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Moments in Time
...A Very Weird Time
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This is a time like no other our generation has faced. It is no exaggeration to say that the pandemic has affected every one of us. It has changed how we navigate the most mundane tasks in our lives; in some cases, it may cause long-term change in our social and economic environments. We invite artists to respond to this particular, unique moment.
Artists were invited to submit works that represent the full gamut of how the global Coronavirus pandemic and it's associated ‘social distancing’ has affected them. Fear, uncertainty, anger, and doubt were responses we expected to see, but we were also pleased to see people enjoying the unexpected benefits of additional time for solitude and reflection.
The 52 works in Moments in Time are a chronicle of how artists in DC, MD, and VA experienced the 2020 pandemic.
Five $500 prize winners were determined by Allison Nance, curator and non-profit arts consultant and awarded to:
Nilou Kazenzadeh
Leslie Duss
Sweta Shah
Rhonda Smith
Grace Doyle
A $500 Viewer's Choice prize will be awarded at the end of the exhibition.
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Arlette Jassel
Follow Me
Acrylic on linen
30" x 48"
$2000.00
This is my take on Hans Christian Anderson’s story “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” The truth about the emperor/ringmaster is evident even to the dead. Even they know enough not to follow dangerous policies off the cliff as the ringmaster cries, “Follow me.”
Acrylic on linen
30" x 48"
$2000.00
This is my take on Hans Christian Anderson’s story “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” The truth about the emperor/ringmaster is evident even to the dead. Even they know enough not to follow dangerous policies off the cliff as the ringmaster cries, “Follow me.”
Christine Zmuda
Time is a Gift.
Acrylic, charcoal, and oil pastels
60" x 60"
$4700.00
Acrylic, charcoal, and oil pastels
60" x 60"
$4700.00
Michael Walton
Time Radiance
Cyanotype print
20" x 16"
$150.00
Cyanotype print
20" x 16"
$150.00
Pamela Keravuori
Headline: Icarus Falls (Fact or Fake News)
Acrylic, spray paint, pastel, pencil on canvas (diptych)
36" x 48"
$2400.00
We find ourselves yet again the midst of CRISIS. Disquieting and somehow comforting to know we’ve been through this before, many times, and still we persevere. Like Icarus, we humans are fascinated by and keep venturing into forbidden territory, into the wild, confidently daring and being humbled
Acrylic, spray paint, pastel, pencil on canvas (diptych)
36" x 48"
$2400.00
We find ourselves yet again the midst of CRISIS. Disquieting and somehow comforting to know we’ve been through this before, many times, and still we persevere. Like Icarus, we humans are fascinated by and keep venturing into forbidden territory, into the wild, confidently daring and being humbled
Leslie Duss
SOLD
PRIZE WINNER
Blue Skies
Mixed media collage
14" x 20"
$500
Created during stay-at-home orders. The text comes from a New York Times podcast about nurse in New Orleans dealing with the coronavirus. As I took long, daily baths, I contemplated her story and stories about residents of Delhi, India who could see blue skies.
PRIZE WINNER
Blue Skies
Mixed media collage
14" x 20"
$500
Created during stay-at-home orders. The text comes from a New York Times podcast about nurse in New Orleans dealing with the coronavirus. As I took long, daily baths, I contemplated her story and stories about residents of Delhi, India who could see blue skies.
Jon-Joseph Russo
Contained
Acrylic, conte on canvas
40" x 30"
$3200.00
Covid Pandemic times, with inspiration from Michelangelo's unfinished 'Captive' series of sculptures.
Acrylic, conte on canvas
40" x 30"
$3200.00
Covid Pandemic times, with inspiration from Michelangelo's unfinished 'Captive' series of sculptures.
Grace Doyle
PRIZE WINNER
Sunset
Oil on panel
6" x 6"
$500.00
Sunset
Oil on panel
6" x 6"
$500.00
Jinny Isserow
Cloying Covid Interior
Mixed media
18" x 36"
$720.00
Responding to the times we find ourselves in — safer at home — grateful for home. Comfortable and cosy on the couch, the walls are closing in
Mixed media
18" x 36"
$720.00
Responding to the times we find ourselves in — safer at home — grateful for home. Comfortable and cosy on the couch, the walls are closing in
Elizabeth Casqueiro
Calibration
Acrylic and ink on canvas
68" x 28"
$5000.00
This work epitomizes what I love about the creative process. What began as random mark making ultimately became what I feel is a very serene piece. This came about through a series of very intuitive steps: the layering and development of a limited color palette, line work using ink and acrylic marker
Acrylic and ink on canvas
68" x 28"
$5000.00
This work epitomizes what I love about the creative process. What began as random mark making ultimately became what I feel is a very serene piece. This came about through a series of very intuitive steps: the layering and development of a limited color palette, line work using ink and acrylic marker
Meredith Mullins
Illusion of Control
Oil on birch panel
14" x 11" "
$500.00
My paintings are a study of contemplation and transcendent calm. Ideas and symbols representing femininity, motherhood, childhood, growth and change appear in my work. Ultimately, my intent is for the figure to invoke a sense of familiarity, reminiscent of Woman, Mother, Child, Sister, Friend, Partner or Wife.
In this piece, 'Illusion of Control', the slip is a family vintage piece and the pattern shapes are from the dress pattern used for my mother's wedding trousseau 'Going Away' dress. I am rather sentimental about the pattern, which came from my grandmother's collection. Sewing clothes seems like a lost art for my generation. The diagrams and fragile tissue pieces visually fascinate me. The painting title speaks to the delicate dance of meeting expectations within a complicated life, which is even more uncertain during these months of COVID 19 quarantine. Normally we have patterns to follow, with pieces to be logically assembled. Sometimes there is a delicate illusion that we have it all together, but the ribbon still slips through our fingers
Oil on birch panel
14" x 11" "
$500.00
My paintings are a study of contemplation and transcendent calm. Ideas and symbols representing femininity, motherhood, childhood, growth and change appear in my work. Ultimately, my intent is for the figure to invoke a sense of familiarity, reminiscent of Woman, Mother, Child, Sister, Friend, Partner or Wife.
In this piece, 'Illusion of Control', the slip is a family vintage piece and the pattern shapes are from the dress pattern used for my mother's wedding trousseau 'Going Away' dress. I am rather sentimental about the pattern, which came from my grandmother's collection. Sewing clothes seems like a lost art for my generation. The diagrams and fragile tissue pieces visually fascinate me. The painting title speaks to the delicate dance of meeting expectations within a complicated life, which is even more uncertain during these months of COVID 19 quarantine. Normally we have patterns to follow, with pieces to be logically assembled. Sometimes there is a delicate illusion that we have it all together, but the ribbon still slips through our fingers
Roger Walkup
COVID #1
Woodcut print
16" x 13"
$350.00
Woodcut print
16" x 13"
$350.00
Jenny Freestone
Mother's Day, 2020
Photopolymer gravure
27" x 20"
$400.00
A reflection on this particular day when many mothers were unable to be with, or to kiss, their children.
Photopolymer gravure
27" x 20"
$400.00
A reflection on this particular day when many mothers were unable to be with, or to kiss, their children.
Tati Kaupp
Rain Walks #2
Acrylic on canvas
20" x 20"
$800.00
Acrylic on canvas
20" x 20"
$800.00
Sabiha Iqbal
Waiting For.....
Oil on canvas
24" x 36"
$900.00
All human are bound to each other and to nature. At this moment in time they are seeking, hoping, waiting for the very same goal, in discord and with harmony.
Oil on canvas
24" x 36"
$900.00
All human are bound to each other and to nature. At this moment in time they are seeking, hoping, waiting for the very same goal, in discord and with harmony.
Ellyn Weiss
Invasion
Encaustic, oil, ink, charcoal, collage
30" x 30"
$1200.00
Encaustic, oil, ink, charcoal, collage
30" x 30"
$1200.00
Michele Morgan
Quarantine Pastorale
Acrylic on canvas
24" x 36"
$1400.00
With joy I have lived with the freedom and creative time of the present Covid-quarantine. I keep the threats posed by the virus at a distance and revel in a stress-free and well-rested life.
Acrylic on canvas
24" x 36"
$1400.00
With joy I have lived with the freedom and creative time of the present Covid-quarantine. I keep the threats posed by the virus at a distance and revel in a stress-free and well-rested life.
Erika Cleveland
Fear Biter
Gouache, watercolor crayon, embroidery floss stitching
9” x 12”
$250.00
I've been working in a couple of handmade journals and altered books, sketching my responses to the pandemic. This one is about both biting down the fear but also biting in fear, as in a scared dog. Painting these images gets them out of my system though they can be kind of dark.
Gouache, watercolor crayon, embroidery floss stitching
9” x 12”
$250.00
I've been working in a couple of handmade journals and altered books, sketching my responses to the pandemic. This one is about both biting down the fear but also biting in fear, as in a scared dog. Painting these images gets them out of my system though they can be kind of dark.
Felicia Reed
Whimsical
Felt with silk and wool fibers, hand-agitated.
30" x 40" x 2"
$450.00
I create sacred healing wraps using silk and wool fibers and infusing them with plant and tree resins and beautiful affirmations.
Felt with silk and wool fibers, hand-agitated.
30" x 40" x 2"
$450.00
I create sacred healing wraps using silk and wool fibers and infusing them with plant and tree resins and beautiful affirmations.
Joan Slottow
Biology Lessons
Acrylic and ink on canvas
35" x 40.5""
$650.00
Towards the end of March 2020 when schools abruptly closed because of Covid 19, I started teaching my grandson biology. This painting depicts some of the things we discussed, acorns and eggs, entropy and photosynthesis, plant and animal cells, the growth rings of trees and the soil as habitat.
Acrylic and ink on canvas
35" x 40.5""
$650.00
Towards the end of March 2020 when schools abruptly closed because of Covid 19, I started teaching my grandson biology. This painting depicts some of the things we discussed, acorns and eggs, entropy and photosynthesis, plant and animal cells, the growth rings of trees and the soil as habitat.
Nilou Kazemzadeh
PRIZE WINNER
Masks
Newspaper
Variable sizes
NFS
This ongoing project highlights and documents the current social and political landscape we as a country are facing amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.
Masks
Newspaper
Variable sizes
NFS
This ongoing project highlights and documents the current social and political landscape we as a country are facing amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.
Rhonda Smith
PRIZE WINNER
Essential Ingredients for a Safe Journey
Linocut and intaglio on paper
48" x 24" x 2"
$1500.00
This linocut includes an image from a medieval reliquary statue I saw while I was in New York in the first week of March 2020. I wanted to incorporate the peaceful nature of her stance and her graceful hands seem perfect for a muse for safe and benevolent travels. As a reliquary the original statue contained something inside that was meant to help empower or to preserve someone or something. As a maker of art objects that I consider talismans the idea of the muse in this particular image as a reliquary, a container, for something really appealed to me. I have placed inside or perhaps outside as a shield over her chest an image of a landscape with bleeding hearts.
Every image within this linocut has symbolic significance as well as adding interest to the overall composition.
• The bleeding heart expresses emotions openly and may be overly sensitive to the world at large, one who feels compassion and love for everything in creation, it is a connection that goes beyond life and death.
• The Willow branches overhead are a symbol of the moon, water, grief, healing and everlasting life.
• The Birds in the Sky are migratory images.
• The paper airplanes are another symbol of travel and movement
• The Gold Finch is abundance, prosperity, optimism, happiness and joy
• There are small hands on the robe of the Muse – helping hands to assist you in your journey
• The Muse holds a small house in the lower portion of the image a symbol of home and well-being.
• There is a dog beside the muse, a faithful companion who accompanies her on the journey.
• There is water, an essential ingredient for all life and safe journey.
• There is a tangle of plant life and butterflies at the bottom of the composition new life, rebirth, transformation because isn’t that what we all hope that travel will do for us, transform us and make us new again as we return home.
Essential Ingredients for a Safe Journey
Linocut and intaglio on paper
48" x 24" x 2"
$1500.00
This linocut includes an image from a medieval reliquary statue I saw while I was in New York in the first week of March 2020. I wanted to incorporate the peaceful nature of her stance and her graceful hands seem perfect for a muse for safe and benevolent travels. As a reliquary the original statue contained something inside that was meant to help empower or to preserve someone or something. As a maker of art objects that I consider talismans the idea of the muse in this particular image as a reliquary, a container, for something really appealed to me. I have placed inside or perhaps outside as a shield over her chest an image of a landscape with bleeding hearts.
Every image within this linocut has symbolic significance as well as adding interest to the overall composition.
• The bleeding heart expresses emotions openly and may be overly sensitive to the world at large, one who feels compassion and love for everything in creation, it is a connection that goes beyond life and death.
• The Willow branches overhead are a symbol of the moon, water, grief, healing and everlasting life.
• The Birds in the Sky are migratory images.
• The paper airplanes are another symbol of travel and movement
• The Gold Finch is abundance, prosperity, optimism, happiness and joy
• There are small hands on the robe of the Muse – helping hands to assist you in your journey
• The Muse holds a small house in the lower portion of the image a symbol of home and well-being.
• There is a dog beside the muse, a faithful companion who accompanies her on the journey.
• There is water, an essential ingredient for all life and safe journey.
• There is a tangle of plant life and butterflies at the bottom of the composition new life, rebirth, transformation because isn’t that what we all hope that travel will do for us, transform us and make us new again as we return home.
Sue Canuteson
Just Be
Acrylic, ink and collage
24.5" x 24.5”
$625.00
This work epitomizes what I love about the creative process. What began as random mark making ultimately became what I feel is a very serene piece. This came about through a series of very intuitive steps: the layering and development of a limited color palette, line work using ink and acrylic marker
Acrylic, ink and collage
24.5" x 24.5”
$625.00
This work epitomizes what I love about the creative process. What began as random mark making ultimately became what I feel is a very serene piece. This came about through a series of very intuitive steps: the layering and development of a limited color palette, line work using ink and acrylic marker
Deirdra Hazeley
Love (Shelter in Place)
Acrylic on canvas
24" x 18"
$1200.00
I painted my self-portrait during shelter in place. Though I was unsure about the future, I was grateful to have time to serve my family pancakes for breakfast and to dress down in my college T-shirt. I was thankful to reconnect and be present with my loved ones.
Acrylic on canvas
24" x 18"
$1200.00
I painted my self-portrait during shelter in place. Though I was unsure about the future, I was grateful to have time to serve my family pancakes for breakfast and to dress down in my college T-shirt. I was thankful to reconnect and be present with my loved ones.
Katherine Becker
A Spring of Sorrow and Song
Acrylic on canvas
24" x 18" x 1.5"
NFS
Completed in May, this painting, unlike the EMERGENCE series, reflects a more somber realization that the pandemic is inflicting astounding physical and emotional suffering on so many. This well-documented SORROW is the backdrop for stirring community demonstrations of support, i.e., the SONG.
Acrylic on canvas
24" x 18" x 1.5"
NFS
Completed in May, this painting, unlike the EMERGENCE series, reflects a more somber realization that the pandemic is inflicting astounding physical and emotional suffering on so many. This well-documented SORROW is the backdrop for stirring community demonstrations of support, i.e., the SONG.
Robert Cwiok
Corona Tree
Acylic paint on canvas
39.5" x 33.5" x 2"
$5850.00
When the novel corona virus first hit the news I was concerned and confused. When it morphed into a world-wide pandemic I became alarmed. The government was providing no coherent direction and often contradictory advice. As the virus just hovered in a cloud of threat and uncertainty I felt ambivalent and lost without any knowledge or direction as what to do. Particularly so, as I fit in more than one of the several risk categories. Compounding these feelings was the fact, having lost many friends and loved one to AIDS in the 1980’s, the situation resurrected that sense of dread and fear for oneself that was so prevalent in those dark days. As in those days, I feared for my friends and loved ones all over again.
As I sought refuge and tranquility in my art I began a collage in March in the format of a grid, a motif I often employ. As Spring began and trees began to leaf out I took refuge in a sense of growth and survival. I was drawn to incorporate the tree motif into my collage. As the number of virus infections spread I equated it visually with the tree form, growing and branching out, limbs touching, closely moving in the wind, with just a breathe apart. The Tree became an explosion of movement emanating from its single trunk. The collage composed itself, leading to become the Corona Tree. Searching for hope as the days turned into weeks, then months, more collages followed, as well as a painting, as I struggled to bring more light into my soul.
Robert Cwiok, August 12. 2020
Acylic paint on canvas
39.5" x 33.5" x 2"
$5850.00
When the novel corona virus first hit the news I was concerned and confused. When it morphed into a world-wide pandemic I became alarmed. The government was providing no coherent direction and often contradictory advice. As the virus just hovered in a cloud of threat and uncertainty I felt ambivalent and lost without any knowledge or direction as what to do. Particularly so, as I fit in more than one of the several risk categories. Compounding these feelings was the fact, having lost many friends and loved one to AIDS in the 1980’s, the situation resurrected that sense of dread and fear for oneself that was so prevalent in those dark days. As in those days, I feared for my friends and loved ones all over again.
As I sought refuge and tranquility in my art I began a collage in March in the format of a grid, a motif I often employ. As Spring began and trees began to leaf out I took refuge in a sense of growth and survival. I was drawn to incorporate the tree motif into my collage. As the number of virus infections spread I equated it visually with the tree form, growing and branching out, limbs touching, closely moving in the wind, with just a breathe apart. The Tree became an explosion of movement emanating from its single trunk. The collage composed itself, leading to become the Corona Tree. Searching for hope as the days turned into weeks, then months, more collages followed, as well as a painting, as I struggled to bring more light into my soul.
Robert Cwiok, August 12. 2020
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