09/23/2023
Touchstone Gallery will be closed on Saturday, September 23, due to high winds and flooding risks across DC. Stay safe and dry and we will see you on Sunday!
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Since 1976. Contemporary Art Gallery representing more then 50 area artists. Touchstone Gallery has been an artist-owned gallery since 1976.
The gallery maintains an active membership of approximately 50 diverse local artists, and sells paintings, sculpture, ceramics, fine art photography, mixed media and more. Every month, we feature two artists in solo shows, along with new works by our member artists. Come to our free opening receptions. The gallery space, accessible at street level at 901 New York Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20001 i
s flooded with natural light and available for rental for your next meeting, reception, celebration or event.
09/13/2023
We're so excited to have been nominated for the Mayor's Arts Awards: Excellence in Visual Arts ๐จ!
Visit dcmayorsartsawards.com and cast your vote to support Touchstone Gallery. The 38th annual Mayorโs Arts Awards Voting Round is live until September 15 at 5pm ๐ณ๏ธ
08/24/2023
In January and February of this year, Touchstone Gallery presented the exhibition SEQUENCE; a juried international open call where works of art showcased the impact and influence of technology. One of the pieces juried into the exhibition was "Processing Gender Aspirations", a silver gelatin print by the artist Homosocial, which was recently acquisitioned by the University of Maryland.
Read all about it in a essay on our blog by Touchstone Gallery Intern Caroline Crutsinger-Perry
https://www.touchstonegallery.com/blog-all/2023/8/24/university-of-maryland-acquisitions-processing-gender-aspirations-from-touchstone-gallerys-sequence-exhibition
07/20/2023
We're so excited for the Attainable Art Show & Party. See the work in Touchstone Gallery through July 28 and join us for the Party on Saturday, July 29. Every ticket comes with a fabulous piece of original art. Tickets are selling fast, so don't wait!
Interested in some of the incredible artwork available but can't make it to the Party? You can select your artwork preferences in advance!
See more at: www.touchstonegallery.com/attainable-art-show
Touchstone Gallery presents the Attainable Art Show and Partyโan art exhibition and summer soirรฉe. This exclusive event invites art enthusiasts to support the artist-owned Touchstone Gallery and find new artwork to love. From vibrant paintings to thought-provoking photography and sculpture, the c...
06/08/2023
Touchstone Gallery will be closed on Thursday, June 8 due to the air quality issues impacting the Northeastern United States. Please stay indoors if you can!
๐ผ๏ธ: "Another Realm" by Maryam Rassapour
Acrylic, calligraphy, gold leaf, charcoal, 48โ x 60โ, $3800
06/01/2023
Only three days left to apply to People and The Planet, an international open call about that invites artists to think about our world and the humanity within itโhow humans interact with the earth and all of its inhabitants. Artists are encouraged to submit pieces that explore: environmental & social issues, human interactions with nature, travel, climate change, natural materials & resources, population & development, Indigenous perspectives, changing landscapes, connections to the land, new discoveries, and more.
All visual mediums are accepted, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, ceramics, fiber, jewelry, fine craft, installations, video, and more. Works must be original and completed within the past five years.
Jurors:
Karine Aigner, International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP) Associate Fellow, 2022 Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Alan C. Braddock, Professor of Art History at William & Mary; co-curator of Nature's Nation: American Art and Environment
Tarah Hogue, Curator of Indigenous Contemporary Art at Remai Modern, Mรฉtis Nation citizen
Robert Yi, Assistant Director of the School of Art & Interim Director of Painting and Drawing at George Mason University
Apply at touchstonegallery.com/artcalls
04/10/2023
Considering diversifying your collection.
Black Art: Collecting and Being Collectedwith Valerie Cooper, Najee Dorsey, and Gloria Halland Toby SissonSunday, April 11, 2021, 6:30-7:30 PMSpeakers:Valeri...
03/10/2023
More photos from our last reception. It was a combination of two beautiful exhibitions.
03/08/2023
Happy International Womenโs Day! Check out Women for Women International: , who held an amazing event for supporters at Touchstone Gallery last night, with Sharon Malleyโs () solo exhibition as the background.
Touchstone Gallery is available for all of your corporate and personal event rental needs. Contact us for more information at [email protected].
03/05/2023
In our group show ๐ผ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐โฆ
๐ฝ๐ช๐๐๐ก๐ by Setareh Pourrajabiโจ2017โจOil and acrylicโจ80 cm x 100 cm (31.5โ x 39โ)
$800 framed; DM or email [email protected] to purchase.
03/02/2023
๐ Open now: In her first solo exhibition at Touchstone Gallery, Sharon Malley () presents paintings that evoke her deep reverence for and connection to the forces of nature, manifested in movements of air. The ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ท๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ features 19 paintings and mixed media pieces created with oil, collage, and cold wax.
Join us for the Opening Reception on Saturday, March 4 from 4-7 pm.
02/26/2023
Introducing Touchstoneโs newest intern, Mikayla!
For her inaugural Intern-al Affairs Favorite pic, Mikayla chose โPeople of Danakil Dessertโ by Makda Kibour ().
โWith its pinks and hues, this painting from start to finish is a masterpiece. When first looking at this image, I was gravitated towards the people that are in the photo. I was also curious about who the people were, their origin story, and how long the painting took. This piece is so beautiful and refreshing and I am honored to have seen it and hope others are inspired when looking at it as well!โ
02/22/2023
Touchstone Gallery will be closed this week for deinstallation, installation, and a deep clean. Join us again on March 1 for a solo exhibition by Sharon Malley & the Member Group Show "Emergence". The Opening Reception: will be on Saturday, March 4 from 4-7 pm.
02/19/2023
Thanks to everyone who came out to the SEQUENCE artist talk with Chris & Ceci tonight! Youโve still got 2๏ธโฃ! days left to see the show at Touchstone Gallery!
02/13/2023
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Sophy Bevan .bevan (Sausalito, CA)
Mixed media on linen, 48โ x 60โ
My research based practice is rooted in the interweaving of the visual and dimensional experiences of reality and invention, exploring the duality of our perception of the world, the cycle of life and the mythology attached to our existence. Chimerical hybrid creatures suspended in multilayered language landscapes that populate these paintings are an entrance into adventure through conception, materials and depiction creating tension and release. Using clinical algorithms for the treatment prognosis in cancer , I restructure mathematical data creating symbolic webs of coded language, reminiscent of sacred scripture and map making ; the manifestation from time into timelessness the continuous transformation of personal into collective history.
02/09/2023
From SEQUENCE ๐พ
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Andrew Reach .reach (Cleveland, OH)
3D printed interconnected blocks, 18.5" x 17.25" x 8"
As an architect, no longer practicing because of disability from a spine disease, I approached the design, with an architectural/engineering methodology. Modeled in Blender, the 3D printed sculpture is made from 76 individually printed interconnected blocks interweaved in primary colors with hash symbols in alternating positive/negative relief connected together to form a large bold singular hash sign. With a master block in the shape of a rhombohedron, the blocks are modular; designed to fit together in multiple ways. It sits on a floating black plinth, also formed with the same modular blocks. As an art object unto itself, the hash sign used in hash-tagging represents our technological times, where so many find their voices amongst the billions of souls vying to be seen and heard, elevating our humanity. But other voices use it to tear down our humanity and the beauty of our multicultural world. With this sculpture, however, I choose to express it as a symbol of empowerment.
02/08/2023
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K J May (Alexandria, VA)
Oil painting and collage on board, 14โ x 23โ
One of the stressors and fixations of modern life is our integration with technology. It has become such a part of everyday life that it melds into our personas, blurring who are, what we do and what weโre capable of. Working in collage and oil paints, I express emotions through images of the human body and how it interacts with its environment. The images are tightly cropped to focus on the central action: the expressions, colors, and interlocking shapes that work together. In paintings, the underlying drawing provides the structure to the piece. In collage, there is no underlying structure. All of the source image fragments are found, which limits the palette. I use these fragments like puzzle pieces, assembling with no guide and no obvious solution. This leads to greater expression and looseness in the collages. Color is a critical element in both genres, steering the eye around the piece and emphasizing the mood.
02/07/2023
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Gaylia Wagner (Washington, DC)
Etched steel, patinas, 24" x 30"
โWhen I began etching, most of my techniques came from circuit board hobbyists' forums. We shared goalsโtransfer digital images to metal and etch it with a high degree of accuracy. From them I learned about a transfer film developed specifically for this process. Using it I transfer digital images in enough detail individual pixels are discernible. Look closely at "The Space Between the Clouds", and the telltale jagged edges of a rasterized image are visible along raised areas.โ
02/06/2023
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Gary Duehr (Somerville, MA)
Pigment print, 24" x 48"
Derived from satellite imagery, Glitches explores the boundary between mapmaking and landscape photography. On a mountainous plain, there are looming buildings and clutches of bungalows. Skeletal structures and jagged shapes come into play where surveillance technology breaks down. The landscape evokes an apocalyptic, sci-fi future. Glitches addresses how we perceive the world, how we make sense of it, and how we try to bring it under our control.
02/04/2023
Exploring SEQUENCE:
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Homosocial (Novato, CA)
Silver gelatin print, paper, ink, 12" x 18"
I collect old photographs of same-gender couples that I term homosocial. In "Processing Male Intimacy" I incorporate these photographs into microchips and connect them with gold wiring on a green circuit board. I use microprocessing technology as a visual metaphor to illustrate how the individuals in these photographs have connected- the same way that microchips are connected on a circuit board. The artwork processes the visual nature of homosocial intimacy and presents it to the viewer so that q***r affection can be seen as beautiful, normal and logical. In "Processing Gender Aspirations", an image of gender androgynous child is integrated into the circuitry of subprocessors reading, "bending the" and "binary". As a non-binary artist, I am presenting someone I wish to emulate. And while aspirational, this piece is also transgressive. Microprocessing technology
operates in binary code but somehow the child thrives within this system and defies the gender binary to boot.
01/31/2023
In the SEQUENCE virtual showโฆ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จโจJayne Gaskins (Reston, VA)
Digital fiber, 29" x 48" x .75"
It all began with a digital shot of ordinary lily pads. In search of their inner voice, they traveled to a computer and that's where the magic began. New and vibrant colors emerged that they never realized had been there all along, and they relaxed into the simplest of shapes that were the core of their being. Lines surfaced picking up a rhythm that carried them to the next step of full disclosure by fiber. Then the lines and rhythm strengthened with textures, and iridescent fabrics intensified some shapes while muted matt fabrics gave way to support. Finally, those ordinary lily pads discovered that inner voice they knew had been there all along.
01/28/2023
today in SEQUENCE ๐พ
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Andrew Wharton (Goleta, CA)
GIS Data, 3D Print, Wood Varnish, 96" x 10" x 20"
A tower built from interlocking blocks modeled from GIS data of the area comprising Vandenberg SFB and the surrounding mountains. I like to imagine other worlds. That may have been, that could be, that may have to happen. So many possibilities branch out before humanity, and each branch seems to end in catastrophe. What does the future look like? Is there an after us? To probe these questions I examine the space between organic and intelligence directed systems, developing hybrids between these two methods of being in the world. I use insect derived patterns, software tropes, digital fabrication, geographical systems, and computer aided design to build constructs descended from this line of questioning. Technology is a central theme of my work. Technology in the sense of the sharpened bone and the guided missile, in the sense of the ant hill and the corporation. Within my work contemporary and ancient technologies live together, compressing the timespan of the human being, crystallizing the boundaries of the brief window of human preeminence.
01/28/2023
It is a pleasure to be a part of this publication. Janathel Shaw
Ceramics is both versatile and enduring, allowing for myriad aesthetic sensibilities, degrees of functionality, and the ability to last lifetimes. A new book published by Schiffer Craft gathers the practices of 38 Black Americans who have harnessed the broad potential of clay as they explore various...
01/23/2023
today in ๏ผณ๏ผฅ๏ผฑ๏ผต๏ผฅ๏ผฎ๏ผฃ๏ผฅ
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๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ 2โจAdam Jaye Porter (Los Angeles, CA)
Gauche, Pen, Marker, Colored Pencil
โThis body of work comes from the synthesis of multiple media sources. I started with scans of materials from q***r archives and wrapped them around scanned 3D models of my boyfriends to create a projection-mapped OBJ in Blender. From there I took the images into photoshop to collage those images together with the original scans. I then created the physical collage materials through color-separated drawings done by a CNC Plotter and digitally made, hand-cut stencils with gauche paint.โ
See this piece in our virtual gallery at touchstonegallery.com
01/21/2023
Today is the big day! Join us for the opening of SEQUENCE at Touchstone Gallery from 4-7 pm.
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Mat Duncan (Rock Hill, SC)
Pigment print
I primarily work in acrylic, watercolor, and gouache on paper but use supports made from industrial plastic instead of canvas or paper. Recently I've branched out into using procreate to paint, creating images digitally and then generating pigment or uv prints and framing them or building supports for them. This work is a procreate painting turned into a pigment print. In terms of content, I have been influenced a lot lately by the way our relationship to the earth is changing as a consequence of our evolving relationship with technology. In this piece, human figures, pieces of our collective history, and scientific imagery appear against the backdrop of a distorted natural world. As our relationship to ecology and technology changes, our dreams and nightmares change along with it.
01/20/2023
๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ค๐ฉ
Bill Tavis (Austin, TX)
Single edition hand painted laser engraving, 30" x 24" x 1"
My style of artwork is called Halftonism, which is the artistic use of halftone
technology. Halftones are typically used in commercial printing. The idea is that a
repeating black and white pattern changes relative thickness to create the illusion
of grayscale tones. For this piece, I have programmed my own software in C++ to use the Mandelbrot set to generate the halftone pattern, instead of using the typical dots that most people have seen (for example, in newspaper photos). The Mandelbrot set is an incredibly complex fractal shape discovered by, and named for, Benoit Mandelbrot. He is the subject of my image. I first drew his face using "normal" techniques i.e. pencil on paper. Once the shading was just right, I passed this image through my halftoning software to create a black and white "master." To turn this into an art piece, I then laser engraved the black into a sheet of acrylic plastic, and I painstakingly infilled the engraved area with paint, finishing it with gloss varnish.
01/18/2023
Today from SEQUENCE ๐พ
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AD Herzel (Blue Ridge, VA)
Drawing, Digital Photograph composite on velvet, 30โ x 30โ
Nature's reproductive imperative and new bio-synthesis technology inform my work. Constructed with my personal Digital photographs of flowers, layered with graphite drawings, and then dissected, colored, and recomposed over a hundred times utilizing photoshop and paint.net, each digital image is an evolution. The capacity of the technology to slice drawings with precision creating absolute symmetry is an anomaly in nature. The clarity and finite detail allowed by the technology mimic the multiplicity of nature; macro to micro. The images reproduced at scale illustrate that attention to detail.
01/01/2023
Read about Patricia Williams' solo exhibition in today's Washington Post, and see it for yourself through January 8! Touchstone Gallery reopens on Wednesday, January 4.
Three exhibits go beyond garden-variety works, an artist gives his works the same title differentiated by Roman numerals and a painter takes a circular route in some works.
01/01/2023
Happy New Year artists, collectors, writers and historians. May this be a year of amazing creativity.
12/15/2022
Touchstone Gallery will be closed today (Thursday, December 15) due to inclement weather. Stay safe out there and visit us at touchstonegallery.com
12/11/2022
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ก๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ข ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐จ by Pat Williams (). Watercolor on Clayboardโข Sealed with WC Varnish. 16 individual 6" x 6" Squares in 4x4 Array. $1,100, Available.
12/08/2022
๐๐๐ by Linda Bankerd. Acrylic on canvas. 36โx36โx1.5โ $1200. Available. Visit us in the gallery, or DM to purchase.
11/28/2022
Announcing 2023-2024 Touchstone Fellow Neville Barbour!
Barbour is a DC native, primarily working with charcoal. He believes that our past remains with us for a reason: We must choose how to reinterpret it. We must process it so that it does not fester. He makes art that brings his past and others' past alive. He searches for the black, the white, and the โindelibleโ gray. Neville has participated in dozens of domestic and international juried exhibitions, including being awarded โBest in Showโ at Touchstone Galleryโs 2020 exhibition, Us. He also exhibited at the Museum of Science + Industry in Chicago, IL for their 2022 Black Creativity exhibition, and has a piece in the permanent collection at the David Driskell Center for the Study of Visual Arts & Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora.
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To see more, visit https://www.touchstonegallery.com/tfa-fellows-23
Touchstone Foundation for the Arts is a nonprofit organization created by the artists of Touchstone Gallery in order to increase their engagement with the community and offer emerging artists professional exhibition opportunities at an established gallery.
Founded in 1976, Touchstone Gallery is an artist-owned contemporary art gallery located in downtown Washington, DC. With new exhibitions every month, visitors experience a constantly-changing display of original artwork. Touchstone Artists are local, juried professionals working across a variety of mediums.
11/28/2022
Touchstone Gallery and Touchstone Foundation for the Arts are thrilled to announce the 2023-2024 Touchstone Fellowship awardees: Brianne Anderson and Neville Barbour.
Anderson and Barbour were selected from an extremely talented group of artist applicants from DC, Maryland, and Virginia. The TFA Fellowship provides membership at Touchstone Gallery, mentoring by established artists, participation in gallery group shows, and a solo exhibition.
Brianne Anderson is a figurative artist from Southwest Florida, now based in Washington, DC. Her practice mainly involves oil painting, printmaking, and drawing and is based primarily in self-portraiture, also incorporating imagery from her home and her life. Her work addresses themes of introversion, self-obsession, vulnerability, loneliness, and humor. She uses imagery of herself and things from her life, translated through surrealism and fiction, to playfully explore these themes and to build a mythology around herselfโcreating a narrative that does not necessarily require a linear storytelling framework. Brianne has a BFA in Studio Art from BYU, and is a current MFA Studio Art Candidate at American University (expected 2023).
See more at https://www.touchstonegallery.com/tfa-fellows-23
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Touchstone Foundation for the Arts is a nonprofit organization created by the artists of Touchstone Gallery in order to increase their engagement with the community and offer emerging artists professional exhibition opportunities at an established gallery.
Founded in 1976, Touchstone Gallery is an artist-owned contemporary art gallery located in downtown Washington, DC. With new exhibitions every month, visitors experience a constantly-changing display of original artwork. Touchstone Artists are local, juried professionals working across a variety of mediums.
11/26/2022
Itโs time for a Special Small Business Saturday Intern-al Affairs from Maddie!
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โHarvey Kupferbergโs Antelope Canyon Abstract #3 & #4 captures the sinuous tilts and angular passageways of Arizonaโs famous natural phenomenon, the Antelope Canyon. His work follows the undulating lines of the natural rock formation, emphasizing the quasi-cosmological nature of its being; caught between a fascination with the earth itself and the ambiguity of its out-of-this-world suggestion. The overall effect is an utter immersion of line and form as the rockโs surface occupies the entirety of the pictorial frame, therefore enclosing the viewer within the structure itself.
There is a sense of raw composition, heightened in the black and white tones that emphasize and trace the textuality of the rockโs surface. This subsequently creates a conflation and confusion of space and depth in which the viewerโs eye constantly reinterrogates the work from different angles without falling on a focal, compositional point. Kupferberg demonstrates an innate and meticulous documentation of detail that seemingly lends itself to his laboratory scientific background. His optical investigation of the pure landscape seems somewhat inherently scientific in its truthfulness to form; however, this does not deny the overt discovery of art within nature. His attention to photographic chemical development, seen in the subtility of light and shadow, captures the essence of the canyonโs shape in a way that perhaps evokes a quiet sense of contemplation.
There is an undeniable awareness of the process in which Kuperberg tries not to directly depict nature but rather capture a compositional soul of the Canyonโs existence. Overall his work allows an escape into the chasm of nature, similar in effect to that of sitting before the ocean, and allows a moment of respite that removes us from the business of our everyday lives.โ
๐ท 16โ x 20โ, $250 each; framed. Email [email protected] or DM to purchase.
11/26/2022
It's Small Business Saturday and the Holiday Tree Lighting at CityCenterDC! We're open from noon until 8:00 pm today, and online at touchstonegallery.com.
11/25/2022
Join Daryle, one of the โOff the Gridโ curators, on Instagram Live at 2:00 pm tomorrow (Friday, November 25) to hear about his favorite giftable pieces from the show. And stop by Touchstone Gallery to see how you can give the gift of art this seasons!
11/24/2022
The gallery is closed tomorrow but you can still check out Paula Lantzโs ๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ! online. Click the link in our bio ๐
๐ผ๏ธ: ๐ ๐พ๐๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐: ๐๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ. Mixed media onย canvas: ย 36โ x 48โ. $2,500. Available.
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Don't miss your chance to see Robin Harris' show "Serve with Abandon" at Touchstone Gallery! Stop by the gallery today through Sunday, May 29; we're open from noon to 5:00 pm each day.
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Touchstone Gallery presents Cross Purposes by Amy Sabrin
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Artist, Katie Hartley, A.U. M.F.A. candidate, speaks about her piece, Burnt Out.
We will be closed December 24, 2021 - January 1, 2022. May you have a safe and joyful holiday season! And may 2022 be filled with art, community, and all that brings you peace. Artwork by Katherine Becker. #holidays #holidayseason #holiday #seasonsgreetings #winter #newyear #happynewyear #supportArt #DC #DCgallery #DMVarea #DMVartists #artsDC #artists #gallery #bestInDC #washingtonDC #weAreDC #artistsOnInstagram #DCarts #arts #online #artDC #DClife #capitolCreated #madeInDC #aCreativeDC #mixedmedia #artistonline #touchstonegallery
โTribute to Tim Johnsonโ solo exhibition. Touchstone renovated and reconfigured the layout of its street level gallery space and reopened after being closed for 18 months. Sadly, Tim Johnson passed away in December of last year. Tim relished the outlandish and the unpredictable. This was obvious in his last solo show at Touchstone, in October 2019, โFables of Decapitation: I Knew I Would Die a Long Time Ago.โ As a technician he was at the pinnacle of his artistic skill. He mastered recreating flesh and musculature in a painterly, yet controlled manner. He loved dazzling color and was not afraid to go big. His handmade frames, reflecting his daytime profession, added whimsy and brilliance to each work. Per artist request artist's artwork sales proceeds will go to Touchstone Foundation for the Arts (TFA) @tfawdc. TFA is a nonprofit tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization created by the artists of Touchstone Gallery in order to increase their engagement with the community around them. The Foundation creates opportunities for young and emerging artists in our area and offers other programs to engage the wider community and non-traditional artists. The programs of TFA are made possible by the generosity of our friends and supporters. Your contribution is tax deductible to the fullest extent allowable by law. One hundred percent of your contribution supports the work of Touchstone Foundation for the Arts. #nude #nudes #figure #figures #adam #adamandeve #madeindc #instadc #acreativedc #202Creates #dcartscene #shawdc #touchstonewdc #dcitystyle #dcarts #dcart #dcliving #dclife #artdaily #artstagram #art #dcartist #artist #arts #gallery #artgallery #WashingtonDC #DowntownDC #painting #acrylicpainting
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On display: October 16 โ 31, 2021 "Tribute to Tim Johnson" and All Member Artists Group Exhibition. Opening Reception: Saturday, October 16, 2 โ 4 pm. Open hours: Friday, Saturday, Sunday 12 - 5pm. Masks are required inside the gallery. Touchstone Gallery closed its physical space in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The gallery continued to operate online with virtual monthly exhibits, Zoom opening receptions and Instagram artist talks. Touchstone renovated and reconfigured the layout of its street level gallery space and is reopening 18 months later. Sadly, Tim Johnson, a gifted portrait artist, storyteller and member of Touchstone Gallery for 10 years, passed away in December of last year. Touchstone is honored to present an exhibition โTribute to Tim Johnsonโ alongside all member artists group exhibit from October 15 through October 31, 2021. The show will highlight a selection of his work documenting his artistic journey. For more information about gallery's events and exhibits, please visit us at www.touchstonegallery.com #supportArt #DC #DCgallery #DMVarea #DMVartists #DMVarts #artsDC #artists #art #arts #dcgallery #bestInDC #dc #washingtonDC #weAreDC #beCreative #artistsOnInstagram #DCarts #artist #DCstyle #artDC #DClife #DCityStyle #capitolCreated #madeInDC #myDCcool #artgallery #gallery #artists #contemporary #aCreativeDC #downtowndc #shawdc
Moving in day! ๐คฉ๐ท๐ผโโ๏ธ๐ท๐ฝโโ๏ธ๐งโ๏ธ @touchstonewdc is reopening for business at 901 New York Ave NW Washington DC 20001 on October 16. Gallery open hours will be Friday, Saturday and Sunday 12-5pm. Come by to say hi!๐๐ป #supportArt #DC #DCgallery #DMVarea #DMVartists #artsDC #artists #gallery #bestInDC #washingtonDC #weAreDC #artonline #artistsOnInstagram #DCarts #arts #artDC #DClife #capitolCreated #madeInDC #aCreativeDC #mixedmedia #touchstonegallery #dcart #dcartists #dcartist #artgallery #dmv #dc #contemporaryart #modernart
Virtual Exhibits Zoom Artist Talk & Opening: Solos by Rick Braswell and Rosemary Luckett
Did you know we have a blog? It is on our website! Check it out and read about our artists. We just posted two new entries about our new members. Here is sneak peak into one of them - Debra Perkins. After a long career in business and with non-profits, about four years ago Perkins decided to reduce her work schedule to make time to focus on creative endeavors. It was while she was taking classes at the Yellow Barn Studio & Gallery in Glen Echo, Maryland that she โfell in loveโ with abstract painting. Beginning with acrylics, she then discovered cold wax medium and oils, and began to develop her technique with these other media. โAcrylics can create a lot of texture,โ she says, โbut cold wax medium and oils even more.โ To her, the texture in a painting can reveal its history, add interest, and be an important component of the composition. @debraperkinsart #abstract #abstractart #abstractpainting #oils #acrylicpainting #acrylicabstract #texture #arttexture #paintings #painting #coldwax #painter #artblog #blog #artist #arts #dcarts #dcart #dcartists #dcartgallery #dc #washingtondc #dmv #artgallery #onlineart #artoftheday #artonline #artistsoninstagram #artofinstagram #artwork
Go check out @yardbirdrestaurants located at 901 New York Ave (yep, right across the street from us!) Know for classic southern dishes and a large bourbon selection, @yardbirdrestaurants is a great neighborhood spot for brunch, lunch, and dinner! #dc #dcfood #yardbird #eatdc #brunch #dinner #lunch
Featuring another amazing DC spot, the @womeninthearts ! Although they are also doing some renovations currently, make sure to check out their calendar online! Now you can enjoy there vast collection from the comfort of your home! #dc #art #womeninthearts #musuem #gallery #dcart
Virtual Exhibits Zoom Artist Talk & Opening: "Eight Stories"
"Eight Stories" by ร deux: Charlene Nield and Ann Pickett, Chris Haggerty, Mary Lagnaoui, Teresa Roberts Logan, Sharon Malley, Donna K. McGee, Debra Perkins, Janathel Shaw
Please join us for Virtual Exhibit Zoom Artist Talk & Opening: Sunday, August 8, 5 pm EST "Eight Stories" by ร deux: Charlene Nield and Ann Pickett; Chris Tucker Haggerty, Mary Lagnaoui, Teresa Roberts Logan, Sharon Malley, Donna K. McGee, Debra Perkins, Janathel Shaw. RSVP to attend at https://www.touchstonegallery.com/rsvp (link in bio) On display August 8 - September 8, 2021 at www.touchstonegallery.com @debraperkinsart @jmshaw1 @adeuxdc @ctuckerhaggerty @sharonmalley20 @charlenenield @annpickettstudio @laughingredhead @donnakpaints500 #madeindc #acreativedc #202Creates #dcartscene #shawdc #touchstonewdc #igdc #dclifestyle #dcarts #dcart #dcliving #goodvibes #paintings #visualart #visualarts #artdailydose #artstagram #artwork #dcartist #artist #arts #dcgallery #dcartgallery #WashingtonDC #touchstonegallery #touchstonegallerydc #citycenterdc #virtualart #downtowndc
"Exponential Growth" by Michael Cabezas, TFA Emerging Artist Fellow (2019-2021) (virtual) Touchstone Foundation for the Arts (TFA) 2019-2021 Emerging Artist Fellowship recipient Michael Cabezasโs virtual solo exhibition โExponential Growthโ is a series based on anecdotes from 2020 and 2021. These works are graphite and acrylic drawings on paper. The medium and material is what defined the theme. The subject matter of the drawings are pulled from the memories and circumstances. The emotions conjured are individual to each viewer. @drivelikeyourkids #drawing #pencildrawing #pencilsketch #pencilart #pencil #charcoaldrawing #charcoalart #drawings #illustration #sketch #sketchbook #graphiteart #inkdrawing #inkart #draw #drawingoftheday #worksonpaper #paperart #sketchoftheday #penandinkart #penart #pencilartwork #draw_pencil #artpencil #markmaking #linework #linedrawing #pencilartist #penartist #surrealism
Head down to the @smithsoniannpg to go explore over 23,000 works of art! Admission is free and timed tickets are no longer required. Located at 8th and G streets, this is a great place to get lost in and enjoy some art!
Virtual Exhibits Zoom Artist Talk & Opening: solos by Patricia Williams and Michael Cabezas
Virtual Exhibits Zoom Art Talk & Opening: Solos by Claudia Samper and Peter Swift
Virtual Exhibits Zoom Art Talk & Opening: Solos by Tory Cowles and Jeanne Garant
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Founded in 1976, Touchstone Gallery is located in a custom-built street-level space at 901 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC. Since the beginning, Touchstoneโs mission has remained unaltered: to enrich the lives of the community through diverse contemporary art exhibitions; to promote a rich variety of art talent in the DC region; to showcase national and international artists whenever possible; and to foster continuing artistic and career growth of its 50 member artists through encouragement and support.
The gallery is centrally located in Washington, DC between the White House and the United States Capitol. Close to the CityCenterDC development, the Walter E. Washington Convention Center and the National Museum of Women in the Arts, this venue is easily accessible by public transportation and a perfect modern backdrop for contemporary art.
As a member owned and managed gallery, Touchstone artists enjoy the right to guide gallery policies and control their solo exhibitions. The support and camaraderie of the membership is an important benefit. From the start, Touchstone has been involved with the DC community and with philanthropic outreach in and beyond DC region. The gallery is part of local, national and international art scene, balancing its membersโ shows with ongoing art outreach and support of its non-profit neighbors. In 2012 Touchstone formed the nonprofit Touchstone Foundation for the Arts to continue a long standing commitment to community involvement and art development.
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Addi: opening the December show at Touchstone Gallery: 2-4pm, Saturday, 8th of December! Hope yo see you there!
Had a great time at the opening of Yuki's Art USA exhibit.
That is going to be great Michelle. keep up the good work.
The dday was too gorgeous to not enjoy the rays ad ART. I brought my drawing and 3D deaigm students to Touchstone Gallery to see the three shows. Then we headed to NPH to see the Obama Portraits.
Dear Friends, please come and see my piece, plus the work of 219 real artists, at Touchstone this Friday at 6 pm. This has been a labor of love, sweat and tears by the Artwatch Collective. The results will inspire you to tell your own story.
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OMG!!!!! I really thought you would not do it!!! Thanks Tim๐
I wish I could be there for the opening. Please post lots of photos. Everything looks great! So happy to be apart of this show.
Regards, M.R.Shebesta
Regards, M.R.Shebesta
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