The Montgomery Art Association is once again partnering with Art Clinic Online to present another engaging and thought-provoking program.
The ACO Abstract Art Forum will take place on Saturday, February 7, from 10:30–11:30 a.m. via Zoom. Join featured artists Shanthi Chandrasekar, Claudia Aziza Gibson-Hunter, and Anne Marchand for a lively conversation on the current state of abstract art in the DMV region, as they share personal insights into their practices, processes, and paths through abstraction.
Art Clinic Online events are free and open to the public, made possible through the support of the Montgomery Art Association and generous sponsors like you.
About the Artist Presetting at the Art Clinic Online Abstract Art Forum
Shanthi Chandrasekar is a multimedia and multidisciplinary artist from Maryland who has an academic background in physics and psychology, and has been trained in the traditional Indian art forms of Kolam and Tanjore-style painting. While many of her works are influenced by her Indian heritage, her true inspiration comes from the mystery and majesty of the world around her; her muse lives where the scientific overlaps with the spiritual.
Ms. Gibson-Hunter is a mixed media artist who combines painting, printmaking, collage, papermaking, and assemblage in her work. She investigates themes of identity, agency, memory, and spiritual consciousness using acrylic paint, handmade paper, and colored pencil.
Ms. Gibson-Hunter is a member of the Black female collectives, Dandelion Black Women Artists, THOUGHT, and WOAUA. She is a cofounding member of Black Artists of DC, and has a studio located within the STABLE Art complex located in Washington, DC.
Anne Marchand is an abstract painter whose work explores perception, space, and the quiet intelligence of color and form. Over four decades of practice, her paintings have evolved from material-driven inquiry toward increasingly spacious, atmospheric compositions that invite slow, embodied viewing. Her process is rooted in layering, revision, and attentive listening, allowing each work to emerge through a balance of intention and chance. Drawing on cosmological, environmental, and experiential influences, her abstraction resists literal reference while remaining deeply relational.
