Pictured above: Freya Grand, Poas (Costa Rica) (2004) as the headline photo (courtesy of the artist)
East City Art Reviews—Freya Grand at the Art Museum of the Americas By Claudia Rousseau, Ph.D.
Freya Grand does large scale landscape paintings.The key to understanding her work is to realize that her paintings are not so much descriptive of the places she visited to make them, but are about the experiences of being there. This exhibit pairs her work with abstract paintings by Latin American artists in the OAS/AMA collection. READ MORE
Pictured above: Work by Gillian Collins. Courtesy of TAG/The Artists Gallery. Click on image above for this weekend's gallery openings and artist talks.
EAST CITY ART NEWS BRIEFS
Hirshhorn Announces First US Museum Retrospective of Pioneering Abstractionist Sam Gilliam in More Than 15 Years >> READ MORE
Hamiltonian Artists Names Lily Siegel Executive Director >> READ MORE
Washington Project for the Arts and the Andy Warhol Foundation Start New Grant Program for DC-Area Artists >> READ MORE
Craig Kraft’s Spiky Haired Woman Acquired by Sulawesi Government >> READ MORE
Torpedo Factory Art Center Welcomes 2020 Cohort to Post-Grad Residency Studio >> READ MORE
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CALL FOR ENTRY SAMPLER
Traffic Box Art Project Hyattsville CDC seeks proposals from artists who currently live or work within Maryland. Deadline: Feb 14, 2020 at 2/14/20 4:00 pm >> Read More
Call for Artists: Events & Public Space Activations
The City of Alexandria is seeking proposals from emerging and established artists for public outdoor activations. Deadline: Feb 23, 2020 at 2/23/20 11:59 pm >> Read More
Brentwood Arts Exchange Call For Exhibition Proposals for 2020-2021 Exhibition Season
This call is open to all artists 18 years or older. Read More Deadline: Mar 4, 2020 >> Read More
Takoma Park, MD Call For Muralists
Takoma Park seeks proposals for a mural to cover sections of a concrete retaining wall. Deadline: March 2, 2020 >> Read More
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