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| Karen Swenholt Dust Cries Out Twin Towers Memorial 56 x 56” |
In Remembrance is a visual centerpiece of an outreach to the greater Washington community hosted by Truro Church as part of a weekend commemoration of 9/11. Truro has been chosen Berkley Center at Georgetown University, which emphasizes peacemaking between Christians, Muslims and Jews. A interfaith dialogue titled Pursuing Peace Through Honest Conversation will be held on the evening of Saturday, September 9th. Both expressions reflect a desire to find reconciliation through interfaith interaction.
Truro Church is located at 10520 Main Street in Fairfax, Virginia 22030. For information, please contact the WAG at (202) 363-2345.
The Dynamics of the DC Art Scene
The Art Dealers Association of Greater Washington, in partnership with The Kreeger Museum, is pleased to present a panel discussion on how Art Dealers, Collectors, Curators and Museum Directors interact to support the visual arts in the DC area.
The Kreeger Museum,
2401 Foxhall Road NW, Washington, DC 20007
Thursday, February 24, 2011
6:30pm - 9 pm
Tickets: $20 / The Kreeger Museum Members: $15
Includes a cheese and wine reception.
Preceding the panel discussion, guests will have an opportunity to view In Unison: 20 Washington, DC Artists, the culmination of a project initiated by renowned artist Sam Gilliam, consisting of monoprints by 20 artists from the DC community, who typically work in different styles and mediums.
For reservations, call 202-338-3552.
Parking on W Street, NW or in the surrounding neighborhood.
Panelists include Juliette Bethea, Collector, Dr. Johnnetta Cole, Director, National Museum of African Art, Judy A. Greenberg, Director, The Kreeger Museum , Giselle Huberman, Collector, Jack Rasmussen, Director and Curator, American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, and moderator Bill Dunlap, Artist and Art Critic.
Juliette Bethea, Collector
The works of art in the collection of Juliette Bethea are a reflection of her lifetime journey and passion for knowledge about people, global history, culture and arts. Further, it is a reflection of her support for the arts wherever she has lived or traveled -- a major aspect of which has been to purchase works by local atists. The major media represented are paintings, prints, sculpture, textiles, coiled baskets, glass, metal, porcelain and ceramic works by artists of North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Ms. Bethea has lived in the DC area for the last four decades and a significant number of pieces in her collection are by DC area artists.
Dr, Johnnetta Cole, Director, National Museum of African Art
At age 15, Johnnetta Cole entered Fisk University, through the school's early admissions program. She completed her undergraduate degree at Oberlin College and went on to earn a Master's and Ph.D. in anthropology from Northwestern University. In 1987 she made history by becoming the first African-American woman to serve as President of Spelman College. In 1992, Dr. Cole was named to President-elect Bill Clinton's transition team as Cluster Coordinator for Education, Labor and the Arts and Humanities. Dr. Cole returned to teaching in 1998, as Presidential Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Women's Studies and African American Studies at Emory University. In 2009, the Smithsonian selected Dr. Cole to serve as Director of the National Museum of African Art.
Judy Greenberg, Director, The Kreeger Museum
In 1994, The Kreeger Museum’s Board of Directors appointed Judy A. Greenberg the Director of The Kreeger Museum. As the founding Director, Ms. Greenberg has provided vision and conceptual leadership and has been responsible for originating innovative programs involving art, architecture and music for the museum and the Washington, DC community. In addition to providing vision and conceptual leadership, she is responsible for originating innovative programs involving art, architecture, and music for the museum and the greater Washington, DC community. Her most recent initiatives are Hear Art /See Music, a program for students with learning disabilities and Conversations at The Kreeger Museum, a program for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers. Ms. Greenberg initiated the programs Painting Sound, Art On Site, The Kreeger Museum Artist Award and DC Citypiece: Monuments at the Millennium. In spring 2007, Ms. Greenberg developed ColorField.remix. This citywide visual arts celebration included The Kreeger Museum along with over 30 venues - museums, galleries, non-profit alternative spaces, Cultural Tourism DC, Destination DC, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities and the business community. The ColorField.remix collaboration marked the largest celebration of painting ever held in the Washington area.
Giselle Huberman, Collector
The Huberman collection focuses on contemporary art, emphasizing Washington artists such as Sam Gilliam, Jacob Kainen, Robin Rose, Carol Goldberg, William Christenberry and Colby Caldwell. Their collection also includes glass art, wood and ceramics. Ms. Huberman grew up in Mexico and their collection features a number of Mexican artists, including Pedro Calderon, Francisco Capdevila and Chavez Morado.
Jack Rasmussen, Curator and Director, American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
After working in the Education Department of the National Gallery of Art, Rasmussen began his contemporary art career in 1975 as assistant director of the Washington Project for the Arts under founder Alice Denney. He then owned and operated the Jack Rasmussen Gallery, a commercial art gallery until 1983. From 1989 to 1992 Rasmussen launched and directed the Rockville Arts Place in suburban Maryland. Rasmussen then became executive director of the Maryland Art Place in Baltimore, a nonprofit contemporary arts center serving the Mid-Atlantic region. Rasmussen’s next post, prior to his current possition at the Katzen, was executive director of the di Rosa Preserve: Art & Nature, a contemporary art museum and natural habitat in Napa, California.
William Dunlap, Artist and Art Critic
William Dunlap has distinguished himself as an artist, arts commentator and educator, during a career that has spanned more than three decades. His paintings, sculpture and constructions are included in numerous museum, corporate and private collections. He has had solo exhibitions at the Corocoran Gallery of Art, National Academy of Science, Aspen Museum of Art, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Museum of Western Virginia, Albany Museum of Art, Cheekwood Fine Arts Center, Mint Museum of Art, Mississippi Museum of Art, and Contemporary Art Center in New Orleans. Honored in his field, Mr. Dunlap has received awards and fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Lila Wallace/Reader's Digest Foundation for study and travel in Southeast Asia, Warhol Foundation, Virginia Commission for the Arts, Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art/RJR Nabisco Visual Artists Award, and the Mississippi Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts.
The Kreeger Museum,
2401 Foxhall Road NW, Washington, DC 20007
Thursday, February 24, 2011
6:30pm - 9 pm
Tickets: $20 / The Kreeger Museum Members: $15
Includes a cheese and wine reception.
Preceding the panel discussion, guests will have an opportunity to view In Unison: 20 Washington, DC Artists, the culmination of a project initiated by renowned artist Sam Gilliam, consisting of monoprints by 20 artists from the DC community, who typically work in different styles and mediums.
For reservations, call 202-338-3552.
Parking on W Street, NW or in the surrounding neighborhood.
Panelists include Juliette Bethea, Collector, Dr. Johnnetta Cole, Director, National Museum of African Art, Judy A. Greenberg, Director, The Kreeger Museum , Giselle Huberman, Collector, Jack Rasmussen, Director and Curator, American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, and moderator Bill Dunlap, Artist and Art Critic.
Juliette Bethea, Collector
The works of art in the collection of Juliette Bethea are a reflection of her lifetime journey and passion for knowledge about people, global history, culture and arts. Further, it is a reflection of her support for the arts wherever she has lived or traveled -- a major aspect of which has been to purchase works by local atists. The major media represented are paintings, prints, sculpture, textiles, coiled baskets, glass, metal, porcelain and ceramic works by artists of North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Ms. Bethea has lived in the DC area for the last four decades and a significant number of pieces in her collection are by DC area artists.
Dr, Johnnetta Cole, Director, National Museum of African Art
At age 15, Johnnetta Cole entered Fisk University, through the school's early admissions program. She completed her undergraduate degree at Oberlin College and went on to earn a Master's and Ph.D. in anthropology from Northwestern University. In 1987 she made history by becoming the first African-American woman to serve as President of Spelman College. In 1992, Dr. Cole was named to President-elect Bill Clinton's transition team as Cluster Coordinator for Education, Labor and the Arts and Humanities. Dr. Cole returned to teaching in 1998, as Presidential Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Women's Studies and African American Studies at Emory University. In 2009, the Smithsonian selected Dr. Cole to serve as Director of the National Museum of African Art.
Judy Greenberg, Director, The Kreeger Museum
In 1994, The Kreeger Museum’s Board of Directors appointed Judy A. Greenberg the Director of The Kreeger Museum. As the founding Director, Ms. Greenberg has provided vision and conceptual leadership and has been responsible for originating innovative programs involving art, architecture and music for the museum and the Washington, DC community. In addition to providing vision and conceptual leadership, she is responsible for originating innovative programs involving art, architecture, and music for the museum and the greater Washington, DC community. Her most recent initiatives are Hear Art /See Music, a program for students with learning disabilities and Conversations at The Kreeger Museum, a program for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers. Ms. Greenberg initiated the programs Painting Sound, Art On Site, The Kreeger Museum Artist Award and DC Citypiece: Monuments at the Millennium. In spring 2007, Ms. Greenberg developed ColorField.remix. This citywide visual arts celebration included The Kreeger Museum along with over 30 venues - museums, galleries, non-profit alternative spaces, Cultural Tourism DC, Destination DC, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities and the business community. The ColorField.remix collaboration marked the largest celebration of painting ever held in the Washington area.
Giselle Huberman, Collector
The Huberman collection focuses on contemporary art, emphasizing Washington artists such as Sam Gilliam, Jacob Kainen, Robin Rose, Carol Goldberg, William Christenberry and Colby Caldwell. Their collection also includes glass art, wood and ceramics. Ms. Huberman grew up in Mexico and their collection features a number of Mexican artists, including Pedro Calderon, Francisco Capdevila and Chavez Morado.
Jack Rasmussen, Curator and Director, American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
After working in the Education Department of the National Gallery of Art, Rasmussen began his contemporary art career in 1975 as assistant director of the Washington Project for the Arts under founder Alice Denney. He then owned and operated the Jack Rasmussen Gallery, a commercial art gallery until 1983. From 1989 to 1992 Rasmussen launched and directed the Rockville Arts Place in suburban Maryland. Rasmussen then became executive director of the Maryland Art Place in Baltimore, a nonprofit contemporary arts center serving the Mid-Atlantic region. Rasmussen’s next post, prior to his current possition at the Katzen, was executive director of the di Rosa Preserve: Art & Nature, a contemporary art museum and natural habitat in Napa, California.
William Dunlap, Artist and Art Critic
William Dunlap has distinguished himself as an artist, arts commentator and educator, during a career that has spanned more than three decades. His paintings, sculpture and constructions are included in numerous museum, corporate and private collections. He has had solo exhibitions at the Corocoran Gallery of Art, National Academy of Science, Aspen Museum of Art, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Museum of Western Virginia, Albany Museum of Art, Cheekwood Fine Arts Center, Mint Museum of Art, Mississippi Museum of Art, and Contemporary Art Center in New Orleans. Honored in his field, Mr. Dunlap has received awards and fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Lila Wallace/Reader's Digest Foundation for study and travel in Southeast Asia, Warhol Foundation, Virginia Commission for the Arts, Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art/RJR Nabisco Visual Artists Award, and the Mississippi Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts.
2010
Margery E. Goldberg Wins Excellence in Service to the Arts Award at 25th Annual Mayorʼs Arts Awards Ceremony
A leading light in Washingtonʼs art scene for over three decades, Margery E
Goldberg was honored Monday, March 22, 2010 for her contribution to the
cultural life in the nationʼs capital at an intimate 25th Annual Mayorʼs Arts Awards
Ceremony, where she was presented with the Excellence in Service to the Arts
award. The Mayorʼs Arts Award is the most prestigious honor conferred by the
District of Columbia to individual artists, arts organizations and arts patrons.Goldberg has been a major force in Washingtonʼs art world since opening her first studio in Georgetown in 1973. An accomplished and prolific wood sculptor and neon artist, entrepreneur and arts activist, she founded Zenith Gallery and Zenith Square in 1978. The latter was a 50,000 square-foot community of 50 artist studios and that served as a affordable haven for artists to work, live, show their work and support each other. Located on Rhode Island Avenue NW, near 14th Street, Zenith Square was the launching pad for many now=known artists and organizations, including Liz Legman Dance Exchange and Studio Theatre. O 1986 Goldberg moved Zenith to Seventh Street NW, where she remained until April2009, providing a broad selection of contemporary art in all genres. Today, Zenith offers acquisition, consulting and commissioning services online, via a private salon gallery by appointment, and residential and office visits. Goldberg also curates and manages art exhibitions around Washington and beyond.
In 2000, Goldberg founded the non-profit Zenith Community Arts Foundation (ACAF), dedicated to using art to benefit community. Among ACAFʼs ,past popular projects are the annual Food Glorious Food Calendar program, which has raised over $110,000 for the Capital Area Food Bank inn less than five years, and the Freedom Place Collection, featuring 53 rarely-seen works by prominent African-American artists Romare Bearden, Benny Andrews, Alma Thomas, Richard Yarde an Robert Freeman. ACAF unveiled the collection at Zenith Gallery in 2007, and now manages its touring.
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