A summer online juried exhibition
I am excited and honored to be a part of a summer online juried exhibition titled SHIFT at the McLean Project for the Arts. SHIFT was juried by Henry L. Thaggert and Sarah Tanguy, and focuses on works that address the concept of a shift, change, or exchange. The exhibition’s title is meant to be interpreted broadly. It’s a prompt that can be viewed literally, or subtly implied in the work chosen for the show.
Retracing Wonder
I’m excited that my painting titled Retracing Wonder has been included in Shift and will be represented along side such a wonderful list of artists below.
About Retracing Wonder: At some point during the process of painting Retracing Wonder, I made the decision to leave a good amount of the portrait incomplete. If you look closely, there are passageways that have been left flat and unrefined. There is a time within each painting that an artist asks him/herself if it’s finished. This question has to be asked outside the artist’s own preconceptions or ego. It’s not about the artist anymore. Retracing Wonder, with all its pencil marks, rough edges, and unrefined marks remains a perfectly incomplete portrait.
Exhibition dates
Due to the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, The McLean Project for the Arts will not have a physical exhibition or an opening reception. It will instead by fully virtual. Please join me during the MPA’s first ever online exhibition reception and Juror talk by Juried by Henry L. Thaggert and Sarah Tanguy.
Show Duration
July 15 – through August 27
Virtual Opening Reception
July 15, 7-8pm – RSVP Here
Virtual Artist/Juror Talk
July 23, 7-8:30pm RSVP Here
Jurors
Henry L. Thaggert is a collector and art patron in Washington, DC, where he is a corporate attorney for a Fortune 500 company. Mr. Thaggert has served on boards of several arts institutions including the Baltimore Museum of Art, the George Mason University’s School of the Arts, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art, the Stamp Gallery at the University of Maryland, and the Millennium Arts Salon–an educational group focused on African-American art and culture. Mr. Thaggert currently co-chairs the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery Collector’s Circle.
Sarah Tanguy is an independent curator and arts writer based in Washington, DC. Over the years, Ms. Tanguy has been the curator of 12 collections and more than 250 exhibitions in the United States and abroad. In addition to numerous exhibition-related essays, she has written for The Washington Times, Sculpture, New Art Examiner, Glass, American Craft, Metalsmith, Urbanite, Hand Print Workshop International, Turning Points, Mid-Atlantic Country, Baltimore, and Readers Digest. From 2004 through 2019, Sarah was a curator at ART in Embassies, US Department of State.
| Selections by Sarah Tanguy | Selections by Henry L. Thaggert |
|---|---|
| Isaiah Aladejobi | Raymond Baccari |
| ANDiLAND | Kristin H. Campbell |
| Kristine Aono | Shanthi Chandrasekar |
| Pamela Arent | Diane Charnov |
| Andrea Barnes | Rosemary F. Covey |
| Lisa Montag Brotman | Anna U. Davis |
| Travis Childers | Margaret Dowell |
| Patrick Craig | Dorothy Fall |
| Kay Christy | LaToya Hobbs |
| Joseph Cortina | Roya Honavar |
| Tim Davis | Scott Hutchison |
| Doug Fuller | Chee Keong Kung |
| Freya Grand | Claudia Lamy |
| Mira Hecht | Megan Maher |
| Shanye Huang | Timothy Makepeace |
| Dirk Joseph | Francisca Oviedo |
| Sue Johnson | Jane Podesta |
| Lori Katz | Susan Sanders |
| Renee Lachman | Pamela Saunders |
| Khanh H Le | Janathel Shaw |
| Bonnie J. MacAllister | Ira Tattelman |
| Miriam Mörsel Nathan | Dorian Traynham |
| Nahid Navab | Dariush Vaziri |
| Champneys Taylor |
McLean Project for the Arts
The McLean Project for the Arts exhibits the work of emerging and established artists from the mid-Atlantic region by promoting public awareness and understanding of the concepts of contemporary art. It offers instruction and education in the visual arts as well.
MPA@MCC | 1234 Ingleside Avenue, McLean, VA 22101
Gallery & Office Hours:
Tues – Sat: 10:00 am — 4:00 pm
Closed Sunday & Monday