Previous Exhibitions
Christine Ruksenas-Burton
February 22, 2024 – March 31, 2024
A Delicate Balance | Sculpture
Curated by Jackie Hoysted,
Produced by Veronica Szalus
January 11, 2024 – February 18, 2024
National Treasures | Leanne Fink
November 30, 2023 — January 7, 2024
Fleeting Moments | Street Photography
October 19 — November 26, 2023
Every Rock Has a Story | Anne Stine
September 7 — October 15, 2023
Obscura | Tinam Valk
July 27 — September 3, 2023
Mark Drefs
Leslie Nolan
June 15 — July 23, 2023
Women’s Work
Kirsty Little | Donna McCullough | Kathryn McDonnell
May 4 - June 11, 2023
Matthew McLaughlin
March 23 — April 30, 2023
Nicole Santiago
February 9 — March 19, 2023
In and Between | Sculpture
Curated by Steve Wanna,
Produced by Veronica Szalus
January 12 — February 5, 2023
The Botanical Gourmet
Botanical Arts Society of the National Capital Region
November 17, 2022 — January 8, 2023
Woodcuts
Joan Mayfield
Ruth Trevarrow
October 6 — November 13, 2022
Connected Spaces
Elizabeth Casqueiro
Jean Sausele-Knodt
August 25 — October 2, 2022
Kim Abraham
June 2 — July 10, 2022
Canvas Meets Curve
Paul Cunningham
Sabiha Iqbal
April 21 — May 29, 2022
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
In the Garden
Mike Francis
Pattee Hipschen
Bobbi Pratte
Dec. 16, 2021 — Jan. 23, 2022
The Athenaeum Open
ART OPTIMISM
Focus on Climate Change and Sustainability
September 23 — October 31
Timeless Tradition
Master Copyists from the National Gallery of Art's Copyist Program
May 20 — June 27, 2021
Philip Livingston
Family, Ghosts, and Other Strangers
February 25 — April 4, 2021
Michael Spears
Visual Music: Rhythm and Melody
January 14 — February 21, 2021
Speak Your Truth
Black Lives Matter
October 1 — December 1, 2020
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.
Right: Miranda J. Spurley, Onyx King
Moments in Time . . .
A Very Weird Time
The 2020 Athenaeum Invitational
September 10 — October 18, 2020
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
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
July 30 — September 6, 2020
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.
Right: Carol Beach, Oleander and Oleander Hawk Moth (Nerium oleander and Daphnis nerii)
acrylic, 16”w x 20”h, 2020,
Elzbieta Sikorska
Everything is Double
June 18 — July 26, 2020
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
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.
HUMAN CONDITION
exploring the body as subject
February 13 - March 22, 2020
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
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
Bobbi Pratte:
Rescue Me
November 14 - December 29, 2019
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.
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
Artists were invited to explore real or imagined board games, an environment where board games are being played, or people playing board games.
Catherine Day, Amelia Hankin, Zofie King:
Memory
July 25 — September 8, 2019
These artists work in different media, but all address memory, perception, and how the passage of time influences perception.
image: Catherine Day, Winter Vines, Ivy Edge, photograph on fabric, 39” x 38”, 2016
