerie Myrtis (202) 232-4788 2224 North Charles Street http://www.longviewgallerydc.com/ Baltimore, Maryland 21218

N G.R. N'Namdi Gallery

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1435 Randolph Street R Detroit, MI Ramee Art Gallery (313) 831-8700 606 Rhode Island Ave NE Washington, DC 20002 G.R. N'Namdi Gallery 110 N Peoria St Results Gym, Capitol Hill Chicago, IL 60607 315 G Street, SE 312-563-9240 Washington, DC 20003

O Roxanne's Artiques and Art Gallery Oneeki Design Studio 3426 9th Street, NE 2103 N. Charles Street Washington, DC 20017 Baltimore, MD 21218 (410) 962-8592 S Gallery Serengeti Overdue Recognition Art Gallery 7919 Central Avenue 6816 Racetrack Road Capitol Heights, Maryland 20743 Bowie, MD 20715 (301) 808-6987 301-262-3553 overduerecognition.com Spectrum Gallery 1132 Q Street, NW P Washington, DC 20009 Parish Gallery (202) 333-0954 st 1054 31 Street, NW www.spectrumgallery.org Washington, DC 20007 (202) 944-2310 The Mansion at Strathmore www.parishgallery.com 10701 Rockville Pick North Bethesda, MD 20852 Peace and A Cup of Joe Cafe (301) 581-5200 713 W. Pratt Street www.strathmore.org Baltimore, MD 21201 (410) 244-8858 Snow Hill Manor 13301 Laurel-Bowie Road Pierce School Lofts Laurel, Maryland 20724 1375 Maryland Avenue, NE (301) 725-6037 Washington, DC T Pope John Paul II cultural Center The 39th Street Gallery Gateway Arts Center, 3900 Harewood Road, NE 3901 Rhode Island Avenue Washington DC 20017 Brentwood, MD 20722 (202) 635-5400 TMiller Gallery Project 4 654 H Street, NE 1353 U Street NW, 3rd floor Washington, DC 20002 Washington, DC 20009 (301) 807-6552

(202) 232 4340 Torpedo Factory Art Center 105 North Union Street Pyramid Atlantic Alexandria, VA 22314 8230 Georgia Avenue (703) 838-4565 Silver Spring, MD 20910 www.torpedofactory.org (301) 608-9101 www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org Touchstone Gallery 406 7th Street, NW, second floor Q 61

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Transformer Gallery 1404 P Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 202-483-1102 [email protected]

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V Vivant Art Collection Gallery Row 60 North 2nd Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 (215) 922-6584 [email protected]

Vivid Solutions Gallery 1231 Good Hope Road Southeast, Washington, DC 20020 Beth Ferraro, (202) 365-8392 www.vividsolutionsdc.com.

W Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington, DC

Blind Whino Art Gallery 700 Delaware Avenue SW Washington, DC 20024 (202) 554-0103

Wohlfarth Galleries 3418 9th Street, NE Washington, DC 20017 (202) 526-8022

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SUPPORTING THE ARTS IN THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA AND BEYOND

Carol Rhodes Dyson President

Russell D. Simmons Vice President

Amber Robles-Gordon President Emeritus

Alec Simpson Executive Secretary

Secretary

Russell D. Simmons Treasurer

Claudia Aziza Gibson-Hunter Akili Ron Anderson Board Members

Magruder Murray Webmaster

Daniel T. Brooking Archivist

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