Artists & Makers Studios
October 2024 in the Galleries with Photographer Kimberly Keller
Artists & Makers Studios in Rockville Presents
Kimberly Keller – “Synchronicity” for the Month of October
“Synchronicity is an ever-present reality for those who have eyes to see.” — C.G. Jung
(Rockville, MD) – Artists & Makers Studios on Parklawn Drive in Rockville is thrilled to host photographer Kimberly Keller in the Invited Artist Gallery for the month of October. The exhibit runs from October 2nd through October 23rd at Artists & Makers Studios, with an opening reception on Friday, October 4th, 5 – 8pm. Human beings have always been fascinated by synchronicity, or the simultaneous occurrence of events that appear related but have no discernible causal connection. Street photography celebrates synchronicity, presenting images that appear carefully composed but which spring from random events. Each of the photos in this exhibit captures a moment when two or more objects or beings, often on the move, come together to create an apparent flash of meaning. They can be surprising, humorous, or the shortest of short stories. The images illustrate the appeal of synchronicity and deliver the pleasure of the “aha” moment or the punchline of a joke. But they are also a reminder that meaning is created by our perception, not the degree of permanence, truth, or intentionality of what we see. If these images, where nothing has been staged, added, or removed, seem to urge us to connect the dots in specific ways, how much more closely should we examine messages deliberately created to persuade? Enjoy additional exhibits “Forbidden” with Resident Artists – on view in the Gallery Hall, along with nineteen Gallery 209 Member Artists exhibiting their latest work. Shop and support local working artists, makers, and professionals. Light fare sponsored by The Chesapeake Framing Company and craft beer will be offered for sale by Third Hill Brewing Co.
Kimberly Keller – “Synchronicity”
“Forbidden” with Resident Artists
The 19 Member Artists of Gallery 209
Opening Reception
5:00pm – 8:00pm, Friday, October 4th, 2024
Artists & Makers Studios
11810 Parklawn Drive, Suite 210
Rockville, MD 20852
Artist Meet and Greet – Saturday October 12th, 10:00am – 12:00pm
Viewing hours are 10:00am – 4:00pm, Monday-Saturday, and Sundays by chance or appointment. Artists & Makers Studios on Parklawn Drive in Rockville, established in October of 2014 by artist and arts community builder Judith HeartSong, is a 13,000 sq. ft. facility is home to 87 artists, as well as student artists. Artists & Makers Studios – Oro Valley, AZ is a three-year-old jewel box location with talented Resident Artists, 3,575 sq ft of studios, galleries, and flex-classroom space. Construction is currently underway in San Gabriel, CA for Artists & Makers Studios’ third location, with construction set to begin shortly for the fourth location in North Hollywood, CA. A&M Studios is dedicated to providing a supportive and vibrant environment for artists to realize their creative goals – through studio practice, collaboration, education, opportunities, networking and connecting with the community beyond our doors.
September 2024 in the Galleries with Douglas Moulden
Artists & Makers Studios in Rockville Presents
Douglas Moulden – “Lost Valley”
(Rockville, MD) – Artists & Makers Studios on Parklawn Drive in Rockville is thrilled to host Douglas Moulden in the Invited Artist Gallery for the month of September. The exhibit runs from September 4th through September 25th at Artists & Makers Studios, with an opening reception on Friday, September 6th, 5 – 8pm. In “Lost Valley” Each painting is a journey that has no planned ending. Doug moves with intent and purpose towards an uncertain destination. He says he does have a plan when he starts. Mike Tyson said that everyone has a plan until they get punched in the nose. It’s difficult to have a clear destination when each aesthetic decision changes the discussion and the direction of the work. Adding a color, line or texture alters the colors, lines and textures already present in the piece. This interaction is the essence of painting. The trick is knowing when you’re finished. Enjoy additional exhibits “Fiesta” with Resident Artists – on view in the Gallery Hall, along with nineteen Gallery 209 Member Artists exhibiting their latest work. Shop and support local working artists, makers, and professionals.
Douglas Moulden – “Lost Valley”
“Fiesta” with Resident Artists
The 19 Member Artists of Gallery 209
Opening Reception
5:00pm – 8:00pm, Friday, September 6th, 2024
Artists & Makers Studios
11810 Parklawn Drive, Suite 210
Rockville, MD 20852
Visit with the Artist – Saturdays, September 7th, 14th, and 21st, 12:00pm – 3:00pm
Artist Talk – Saturday September 14th, 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Viewing hours are 10:00am – 4:00pm, Monday-Saturday, and Sundays by chance or appointment. Artists & Makers Studios on Parklawn Drive in Rockville, established in October of 2014 by artist and arts community builder Judith HeartSong, is a 13,000 sq. ft. facility is home to 87 artists, as well as student artists. Artists & Makers Studios – Oro Valley, AZ is a three-year-old jewel box location with talented Resident Artists, 3,575 sq ft of studios, galleries, and flex-classroom space. Construction is currently underway in San Gabriel, CA for Artists & Makers Studios’ third location, with construction set to begin shortly for the fourth location in North Hollywood, CA. A&M Studios is dedicated to providing a supportive and vibrant environment for artists to realize their creative goals – through studio practice, collaboration, education, opportunities, networking and connecting with the community beyond our doors.
Artists and Makers Studios Press Release SEPT 2024 Parklawn Exhibits 081924
September/October 2024 in the Gallery
Artists & Makers Studios – Oro Valley, AZ
Joe Merrell
The Art of Dying Well
September 14th – November 2nd, 2024
(Oro Valley, AZ) – Artists & Makers Studios in Oro Valley is pleased to announce the new gallery exhibition by Joe Merrell, The Art of Dying Well. Joe Merrell was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. He studied philosophy and English literature at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington and earned an MFA at CalArts in Valencia, California. Currently based in Los Angeles, he makes art in various mediums – video, print, sculpture, scent, installation – for exhibition in galleries, festivals, museums in North America, Europe, and most recently New Zealand. The Art of Dying Well features a range of work exploring themes of perception, the supernatural, life and death. This includes a 3d-printed wall hanging, sculpture, edition prints, video, as well as two artist-made perfumes available for purchase in limited quantities. This show in the Oro Valley is Merrell’s first in Arizona.
Joe Merrell
The Art of Dying Well
Opening Reception
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM, Saturday, September 14th, 2024
Artists & Makers Studios – Oro Valley
Steam Pump Village
11061 North Oracle Road, Suite 150
Oro Valley, AZ 85737
Viewing hours are 10:00am – 4:00pm, Thursday-Saturday, and Sundays by chance or appointment.
August 2024 in the Galleries with Megan Maher
Artists & Makers Studios in Rockville Presents
Megan Maher – “Candy Coated”
(Rockville, MD) – Artists & Makers Studios on Parklawn Drive in Rockville is thrilled to host Megan Maher in the Invited Artist Gallery for the month of August. The exhibit runs from July 31st through August 28th at Artists & Makers Studios, with an opening reception on Friday, August 2nd, 5 – 8pm. In “Candy Coated,” artist Megan Maher creates a visual playground of irregular looping lines that invite us to rediscover the color orange. This new series of paintings and drawings centers on the artist’s distinctive “squiggle,” inviting viewers to embrace their inner child and delight in the act of viewing. This playful color study includes several large-scale paintings alongside an immersive grid of small, six-inch pieces that engulfs the viewer. Of this new body of work, the artist describes: “I was inspired by the work of the French post-impressionist painter, Pierre Bonnard… I love the way he puts strong colors next to each other so that they seem to flicker across the surface.” Like Bonnard, the works on view embrace the play between colors which creates depth and nuance. To heighten this interplay, Maher combines an array of materials to create rich fields of varied textures and lusters transforming each squiggle into a dynamic whirlpool that rewards close looking by revealing its depths in the smallest of details. Much like a squiggle, orange in these works becomes both familiar and open to interpretation. The effect is that audiences are left energized and uplifted with a new appreciation for the charm and potential of this bold and magnetic color. Enjoy additional exhibits “Saturation” with Resident Artists – on view in the Gallery Hall, along with nineteen Gallery 209 Member Artists exhibiting their latest work. Shop and support local working artists, makers, and professionals.
Megan Maher – “Candy Coated”
“Saturation” with Resident Artists
The Member Artists of Gallery 209
Opening Reception
5:00pm – 8:00pm, Friday, August 2nd, 2024
Artists & Makers Studios
11810 Parklawn Drive, Suite 210
Rockville, MD 20852
Artist Talk – Saturday, August 17th, 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Viewing hours are 10:00am – 4:00pm, Monday-Saturday, and Sundays by chance or appointment.
July/August 2024 in the Gallery
Artists & Makers Studios – Oro Valley, AZ
Mark Hamilton
With & Without Light
July 13th – August 31st, 2024
(Oro Valley, AZ) – Artists & Makers Studios in Oro Valley is pleased to announce the new gallery exhibition of mixed media sculpture and painting by Mark Hamilton When Materials Collide and Decide: Part Two. Mark Hamilton’s work is based on using repurposed materials. This provides a direction that he finds challenging and very rewarding. The act of selecting components that work together when made into a single structure speaks to his aesthetic sensibilities. Hamilton also enjoys the interaction between metal, glass and neon. The different properties, functions, colors, textures and shapes placed into juxtaposition results in designs that are very satisfying to him. The neon illumination brings fire and power, providing another dimension to the sculpture’s impact.
Mark Hamilton
With & Without Light
Opening Reception
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM, Saturday, July 13th, 2024
Artists & Makers Studios – Oro Valley
Steam Pump Village
11061 North Oracle Road, Suite 150
Oro Valley, AZ 85737
Viewing hours are Thursday 10am – 4pm, Friday 12pm – 6pm and Saturday 10am – 4pm, or by chance or appointment. Artists & Makers Studios on Parklawn Drive in Rockville, established in October 2014 by artist and arts community builder Judith HeartSong, is a 13,000 sq. ft. facility is home to 87 artists, and 80 student artists. Artists & Makers Studios – Oro Valley, AZ is a two-year-old jewel box location with talented Resident Artists, 3,575 sq ft of studios, galleries, and flex-classroom space. Construction is currently underway in San Gabriel, CA for Artists & Makers Studios’ third location, with construction set to begin shortly for the fourth location in North Hollywood, CA. A&M Studios is dedicated to providing a supportive and vibrant environment for artists to realize their creative goals – through studio practice, collaboration, education, opportunities, networking and connecting with the community beyond our doors.
Teaching Artists
The Oro Valley location hosts classes and workshops under our portico seasonally for rent, and gallery space than can flex for small classes and workshops. Teaching artists may also reserve fresh air space under our beautiful portico. If you are a teaching artist looking for a new place to bring people together for hands-on workshops, consider renting a studio, or inquire about holding classes and workshops at A&M Oro Valley as an independent contractor. We will list your classes and workshops on our site, directing students to a link on your artist site where they can register and get a supply list. You will only pay a classroom fee for use of the space.
NEW – Affiliate A&M Memberships for Artists!
“Artists & Makers Studios is dedicated to providing a supportive and vibrant environment for artists to realize their creative goals – through studio practice, collaboration, education, opportunities, networking and connecting with the community beyond our doors.”
Part of our vision is to support, each and every day, the artists in our community and beyond. While we host a population of practicing metro-area artists, we also work to help grow the careers of artists with studios elsewhere through the sharing of information & opportunities and connections with designers, consultants, and gallery professionals who place and showcase artists’ work.
In 2020 we are offering an annual Affiliate Membership to artists which will allow a profile on our high-traffic site, free application for solo exhibits, participation in two Open Studio Weekends per year, promotion of accolades and exhibits through social media as appropriate, and access to special opportunities that come across our Executive Director’s desk on a regular basis.
This membership may be renewed each January, and is just $100. Membership fees may be paid via PayPal by entering the following email address: Judith@ArtistsAndMakersStudios.com
After confirmation of payment, please send your resume/bio, your website URL, 1(one) 300dpi image of your work, and phone number and or email address if you would like them listed on our site with your profile to Judith@ArtistsAndMakersStudios.com
Judith HeartSong A&M1
I have been working as a professional artist for more than thirty years now, after a public school education in which my focus was completely art-centric. As a child I was always out in nature, in the woods and along the creek beds of northern Pennsylvania. I developed a sense of awe and respect for the natural world early on and that devotion has never wavered. My work is often called Romantic Pop.
Special allowances were made in the course of my education to provide art instruction and the time I needed to focus on it. I studied privately with some tremendous artists and worked with every sort of material I could get my hands on to build my knowledge of mediums.
Plants and flowers fascinated me with their lush shapes and wonderful colors, and I was always interested in looking at botanical renderings and nature studies. To me they were often cold and impersonal, and that was not how I saw nature. I became captivated with trying to capture and share the world as I saw it.
Tony Ventouris Photography A&M1
Born into a family of contractors, Tony Ventouris has been surrounded by architects, developers, and artists since an early age and has naturally developed a deep appreciation for the art of building. His unique background, photographic education, and lifelong devotion to the creation of artistic images has resulted in his successful career as a professional photographer.
Laura-Leigh Palmer A&M1
Laura-Leigh Palmer is chief and only creative at asap graphics+interiors360 a boutique marketing firm for small and medium businesses and organizations. She takes the company motto “making small companies look big and big companies look good” seriously. Work for both print and web includes: social media postings and graphics, web site creation, brochures, logos, ads, print collateral, illustration and event and product photography.
She is an Adjunct Professor at Montgomery College teaching Introduction to Digital Illustration and Intro to Web Design, and is a Google Trusted photographer creating StreetView Enhanced tours for local businesses. She is active in multiple organizations: Keyclub Advisor for JFKenndy High School, Secretary of the Wheaton Silver Spring Kiwanis, past President and current member and on the board of the Wheaton Kensington Chamber of Commerce, and past President of MAA (Montgomery Art Association) and current member. She is the founder of Adobe Addicts and Digital Creators and active with the Wheaton Arts Parade and Festival projects: parade, arts factory, gallery and pop up arts events.
Recent 2d work includes a wall mural at Artists & Makers Studio (Butterflies Rebirth) that falls in line with her interest in optical illusions and dreamscapes. 3d work involves book deconstruction with folding, pocket size icons and yin yang symbol collages formed from found objects. Currently working on a series of the 60 year Chinese Zodiac and is concentrating on founding a new organization the Wheaton and Greater Kensington Historical Society as a place for the research she accumulated while writing Images of America: Wheaton published by Arcadia Press.
240-354-5454
laura.leigh@asapgraphics.com
Ann Corbett A&M1
I make art to discover the joy that is within. All the elements of nature’s patterns and beauty are ours to discover and celebrate.
As an explorer, I open myself to the discoveries of paint and canvas. In that realm is an opportunity to find what lies under the surface of daily consciousness. I begin with loosely applied marks applied in an intuitive manner. Building upon this with spontaneous/loose gesture, I respond with variations of shape, color, texture to create abstraction related to emotion and feeling.
As colors and shapes emerge – some more dramatic and lyrical than others – negative shapes are defined; some areas recede while some blend; and the whole emerges as a simple, all-in-a-moment (gestalt) experience.
These new mark-and-shape relationships can suggest leaves, lozenges, triangles, ovals, dots, waves and other reminders of the natural world’s geometry, patterning and beauty.
My process varies slightly in the two different media – whether distilling down to essentials as seen in making the large acrylic abstractions or accumulating and layering through the cold wax and oil works.
Ann Corbett has a BFA from the Corcoran School of Art and Design. Her gestural mark-making and interest in texture has evolved through various post-graduate painting workshops.
Her paintings include organic shapes in bold colors as well as a form of personal geometry that highlights her joy in nature’s creation.
anngcorbett@aol.com
Pooja Campbell, Lifetime Affiliate
My figures co-habitat a world filled with nature and colour – because that is how I see myself. Essentially nature. The subtleties, complexities, the curves, and arches of the body are very like the forms and lines you would find in the natural world around us.
Using line and form as structural guidelines, I sort through the internal dialogue I have about the realities of life, the truth in meditation, and my place in nature.
Sometimes I conflict with nature – my un-enlightened self, and sometimes I am in harmony with it – my ultimate self.
In my lotus series, my goal is to get the viewer to focus on the simplicity and elegance of line along with the beauty and almost abstract quality of the shapes.
I respond deeply to the lotus’ symbolism and the role it plays to a Hindu in our spiritual awakening. Rising from muddy waters to a thing of beauty and purity – devoid of attachment, the ultimate goal.
By keeping colour to a minimum, all extra noise is cut off and viewing the paintings becomes an almost meditative experience.
EDUCATION
1999 – 2001 – Textile Designing Cape Technikon, Cape Town, South Africa
1995 – 1999 – B.F.A Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
1994 – 1995 – Visual Arts Centennial College, Toronto, Canada
1991 – 1994 – Fine Arts Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore, India
www.poojafineart.com
A&M is the 2018 Editors’ Pick, Best Place to Experience Art in BEST OF Bethesda Magazine
Artists & Makers Studios is the
“Best Place to Experience Art”
according to the editors of the 2018 issue of
BEST OF BETHESDA MAGAZINE, JAN/FEB 2018
Featuring the studio of Kristina Penhoet
Featuring Christine Cardellino (Torpedo Factory Artist) and her solo exhibit at A&M
“Want to try your hand at painting, glassmaking or even belly dancing? Artists & Makers Studios has offerings in everything from smartphone photography to doll-making and provides an outlet for all kinds of creative pursuits for beginners through professional artists……..”
And Best Bets in the same issue of BEST OF BETHESDA MAGAZINE
Featuring the work of David Amoroso
and mentions for
Marily Mojica
&
Sergio and Claudia Olivos
“Mexican artist Frida Kahlo was known for her intense self-portraits, but an exhibitionat Artists & Makers Studios in Rockville shows how four local artists depict the famous painter, feminist and political activist. The Mexican holiday Day of the Dead is another common theme among the paintings and mixed-media artwork by David Amoroso, Marily Mojica and Sergio and Claudia Olivos on display in the exhibition Frida and the Day of the Dead……”
Terry Svat A&M1
I am artist and a printmaker in Washington DC area. I have been creating art my entire adult life. My prints hang in Argentina, Chile, Germany, Panama, Brazil and most recently in the new embassy in Sarajevo. Because I have had the opportunity to live and travel across the world, I naturally absorbed some of the culture and the spirit of the people including their symbols, rituals, and markings.
Tamra Spievogel, Affiliate
Tamra is an artist who paints with glass creating slumped and molded forms that are sculptural and sometimes functional.
Kathleen Litz (In Memoriam 2024)
Kathleen was a treasured member of the A&M family. Her dedication to, and love of her practice, (and children and dogs) lives on in our hearts.
Kathleen Litz is a painter and mixed media artist who teaches enriching children’s classes and workshops from her studio at A&M1 Parklawn.
Patricia de Poel Wilberg A&M1
Having traveled extensively, Patricia works in glass, mixed media, and sculpture who skillfully incorporates hand drawn elements into her work.
School of Art at the Cooper Union
University of Southern Maine
High School of Art and Design, NY, NY
Cecelia Laurendeau A&M1
At an early age I began to go beyond coloring and ventured into drawing and painting. The moment I uncapped my first tube of oil paint and squeezed out that brilliant buttery hue, I knew I was on a journey of artistic discovery. This natural ability was nurtured by my loving talented parents. They were not only lovers of art, music and the beauty of life, but were artists in their own right. My Mom a soprano singer, fiber artist and poet, my Dad a builder, stained glass artist and photographer. It was not long before I would put a camera to my eye.
Real life images. The story that nature tells in the stillness of the landscape, the greatness of the ocean and the journey of the seasons. This is what excites my senses as an artist and my photographer’s eye at home and in my travels. Creating compositions in oils and pastels, my inspiration is drawn from my photographs. The creative process for me is re-visiting that place and moment in time. Remembering and feeling the emotion of the scene my lens captured and bringing it to life as a painting to be experienced and shared in a new way.
“Art is not what you see but what you make others see”. . . Edgar Degas
Anita L. Albertson A&M1
What is Art? To me, art captures something essential about life.
“Art makes life bearable. It isn’t a luxury. Like our capacity for understanding, and our experience of love, it is a vitally important part of life.”
–Gillian Pederson Krag
How does one share the charm and communicate the wonder of living, breathing and being? By using color, pattern, light, texture, style, angles, laughter, beauty, nature, industry, rigor, challenge, and words; then one weaves in the rainbow of emotions and experiences– all of which shine light on the magic and the drudgery of being.
To this point I have played with self-expression and aimed toward connective conversations in the margins of my life and the privacy and intimacy of my own home. I am largely untrained, although I have had the benefit of some recent classes with some amazing and gifted artists.
Life has stages. I have supported my children to grow and be and do and supported my husband as he has accomplished and achieved and is recognized for his talents. I have weathered the declines and deaths of my grandmother, mother-in-law and parents. These have been both difficult and amazing endeavors — greatly enriching my world and theirs. Connecting me with all that has been, all that is now, and all that will continue after I cease to be.
Inside me is a calling to express, create, play. I need to sit, think, write and design, uninterrupted and untethered. Connecting with others on that path. Sharing what is in me/what I can with those I know and with people I don’t know yet. Growing. Being. Breathing. Learning better how to express what needs to get out on paper.
I seek a community to help bridge my untrained enthusiasm into something more – at first for myself, but after a period of time, for and with others.
Working with a combination of mixed media – paper, acrylics, watercolors, pencils, pastels, fabric, yarn, pens and markers – I want explore the emotions and experiences of life. My intention to start is to learn more about the craft of art by being in community with artists and pair my creations with poems, short stories or prose.
Eventually I would like to share these tools of self-expression with a wider range of children and adults in a relaxed, spontaneous way including those in marginalized communities seeking self-expression and through it, compassionate understanding.