The Trawick Prize Exhibition

September 3, 2026 – September 27, 2026
Gallery Hours: Thursdays – Saturdays, 12-5pm; Sundays, 11am-4pm.
Opening Reception: Friday, September 4, 6-8pm

The Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards produced by the Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District honors artists from Maryland, Washington, D.C. & Virginia.

Eight finalists will be selected for consideration for Trawick Prize. This year’s jury consists of Mollye Bendell, Assistant Professor of Art at University of Maryland; Alanna Fields, Photography Lecturer at Howard University; and Michael Jones McKean, Associate Professor of Sculpture + Extended Media at Virginia Commonwealth University.

“Layered Lives: Women in Print” by Suzanne Bartlett, Barbara Bitondo, Kristine DeNinno, and Clare Winslow

October 6, 2026 – November 1, 2026
Gallery Hours: Friday-Saturday, 12-5pm; Sunday, 11am-2pm
Opening Reception: Friday, October 9, 6-8pm

Layered Lives: Women in Print brings together women artists from the DMV region who explore the depths of lived experience through experimental printmaking techniques. Working primarily in semi-abstract forms, the artists use layered images, symbols, and textures—both physical and symbolic to reflect narratives of resilience, identity, and transformation. Through innovative approaches to printmaking, their artworks reveal the enduring power of craft and creative strength, that evolves over time, celebrating the intersection of personal intuition, artistic craft, and collective memory.

“Intersections | Realism & Abstraction” by Laurence Chandler, Angela Iovino, Ariana Progri, and Ravi Raman

November 6, 2026 – November 29, 2026
Gallery Hours: Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, 12 – 5pm
Opening Reception: Friday, November 6, 6 – 9pm

“INTERSECTIONS | Realism & Abstraction” is a group exhibition featuring four artists with distinct art styles in conversation with each other, showing that even the most realistic art is a form of abstraction (a reduction of reality) and that abstract art can hold elements of structural, grounded reality.

Instead of treating realism and abstraction as binary opposites, works in the exhibition also intersect both worlds, showcasing how different artists navigate the spectrum between the two styles.

Viewers not only will see realistic figures and recognizable subjects dissolving into, or emerging from abstract backgrounds, but also the use of bold brushstrokes, form, color and textures to convey emotion rather than literal details.