Exhibitions
Guest Curator, Tim Davis:The Story of Our SkinVirtual Exhibition Tour and Artist Talk The Story of Our Skin is an exhibition of figurative works and portraiture featuring people of color. Four artists: Luis Peralta Del Valle, Al Burts, Preston Sampson, and J'Nell Jordan, draw on everyday life and historical events and icons for their subjects. The artists transform materials to create their paintings and mixed media compositions in wood, metal signs, handmade paper, and other innovative techniques. This exhibit will show the strength and dignity of people of color from the past, present, and future. *Presenting exhibitions of artists at various stages of their career is one of Montpelier Arts Center’s core commitments. We are excited to invite an outside curator to help further this mission. We are thrilled to have Tim Davis, who is the founder and owner of International Visions Gallery and consultants, to curate this exhibition. About the Curator: In addition to a curator and gallery owner, Tim Davis is an artist and educator; he received his Masters of Arts degree from the University of Illinois, where he studied art education and fine art. Davis has earned many honors and awards throughout his impressive career including, an Arts Management fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and he has worked as a consultant for numerous DMV arts organizations. Davis has also served on several boards throughout the Washington metropolitan area. | |
Julie Wills: Great LakeDrawing inspiration from celestial sources, Julie Wills creates mixed media drawings and installations that invoke both the rational and the magical. Choosing everyday materials for their metaphoric properties, her works explore constancy and mutability, current conditions, and hope for an unrealized but longed-for future. |
39th Annual Invitational Sculpture Exhibition: Sylvan CompositionsVirtual ExhibitionsAllen Zaruba Virtual Exhibition Greg Gensheimer Exhibition Join us for an exhibition of wood-based sculptures by two Baltimore-based artists: Greg Gensheimer and Allen Zaruba. Sylvan Compositions celebrates the place where the natural beauty of wood intersects with human imagination. |
Patricia Phillips Bowden: Coast to Coast and BeyondVirtual Exhibition Link Coming SoonMontpelier Arts Center’s first virtual Resident Artist Exhibition, featuring Patricia Phillips Bowden, showcases oil paintings and sketches done on-site and throughout the United States as well as several countries, including Spain, Portugal, and Corsica. The artist has created moments in time of various locations, using a limited number of oil paints, time, all while braving the elements, and answering questions from some very friendly and curious onlookers - some practicing their English, some using their native language. It was a learning experience for all! |
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Artists On the Rise ContestMontpelier Arts Center presents Artists on the Rise, an annual juried teen exhibition held in the galleries of Montpelier, designed to provide local teens with an opportunity to showcase their artistic accomplishments in a professional setting. Come on, give it a try - YOU are an artist on the rise! We welcome 13-to 18-year-old students in public or private middle and high school or home school who are residents of Maryland, Virginia, or the District of Columbia to enter one piece of original artwork online. There is no entry fee for this competition, and there are awards given for First Place ($200), Second Place ($150), and Third Place ($100). Learn more and submit your work here! Submission Deadline: February 21, 2021 For more information contact Montpelier Arts Center at 301-377-7800 or via email. *Due to the ongoing pandemic, this year's competition will be virtual with a physical exhibition that is expected to be by appointment only. |
52nd Annual Laurel Art Guild Juried Exhibition Call for EntriesOrganized by the Laurel Art Guild, this annual exhibit is juried by a regional professional and showcases works by artists ages 18 and older who live in the Washington metropolitan area and surrounding states. David Lawton is this year's juror. Six prizes will be awarded to 1st place ($250), 2nd place ($200), 3rd place ($150), and three merit awards of $80 each. Learn more and submit your work here! Submission Deadline: April 1, 2021 For more information contact the Laurel Art Guild online or via email. |
Writing Competition: All Our Various VoicesMontpelier Arts Center is seeking original and unpublished submissions for All Our Various Voices, an anthology celebrating the rich diversity of personal or family stories of immigration from writers who are 18 years of age and older and reside in Maryland, Virginia, or the District of Columbia. Historically, America is a land of immigrants from other countries, across the continent, from the rural south to urban areas, or from agrarian to city locations. Each shift embodies loss, adjustment, fear, joy, and requires new perspectives for survival and success. Tell us your stories in poetry or prose. Selected contributors will receive a free copy. Dr. Karen Arnold, former poet-in-residence at Montpelier Arts Center, where she taught creative writing workshops to children and adults and edited an anthology of their poetry reading series, is the juror. The juror will award prizes that will be announced at the public reading in October 2021. Awards will be given for First Place ($200), Second Place ($150), Third Place ($100) and two Honorable Mentions ($50 each). Learn more and submit your work here!Submission Deadline: May 7, 2021 For more information contact Montpelier Arts Center at 301-377-7800 or via email. |