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Adams Davidson Galleries | Washington, D.C. | 202-965-3800
For nearly 35 years, Adams Davidson Galleries has been a nationally known dealer in American art of the Nineteenth and early Twentieth centuries, with a special emphasis on important paintings, drawings and sculpture by American artists from the Revolution to the New Deal. They also seek out exceptional European paintings from the 16th - 19th centuries. So whether you are considering your first purchase or are adding to your collection, visit Adams Davidson Galleries and let them guide and support you in acquiring works of art which best reflect your taste and purpose.
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Arts Council of Fairfax | Annandale, VA | 703-642-0862
The Arts Council of Fairfax County, Inc. was founded in 1964 by a group of interested citizens and the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to ensure the cultural quality of life for Fairfax. It's purpose is to advocate and coordinate the preservation, promotion and expansion of the visual, audio, and performing arts in Fairfax County, for arts groups, business groups, and individual businesses, education groups, county citizens and county government. It assists in cultural facility plans and with long rang planning for development of the arts and art facilities.
B'nai B'rith Klutznick | Washington, D.C. | 202-857-6583
The B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum presents exhibitions and educational programs focusing on Jewish contributions to popular culture and the arts, public service, and social welfare within the context of Jewish history and religion. Located three blocks from the White House and under the auspices of the oldest Jewish service organization in the world, the museum serves as an educational institution for the Washington area as well as for the large number of tourists and international delegations who visit the Nation's Capital. The BBKNJM works in partnership with local and federal museums and archives, Jewish organizations, and embassies to promote understanding of the Jewish experience throughout the ages.
Colored Pencil Society of America, Washington Chapter | Washington D.C.
Welcome to the Metropolitan Washington Chapter (DC 109) of the Colored Pencil Society of America. Over 100 drawings in our gallery display the amazing versatility of the modern colored pencil as an artisitic medium. Browse our site, visit our online gallery and check out our activities. Join us!
Corcoran Gallery of Art, The | Washington, D.C. | 202-638-3211
Only a block from the White House and just a short walk from the nation's historic Mall, the Corcoran stands as a major center of American art. It is the largest non-federal art museum in the nation's capital. The Corcoran was founded in 1869 as an institution to be "dedicated to art, and used solely for the purpose of encouraging the American genius." It was Washington's first art museum and ranks with Boston's Museum of Fine Arts and New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art as one of the three oldest museums in the United States.
Drysdale, Nancy | Washington, D.C. | 202-466-4550
Ellipse Arts Center | Arlington, VA
The Ellipse Arts Center is managed by Arlington Cultural Affairs. It presents several exhibitions a year, as well as additional programming related to the visual arts.
Fairfax Art League | Fairfax, VA
Fairfax Art League was established 1986 in Fairfax, Virginia and has continued growing and promoting art in the community ever since. The League offers monthly meetings, workshops, contacts with several commercial establishments and galleries to display artwork, guest speakers, demonstrations, monthly newsletter, information on local art contests, and much more.
Gallery K | Washington, D.C. | 202-234-0339
Established in 1975, Gallery K has been playing an important role on the Washington art scene, showing emerging area artists as well as established international ones. Its owners, H. Marc Moyens and Komei Wachi, have devoted a lifetime to art, amassing a sizeable collection of contemporary art. Gallery K holds a large inventory, including such internationally known artists as Andy Warhol, Robert Motherwell, Jackson Pollock, Soulages, Hundertwasser, etc. The Gallery works with museums, major collectors and enlightened amateurs the world over.
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden | Washington, D.C. | 202-357-2700
Conceived as the nation's museum of modern and contemporary art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has as its genesis a passion for collecting and for the art of our time. They continue to foster this abiding interest in the contemporary into the twenty-first century. Key artists of the twentieth century, from Picasso and Giacometti to de Kooning and Warhol, are all represented in the collection by fine works of art. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has primarily focused its collection, building and exhibition, planning on the post-World War II period, with particular emphasis on art created during the last 25 years. The flexibility and generosity of Joseph H. Hirshhorn and subsequent benefactors has allowed them to continue acquiring works of art to fine-tune the collection on the one hand, and to forge ahead into new art realms on the other.
Marsha Mateyka Gallery | Washington, D.C. | 202-238-0088
Established in 1983, the Gallery has quickly become one of the leading galleries of contemporary art exhibiting, paintings, sculpture, prints and drawings by established American and European artists. The gallery represents many artists including: L.C. Armstrong, Sam Gilliam, Nathan Oliveira, William T. Wiley and the estate of Gene Davis. Clients of the gallery include major museums, corporate collections and private collectors, nationwide.
National Gallery of Art | Washington, D.C. | 202-737-4215
The National Gallery of Art was created in 1937 for the people of the United States of America by a joint resolution of Congress, accepting the gift of financier and art collector Andrew W. Mellon. During the 1920s, Mr. Mellon began collecting with the intention of forming a gallery of art for the nation in Washington. In 1937, the year of his death, he promised his collection to the United States. Funds for the construction of the West Building were provided by The A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust. On March 17, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt accepted the completed building and the collections on behalf of the people of the United States of America. Since then the mission of the National Gallery of Art is to serve the United States of America in a national role by preserving, collecting, exhibiting, and fostering the understanding of works of art, at the highest possible museum and scholarly standards.
National Museum of African Art | Washington, D.C. | 202-357-2700
As a leading center for the visual arts of Africa, the National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) fosters and sustains--through exhibitions, collections, research, and public programs--an interest in and an understanding of the diverse cultures in Africa as these are embodied in aesthetic achievements in the visual arts. The museum accepts into its collections and exhibits the art of all African areas, including the ancient and contemporary arts for the entire continent.
National Museum of American Art | Washington, D.C. | 202-275-1500
The Smithsonian American Art Museum is the home of the largest collection of American art in the world. Its holdings, over 37,500 works, represent the most inclusive collection of American art of any general museum today, reflecting the nation's ethnic, geographic, cultural, and religious diversity. The museum is dedicated to the enjoyment and understanding of American art and celebrates the extraordinary creativity of our country's artists, whose works are windows on the American experience.
National Museum of Women in the Arts | Washington, D.C. | 202-783-5000
Incorporated in November 1981 as a private, non-profit museum the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) spent its first five years operating in the residence of Wilhelmina Cole Holladay and Wallace F. Holladay, the founders of the NMWA. The NMWA opened its current location in 1987 and continues to bring recognition to the achievements of women artists of all periods and nationalities by exhibiting, preserving, acquiring, and researching art by women and by educating the public concerning their accomplishments.
Phillips Collection | Washington, D.C. | 202-387-2151
Opened in 1897 as the Phillips Memorial Gallery the Phillips Collection is America's first Museum of Modern Art. The Collection contains works of masters such as El Greco, Chardin, and Manet. The Collection is noted for its Impressionist and Post Impressionist paintings including works by van Gogh, Monet, Degas, Gauguin, and Cezanne.
Potomac Valley Watercolorists
In April of 1974 a group of artists formed Potomac Valley Watercolorists to promote the art and professionalism of watercolor painting. Exhibitions are held several times a year, plus a fall show and sale. Programs include demonstrations, workshops and critiques given by nationally recognized watercolorists and our PVW members.
Springfield Art Guild | Springfield, VA
The Springfield Art Guild (SAG) is a non- profit group interested in promoting an interest in art and crafts through educational programs, juried shows, and classes for adults and children. SAG seeks to develop artistic appreciation in the community by providing scholarships for high school students, exhibiting art, co-sponsoring an annual New York trip, as well as local tours, and publishing a monthly newsletter. Monthly meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month, which include a presentation, lecture, or demonstration by an artist.
Susan Conway Gallery | Washington, D.C. | 202-333-6343
The Susan Conway Gallery was founded in 1987 in Washington, DC. and since 1991 has been located in Glackens House, named for the eminent Ashcan School painter, William Glackens. In the intimate atmosphere of these surroundings, the Gallery maintains regular hours and presents new exhibitions approximately eight times a year. The Gallery has a carefully cataloged inventory of about 2000 contemporary and modern paintings, drawings, sculpture, and a few prints available for viewing. The works of art, plus catalogues, up-to-date resumes, color transparencies, and provenances of all available works are carefully monitored by an outstanding professional staff of four, prepared to answer any inquiry.
Tartt Gallery | Washington, D.C. | 202-332-5652
The Tartt Gallery specializes in fine 19th and 20th century photographs. It maintains a large inventory of vintage and modern images representing the entire spectrum of the medium by American, European and Asian artists. Additionally, we have a special interest in vernacular photographic images as we seek to discover and display the rare, the fine, the odd and the sublime. In this vernacular context we are always seeking excellent examples of 19th century hand painted photographs.
Touchstone | Washington, D.C. | 202-347-2787
Touchstone has been a prominent artist-owned gallery since 1976. In 1996, the gallery moved to an elegant and spacious location in the 7th Street Arts District of downtown Washington. It is in the middle of an active art scene, with several exhibition spaces in the immediate area and five other galleries in the 406 7th Street building itself. On the third Thursday of each month, the galleries, restaurants and cultural organizations in the area present an extended evening of receptions and other cultural activities.
Vienna Arts Society | Vienna, VA | 703-319-3971
The Vienna Arts Society Inc. was organized in May 1969 for the purpose of bringing together area artists to share their interests, enrich their own experience in art and make creative contributions to the community. Welcome to our website which features information on our exhibitions, competitions and classes.
Virginia Watercolor Society | Roanoke, VA
The Virginia Watercolor Society, organized in 1979 by Roanoke artists John Will Creasy and Ernest Johnson, is an organization of artists and non-painters which seeks to foster interest and participation in the exciting world of watercolor through the active programming of publications, demonstrations, annual jurored exhibitions and social activities. Its objectives are to create opportunities for beginning as well as established artists to advance their skills and professionalism, and to be educational for the public at large.
Washington Printmakers Gallery | Washington, D.C. | 202-332-7757
The Washington Printmakers Gallery is a cooperative print gallery located in the hub of Washington's DuPont Circle gallery scene, only one mile from the White House. Founded in 1985, the Gallery is devoted exclusively to contemporary, original, hand-pulled prints. We invite you to attend our monthly artist talks, demonstrations, receptions, and DuPont Circle Galleries' First Friday's Open House.
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