Not even the wintry mix deterred art lovers from the Kentlands Mansion recently to view the 6th annual Art League of Germantown (ALOG) multi-media exhibit “Colors and Imagination.” Juried into the show by Gonzalo Ruiz Navarro, an accomplished painter and native…
I met the vivacious Kentlands resident Neal Herron at his volunteer gig at Our House, a 142-acre farm and residential facility in Brookeville for at-risk boys aged 16 to 21. He was steered to the opportunity by his wife, Laura,…
And the potter said unto the clay, be ware …. and it was! As each painter has her own style, so each potter has her own technique. Kentlands ceramicist Pam Berry has been intrigued with the variations and ever-changing properties…
For Kentlands woodturner Tim Aley, it was “time to see if I can get out and sell some of this stuff!” A friend showed him the Gaithersburg Artist Collective membership application. In their second round, he was juried into the…
Art can only truly be art by presenting an adequate outward symbol of some fact in the interior life. So posited Margaret Fuller, an early 19th century American journalist and women’s rights advocate. Her words came to life Dec. 15…
A pure illustration of the saying, “every picture tells a story,” the One House project currently on exhibit at BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown presents a collection of personal representational art from descendants of every group that has…
The early snow that prompted rescheduling of the Olney Art Association’s annual juried show at the Kentlands Mansion only served to heighten the camaraderie of the group and their diverse collection of work representing several mediums. Now in its 44th…
The Bohrer Park Gallery was the scene last Thursday evening for a different kind of art show…one featuring the mystery of science fiction and fantasy and the whimsical levity of humor. Artists representing the science fiction genre in the invitational…
You may have heard of compositing as it relates to the film industry—combining visual elements from separate sources into single images, often creating the illusion that all those elements are parts of the same scene, for instance with the use…
One of the most inventive and sophisticated art forms is mixed media. More than one medium is combined in an expressive manner to create a work of art. Mixed media began around 1912 with the cubism of Pablo Picasso and…