Sheila Crider, hosted by Claudia Aziza Gibson-Hunter – Saturday, January 10, 10:30 – 11:30am
I coined the term blackstraction to refer to the objectification of abstract painting in 2000, the result of research that began in 1980. Now, I make objects based on materials and process then create installations around social and/or aesthetic ideas manifesting an integration of image, object and frame.
TBA – Saturday, January 24, 10:30 – 11:30am,
ACO Abstract Art Forum – “Why Abstract?”- Saturday, February 7, 10:30 – 11:30am
Jun Lee, hosted by Tim Tate – Saturday, February 21, 10:30 – 11:30am
Jun Lee is a Washington, D.C.-based printmaker known for her large-format woodcuts that use animals as metaphors for human competition. She is a recipient of the DC Art Bank grant, has held numerous residencies, and her work is featured in both national and international exhibitions and collections
Jackie Hoysted, hosted by Maremi Andreozzi – Saturday, March 7, 10:30 – 11:30am
I am interested in creating awareness of social and political issues that have personal significance to me such as identity, health, feminism, economy and religion. Depending on the project, I articulate my thoughts through paintings, sculpture, photography, videography, performance and installation utilizing both traditional and non-traditional materials.
Adjoa Jackson Burrowes, hosted by Claudia “Aziza” Gibson-Hunter – Saturday, March 21, 10:30 – 11:30am
Bright, painted patterns in this series recall the vibrant textiles encountered in West Africa decades ago in my travel study with four contemporary African artists, including Nigerian master printmaker Bruce Onobrakpeya.
Susan Stacks, hosted by Adah Rose Biterbaum, Saturday, April 11, 10:30 – 11:30am
My work’s focus lies in pacifying the boundary between objective physical truths and emotional perception. Frequently this means confronting or coping with illness, loss and the search for meaningful action.
Reserved, hosted by Ellyn Weiss- Saturday, April 25, 10:30 – 11:30am
TBA – Saturday, May 9, 10:30 – 11:30am
TBA – Saturday, May 23, 10:30 – 11:30am
Shahin Talishkhan, hosted by Valerie Theberge – Saturday, June 6, 10:30 – 11:30am
Shahin Talishkhan is an artist whose distinct visual language reflects a confluence of wide-ranging interests in art, philosophy and science. His paintings are meditations on the nature of visual perception and its connection to our most intimate emotional experiences. These meditations result in imagery that seems both representational and abstract as well as pictorial field that exude a sense of tactile presence, movement, and transformation.
TBA – Saturday, June 20, 10:30 – 11:30am
ACO Abstract Art Forum – “Alternative Spaces” – Saturday, July 18, 10:30 – 11:30am