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Curators’ Selects | Artomatic 2024

June 27 — August 4, 2024

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The Atheaneum Gallery is grateful for the opportunity and showcase provided by Artomatic. The Artomatic organization was not involved in the selection process for this show.

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Their Selected Artists:

Camron Anderson, Eric Celarier, Ellen Cornett, Luis Del Valle, Kim Dyer, Rita Elsner, Lewis Frances,

Dennis Goris, A.D. Herzel, Martha Holmes, Jenny Kanzler, Phyllis Mayes, Bryan Sieling, Candice Tavares, Christian Tribastone

Fleeting Moments

Street Photography II

August 8  - September 22, 2024

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Robert Stuart Cohen

May 16 — June 23 2024

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Japanese Inspiration

Sean Donnan, David Gootnick, Yoshiko Ratliff

April 4 - May 12, 2024

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Christine Ruksenas-Burton

February 22, 2024 – March 31, 2024

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A Delicate Balance | Sculpture

Curated by Jackie Hoysted,

Produced by Veronica Szalus

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January 11, 2024 – February 18, 2024

 

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National Treasures

Leanne Fink

November 30, 2023 — January 7, 2024

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Fleeting Moments

Street Photography

October 19 — November 26, 2023

Every Rock Has a Story

Anne Stine

September 7 — October 15, 2023

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Obscura | Tinam Valk
July 27 — September 3, 2023

Leslie Nolan   Mark Drefs     

June 15 — July 23, 2023

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Women’s Work

Kirsty Little | Donna McCullough | Kathryn McDonnell 

May 4 - June 11, 2023

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Matthew McLaughlin

March 23 — April 30, 2023

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Nicole Santiago

February 9 — March 19, 2023

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In and Between | Sculpture

Curated by Steve Wanna,

Produced by Veronica Szalus

 

January 12 — February 5, 2023

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The Botanical Gourmet

Botanical Arts Society of the National Capital Region

November 17, 2022 — January 8, 2023

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Woodcuts

Joan Mayfield | Ruth Trevarrow

October 6 — November 13, 2022

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Connected Spaces

Elizabeth Casqueiro.    Jean Sausele-Knodt

August 25 — October 2, 2022

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Jean Sausele-Knodt, Wishful Thinking

Potomac River Life

July 14 — August 21, 2022

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Kim Abraham

June 2 — July 10, 2022

Canvas Meets Curve

Paul Cunningham \ Sabiha Iqbal

April 21 — May 29, 2022

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Forces Fleeting

Nikki Brugnoli | Anne C. Smith

March 8 — April 17, 2022

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Oenone Hammersley 

Darren Smith

Jan. 27 — March 6, 2022

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In the Garden

Mike Francis 

Pattee Hipschen 

Bobbi Pratte

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Dec. 16, 2021 — Jan. 23, 2022

Natalie Cox

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November 4 — December 12, 2021

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The Athenaeum Open

ART OPTIMISM

Focus on Climate Change and Sustainability

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September 23 — October 31

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See works in show

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Robert Schultz

Memorial Leaves

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August 12 ± September 19, 2021

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Farida Hughes:

A Line Doesn’t End With Me

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July 1 — August 8, 2021

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Timeless Tradition

Master Copyists from the National Gallery of Art's Copyist Program

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May 20 — June 27, 2021

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See works in show

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Patricia Underwood

Trees/Humans:

Life in the Balance

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April 8 — May 16, 2021

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Philip Livingston

Family, Ghosts, and Other Strangers

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February 25 — April 4, 2021

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Michael Spears

Visual Music: Rhythm and Melody

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January 14 — February 21, 2021

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Quanxuan (Q.X) Shuai

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December 3, 2020 — January 10, 2021

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Pamela Keravuori

Painting While Barefoot

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October 22 — November 29, 2020

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Speak Your Truth

Black Lives Matter

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October 1 — December 1, 2020 

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Speak Your Truth | Black Lives Matter, attempted to represent the depth and diversity of the DC/MD/VA region and its reflections on the activities associated with the Black Lives Matter movement. Works were selected from responses to an open call for submissions on the basis of poetry/spoken word and artistic merit/visual communication. See works in show.

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Right: Miranda J. Spurley, Onyx King

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Moments in Time . . .

A Very Weird Time 

The 2020 Athenaeum Invitational

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 September 10 — October 18, 2020 

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Artists were invited to submit works that represented the full gamut of how the global Coronavirus pandemic and it's associated ‘social distancing’ has affected them. Fear, uncertainty, and doubt were evident in the selected works, but so were thoughtful commentary on the creative benefits of solitude and reflection. See works in show

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Left: Erica Cleveland, Fear Biter, Gouache, watercolor crayon, embroidery floss stitching, 9” x 12”

Beautiful But Deadly 

Selections from the Botanical Art Society of the National Capital Region

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 July 30 — September 6, 2020 

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This exhibition not only featured excellent examples of botanic illustration and art, but the toxic properties of each plant were spelled out both in the online gallery and in actual gallery. Beautiful But Deadly, was also Beautiful and Fascinating.

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Right: Carol Beach, Oleander and Oleander Hawk Moth (Nerium oleander and Daphnis nerii)

acrylic, 16”w x 20”h, 2020,

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Elzbieta Sikorska

Everything is Double

 
June 18 — July 26, 2020 
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Elzbieta’s works each start out with paper that she crafts herself. She explores many themes as noted in her Artist Statement below, but classic design elements and a formal art education in Poland meet and diverge in her beautiful and mysterious ghosts, phantoms, memories, and reflections. See works in show

Doodles of the Times

 
March - July, 2020
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This online gallery of doodles featured the work of a wide variety of submitters and was intended to reflect the various ways people responded to the Coronavirus pandemic. A small subset of entries is represented here. Double click image for artist name and information.

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HUMAN CONDITION

exploring the body as subject

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February 13 - March 22, 2020
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This exhibition features 39 artists in a visual exploration of the human condition. Besides exploring the physical form, these artists were asked to consider how a person’s personality, emotions, challenges, preferences, prejudices, and experiences can be visually represented.

Including: Cathy Abramson, Gulay Berryman, Leslie Blackmon, Daniel Brown, Troy Bunch, Alan Condrey, Christopher Corson, Delna Dastur, Stephanie Firestone, Avis Flemming, Nicole Ida Fossi, Jim Haller, Andy Harris, Catherine Hess, Michal Hunter, Sabiha Iqbal, Yasmine Iskander, George Kochev, Trix Kuijper, Debra LaCroix, Allen Linder, Shelley Lowenstein, Linda Lowery, Lianne Milgrom, Leslie Nolan, Shanti Norris, Gene Provenzo, Beverly Ryan, Leslie Sater, Robert Schultz, Patrick Sieg, Martha Spak, Benjamin Stein, Edward Tepper, Patricia Underwood, Louise Wallendorf, Ellyn Weiss, Cate West Zahl, Sharon Wolpoof

Chris Brandell

Azadeh Sahraeian

 
January 2 -February 9, 2020
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Left: Caught Up, by Chris Brandell, 48” x 48”, mixed media, 2019

Right: Magnetic Growth No. 02, by Azadeh Sahraeian, pen on paper, 14” x 11”, 2018

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Bobbi Pratte:

Rescue Me

 
November 14 - December 29, 2019
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Often capturing daily scenes near her home in Lake Barcroft, Virginia, Pratte also reflects on her personal sense that in these challenging times she feels a need to be rescued.

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Bobbi Pratte: Rescue Me opening reception was generously sponsored by Ken Trotter with TTR | Sotheby’s International Realty

 

image: When the Rain Comes, by Bobbi Pratte, oil on panel, 22” x 28”

Athenaeum Invitational

Board Out of Our Minds

 
September 12 — November 10, 2019
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Artists were invited to explore real or imagined board games, an environment where board games are being played, or people playing board games.

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Catherine Day, Amelia Hankin, Zofie King:  

Memory

 
July 25 — September 8, 2019
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These artists work in different media, but all address memory, perception, and how the passage of time influences perception.

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Lyrical Flight

Barbara Januszkiewicz

 
April 18 — June 2, 2019
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