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VisArts

Name: VisArts
Address: 155 Gibbs Street, Suite 300, Rockville, MD, 20850, US
Telephone: (301) 315-8200
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VisArts' mission is to transform individuals and communities through the visual arts. We offer conte https://linktr.ee/VisArtsCenter

12/05/2023

Tis the season for Rockville Civic Ballet's “The Nutcracker”! This year’s Claras, portrayed by Sara, Anya, and Annie, are taking time in between shows to explore Rockville Town Square - including VisArts.

They danced through our Gibbs Street Gallery while viewing Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann + Jackie Milad’s “Understory” exhibition (through January 14), twirled on the dance floor of our light-filled Buchanan Room, and admired the scenic city view from our expansive Rooftop.

Learn about VisArts’ classes, camps, contemporary art exhibitions, private event spaces, and more at https://ow.ly/i1uR50QfJt7.

And keep following the Claras as they journey around Rockville on their way to “The Nutcracker!” Limited tickets are available for the December 9 show at 7:30 PM at https://ow.ly/bwIN50QfJt9!

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12/05/2023

Join us in Studio 156 on Saturday, December 9 and Sunday, December 10 from 12-7 PM to shop for a curated collection of unique, handmade holiday gifts created by VisArts artists, including ceramics, paintings, and jewelry!

You can also register to create your own holiday gifts from 12:30-3:30 PM. We’ll be offering an assortment of fun and festive projects for children and adults.

Pop in anytime to shop – but sign up in advance to reserve your spot at the craft tables. If space is available, additional craft tickets may be purchased onsite.

Learn more at https://ow.ly/BouA50Qf4cy.

12/04/2023

A few weeks ago, Governor Wes Moore celebrated the winners of the Governor’s Award for Disability Culture and Achievement. Among the honorees was VisAbility Art Lab artist, Justin Valenti, who was awarded the Disability Culture Award.

“These awardees highlight the amazing impact people with disabilities have on our communities,” said Executive Director of the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council, Rachel London. “Inclusion matters, and honoring their contributions moves us toward a Maryland where more people with disabilities live, learn, work, and play alongside people without disabilities.”

Congratulations to Justin and all the winners!

Learn more at https://ow.ly/NEQs50QeQiL.

Learn more about VisAbility At Lab at https://www.visartscenter.org/visability-art-lab/.

[Images: Executive Office of the Governor]
[Photographer: Joe Andrucyk]

12/03/2023

Meet “The Ocular Harpsichord Revisited” artist, Emily Francisco!

Francisco is originally from Honolulu, was raised in Missouri’s lead belt, and was educated in Saint Louis and the District of Columbia. Her exhibition record includes IA&A at Hillyer, Rhizome DC, Transformer, Area 405, GlogauAIR Project Space, Vilnius Academy of Arts, The John F. Kennedy Center, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Her work has been reviewed in The Washington Post and Hyperallergic, and she has discussed her work at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art.

Francisco is currently based in Washington, DC and maintains a studio at STABLE Arts. She works as the AV administrator for a federal art institution and is an adjunct at American University. Francisco is also preparing for an upcoming project residency at the Media Archeology Lab in Boulder, Colorado.

Francisco’s “The Ocular Harpsichord Revisited” is on view in our Common Ground Gallery through January 14 - be sure to come check it out!

Learn more about Francisco and her exhibition at https://ow.ly/sIuR50QeKms.

[Image: Emily Francisco]

12/01/2023

For the past 36 years, VisArts has been nourishing creativity, supporting artists, and bringing the transformative power of the arts to our community.

To ensure that art is accessible to everyone, we provide:
- Free classes + discounts
- Scholarships
- Studio subsidies
- Artist stipends
- Free exhibitions
- Community programs
- And more!

Join us for our annual Transformations Campaign, as we celebrate the transformative power of the arts.

Your gift today helps us reach our goal of raising $140,000 by December 31 and continue making a difference in our community.

Donate to VisArts’ Transformations Fund today at https://ow.ly/Zc3t50Qecvt.

11/28/2023

Meet “A Dream of Armageddon” artist, Kei Ito!

Ito is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily with photographic media, installation, and sculpture. His work addresses issues of deep intergenerational loss and connections as he explores the materiality and experimental processes of photography and artifacts.

Ito’s work, fundamentally rooted in the trauma and legacy passed down from his late grandfather – a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima - meditates on the complexity of his identity and heritage through examining the past, current trajectories, and visualizing the invisible such as radiation, memory and life/death.

Ito’s “A Dream of Armageddon” is a multimedia installation that explores potential apocalyptic disasters and serves as both a warning for the future and also a mirror of our current socio-political landscape.

The exhibition is on view in our Concourse Gallery through January 21 - be sure to come check it out!

Learn more about Ito and his exhibition at https://ow.ly/IMxZ50QbNZf.

11/26/2023

The City of Rockville, in partnership with VisArts, is one of 25 cities in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico to receive Bloomberg Philanthropies grant to install a project that uses art and design to improve street safety, revitalize public spaces, and engage residents.

The project will transform Beall Avenue with a mural designed to engage our community, delight visitors to Rockville Town Square, slow traffic, and improve pedestrian safety.

Learn more at https://ow.ly/sC9a50Qbl7E.

[Image: Bloomberg Philanthropies]

11/23/2023

“At VisArts, we believe that the arts are essential. Since our founding in 1987, we’ve seen the transformative power of the arts firsthand, providing avenues for communication, connection, and expression.

Embedded as a local institution in Rockville, VisArts strives to make the arts accessible to all, build responsive programming to meet our community’s needs, and share the universal power of the visual arts.” - Alice Nappy, Executive Director

We’re proud to share what we’ve achieved and how we’ve impacted our community between July 1, 2022–June 30, 2023, thanks to your support.

Check out the full impact report and help us continue making a difference at https://ow.ly/Moo550Qaziy.

11/22/2023

On Friday night, we held an opening reception and artist talks for Kei Ito’s “A Dream of Armageddon” (Concourse Gallery), Emily Francisco’s “The Ocular Harpsichord Revisited” (Common Ground Gallery), Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann + Jackie Milad’s “Understory” (Gibbs Street Gallery), and “Contours of the Interior” (Kaplan Gallery), curated by VisArts’ 2023 Emerging Curator, Gervais Marsh, PhD and featuring Lola Ayisha Ogbara, Sasha-Kay Nicole, and zakkiyyah najeebah dumas-o’neal.

Check out some highlights from the event!

Learn more about the exhibitions and programming, or to schedule a private tour for your school or group at https://ow.ly/kGk650Qa8uT.

11/20/2023

Meet “Contours of the Interior” featured artist Sasha-Kay Nicole!

Born and raised in Downtown Kingston, Jamaica, Nicole advocates for the protection of Black Femmes in Jamaica. Through a very reflective, performative and experimental practice she exposes issues of gender-based violence including sexual and domestic violence. Revealing the painful realities of the lives of womxn and girls living in Jamaica, experiencing unhealed traumas, bloodshed, death and profound loss of femininity.

Nicole has exhibited artworks in a few exhibitions in the Caribbean. In 2022, she was invited to create works for the groundbreaking global research on the invisibility of Black girls called the “Sight Black Girlhood” project, an international collaboration between the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Johannesburg South Africa, and New Local Space in Jamaica.

“Contours of the Interior,” curated by VisArts’ 2023 Emerging Curator, Gervais Marsh, PhD and featuring Nicole, Lola Ayisha Ogbara, and zakkiyyah najeebah dumas-o’neal, is on view in our Kaplan Gallery through January 21.

Learn more at https://ow.ly/HzUn50Q9fps.

[Image: Sasha-Kay Nicole]

11/19/2023

Get your holiday shopping done and purchase artwork by VisAbility Art Lab artists at the American Visionary Art Museum’s annual Bazaart: Holiday Craft Marketplace on Friday, November 24 from 12-5 PM and Saturday, November 25 from 10-5PM!

Learn more and RSVP at https://ow.ly/kyPY50Q97Sv. This event is free to the public.

11/16/2023

Thanks for celebrating Diwali with us!

Check out other classes and workshops we’re offering this holiday season, including parol lanterns, wood burning ornaments, holiday cards, and more at https://ow.ly/UQRP50Q8ngU.

Save the date for our Winter Fest holiday market on December 9 and 10 to buy and make your own holiday gifts! https://ow.ly/tyCr50Q8ngV

11/15/2023

🚨 The open call for the 2024-2025 Bresler Resident Artists + Montgomery College Collaborative AiR has been extended to November 24!

VisArts invites applications from artists or artist teams exploring the notion of craft and materiality for a four-month residency that provides the opportunity to create a new body of work, evolve an existing body of work, or develop a project in a stimulating, supportive environment.

VisArts provides a $500 monthly stipend ($2,000 total) and free studio space; residents present their work in solo exhibitions. During the September 2024-January 2025 residency, the artist or artist team will be embedded in Montgomery College's art departments and receive an additional $3,000 stipend.

Learn more and apply by Friday, November 24 at https://ow.ly/bbWq50Q85Rj. All VisArts' calls are free.

[Image: 2022 VisArts Bresler Resident Cecilia Kim, "Private Varnish"]

11/14/2023

Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann and Jackie Milad’s “Understory” is on view in our Gibbs Street Gallery through January 14, 2024!

The exhibit features works that combine painting with collage, sculpture, and installation to create an environment that invites viewers into abstract worlds drawn from Mann's and Milad's backgrounds as Asian American and Honduran-Egyptian American artists.

Learn more at https://ow.ly/cu4a50Q7gmu - and join us on Friday, November 17 for our opening reception!

11/13/2023

Emily Francisco’s “The Ocular Harpsichord Revisited” is on view in our Common Ground Gallery through January 14, 2024!

Francisco’s work largely deals with fragmented time; she creates objects and environments that require activation - and completion - by the viewer. The harpsichord functions musically and is wired to trigger a system of tinted security cameras displaying closed circuit video feeds.

Learn more at https://ow.ly/5C7850Q6M8b - and join us next Friday, November 17 for our opening reception!

[Image: Emily Francisco, “The Ocular Harpsichord,” 2014, Courtesy of Paul Moon]

11/08/2023

Join us next Sunday, November 12 from 12-4 PM as our Studio Program artists open their studios to everyone in our community!

See work by Studio Artists Dunnie Onasanya, Xiaosheng Bi, and Nanette Bevan, and meet our Bresler Resident + MC AiR, Charlotte Richardson-Deppe, Studio Fellow, Jamille Wallick, and Next Generation Fellow, Stephanie Cobb.

This is a great opportunity to learn about their practice, ask questions, and spend time in our contemporary art galleries viewing two new exhibitions: Understory (Gibbs Street Gallery) and The Ocular Harpsichord Revisited (Common Ground Gallery).

Learn more at https://ow.ly/F9Ub50Q5g7X!

11/06/2023

Meet VisArts 2023 Emerging Curator, Gervais Marsh, PhD!

Marsh is a writer, curator, and scholar whose work is deeply invested in Black life, concepts of relationality, and intimacy. They received a PhD in performance studies from Northwestern University and are currently a Helena Rubinstein Curatorial Fellow with the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. Marsh grew up in Kingston, Jamaica, a home that continues to shape their understanding of self and relationship to the world.

“Contours of the Interior,” a group exhibition curated by Marsh and featuring artists Lola Ayisha Ogbara, Sasha-Kay Nicole, and zakkiyyah najeebah dumas-o’neal, will be on view in our Kaplan Gallery beginning November 17. Learn more at https://ow.ly/wygr50Q4gVw.

[Image: Gervais Marsh, PhD]

10/30/2023

Diwali, is an Indian holiday that symbolizes the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and truth over ignorance.

Join us on Saturday, November 11 for a fun one-hour workshop where you’ll learn about the Festival of Lights and create two Diwali-inspired art projects: a diya (clay lamp) and a kolam (chalk drawing).

Learn more and sign up today at https://ow.ly/tPqK50Q1WF6!

10/28/2023

Just a little over a week left!

VisArts invites applications from artists or artist teams exploring the notion of craft and materiality for a four-month residency that provides the opportunity to create a new body of work, evolve an existing body of work, or develop a project in a stimulating, supportive environment.

VisArts provides a $500 monthly stipend ($2,000 total) and free studio space; residents present their work in solo exhibitions. During the September 2024-January 2025 residency, the artist or artist team will be embedded in Montgomery College's art departments and receive an additional $3,000 stipend.

Learn more and apply by November 8 at https://ow.ly/7CTA50Q1Qwt. All VisArts' calls are free.

[Image: 2022 VisArts Bresler Resident Cecilia Kim, "Private Varnish"]

10/26/2023

Join VisArts’ 2023 Bresler Resident and Montgomery College Collaborative Artist-in-Residence Charlotte Richardson-Deppe at the closing reception for her exhibition, “Mending Rifts: Soft Sculpture as Social Practice,” on Wednesday, November 1 from 11:45 AM-1 PM.

The solo show is on view in the Sarah Silberman Art Gallery on Montgomery College’s Rockville Campus through November 3.

Learn more at https://ow.ly/f9jO50Q1iaU.

10/25/2023

Join VisArts’ 2023 Studio Fellow Jamille Wallick for a free collaborative art-building workshop on Sunday, November 5 from 12-3 PM!

Participants will create individual patchwork spirals for a community quilt that will be displayed at Wallick’s upcoming exhibition, "Looking In/Looking Out," a site-specific installation that will feature a walk-in camera obscura.

Learn more and RSVP today at https://ow.ly/7t1m50Q0pEX.

10/23/2023

Do you love watching dramatic makeup transformations on social media and reality competitions? Wish that you could shed your inhibitions and step into a fresh skin but not sure where to start?

Join us for a two-day workshop on November 4 and 11 where students will design performance-ready, full-face fantasy makeup looks, flesh out alien alter egos with improvisational storytelling, and transform into characters (using vegan cream makeup)!

Learn more and register today at https://ow.ly/cE2k50PZX6B.

10/22/2023

Join renowned artist and curator Reni Gower for a free lecture, “COLLECTive Concerns: Collage and Assemblage,” on Saturday, October 28 and a workshop where Gower will help participants collage motifs inspired by sacred geometry on Sunday, October 29!

This is a unique opportunity to learn about and practice the art of papercutting with Gower, who’s received a College Art Association’s Distinguished Teacher of Art Award (2014) and distinguished teaching awards from Virginia Commonwealth University and VCUarts.

Be sure to check out Gower’s “GeoMATRIX: A Perfect Proof,” which is on view in our Concourse Gallery through October 29.

Learn more and sign up today at https://ow.ly/2rYy50PZtCn.

10/20/2023

Spend the weekend at the Square!

Hang out, grab something to eat, and come by our galleries to check out:

- VisArts’ 2023 Studio Fellow Joana Stillwell’s “all the windows in my mother’s house”
- Reni Gower’s “GeoMATRIX: A Perfect Proof”
- Deborah Grayson’s “Salt Eaters”
- VisArts’ 2023 Mentoring Curator Dr. Fahamu Pecou’s group exhibition, “LYRICS TO GO,” featuring works by Ebon Heath and Tahir Hemphill (Kaplan Gallery)
- VisArts’ 2023 Next Generation Studio Fellow Stephanie Cobb’s “On Closeness,” which was reviewed in The Washington Post https://ow.ly/ijrt50PZfTg

Be sure to also join us on Sunday, October 22, from 2-4 PM for VisAbility Art Lab’s Open Studio!

Learn more at https://ow.ly/uIiN50PZfUe.

10/18/2023

Join us on Sunday, October 22, from 2-4 PM for VisAbility Art Lab’s Open Studio!

VisAbility Art Lab is a studio program that provides neurodiverse artists a place and the resources to create, exhibit, and sell art while developing the skills necessary to work in the arts.

Stop by to meet the artists, discover their process, and purchase original artwork to keep - or gift!

Can’t make it? You’re always welcome to drop in Monday-Thursday, 10 AM-2 PM.

Interested in joining the Lab? Contact Elaine Parks at [email protected]

The Lab is in our Pop-Up at 36F Maryland Avenue. Learn more at https://ow.ly/yLhT50PWK9Y.

10/16/2023

VisArts invites applications and proposals from visual activists whose current research, curatorial or visual activist practice, and passion centers on social, racial, economic, and/or environmental justice for the 2024 Art and Social Justice Fellowship.

There is a desperate need for active re-imaginings of the future and immediate engagement with the invisibilities of the present. The economic, political, and social inequities rooted in our systems have been exposed. What can we do as artists, curators, and arts organizations to address these challenges and offer expressions of hope, solidarity, and mutual aid? How do we focus our efforts and work together for a sustainable anti-racist future that enlists creativity as an essential civic tool while staying safe and healthy? What can we do now and over the long haul within and between communities to make change?

This year-long fellowship is an opportunity to explore how thoughtfully curated art, dialogue, communication, and collaborations between artists and communities can productively navigate political flashpoints, chronic systemic inequities, and entrenched perspectives to inspire change towards a more equitable, just, and inclusive society.

For this fellowship, VisArts provides:
- Free private studio access along with a $6,000 stipend (paid over 12 months)
- An exhibition/presentation/site activation in the Common Ground Gallery
- Opportunities for public programming, workshops, teaching, and engagement with community partners, activists, and the public
- Opportunities for writing and research
- Support for development of virtual and in-person experiences for diverse audiences

Learn more and apply by November 27 at https://ow.ly/JPfJ50PWK9S. All VisArts’ calls are free.

[Image: 2022-2023 Art + Social Justice Fellow, Krystal C. Mack]

10/15/2023

Meet VisArts Emerging Teacher, Jeanette M. Bolden!

Bolden’s a visual artist and printmaker based in Maryland. As a student, Bolden received The Washington Print Club’s 2021 Young Printer Award and was featured in the fall 2021 issue of On Paper: Journal of The Washington Print Club.

In the summer of 2022, Bolden interned at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center and co-taught the Hispanic Heritage Month Internship Program. Toward the end of her academic program at the University of Maryland, she participated in the Honor Thesis and Senior Exhibition. After graduating with a BA in studio arts as an honor student, she participated in the Transformer Gallery’s 2023 Exercises for Emerging Artists Program.

Learn more at https://ow.ly/n08z50PWK9B.

10/14/2023

Meet VisArts’ 2023 Next Generation Fellow and “On Closeness” artist, Stephanie Cobb!

Cobb received her MFA in studio art at LSU College of Art + Design and her BFA in painting from Savannah College of Art and Design. She’s focused her professional experience in museums, nonprofit organizations, and teaching experience in the art and science fields.

Cobb’s work has been exhibited in galleries nationally and internationally, including Manifest Gallery (Cincinnati, Ohio), Viridian Artists (New York, New York), Masur Museum of Art (Monroe, Louisiana), Gutstein Gallery (Savannah, Georgia), Baton Rouge Gallery (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), Intersect Arts Center (St. Louis, Missouri), Giles Gallery (Richmond, Virginia), Crane Arts (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 859 Gallery (Louisville, Kentucky), Sulfur Studios (Savannah, Georgia), and SCAD’s Open Studio event (Lacoste, France), among others. She has had solo exhibitions at Glassell Gallery (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) and the Arts Council Gallery (College Station, Texas).

Cobb has attended residencies at the Burren College of Art (Ireland), the Kentucky Foundation for Women (Louisville, Kentucky), HOME (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), the Arts Council of Brazos Valley (College Station, Texas), and the Kentucky College of Art and Design (Louisville, Kentucky). Her work has been published in the 23rd issue of Create! Magazine and the 154th issue of New American Paintings.

Cobb’s “On Closeness” is on view in our 355 POD Space Gallery through October 29. Learn more at https://ow.ly/bTAR50PWK9u.

10/14/2023

2023 VisArts Studio Fellow Joana Stillwell’s “all the windows in my mother’s house” was reviewed in Hyperallergic! Tap the link in our bio to read the full review.

In this exhibition, Stillwell attempts to preserve the teal quality of light in her parents’ home. She also resonates on the few surviving mementos from her mother’s side of the family, along with adopted images, found objects, oral histories, home videos, and ephemeral fragments, to build a body of work that explores the tangibility and fragility of a family archive.

““all the windows in my mother’s house” is on view in our Gibbs Street Gallery through October 22. Tap the link in our bio to learn more.

10/12/2023

Meet VisArts’ 2023 Mentoring Curator, Dr. Fahamu Pecou (middle) and artists Ebon Heath (left) and Tahir Hemphill (right)!

Their exhibition, “LYRICS TO GO,” is a celebration of hip hop’s past, present, and future, highlighting its enduring influence on contemporary art and culture. It invites viewers to engage with hip hop on a deeper level, to explore its rich history, and to consider its ongoing significance in our world today. Overall, the exhibit serves as a testament to the power and enduring relevance of hip hop and its impact on the world of art.

“Ebon Heath and Tahir Hemphill both incorporate and build from writing in their respective works. Rather than merely speaking or hearing words, they use sculpture and technology to transform words into objects that expand our experience of rap music. Their works can be viewed as an evolution of the hip hop discipline of graffiti and as an original perspective of the impact of hip hop on the art world.

The conversation that emerges between these two artists, and subsequently between the works and its audience, is a powerful one that speaks to the ongoing relevance and impact of hip hop culture. Through their use of different mediums, Heath and Hemphill demonstrate the versatility and complexity of hip hop poetics, showcasing how it can be translated and reimagined in new and innovative ways.” - Dr. Fahamu Pecou

Don’t miss this unique, timely exhibition, which is on view in our Kaplan Gallery through October 29! Learn more about the exhibit at https://ow.ly/5QFM50PVQo9.

Check out their artist talks at https://ow.ly/Q3Jo50PVQof and their review in Hyperallergic at https://ow.ly/Wv9v50PVQoa.

10/10/2023

Get into the Halloween spirit! 🎃

In this fun and unique class, VisArts instructor Maven Kahn will teach students how to sculpt foam grotesques and form distorted faces using Loctite expanding foam and paint.

Kahn, who also teaches Macabre Mixed Media classes, has worked at Field of Screams and is an experienced Halloween-costume designer.

Learn more and sign up by this Thursday, October 12 at https://ow.ly/kvEj50PVjBe!

10/10/2023

We’re emptying our closets so you can fill yours! Join us for a sidewalk sale on Gibbs Street (in front of VisArts) on Saturday, October 14 from 9 AM - 12 PM to pick up some gently used art supplies at great prices

Be sure to come by early - we'll have some awesome things you won't want to miss out on! 🤩

10/07/2023

VisArts invites applications from artists or artist teams exploring the notion of craft and materiality for a four-month residency that provides the opportunity to create a new body of work, evolve an existing body of work, or develop a project in a stimulating, supportive environment.

VisArts provides a $2,000 stipend (over 4 months) and free studio space; residents present their work in solo exhibitions. During the September 2024-January 2025 residency, the artist or artist team will be embedded in Montgomery College's art departments and receive an additional $3,000 stipend.

Learn more and apply by November 8 at https://ow.ly/j0Bg50PUgyR. All VisArts' calls are free.

[Image: Eric Rivera Barbeito, $753,000,000,000.00, 2021]

10/06/2023

It’s that time again!

Please vote for VisArts by Monday, October 9 in Montgomery Magazine’s 2023 Readers’ Choice. We’re nominated in the following categories:

SERVICE + RETAIL
- Kids’ Party Venue
- Wedding/Party Venues

RECREATION
- Arts/Drama Program
- Fair/Festival - Rockville Arts Festival
- Kids Attraction
- Summer Day Camp

Thanks for your support!

Learn more and vote today at https://ow.ly/zy6t50PU7i7.

10/06/2023

Meet VisArts emerging teacher, Kate Horwich!

Horwich is a multimedia artist specializing in design, illustration, and painting who has more than a decade of digital art experience. She especially loves making art that reflects her passion for wildlife, science, music, and education.

Horwich graduated with a BFA in communication arts from Virginia Commonwealth University with a concentration in scientific iIllustration and a minor in biology. She strongly believes that anyone can create art, no matter how “creative” or “uncreative” they think they are.

Learn more at https://ow.ly/oZrH50PTIeP.

10/05/2023

Celebrate the holidays at VisArts!

Whether you’re planning a cozy get-together or a festive soirée, VisArts is the perfect place for your office holiday party.

Book today to make sure the date you prefer is available – and avoid the stress of last-minute planning.

It’s easy! Just submit the Request Details form on our website and we’ll get back to you with a proposal. https://ow.ly/FkGe50PTco1

10/03/2023

Meet “Salt Eaters” artist, Deborah Grayson!

Grayson is a Washington, DC-based fine art printmaker and painter. She uses diaries along with vernacular, ethnographic, and medical photographs from the late 19th and early 20th century as source material for building archival imaginaries to conjure different ways of telling the rich stories of Black women’s interior lives.

For Grayson, ink, graphite, wood, and paper are among the tools she finds useful to share Black women’s life stories. She does this with the intent to honor the legacies of the women who came before her.

Grayson’s “Salt Eaters” is on view in our Common Ground Gallery through October 22. Learn more about her and her work at https://ow.ly/YbQN50PScFv.

10/01/2023

Don’t miss an exciting opportunity to join multidisciplinary artist, Armando Lopez-Bircann, on Sunday, October 8 from 12-2 PM ($35) for an extended reality (XR) workshop offered through our Center for Craft Studies.

Lopez-Bircann will cover digital assets that include augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), 3D printing, video, audio, and images. Topics will include required workflows, resources, and mindsets and combining technologies, such as 2D media, 3D models, music, performance, and wearables.

Lopez-Bircann is a Washington, DC-based Latinx artist with an extended reality (XR) practice framed by immigrant narratives, genderfluid expression, digital native sensibilities, and a Q***r ecofeminist lens.

Learn more and sign up by Tuesday, October 3 for this one-time event at https://ow.ly/acke50PRE5L!

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Two more days! VisArts invites applications and proposals from local, national, and international artists for a six-month Studio Fellowship. Studio space is provided free of charge and artists receive a $500 monthly stipend.The Studio Fellowship provides a unique opportunity for a dynamic individual artist or collaborative artist team to create a new body of work, evolve an existing body of work, or develop a project in a stimulating, supportive environment. Studio Fellows will present their work in solo exhibitions at the end of their respective fellowships. Learn more about the call, view our galleries, and submit your application by Sunday, May 1 at http://ow.ly/exbM50IW1T7.

Join us tonight at 7 PM for virtual artist talks and gallery walkthroughs featuring exhibiting artists Edgar Reyes, Hannah Brancato, Safiyah Cheatam, and Fargo Tbakhi! Learn more and RSVP at LINK. [Video: Edgar Reyes, “UNRAVEL”] #visartsrockville #visartsrocks #visartsconnects #visarts #contemporaryart #artexhibition #mexicanartist @rockvilletownsq @city_of_rockville @megankoeppel @francophoner @mariaayee @youknowfargo @hannah.brancato @reyesedgar @saphicles @marylandinstitutecollegeofart @eastcityart @moco.community

Posted @withregram • @mojdehr I. LOVE. MY. COLLABORATORS. Seriously check out this workinprogress clip of these two magic beings (#kamyararsani + @rex_delafkaran) playing + whirling together across time and space. Next Thursday 7/29 they'll perform IN PERSON along with my dearest @nasrin_navab + we will do a screening of the cumulative footage / film(?) on the @visartscebter rooftop 730-930. // Ps this just in if you happen to be free and by a radio at 2pm TODAY Kamyar and I will be on @zelamine's show on WPFW 89.3 talking art, life and this ongoing project. #whatislife #digitalresidencyonmyownaccount #shaywanana #middleeastprogram #wpfw893fm