Coming in 2025!
Fall Exhibition: Women Artists of the DMV
September 11 – November 1, 2025
Opening Exhibition Reception: Thursday, September 18, 7-9pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, October 25, 11am
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
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 eighteen separate art spaces starting in September 2025 for 6-12 weeks.
Spring Solos
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
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
Detrimorphose, by Heidi Fowler (Atrium Gallery)
In the exhibition “Detrimorphose,” Heidi Fowler depicts the power of brokenness and redemption through mixed media paintings. The artists bring together discarded materials (junk mail, plastic, rustic pieces, and old computer parts) in assemblages to inspire a greater consciousness and creativity towards the paraphernalia we would otherwise discard; exploring the tension between the beauty of creation and the priorities of man.
Rudimental, by Jackie Hoysted (Emerson Gallery)
Jackie Hoysted’s Rudimental is an interactive immersive installation that evokes ideas of nature in interconnectedness. Using simple geometrical elements to generate imagery, and meditative sounds the installation harks back to undervalued ancestral connections with the land, the planet, the universe. It is a call for mutual respect, reciprocity and recognition of our minuteness in the universe.
Crossing Culture, by Emon Surakitkoson (Emerson Gallery)
Crossing Culture features two recent bodies of work by Thai-American artist Emon Surakitkoson, a culmination of her professional journey over the past five years. Using multiple conjoined canvases and wood panel, Emon created works that use shape and composition to convey unity among their unique contributing parts. The individual pieces take on new meaning and value when seen as part of a collective. With her sculptural work Emon translates her voice into a new visual language. This collection as a whole is born from Emon’s personal and artistic growth, as she embraces the complexities of her cultural identity as an immigrant from Thailand in the United States.
MPA’s 2025 Spring Solo Exhibitions are funded in part by an ArtsFairfax Project Grant.
