Current Exhibitions
50 Years in Olney: Olney Art Association
August 4 – November 17, 2024
Olney Art Association's 50th Anniversary Juried Exhibition brings together a diverse group of artists whose work depicts the quiet beauty and history of our corner of Montgomery County. View watercolor, acrylic, and oil paintings, including still lifes, portraits, landscapes, and abstracts, alongside collages, sculptures, and photography.
The juror for this exhibit is Greg Mort, a widely recognized American contemporary painter. His paintings combine art, science and nature with classical and modern elements. Mort’s artwork is in many prominent collections including the Smithsonian, National Gallery of Art, Boston Museum of Science, Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum, among many others.
Exhibit programs:
Artist Meet and Greet, August 4, 1-3 pm
Exhibit Reception, September 15, 5-7 pm
Artist Demos & Hands-On activities, October 13, 12-4 pm
ARTINA 2024: A Point of View
September 18 – November 10, 2024
ARTINA is an annual outdoor sculpture exhibition on the grounds created in partnership with the Washington Sculptors Group. ARTINA 2024: A Point of View will invite artists to explore point of view as a concept or technique for sculpting illusion, presenting a view of reality, commenting on the fallibility of perception, offering multiple viewpoints of a concept, providing a historical perspective on a topic of choice, or any other way that best presents a point of view. The exhibit juror is Nehemiah Dixon, III.
Exhibit program:
A Point of View Artist & Juror talk, November 10, 1-3 pm
Community Gallery
Nature Inspired: Denise Marie Brown & Delia Mychajluk
October 17 – November 18, 2024
Exhibit Reception, October 20, 2-4 pm
Denise Marie has been painting for over 50 years. She has her BFA from Kutztown University in Pennsylvania. Denise paints in oils using photographic images she has taken. She paints nature, landscapes, skyscapes, seascapes and still life in oils using dramatic color and contrast. Denise was president of the Hyattsville Community Arts Association from 2011 to 2021. She continues to curate the exhibits by HCAA. Denise exhibits her work in HCAA exhibitions, and local exhibits and has a gallery in her home in Bladensburg where she hosts open house exhibitions.
Delia Mychajluk was born in Washington, DC and received a BFA from the Corcoran School of Art in 1986 and has an MSN (1977) and BSN (1975) in nursing, and psychiatric-mental health nursing from Catholic University of America. Delia has a studio in Riverdale, MD where she creates along with 9 other artists. She has been a resident of Prince George’s County for the past 50 years and has been exhibiting regularly in the county and DMV region. She is a current member of the Women’s Caucus for the Arts and active with their Eco Group.
Both artists are displaying different ways of interacting with nature, from a distance taking in the whole landscape to an intimate, up-close encounter with leaves, petals and branches. Denise encourages you to be in the moment, experience the energy, the peace, the joy. For Delia, the natural world is a visual manifestation of Divine Creation. A place of wonder, sacred place, and healing with the drama of color, weather, life and death.
Holiday Fine Arts and Craft Gift Show
November 29- December 23, 2024
After Hours Shopping, December 19, 5-8 PM
Treat everyone on your list to one-of-a-kind handmade gifts, including jewelry, soaps, pottery, textiles, paper, and more; all created by local artists. The gift show opens on Black Friday. Support artists and shop locally!
Community Gallery
The Materiality of Collage by Barbara Ziselberger
November 20- December 22, 2024
Exhibit Reception, December 22, 12:00-2:00 pm
The Materiality of Collage is an exploration of the physical and symbolic possibilities within the art of collage. Barbara Ziselberger brings together her passion for mark-making and found materials with her fascination for hand papermaking and love of collage. This project delves into the material aspects of line, texture, and surface, emphasizing the creation of artist-made collage elements, with a focus on handmade paper. Barbara Ziselberger is supported in part by funding from the Montgomery County Government and the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County.