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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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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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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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SUMMARY:Spanish/English Bilingual Storytime
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a fun bilingual storytime just right for the whole family! \nWe welcome you to participate in stories\, songs\, and rhymes in Spanish and English. These 25-30-minute programs are designed to engage children of all ages with diverse stories and activities.  We’ll use call-and-response and movement to develop language skills and creativity. \nTogether we’ll encourage young learners to develop a lifelong love of reading and learning. Let’s meet new friends and spark children’s growth in language and literacy! \nSpace is limited! FREE tickets are available on a first come\, first served basis at the Information desk beginning 30 minutes before the program.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/spanish-english-bilingual-storytime/
LOCATION:Connie Morella Library\, 7400 Arlington Road\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Children's Event/Classes
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SUMMARY:The Roots of Modern Bethesda Part II -- From Trolley Suburb to Urban Center
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lecture with Hank Levine! In September\, Bethesda Historical Society Secretary Hank Levine took us through how\, between 1750 and 1920\, geography and advances in transportation set the stage for the development of modern Bethesda. Now Hank returns to tell the story of how in the century after the end of World War I Bethesda became the affluent suburb and urban center we know and (mostly) love today. Join us in person as we explore how the rise of the automobile brought new neighborhoods and a growing central business district; how the zoning and planning ‘wars’ of the 1960’s to 1990’s shaped our community; and how Metro jump-started the growth of a town into a city. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by Bethesda Metro Area Village and Connie Morella Library. Free and open to the public. BMAV is a volunteer-driven neighborhood nonprofit that works to build community connections among neighbors through social engagement and recruiting volunteers to help one another. Check out www.bmavillage.org for more information.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/roots-of-modern-bethesda-part-ii-from-trolley-suburb-to-urban-center/
LOCATION:Connie Morella Library\, 7400 Arlington Road\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
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