Coming in 2025!
Fall Exhibition: Women Artists of the DMV
Opening Exhibition Reception: Thursday, September 18, 7-9pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, October 25, 11am

This exhibition will be the first ever survey of the many talented female visual artists from the DMV (District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, Washington D.C. area), curated by Lenny Campello.
Artists whose work will be on display at MPA include:
- Shiri Achu
- Patricia Autenrieth
- Michele Banks
- Ann Barbieri
- Denée Barr
- Carol Barsha
- Holly Bass
- Karin Birch
- Liliane Blom
- Kristin Bohlander
- Laurie Breen
- Maria Brito
- Dianne Bugash
- Melissa Burley
- Anne Calamuci
- Sue Canuteson
- Rachel Carren
- Mei Mei Chang
- Hsin-Hsi Chen
- Irene Clouthier
- Sheila Crider
- Jacqui Crocetta
- Joan Danziger
- Catherine Day
- Jen Droblyen
- Cheryl Edwards
- Rita Elsner
- Felisa Federman
- Jill Finsen
- Helena Gallegos O’Neill
- Janis Goodman
- Freya Grand
- Beatrice Hamblett
- Elyse Harrison
- Mira Hecht
- Dorothy Hickson
- Jackie Hoysted
- Anna Katalkina
- Lori Katz
- Linda Lawler
- Kyujin Lee
- Liz Lescault
- Taina Litwak
- Julia Malakoff
- Carolina Mayorga
- Donna McCullough
- Camille Mosley-Pasley
- Susana Raab
- Lesley Riley
- April Shelford
- Judy Southerland
- Hillary Steel
- Ellyn Weiss
In addition to McLean Project for the Arts, additional art spaces staging the event include:
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center at American University, Washington, DC
Adah Rose Gallery in Rockville, MD
The Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA
McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
Artists & Makers Galleries, Rockville, MD
Galleries at Strathmore Mansion, Rockville, MD
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD
The Writer’s Center, Bethesda, MD
Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD
Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD
Led by the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center in DC, and as part of the generous Alper Initiative, these art venues agreed to co-stage the show, which will run in the nine separate art spaces starting in September 2025 for 6-12 weeks.
Please see mpaart.org for more details as they’re confirmed.
Featuring work by Jackie Hoysted, Emon Surakitkoson and Heidi Fowler
April 10 – June 14, 2025
Opening Exhibition Reception: Thursday, April 17, 7-9pm
Opening Exhibition presented by The Mather
Artist Talk: Saturday, May 10, 11am
Tea & Talk: Wednesday, June 4, 11am
MPA’s 2025 Spring Solo Exhibitions are funded in part by an ArtsFairfax Project Grant.


