Artists & Makers Studios

February 2025 in the Galleries with Open Studios, Food and Sparkling Drinks

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Artists & Makers Studios in Rockville Presents
Steve Wanna and “Line, Circle, Ground”
for the Month of February

(Rockville, MD) – Artists & Makers Studios on Parklawn Drive in Rockville is thrilled to host Steve Wanna in the Invited Artist Gallery for the month of February 2025. The exhibit runs from February 5th through February 26th, with an opening reception on First Friday, February 7th, 5 – 8pm. This exhibition features experimental techniques that push materials past their limits to yield unexpected, not entirely controllable results. Almost all the works use paper, pigment, and water as active mediums in an almost performative process. There’s a defining element shared among all the works of pigment that is pulled apart in unexpected fractures and bifurcations, creating organic patterns reminiscent of those in nature, such as in lightning or the branches and roots of trees. These works also speak to the behavior of water in different terrains such as sudden river formation in arid land. In some cases the paper is treated similar to soil, at times approached while completely dry and other times presoaked, each causing dramatic changes as the paper and the media that is applied to it react to water. Enjoy additional exhibits “Languaging Feelings in the Month of Hearts and Flowers” with Resident Artists, a mini-solo with Elizabeth Davison in the Lounge Gallery, Pop-Up with Naan Pocen, along with nineteen Gallery 209 Member Artists exhibiting their latest work. Open Studios building wide will welcome visitors to visit and learn. Shop and support local working artists, makers, and professionals. Light fare is sponsored monthly by The Chesapeake Framing Company – celebrating their 45th year. Wine by the glass and bottle by Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard.

Steve Wanna – “Line, Circle, Ground”
“Languaging Feelings in the Month of Hearts and Flowers” with Resident Artists
Mini-Solo with Elizabeth Davison
Pop-Up with Naan Pocen
The 19 Member Artists of Gallery 209
Theremin Music by Arthur Harrison

Opening Reception
5:00pm – 8:00pm, Friday, February 7th, 2025

Artists & Makers Studios
11810 Parklawn Drive, Suite 210
Rockville, MD 20852

Meet the Artist 12:00pm – 2:00pm, Saturday, February 15th, 2025

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 four-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.

A&M

Project Welcome Center on Monday January 20th, 2025 from 10-5

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Hello Artists, Makers, Supporters, and Dear Friends,
 
PROJECT WELCOME CENTER
We will be open at Artists & Makers Studios in Rockville on Monday, January 20th, 2025 from 10-5 as a welcome center/gathering place/respite location for people who would like to gather away from televisions and the news with friends, loved ones, and family.

We will have snacks and soft drinks, and will set up additional tables and chairs in the halls, and would appreciate your loan or donation of complete board games, card games, decks of cards, etc. for guests to enjoy. Does anybody have Twister or a plastic bowling set?

Guests will be invited to visit with artists, to hang out and read books from our extensive library, meet new friends, and to spend the day in a gentle, supportive space. Knitting and crafting welcome, bring your favorite crafting project with you if you like.

Other artists & studios in the metro area and beyond are welcome to join us in this effort.
FREE and open to the public. 

January 2025 in the Galleries with Open Studios, Food, and Clear Skies Meadery

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Artists & Makers Studios in Rockville Presents
Bud Wilkinson’s “Artist Portraits Series”
for the Month of January

(Rockville, MD) – Artists & Makers Studios on Parklawn Drive in Rockville is thrilled to host Bud Wilkinson in the Invited Artist Gallery for the month of January 2025. The exhibit runs from January 8th through January 29th, with an opening reception on Second Friday, January 10th, 5 – 8pm. “Artist Portraits” is a photographic survey of hundreds of DC area artists, presented in an immersive, celebratory, kaleidoscopic, multiscreen, environment. Bud Wilkinson began the project casually, taking photos of friends at galleries, until eventually, it snowballed into a project that lasted over ten years, and documented an era of artists and their activity at multiple DC venues. Bud Wilkinson is an artist and photographer, living in Arlington, Virginia. He shows his paintings regularly, is employed as a decorative artist, and has worked in the White House, State Department, and National Gallery of Art. Enjoy additional exhibits “Surreality” with Resident Artists in the Gallery Hall, a mini-solo with Brigitte Messali in the Lounge Gallery, a Pop-Up Shop with Colleen Darkow, along with nineteen Gallery 209 Member Artists exhibiting their latest work. Open Studios building wide will welcome visitors to visit and learn. Shop and support local working artists, makers, and professionals. Light fare sponsored by The Chesapeake Framing Company and mead will be offered for sale by Clear Skies Meadery – who invite you to Savor the Sweetness of Nature.

Bud Wilkinson – “Artist Portraits Series”
“Surreality” with Resident Artists
Mini-Solo with Brigitte Messali
The 19 Member Artists of Gallery 209
Pop-Up Shop with Colleen Darkow

Opening Reception
5:00pm – 8:00pm, Friday, January 10, 2025

Artists & Makers Studios
11810 Parklawn Drive, Suite 210
Rockville, MD 20852

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 four-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.

January/February 2025 in the Gallery

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Artists & Makers Studios – Oro Valley, AZ
Kaylee Dillon
A Silver Reverie
January 11th, 2025 – February 15th, 2025

(Oro Valley, AZ) – Artists & Makers Studios in Oro Valley is pleased to announce the new gallery exhibition by its new manager, Kaylee Dillon, A Silver Reverie.  A Silver Reverie is a collection of monochrome Sonoran Desert landscapes, painted with acrylic on silver foil paper, capturing the luminous magic of winter light. Silver Reverie is the sister show to Dillon’s radiant summer exhibit, Golden Embrace, which celebrated the golden glow of the desert’s summer light through gold foil paper as a canvas. Together, these two exhibits form a poetic meditation on the shifting seasons, as told through the interplay of light and landscape. “In Silver Reverie, I wanted to explore how the cool, silvery light of winter transforms the Sonoran Desert,” says Dillon. “The way the moonlight glints across frosted cactus spines. The subdued shimmer of a desert sunrise. I wanted to capture the magic of those fleeting moments.” As the new manager of Artists & Makers Studios – Oro Valley, Dillon brings her passion for art and community to this inspiring creative space. Her exhibit reflects the ethos of the studio: a dedication to showcasing artistry that connects people to place. Experience the desert’s beauty in its most ethereal form, where shadow and light converge to tell stories of season and spirit.

Kaylee Dillon
A Silver Reverie

Opening Reception
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM, Saturday, January 11th, 2025

Artists & Makers Studios – Oro Valley
Steam Pump Village
11061 North Oracle Road, Suite 150
Oro Valley, AZ 85737

Viewing hours are Thursday – Saturday 10-4pm, 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 four-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.  

 

November/December 2024 in the Gallery

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Artists & Makers Studios – Oro Valley, AZ
V. Highton
The Verdant Series
November 16th, 2024 – January 4th, 2025

(Oro Valley, AZ) – Artists & Makers Studios in Oro Valley is pleased to announce the new gallery exhibition by V. Highton, The Verdant Series.  The Verdant Series started as an expression of the monsoon season into a painting practice that describes both seasons and human emotion. Highton’s oil and cold wax paintings depict the transient nature of weather and moods—hot and dry, wet and verdant. Each piece is purposely open to interpretation, introspection and meditation. The works can be appreciated as a group or individually—traveling through a variety of landscapes and feelings. V. Highton studied the arts in Bellingham, Washington prior to moving to Arizona. Prior to travelling to Tucson, Highton worked at the Phoenix Art Museum and the Arizona Alliance for the Arts Education. In Tucson, Highton began painting with a group of artists – the experience of which has been a special source of artistic enrichment. V. Highton has shown work in multiple shows at Tohono Chul and the gallery’s annual fundraiser. The artist lives with their spouse next to a wide wash. They are frequently bossed around by a chihuahua named Flora.

 V. Highton
The Verdant Series

Opening Reception
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM, Saturday, November 16th, 2024
Second Chance Reception – Meet the Artist
1:00 PM – 3 PM, Saturday December 14th, 2024

Artists & Makers Studios – Oro Valley
Steam Pump Village
11061 North Oracle Road, Suite 150
Oro Valley, AZ 85737

Viewing hours are Thursday – Friday 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 four-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/October 2024 in the Gallery

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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.

July/August 2024 in the Gallery

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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

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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!

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“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

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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

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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.

tonyventourisphotography.com

Laura-Leigh Palmer A&M1

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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. 

asapgraphics.com

240-354-5454

laura.leigh@asapgraphics.com

Ann Corbett A&M1

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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

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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

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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……..”



Editor’s Pick PDF here

 

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……”

 

Best Bets PDF here

Terry Svat A&M1

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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.

Terry Svat

Patricia de Poel Wilberg A&M1

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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

Patricia de Poel Wilberg

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