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ARTFUL WEEKEND
Folk Art is Fine Art:
Heritage Alive
December 7, 2023
From their Aboriginal Dreamings to Zimbabwean linocuts, works by artisans in this year’s Folk Art is Fine Art collection, at Amy Kaslow Gallery, keep their heritage alive. Living in distant, even remote regions around the globe, many of these creators are little known beyond their own communities, others are highly collectible on the global market, and all have a zest for sharing their humanity through art. They celebrate age-old traditions adapted to the here and now, with stunning results. Folk Art is Fine Art is on view through February 3, 2024; 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland.
ARTFUL WEEKEND
Mother Earth: Fine Fiber works from the Middle Americas
September 29, 2023
From the middle of the Americas—its terraced mountains to its rainforest rivers—Mother Earth: Fine Fiber Works from the Middle of the Americas, on exhibit at Amy Kaslow Gallery, features exquisite fiber works by artists who celebrate Mother Earth. The organic and upcycled materials show their reverence for the environment, and remind us just how essential this region is to the entire globe’s well-being. It is on view through October 1; 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland.
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Documenting Landscapes: Ukraine’s Vanishing Terrain
April 7, 2023
Amy Kaslow Gallery opens in Bethesda this month with Documenting Landscapes: Ukraine’s Vanishing Terrain, nine works by Kyiv-based artist Jaroslav Leonets who traveled Ukraine for the past year and a half capturing the dramatic cliffs, expansive fields, and winding rivers threatened— if not ravaged - by Russia’s invasion.
ARTFUL WEEKEND
Texture
September 23, 2022
Amy Kaslow Gallery presents TEXTURE, striking works from around the globe that tell the compelling stories of the people who create them. The second in their series of Folk Art is Fine Art exhibitions, TEXTURE celebrates astounding talent that is often remote, even hidden from public view. From Colombia’s forested tribes to Uzbekistan’s old silk route, TEXTURE is a stunning way to see the people and parts of the world so few have experienced. It is on view through December 18; The Shops in Spring Valley 4300 Fordham Rd NW. Attend the opening reception Friday, September 23, 6 –7:30 p.m. RSVP here.
ARTFUL WEEKEND
Humankind
May 21, 2022
Created by the hands and hearts of seven exceptional artists—sculptors, painters, and mixed media innovators—the works in HumanKind help us to see ourselves and one another. They peel back our defects to expose the raw beauty we so often overlook: our self-trust, our personal resolve, our connectedness, our decency.
ARTFUL WEEKEND
Renee Balfour: Nature Unbound
March 25, 2022
Sinewy, smooth, sleek and utterly multi-dimensional, Renee Balfour’s sculpted works come from nature’s treasure of trees, the cherry and black walnut growing in White Oak Canyon along Virginia’s Blue Ridge. Manipulating large band saws and small chisels, her skilled hands open up the grains of these majestic woods; her turns create new lines with space and color. Nature Unbound, at Amy Kaslow Gallery, includes nine of Balfour’s works installed along whitewashed walls, their curves and spikes casting shadows that transition in density and length throughout the day and into the night. It is on view through April 3; 4300 Forham Road, NW.
ARTFUL WEEKEND
Jane Kell: Abstract Light
December 17, 2021
Indigo by Jane Kell; Oil on canvas
British painter Jane Kell offers luminous formations in her newest collection called Abstract Light at Amy Kaslow Gallery. “I felt ready to let go of realism and just focus on the color and what I could achieve with it,“ she says. This new body of work—18 large oils on canvas and 11 working sketches—demonstrates the artist’s powerful shift to fully abstract washes of pigment. It is on view through January 30, 4300 Fordham Road NW.
ARTFUL WEEKEND
Native Hands: Folk Art is Fine Art
October 9, 2021
Amy Kaslow Gallery in partnership with the International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe, New Mexico presents Native Hands,a stunning collection of works—canvases, metals, woods, stone and clay—from artists innovating on generations-old practices, and training others to carry them forward.
Native Hands is on view through November 28, Amy Kaslow Gallery, The Shops in Spring Valley, 4300 Fordham Road NW.
ARTFUL WEEKEND
Lisa Tubach and John Geci: Sea Glass
August 28, 2021
Lisa Tubach’s striking renderings of underwater worlds paired with John Geci’s luminous vessels are the subjects of Sea Glass at Amy Kaslow Gallery; on view through September 25, 4300 Fordham Road, NW (The Shops in Spring Valley).
ARTFUL WEEKEND
Artist Talk with Elroy Williams
July 22, 2021
Painter Elroy Williams.
Elroy Williams, whose work is currently featured in DC Lines, has a keen eye for what captivates. The longtime commercial artist turned fine artist says he paints, sculpts and photographs “to converse with the world” about “what can only be said through the visual.”
See him in conversation at Amy Kaslow Gallery Friday, July 23, from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Reserve a free ticket here; 4300 Fordham Road, NW.
ARTFUL WEEKEND
The Multicolores Collective: Ancestral Colors
May 14, 2021
“Self Portrait: Happiness” by Juana Calel, Patanatic Community
Direct from the steep Highlands of Guatemala, Amy Kaslow Gallery presents exquisite indigenous rugs created by master Maya artists. Every geometric design and coloration is emblematic of one of the Kiche, Kaqchiquel and Tzutujil communities that climb the country’s rugged, volcanic mountainside. This extraordinary heritage collection was specially created for Amy Kaslow Gallery and curated for collectors in search of art with impact; view it in online, or in-person through June 15, 4300 Fordham Road NW (at The Shops in Spring Valley).