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Artists & Makers Studios in Rockville Hosts
Andrea Cybyk for her Solo Exhibit “Growing Still”

(Rockville, MD) – Artists & Makers Studios on Parklawn Drive in Rockville is delighted to host Andrea Cybyk for the month of September. The exhibit, “Growing Still” runs from August 31st through September 26th at Artists and Makers Studios, with an opening reception on Friday, September 8th, 5 – 8pm. The luscious, modern botanical paintings in Andrea Cybyk’s exhibit “Growing Still” capture moments of calm within the messy reality of life.  From subdued to vibrant, each piece invites the viewer to pause, take a breath and reconnect with the abundance of nature all around us. Andrea’s process combines painting and monotype techniques using acrylic paint on paper and translucent polyester film.  She works directly with plants, capturing crisp silhouettes and intricate textures. The plants she chooses are resilient and determined – bamboo, invasive grasses and other vigorous spreaders that flourish largely without assistance. Like tidying an overgrown garden, she set some rules for creating this body of work to help filter, focus and celebrate the process: analogous hues rather than a cacophony of colors; one plant at a time, not the whole garden; and liberal use of clean white space for contrast. Each piece follows or breaks these rules according to whim. Collectively, they weave a rich and enveloping tapestry of a full and varied life

Enjoy additional exhibits – “Zoom In” with Resident Artists – this month the Resident Artists zoom in and take a closer look at things – transforming and enhancing an understanding of the subject. On view in the Gallery Hall, August 31st – September 26th along with 19 Gallery 209 Member Artists exhibiting their latest work.

“Growing Still” with Andrea Cybyk
“Zoom In” with Resident Artists
The Artists of Gallery 209

Opening Reception
5:00pm – 8:00pm, Friday, September 8th, 2023

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

Meet Andrea Cybyk Saturday, September 16th, 12:00pm – 3:00pm, Artist Talk at 1:00pm

Artists and Makers Studios Press Release SEPT 2023 Parklawn Exhibits

Artists & Makers Studios in Rockville Features
Zsudayka Nzinga Terrell and her Solo Exhibit “The Coming of Middle Age”

(Rockville, MD) – Artists & Makers Studios on Parklawn Drive in Rockville is delighted to host Zsudayka Nzinga Terrell for the month of August. The exhibit, “The Coming of Middle Age” runs from August 2nd through August 23rd at Artists and Makers Studios, with an opening reception on Friday, August 4th, 5 – 8pm. Coming of age has always focused on a protagonist transitioning from teens to early adulthood. This exhibition challenges viewers to re-engage the aging process as a system of cycles we return to.  Although older, 39 represents the doorway to a sort of coming of age.  It is an intimate exploration of the mind of an artist, mother, wife and Black woman; a glimpse into how she sees herself and the world around her told through the lens of a studio visit.  Based on large scale self-portraits taken by Mariah Miranda and Underwood photography, the artist brings us into her studio to show the work behind the stories of the paintings and shares glimpses of things she is thinking about and how it comes out in her work.

Enjoy additional exhibits – “What would Andy do?” with Resident Artists – Andy Warhol worked in a variety of mediums focusing on death and disaster, flowers, soup cans, Brillo boxes, multiplied images, portraits, religious imagery, and more – see the artists’ take. On view in the Gallery Hall, August 2nd – August 23rd along with 19 Gallery 209 Member Artists exhibiting their latest work.

“The Coming of Middle Age” with Zsudayka Nzinga Terrell
“What would Andy do?” with Resident Artists
The Artists of Gallery 209

Opening Reception
5:00pm – 8:00pm, Friday, August 4th, 2023

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

Artist Talk with Zsudayka Nzinga Terrell
 August 19th from 1pm-3pm at Artists & Makers Studios

Exhibits for Zsudayka, the Resident Artists, and Gallery 209 will run from August 2nd through August 23rd. 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 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.

Artists and Makers Studios Press Release AUG 2023 Parklawn Exhibits

Artists & Makers Studios in Rockville Presents
“Everyday Every Day” with Artists of BADC

(Rockville, MD) – Artists & Makers Studios on Parklawn Drive in Rockville is delighted to host Black Artists of DC and four featured artists for the month of July. The exhibit, with Ralston Cyrus, Selena “Noir” Jackson, Gabrielle Moore, and Reshada Pullen-Jireh runs from July 6th through July 26th at Artists & Makers Studios, with an opening reception on Friday, July 7th, 5 – 8pm. This group exhibition features a range of portraiture from playful candids to contemplative poses. Each artist centers the Black body in a way that invites the viewer to focus on the everyday humanity in the image.

The current socio-political landscape in the US is filled with conflict and polarization. Moreover, the racism and anti-Blackness demonstrated by George Floyd’s 2020 murder still exists. While it is important to understand the history of and resistance to that oppression, Black life is more than struggle, pain, and protest. The artists in this exhibition, a partnership between Black Artists of DC (BADC) and Artists & Makers Studios, celebrate everyday Black humanity through portraiture. This art centers the Black body and invites focus on the beauty that Black people exude every day.

With overlapping goals, each artist approaches their work in a unique way:

Ralston Cyrus places his subjects in peaceful isolation using graphite, charcoal, oil, and digital media. He enjoys what he calls “the subtle, but transcendent qualities of the human form via representational and abstract infused expressions.”

Selena “Noir” Jackson wants to depict more than just the likeness of her sitters. She attempts to capture their spirit and says she wants her oil portraits “to evoke a sense of authenticity, autonomy, and actualization”—qualities that she feels have been “robbed by the Western gaze.” 

Gabrielle Moore uses the body and body language to describe scenes and memories that many people can relate to. She says she wants “to create portraits that tell a story of everyday events or thoughts that are not normally shown within art.”

Reshada Pullen-Jireh is inspired by community, connectivity, and joy. Her portraiture aims to capture small moments of peace and joy either with oneself or with friends and loved ones. She says she finds that “seeking peace and choosing joy is a weapon or defense against overt and subtle oppression.”

 

Enjoy additional exhibits – “Monochrome – Black to White and in between” with Resident Artists, and 19 Gallery 209 Artists exhibiting their latest work. On view in the Gallery Hall, July 6th – July 26^th.

Anne Sanderoff-Walker

“Everyday Every Day” with BADC, curated by Gia Harewood
“Monochrome – Black to White and in between” with Resident Artists
The Artists of Gallery 209

Opening Reception

5:00pm – 8:00pm, Friday, July 7th, 2023

Artists & Makers Studios

11810 Parklawn Drive, Suite 210

Rockville, MD 20852

Artist Talk with BADC Curator Gia Harewood and Featured Artists
 July 15th from 1pm-3pm at Artists & Makers Studios

Panel Discussion “The Pros and Cons of Gallery Representation”
July 22nd from 4pm-6pm at The Yard, Eastern Market
700 Pennsylvania Ave, SE, Washington DC

Exhibits for BADC, the Resident Artists, and Gallery 209 will run from July 6th through July 26th. Viewing hours are 10:00am – 4:00pm, Monday-Saturday, and Sundays by chance or appointment.

Artists and Makers Studios Press Release JULY 2023 Parklawn Exhibits

Artists & Makers Studios in Rockville Presents
“Garden of Desires” New Work by Laurel Lukaszewski

(Rockville, MD) – Artists & Makers Studios on Parklawn Drive in Rockville is proud to host Laurel Lukaszewski and new work fresh from her studio in the Invited Artist Gallery with two additional exhibits and an Open Studio event for the month of June. The show, Garden of Desires, runs from May 31st through June 28th at Artists and Makers Studios, with an opening reception on Friday, June 2nd, 5 – 9pm. Laurel says, “Our lives are filled with desires—wishes for things that are both fantastical and mundane. Some desires grow and take root becoming lifelong goals. Others last merely as long as a puff on a dandelion. As a gardener, the metaphor of the garden as a reflection of life is ever present, where living organisms thrive in the right environment, wither when neglected, and sometimes fail, even when all is done correctly. Our desires are much the same. Some desires are carefully cultivated, cherished, and doted over until they bloom. Others are weeds, insidious and devouring. Occasionally, they are cut at their peak, dying when we most wanted them. Then there are those that are merely forgotten, evaporating like a morning mist.

In this show, the figure of the rabbit represents a childhood obsession—an unfulfilled desire to possess and love something cuddly and vulnerable. In clay the rabbits symbolize all the things I desired but could not have. Their place in the garden is both magical and destructive, simultaneously embodying dreams and disappointment.

As a diver the ocean garden, realm of the octopus, is a place of submersion, buoyancy, and wonder. It is a vast, undiscovered world beneath the surface where our desire for adventure and escape is answered. Here the noise of the world above is silenced, revealing a brilliant visual symphony that we can experience only in measured breaths. But it also reflects a world in peril and embodies a personal desire to find ways to preserve what could be lost irrevocably. The ocean garden answers our desire to be immersed in the moment, keenly aware of our limitations and broadly open to a hidden world.”

A note about the works in this show

The artist primarily uses two mid-fire (Cone 6) clays—an English Grolleg porcelain and a black stoneware—fired in an electric kiln. All the figures are hand-built. The pottery is wheel thrown. The white designs on the black pieces are drawn freehand with porcelain slip on greenware (unfired clay). The blue and black designs are drawn and painted by hand in underglaze on bisqueware (partially fired clay), covered in clear glaze, and refired to Cone 6.

With thanks to the Maryland State Arts Council (msac.org) for their support through the 2023 Grants for Artists program.

Enjoy additional exhibits – “Not your grandmother’s still life” with Resident Artists, and 19 Gallery 209 Artists exhibiting their latest work. A still life is a picture showing an arrangement of objects, usually set on a table. The objects are the focal point. A still life is usually set indoors and contains at least one man-made object, such as a vase or bowl. Traditional still life works often included flowers, fruit, food, bowls, goblets. The memento mori (“remember you must die”) represents themes of death and fragility with skulls, candles, feathers, rotting fruit, wilting flowers and the vanitas depicts themes of vanity include wine bottles, goblets, musical instruments, and books. A contemporary still life reflects the artist’s life today. On view in the Gallery Hall, May 31st – June 28th.

“Garden of Desires” with Laurel Lukaszewski
“Not your grandmother’s still life” with Resident Artists
The Artists of Gallery 209

Opening Reception
5:00pm – 9:00pm, Friday, June 2nd, 2023

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

Pop-Up and Artist Talk with Laurel Lukaszewski, June 24th from 11am-3pm
Talk at 1pm

Exhibits for Laurel Lukaszewski, the Resident Artists, and Gallery 209 will run from May 31st through June 28th. 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 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.

Artists and Makers Studios Press Release June 2023

Artists & Makers Studios in Rockville Presents
“Frankenstein’s Little Beauties” with Goodloe Byron for the month of May

Artists & Makers Studios on Parklawn Drive in Rockville is proud to host Goodloe Byron with his fantastical paintings in the Invited Artist Gallery with two additional exhibits and an Open Studio event for the month of May. The show, Frankenstein’s Little Beauties, runs from May 3rd through May 24th at Artists and Makers Studios, with an opening reception on Friday, May 5th, 5 – 9pm. Every painting here is the result of its own chaos. Goodloe doesn’t profess to have any other overarching thing to say about them except for it is miraculous that they have somehow survived the inhospitable environment of his studio. There are cans of things and plants everywhere, the floor is a mess and everywhere you look there is some horrible creation gone wrong. But every so often he stitches together a few limbs and the next day he finds them moving around, trying to get out of the studio. It’s a lovely thing when that happens but even then there is a terrible temptation to throttle them, especially when they are hideous. But sometimes even the ugly ones come together and are so alive that you can no longer deny that they are at least beautiful enough to survive. Then you open the door and let them out to roam the world… or in this case Artists & Makers Studios! Enjoy additional exhibits – “Hair” with Resident Artists, and 19 Gallery 209 Artists exhibiting their latest work. The theme for the May A&M Resident Artists’ exhibition is Hair – long, short, braided, dreaded, straight, frizzy, curly, wavy, flowing.  It’s all that and more. It’s expression. It’s culture. It’s the crowning glory. On view in the Gallery Hall, May 3 – 24th.

“Frankenstein’s Little Beauties” with Goodloe Byron
“Hair” with Resident Artists
The Artists of Gallery 209

Opening Reception
5:00pm – 9:00pm, Friday, May 5th, 2023

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

Artist Talk and Live Demo with Goodloe Byron, May 6th from 1-3pm

Exhibits for Goodloe Byron, the Resident Artists, and Gallery 209 will run from May 3rd through May 24th. 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 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.

Artists and Makers Studios Press Release May 2023 Parklawn Exhibits

Artists & Makers Studios in Rockville Presents a Dual Exhibit
with a Scientific Theme for the Month of April
Micromajesty: Intersections of Art and Science

(Rockville, MD) – Artists & Makers Studios on Parklawn Drive in Rockville is proud to host Ivan Amato and Michele Banks as they revel in the aesthetic potential of their microscopic obsessions: molecules, microbes and cells along with two additional exhibits and an Open Studio event. The show, Micromajesty: Intersections of Art and Science, runs from March 29th through April 26th at Artists and Makers Studios. All are invited to opening receptions with the artists on Friday, March 31st, 5 – 9pm and also Friday, April 7th, 5 – 9pm. Ivan Amato has always been smitten by the gorgeous diversity of data that scientists gather to learn about the world. Drawing upon his background in chemistry and science communication, he embraces the artform of crystal photomicrography. To create his pieces, Amato dissolves substances, from table sugar to prescription medicines, coaxes them to resolidify on microscope slides and then tours the slides to capture the resulting crystalline beauty. His work has been shown in DC Arts Club and appeared in literary publications and science journals. Amato is the author of Supervision: A New View of Nature, a celebration of science imagery. He has written several other books and hundreds of articles, produced podcasts, and orchestrated science café events. His day job is as the science communications manager for the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute at Columbia University.

Ivan Amato

Michele Banks

Michele Banks is an artist inspired by science. Her artwork, on themes ranging from neuroscience to the microbiome to climate change, has been shown at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and at the Society for Neuroscience, as well as at many galleries and art festivals. Her paintings have been featured on the covers of journals and books and in publications including Scientific American, The Scientist and Wired. Michele’s work in this exhibition explores the idea of the vessel in semi-abstract watercolor paintings inspired by structures in plants as well as in the human body. Her paintings celebrate the tiny, crucial carriers of everything from water to blood to electrical pulses – the flow of life. A sampling of the artists’ works is viewable here.

Curator of the show for Artists and Makers Studios, Cathy Hirsh, says, “We are excited to host this show with two science-inspired artists.  It is sure to provide us an opportunity to see interesting and beautiful works with unique perspectives into our natural world.”

Kate Bramante

Enjoy additional exhibits – “Green” with Resident Artists, and 19 Gallery 209 Artists exhibiting their latest work. The theme for the April A&M Resident Artists’ Exhibition is Green. A mix of yellow and blue, green symbolizes life, fertility, renewal, and resurrection; evokes lush grass, trees, and forests and is often described as a refreshing and tranquil color. Other common associations with green are money, luck, health, and envy. This month A&M resident artists ponder their relationships with green.

“Micromajesty: Intersections of Art and Science” with Ivan Amato and Michele Banks
“Green” with Resident Artists
The Artists of Gallery 209

Opening Receptions
5:00pm – 9:00pm, Friday, March 31st, 2023
&
5:00pm – 9:00pm, Friday, April 7th, 2023

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

Exhibits for Ivan Amato & Michele Banks, the Resident Artists, and Gallery 209 will run from March 29th through April 26th. 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 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 now 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 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 APRIL 2023 Parklawn Exhibits

 

Artists & Makers Studios in Rockville Presents the Glorious
Pastel Landscape Paintings of Jean Hirons for the Month of March

(Rockville, MD) – Artists & Makers Studios on Parklawn Drive in Rockville hosts Artist Jean Hirons in the gallery for the exhibit “Intuiting the Landscape” with two additional exhibits and an Open Studio event. The March 3rd First Friday evening opening will run from 5pm – 9pm. Jean Hirons presents a series of pastel landscape paintings done during 2022-2023, a time of change and challenge.  Her goal was to create paintings not completely based on any one photo that would have strong value shapes and harmonious color based on her intuition. Having painted landscapes in pastel for over 30 years, she figured it was time to wing it! Beginning with or without photos, she did drawings, then color studies from the drawings, and then the painting from the color study. In other cases, she worked purely from her imagination. Jean is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America and past president of the Maryland Pastel Society. Enjoy additional exhibits – “Creature” with Resident Artists, and 19 Gallery 209 Artists exhibiting their latest work. In their March exhibition, Resident Artists make work about beautiful, bizarre, and sometimes frightening creatures. They are in one’s wildest dreams and worst nightmares. They are under the bed, in the basement, the forest, and the ocean. They have supernatural powers for good or evil. Throughout history, artists have brought people’s fears and fantasies to life by depicting the frightening and the fabulous creature.

“Intuiting the Landscape” with Jean Hirons
“Creature” with Resident Artists
The Artists of Gallery 209

Opening Reception
5:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Friday, March 3rd, 2023

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

Meet the Artist with Jean Hirons – March 11th, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Exhibits for Jean Hirons, the Resident Artists, and Gallery 209 will run from March 1st through March 22nd. Viewing hours are 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Monday-Saturday, and Sundays 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 now 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 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 MARCH 2023 Parklawn

Artists & Makers Studios in Rockville Hosts the Joyful Work
of Rachel Ann Cross for the Month of February

(Rockville, MD) – Artists & Makers Studios on Parklawn Drive in Rockville hosts Artist Rachel Ann Cross in the gallery for the exhibit “Nature, Myth, and Magic” with two additional exhibits and an Open Studio event. The February 3rd First Friday evening opening will run from 5pm – 9pm. Rachel Ann Cross is a mixed-media artist inspired by nature, creation stories from all over the world, and sacred and magical experiences. A sense of wonder plays heavily into her creative process as she builds her artwork in layers allowing for surprises and new juxtapositions. Rachel’s artwork incorporates found objects, repurposed broken jewelry, and other non-traditional art materials that are often discarded by our society. Rachel’s work is often described as joyful, meditative, and WOW. Enjoy additional exhibits – “Extremity” with Resident Artists, and 19 Gallery 209 Artists exhibiting their latest work. In the February exhibition, Resident Artists explore the various manifestations of the theme “Extremity”. Whether it’s about physical boundaries and protuberances or psychological limits, extremity gives art potency and magnitude. It is beautiful and disruptive, uncomfortable and arresting. It lacks constraint and requires imagination, daring and a willingness to fail. In art, extremity tells the most compelling stories.

“Nature, Myth, and Magic: Artwork by Rachel Ann Cross”
“Extremity” with Resident Artists
The Artists of Gallery 209

Opening Reception
5:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Friday, February 3rd, 2023

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

Meet the Artist with Rachel Ann Cross – February 11th, 1:00 PM

Exhibits for Rachel Ann Cross, the Resident Artists, and Gallery 209 will run from February 1st through February 22nd. Viewing hours are 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Monday-Saturday, and Sundays 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 now 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, California for Artists & Makers Studios third location. 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 FEB 2023 Parklawn Exhibits

Artists & Makers Studios in Rockville Celebrates
the Start of 2023 with the Work of Artist Pat Goslee

(Rockville, MD) – Artists & Makers Studios on Parklawn Drive in Rockville starts the new year with Artist Pat Goslee and the exhibit “Patch” along with two additional exhibits and an Open Studio event. The January 6th First Friday evening opening will run from 5pm – 9pm. Enjoy “Open Window” with Resident Artists, and Gallery 209 Artists exhibiting their latest work. Pat Goslee’s arrangements in “Patch” bring hope and joy as patchy remarks on uneven inequalities of time. These are beauty-impregnated substrates operating as patches of visual code suggesting amelioration. A dream of water so clean it can’t be seen. Flora that references the healing powers found in the Peyer’s Patch. And the pleas of fauna for continued mending of ecosystems before more life is lost.

“When we walk mindfully our feet are massaging the earth. 
We sow seeds of joy and happiness with each step.
With each step a flower blooms.”
thích nhất hạnh
1926 — 2022

“Help me to walk gently into the lives of others so that none of them will be bruised”
hopi prayer

In “Open Window” Resident Artists explore landscape from many varied perspectives and practices. The Members’ exhibit is always a visual treat in the long Gallery Hall.

“Patch” with Invited Artist Pat Goslee
“Open Window” with Resident Artists
The Artists of Gallery 209

Opening Reception
5:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Friday, January 6th, 2023

Meet the Artist – January 14th, 2-4pm

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

Exhibits for Pat Goslee, the Resident Artists, and Gallery 209 will run from January 4th through January 25th. Viewing hours are 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Monday-Saturday, and Sundays 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 15 resident artists, 3,575 sq ft of studios, galleries, and a classroom/workshop space for rent. 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 JAN 2023 Parklawn Exhibits

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 the Compass Atelier with Glen Kessler and students
 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

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