Our Bethesda shows for 2006

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JANUARY 2006 - INTERFACE
January 13 - February 8, 2006

A group exhibition focusing on what happens when contemporary art and evolving technology meet.

Curated by Catriona Fraser, and in preparation for over a year, the exhibition is titled "Interface," and it seeks to explore the marriage and coming together of technology with contemporary art in the context of the latter.

Through the use of robotics, magnetism, motorized works, video, lasers and computers, both area artists and invited artists from New York and Los Angeles explore the unavoidable marriage of modern technology with contemporary art.

"We seek to explore and to show," says Fraser, "what happens when talented and creative individuals, with a proven record of using technology as an integral part of their art, are given free reign to deliver a new work of art within that dialogue."

The exhibition includes new work by Kathryn Cornelius, Claire Watkins, Scott Hutchison, Thomas Edwards, David Page, Philip Kohn and Andrew Wodzianski. An opening reception for the artists (and a performance) was held on Friday, January 13 from 6pm - 9pm. Read the Washington City Paper review of the opening night performace by David Page here and the Washington Post review of the exhibition here, and the Washington City Paper review of the exhibition here.

MARCH 2005 - BETHESDA INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
March 10 - April 11, 2006

The annual opportunity for national and international photographers to exhibit their work in a juried competition at the Fraser Gallery. Click on the titles to see the accepted photographs or visit this website. An opening reception for the selected artists was held on Friday, March 10 from 6pm - 9pm.

Read the various reviews from the show:
Bethesda Photography Competition, in the Washington City Paper
Bethesda Photography Competition, in the Gazette
Bethesda Photography Competition, in Solarize This
Aleksei Pechnikov, in Solarize This
Lee Goodwin, in Solarize This
Scott Lassman, in Solarize This

Award Winners:
Best in Show: Lee Goodwin
First Prize: Adriana Echavarria
Second Prize: David Myers
Third Prize: Prescott Lassman

The following work has been selected for the exhibition;

"Cathedral Street No. 3" by David Ashman, Annapolis, MD

"Smoke on the Water, St. Louis, Senegal" by Kerry Stuart Coppin, Providence, RI

"UMS" by Sandi Croan, Centreville, VA

"New York Niche" by Chris Davis, Arnold, MD

"In Dreams" by Adriana Echavarria, Bethesda, MD

"Sea" by Adriana Echavarria, Bethesda, MD

"Fletcher's Dock in Fog" by Lee Goodwin, Washington, DC

"Lock 7 in Fog" by Lee Goodwin, Washington, DC

"Sycamore" by Lee Goodwin, Washington, DC

"Rocks and Water, Great Falls" by Lee Goodwin, Washington, DC

"Man in Wall" by David Hovgaard, San Jose, CA

"Before the Storm; New Orleans" by Eleanor Owen Kerr, Baton Rouge, LA

"Girl with Roaches" by Prescott Moore Lassman, Washington, DC

"Cherry Tree" by Veronika Lukasova, Washington, DC

"Fall" by Veronika Lukasova, Washington, DC

"County Fair" by Veronika Lukasova, Washington, DC

"Frozen" by Jesse Mechling, Bethesda, MD

"White Sands" by Jesse Mechling, Bethesda, MD

"Death Valley" by Eric Moore, La Plata, MD

"Nude No. 1" by David Myers, Kensington, MD

"Nude No. 12" by David Myers, Kensington, MD

"Evidence: Summer Storm No. 1" by Margaret Paris, Rockville, MD

"Evidence: Summer Storm No. 4" by Margaret Paris, Rockville, MD

"The Bridge" by Aleksei Pechnikov, Gaithersburg, MD

"The Swing" by Aleksei Pechnikov, Gaithersburg, MD

"Bouquet with Tulips in a Niche" by Victoria Restrepo, Potomac, MD

"Memorial No. 1" by Chris Scroggins, Lutherville, MD

"Memorial No. 2" by Chris Scroggins, Lutherville, MD

"Renaissance" by Bert Shankman, Olney, MD

"Old Coats in the Attic" by Mary T. Vogel, Bakersville, NC

"Poppies" by Cynthia Walker, Black Mountain, NC

APRIL 2006 - COMPELLED BY CONTENT II
April 14 - June 4, 2006

"Compelled by Content II" is an exhibition of contemporary narrative glass curated by Catriona Fraser. This is the second iteration of an annual group exhibition of emerging and established contemporary fine arts glass sculptors from around the nation who use glass as their main medium to convey narrative ideas in a genre generally only associated with bowls and vessels.

The 2005 exhibition established a new footprint and direction for glass, and began the task of pushing it away from pretty, decorative art and towards narrative work with context and meaning. It generated a substantial amount of discussion, both pro and con, which at the last count included over 80 pages of comments on various art websites as well as several reviews in the printed media.

This exhibition brings the focus of the art to a place where it is no longer just about glass, but about artists who use glass in their process to tell stories, discuss events, narrate biographies and make social statements.

The exhibition includes work by Jeanne Brennan, Robin Cass, Mel George, Michael Janis, Carmen Lozar, Syl Mathis, Liz and Lindsey Mears, Michael Rogers, Alison Sigethy and Tim Tate. An opening reception for the artists, free and open to the public, was held on Friday, April 14, from 6pm - 9pm as part of the Bethesda Art Walk.

An artists' talk, sponsored by the James Renwick Alliance will take place at the gallery on Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 2PM. The talk is free and open to the public and will also offer an opportunity to learn more about the Renwick Alliance.

Read the Washington City Paper review here and also read the DCist review here, and the Washington Times review here. You can see the entire exhibition online here.

JUNE 2006 - 2nd ANNUAL BETHESDA PAINTING AWARDS
June 9 - July 11, 2006

The Fraser Gallery will host an exhibition of paintings by the finalists of the 2nd Annual Bethesda Painting Awards. The Painting Awards are produced by the Bethesda Urban Partnership and sponsored by local businesswoman and philanthropist, Carol Trawick. $14,000 will be awarded, with the Grand Prize Winner receiving $10,000. For more information visit Bethesda Urban Partnership. An opening reception for the finalists was held on Friday, June 9 from 6pm - 9pm.

July 14 - August 9, 2006

Now in its 10th year, this is an annual opportunity for national and international artists to exhibit their work at the Fraser Gallery. The focus of the competition is contemporary realism. This 2006 exhibition was curated by F. Lennox Campello. An opening reception for the selected artists will be held on Friday, July 14 from 6pm - 9pm.

A group exhibition of new work by invited artists and artists represented by the Fraser Gallery. Including photographs by Lee Goodwin, Maxwell MacKenzie and Josh Barash and new paintings by John Aquilino, Sheila Giolitti and Michael Fitts. An opening reception for the artists will be held on Friday, August 11 from 6pm - 9pm.

New paintings by David FeBland. “The leading edge of the new urban realists,” wrote the New York Times about the work of this British born, New York based artist. Now in his fifth solo exhibition at Fraser, following three solo exhibits this year in Europe at Panter and Hall in London, Barbara von Stechow Gallery in Frankfurt and Gallery Thilo Winterberg in Munich. An opening reception for the artist will be held on Friday, September 8 from 6pm - 9pm.

To see the exhibit online, visit here.

"Ka'aba"
Oil on Canvas, 44" x 72", 2006

NOVEMBER 2006 - MAXWELL MACKENZIE
Sky Light
November 10 - January 6, 2007

New photographs by acclaimed Washington, DC photographer, Maxwell MacKenzie. This exhibit will present his latest work that continues to focus on the abandoned remains of barns, schoolhouses and farmsteads found in the Midwestern states. An opening reception for the artist will be held on Friday, December 8 from 6pm - 9pm.

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