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MFA Members in The Mitchell Art Gallery “Image and Imagination”: Andree Tullier, Chris Kelsey, Kathleen Ryan Gardiner, Patrice Drago, Carole Falk, Mary Ellen Geissenhainer, Cynthia Shumaker, Wil Scott
The Mitchell Art Gallery’s Community show features artists only from Anne Arundel County; the exhibit runs from May 23rd through June 11, during the Annapolis Arts and Wine Festival, with a reception on May 23rd.
MFA Member Lesa Cook
While reading Greek and Roman mythology, artist Lesa Cook was struck by how well the ancient themes and characters can inform and illuminate our current times and predicaments. After being inspired by these ageless stories, Cook assembled an exhibit, “Gods, Heroes & Fools” featuring sculptures and drawings, that will be on display at The Art League gallery, May 10–June 4, 2017.
“These stories and struggles are ageless and enduringly instructive on the human condition. The thought of commenting on contemporary issues through the lens of ancient myths became a fun project and the more I learned about these stories, the more I came to appreciate their universality to modern characters and circumstances.”
Through the exhibit, she also addresses issues ranging from man’s resilience and reliance on hope to gender issues and universal individual equality to mankind’s enduring compulsions toward greed and hubris. More lighthearted pieces imagine Bacchus, the Greek god of wine and fertility, as a central figure in contemporary situations: What if the wine-loving Bacchus found himself stranded in a dry county deep within the Bible Belt? What might it be like to have him as a revealing houseguest or roommate? The exhibit runs from May 10 through June 4 with an opening reception on May 11 from 6–8PM.
MFA Member Terry Sitz
Terry has a solo show called The Color of BOOM up at the Artists and Makers Studios (11810 Parklawn Dr, Rockville, MD). There will be an opening reception on June 2 from 6-9PM.
MFA Member Kathy Gardiner
MFA Member Sally Davies
Sally had her woven watercolor painting, “Hidden Beach, Cinque Terra, Italy”, accepted into the 2017 Mid-Atlantic Regional Juried Exhibition. The exhibit runs from June 17 through July 15 at the Black Rock Center for the Arts (12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown, Maryland 20874).
MFA Member Joan Owings
Joan has five paintings on exhibit at the Community Living Center, DC Veterans Administration Medical Center. The work will be up through June 16, 2017.
MFA Member Lee Goodwin
Lee has a show called Chesapeake Bay – Endangered Landscapes at the Garden Gallery in Quiet Waters park, Annapolis. The exhibit will run from April 5 to May 21.
MFA Member Patrice Drago
MFA Member April M Rimpo
During May “Fresh Fruit to Go” is in The Louisiana Watercolor Society‘s 47th International Exhibition. In addition, April’s painting “Movement” is included in the 8th Annual ISAP Online International Open Show 2017.
MFA Member Andree Tullier
MFA Member Anne Sieling
Anne Sieling’s art was featured as part of a show of Hai Ou Hou’s students at the Crystal Moll Gallery in Baltimore. She will be included in the next Crystal Moll show entitled Still and Life, running from May 3 to June 23. The Gallery is located at 1030 South Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21230.
MFA Member and former president Clarence Carvell
Clarence has a show up at the Quiet Waters Gallery (600 Quiet Waters Park Rd, Annapolis, MD 21403) along with William Collins. Their show is called Cuba… A New Beginning featuring 60+ images of people, places, performers, and politics in Cuba. The show opens April 5th and runs through May 21st.
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