Strathmore Fine Art
With more than two-dozen exhibitions a year, educational programs for children
and adults by professional artists and curators, and state-of-the-art gallery
space, Strathmore is a premier art institution of the mid-Atlantic region.
Throughout its spacious galleries on the first and
second floors of the Mansion, Strathmore offers art
lovers an eye-catching and thought-provoking array of
works in every medium by artists from the region, the
nation, and around the world. In addition to mounting
its own exhibitions, Strathmore collaborates with renowned
museums and other art institutions, such as the Baltimore
Museum of Art, the Walters Art Gallery, and the Corcoran
Gallery of Art.
Please click on a link below to jump to a specific
exhibition, or scroll through the following to explore
the wide range of gallery offerings Strathmore will
have on display for the next few months.
- For tours for groups of 10 or more, please call
the Fine Art office at (301) 581-5146.
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Featured Works
Creative Crafts Council 27th Biennial Juried Exhibition
May 30, 2009 - July 11, 2009 Explore this rich exhibition of works by area artisans and craftspeople. Works in glass, polymer, ceramic, enamel and fiber arts abound. These detailed, handmade pieces delight both browsers and fellow artists. Works included in this exhibition are available for sale and are sure to be conversations pieces in any collection.
Daniel Wurtzel: Rubber Bullets and Feather Fountain
June 24, 2009 - August 13, 2009 Strathmore Fine Art presents the Washington premiere of Rubber Bullets and Feather Fountain, seven modern art sculptures by Daniel Wurtzel. The Rubber Bullets are displayed outside the Mansion by the Gudelsky Gazebo and the Feather Fountain is displayed in the Music Center. Viewers are encouraged to interact with the art, pushing the Rubber Bullets to see them sway and touching the feathers and tossing them back in to the fountain as air shoots them 25 feet up toward the ceiling.
Washington Water Color Association
July 2, 2009 - July 30, 2009 Founded in 1896, the Washington Watercolor Association has been displaying works by accomplished watercolorists for more than a century. Enjoy contemporary pieces featured in this juried exhibition.
Sheila Waters: A Retrospective 60 Years of the Calligraphic Arts
July 18, 2009 - August 22, 2009 Follow the life journey of internationally renowned calligrapher and illuminator Sheila Waters from her childhood drawings and early days as an emerging calligrapher in Britain to her selection as one of the youngest fellows of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators in London. Trace her development through framed artworks and open portfolios as she creates her masterpiece, the "Roundel of the Seasons" as well as her commission of Dylan Thomas' book Under Milkwood produced using her modernized Carolingian hand and illuminated in its entirety. A look back over a career of more than six decades highlights the emergence of her work's singular interplay between technical mastery of the lettering arts and the most contemporary approaches in breathtaking works of visual artistry. Prints of her work, in archival inks on acid-free papers, as well as her recent book, Foundations of Calligraphy, already recognized as a masterful calligraphy test, will be available for sale.
Art Talk for Adults
July 18 at 1 p.m.
Free, no reservations required.
Children's Talk & Tour
July 18 at 10:15 a.m.
Children must be 5 and over and accompanied by an adult. Reservations are required. Please call (301) 581-5109.
Dave Montgomery Two Paths: Photraphy & Digital Composition
August 3, 2009 - August 22, 2009 Esteemed local photographer Dave Montgomery pairs photographs - one an image from a single camera click and its partner a layered and re-imagined digital composition featuring the same theme. |
