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SUMMARY:Women Artists of the DMV at The Writer's Center
DESCRIPTION:The largest ever-curated fine arts multi-venue show in the U.S. comes this Fall to 16 art venues around the Greater Washington\, DC capital region as curator Florencio Lennox Campello surveys over 400 female artists actively working around the DMV. \nLocations:  \nName Opening Reception Exhibition Dates \nJoan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery\, Washington\, DC 29 Aug 25 29 Aug – 28 Sep\, 2025 \nArtists & Makers\, Rockville\, MD 5 Sep & 3 Oct 25 4 Sep – 29 Oct\, 2025 \nAmerican University Museum at Katzen Center 6 Sep 25 6 Sep – 7 Dec\, 2025 \nAdah Rose Gallery\, Rockville\, MD 7 Sep 25 7 Sep – 28 Sep\, 2025 \nUniversities at Shady Grove Priddy Library\, Rockville\, MD 11 Sep 25 11 Sep – 31 Oct\, 2025 \nThe Writer’s Center\, Bethesda\, MD 13 Sep 25 13 Sep – 5 Dec\, 2025 \nPyramid Atlantic Arts Center\, Hyattsville\, MD 13 Sep 25 13 Sep – 2 Nov\, 2025 \nMcLean Project for the Arts\, McLean\, VA 18 Sep 25 11 Sep – 1 Nov 2025 \nUniversity of Maryland Library\, College Park\, MD 19 Sep 25 15 Sep – 23 Oct\, 2025 \nMontpelier Arts Center\, Laurel\, MD 19 Sep 25 11 Sep – 2 Nov\, 2025 \nThe Athenaeum\, Alexandria\, VA 28 Sep 25 Sep 25 – Nov 2\, 2025 \nChildren’s National Hospital Gallery\, Washington\, DC TBA Sep 1 Sep – 9 Jan 2026 \nStrathmore Mansion\, North Bethesda\, MD 4 Oct 25 4 Oct – 8 Nov 2025 \nMaryland Hall\, Annapolis\, MD 8 Oct 25 4 Oct – 18 Dec\, 2025 \nMelissa Ichiuji Gallery\, Front Royal\, VA 18 Oct 25 18 Oct – 7 Dec\, 2025 \nNepenthe Gallery\, Alexandria\, VA TBA TBA \nAbout the exhibitions: Featuring the work of over 400 women artists from the Greater Washington\, DC capital region\, this massive survey exhibition is curated by Florencio Lennox Campello\, whose curatorial background includes over 200 exhibitions over the past four decades. “This region is not only home to some of the best art museums in the world\, dozens of commercial art galleries\, non-profit art spaces\, alternative art venues\, embassy art spaces\, etc.\, but it also supports and fertilizes some of the most unique and creative visual art scenes in the nation\,” notes Campello.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/women-artists-of-dmv-at-writers-center/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Center\, 4508 Walsh Street\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20815\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251109
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SUMMARY:Hauntings: The Art of the Macabre
DESCRIPTION:The galleries grow eerie with an artistic exploration of the macabre\, paranormal\, and things that go bump in the night.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/hauntings-art-of-macabre/
LOCATION:The Mansion at Strathmore
CATEGORIES:Exhibit
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251009
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251103
DTSTAMP:20260501T120925
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SUMMARY:Survivorship: Serenity by Felicia Reed & Selected Guest Artists
DESCRIPTION:Ms. Reed is an international award-winning fiber artist. Her primary medium is Wet Felting which is an ancient technique of hand agitation to create fabric primarily using silk and wool. She is a Speaker\, Coach\, Artist\, Volunteer\, Advocate\, and a survivor of extreme domestic violence. Her mission work is to inspire healing with art\, world changes and to support other survivors. Survivorship: Serenity is a show curated by Ms. Reed featuring her own works and those of other DC-area artists. For a full list of participating artists and events\, please click the link below.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/survivorship-serenity-by-felicia-reed-selected-guest-artists/
LOCATION:Gallery B\, 7700 Wisconsin Avenue\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251009
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251201
DTSTAMP:20260501T120925
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SUMMARY:Songlines: Contemporary Aboriginal Masters
DESCRIPTION:Across the vast and rugged expanses of Australia’s Central Desert\, Aboriginal Peoples have long recorded their journeys with ritual songs. Over sandhills\, along rock formations and salty lakes\, in caves and on weathered sandstone mesas\, women stop to take stock of their surroundings\, to remember the land of their forebears\, to honor their heritage. They are the dancers\, singers and orators doing the critical work for their survival. Examining the earth’s floor all the way up to the galaxies\, they assess their geographics\, their water sources\, what is edible\, medicinal and forbidden of local plants and animals. Reveling in daylight travel and night constellations\, their rhythm\, their melodies are informed by a belief system that has coursed through time. \nPainters have been essential in Aboriginal clans as they capture these ceremonies of song and movement by plotting symbols\, landmarks and colors in meticulous mappings of past\, present and future. The renderings are called “Dreamings\,” and the lines\, dots\, circles\, U-shapes\, concentrics and rectangles depict age-old treks and current topography. \nOur focus has been on Australia’s Central Desert\, and this year we showcase the founders of Papunya’s modernist movements and some of their direct disciples. Giants among them are Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri and Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula\, two of the first Aboriginal artists to put acrylic on canvas and two Chairmans of the Papunya Tula Artists.  Possum’s strikingly detailed Dreamings enlivened generations to come. Tolson’s mesmerizing mix of color and form transcends the Central Desert with an unmistakably mid-century feel. \nThey mentored (and in some instances\, parented) leading painters featured on our walls\, We are proud to feature ​ Bambatu Campbell Napangardi’s woven ​paint\, Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi’s vivid perspective\, Julie Nangala’s sinuous waterflow\, Betty Mbitjana’s bold body design\, William Sandy’s​ desert wildlife tracks; Nellie Marks Nakamarra’s​ balance of ​earth’s richest tones\, and Timmy Payungka Tjapangati’s maze-like reductionist work.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/songlines-contemporary-aboriginal-masters/
LOCATION:Amy Kaslow Gallery\, 7920 Norfolk Avenue\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251026
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251123
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SUMMARY:Anthropocene Visions and Voices by Keith Kozloff
DESCRIPTION:Anthropocene refers to the current period of Earth’s history\, in which human presence has become evident in geologic strata. The popularized term refers to global long-term impacts from cumulative human activities. Erratic progress in caring for Earth\, as well as my career addressing environmental issues\, motivated me to assemble this exhibit. Accordingly\, I created some pieces to suggest humanity’s fraught relationships with Earth and its non-human beings. \nI chose other pieces to imagine events in deep time in which Earth is oblivious to human inhabitants. The satirist George Carlin once said “Compared to the people\, the planet is doing great: been here four and a half billion years! …The planet has been through a lot worse than us. …We’re going away and we won’t leave much of a trace….The planet will shake us off like a bad case of fleas…” \nI also wanted to complement visual art with written voices calling out from the Anthropocene. Given the multi-generational implications of the exhibit’s subject matter\, I commissioned a group of local poets\, from early teens to late 70s\, to express their reactions to the artwork. I am hoping that the combination of visual art and poetry will invite viewers to reflect on what kind of ancestors they would like to be. \n The exhibit will be up October 26 through November 22. Gallery hours are 1:00-6:00 Thursday through Sunday.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/anthropocene-visions-and-voices-by-keith-kozloff/
LOCATION:Waverly Street Gallery\, 4600 East West Highway\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T160000
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SUMMARY:Escape the Library
DESCRIPTION:A short escape room for people who enjoy puzzle solving. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nYour friend has been bitten by a zombie and it’s up to you to save them! Finish the cure in a rundown lab and rescue the world from zombie annihilation. \nWe’ll have four 45-minute sessions for people to take part in! Registration opens on October 20th and is first come first serve. Make sure to register for which time slot you would like to attend! Registration is required. You can also call the Connie Morella Library at (240) 777-0970 if you need help signing up. \nTime slots are: \n4:00-4:45 \n5:00-5:45 \n6:00-6:45 \n7:00-7:45 \nSessions will start promptly so please arrive on time.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/escape-library/
LOCATION:Connie Morella Library\, 7400 Arlington Road\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T190000
DTSTAMP:20260501T120925
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SUMMARY:Bethesda Row Trick or Treat
DESCRIPTION:Get ready for a spooktacular evening of family-friendly fun at our Annual Halloween Trick-or-Treat Event on Bethesda Row!
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/bethesda-row-trick-or-treat/
LOCATION:Bethesda Row\, 7262 Woodmont Avenue\, Bethesda\, Maryland\, 20814
CATEGORIES:Children's Event/Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T200000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Craft Chat w/ Novelists Lacey N. Dunham & Laura Venita Green
DESCRIPTION:Just in time for Halloween\, the Writer’s Center presents a FREE virtual chat about the craft of writing gothic and horror-adjacent fiction! Gothic fiction frequently blends realism with the otherworldly through the presence of doppelgangers\, ghosts\, the uncanny\, and atmospheric prose that elicits dread and unease. We’re joined by authors Lacey N. Dunham and Laura Venita Green for a discussion of their genre-blending debut novels. \nRSVP here to receive login information (our virtual events are held via Zoom). FREE and open to the public\, all times Eastern. \nWe encourage you to order the books from your local\, independent bookseller or online from Bookshop.org. \n\nThe Belles by Lacey N. Dunham\nSister Creatures by Laura Venita Green
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/virtual-craft-chat-w-novelists-lacey-n-dunham-laura-venita-green/
LOCATION:MD
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
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