{"id":139173,"date":"2025-03-17T08:23:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T08:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/art\/the-artful-five-the-art-league-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T08:23:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T08:23:45","slug":"the-artful-five-the-art-league-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=139173","title":{"rendered":"The Artful Five \u2013 The Art League"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Welcome to The Artful Five<\/em><\/h2>\n

-our weekly picks for getting your art and culture fix!<\/em><\/h3>\n

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Some of the fine artwork by our students on view in The Art League Gallery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

See The Art League 2025 Student\/Faculty Show. <\/b>This annual exhibit is a celebration of creativity, where our students and talented instructors take the spotlight.\u00a0<\/span>View incredible works that students created in class during the Winter 2024\u2013Winter 2025 terms, along with inspiring pieces by the artists who teach them. The 2025 Student\/Faculty Show is on view in The Art League Gallery through March 2. Join us on the final day of the exhibit from 2:00\u20134:00 pm for a closing reception where award winners are announced; Torpedo Factory, Studio 21, 105 N. Union St., Alexandria, Virginia.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cIn Exaltation of Flowers: Rose-Geranium; Petunia-Caladium-Budleya; and Golden-Banded Lily-Violets\u201d by Edward Steichen (1879\u20131973) \/ Tempera and gold leaf on canvas, 1910\u201313 \/ Art Bridges<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Catch<\/b> Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900\u20131939<\/i><\/b><\/a> at the National Portrait Gallery before it ends on February 23. It celebrates famed female American expats\u2014Gertrude Stein, Anaiis Nin, Zelda Fitgerald, Josephine Baker, to name a few\u2014who thrived in the creative freedom that Paris offered and made their marks on contemporary culture. Before you go read\u00a0 <\/span>Why Women Leave and Other Takeaways from \u2018Brilliant Exiles\u2019<\/i><\/b><\/a>, Leigh Donlan\u2019s vivid and engaging review that shares interesting details about the women portrayed and their stories.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Check out<\/b> Culture Type<\/i><\/b>\u2019s \u201c16 Black Art Books of 2024<\/b><\/a>,\u201d<\/span> a listing of varied monographs, catalogs, and compendiums published over the past year. Sam Gilliam, Elizabeth Catlett, Alvin Ailey, and themes including the Harlem Renaissance, Caribbean makers, and ancient Egypt\u2019s influence on Black art and culture are among the artists and exhibition themes explored in <\/span>Culture Type<\/span><\/i>\u2019s stand-out picks distinctive for their \u201cinnovative design, exceptional imagery, effective editorial strategy, and delivery of new and engaging scholarship.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Myrah Brown Green, \u201cIn My Akwabaa\u201d Form, 2000, cotton fabric and cotton batt, 95 \u00d7 86 in. (241.3 \u00d7 218.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Fleur S. Bresler, 2023.40.19, \u00a9 2000, Myrah Brown Green<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

View<\/b> We Gather at the Edge: Contemporary Quilts by Black Women Artists <\/i><\/b><\/a>at the Renwick Gallery. It features 33 quilts from the extensive collection of Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi, a prolific artist, curator, and scholar who is also an aerospace engineer. <\/span>This exhibition is remarkable in its scope and groundbreaking in its representation of Black history and culture as told with needle and thread. It celebrates members of the Women of Color Quilters Network, an organization Mazloomi founded to help<\/span> isolated makers connect and continue Black textile traditions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cTulip\u201d from thePhoto Trope Series by Michael Price<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Listen<\/b> to a talk by the various artists whose works are featured in the Athenaeum Sculpture Invitational <\/span>Eclipse<\/i><\/b><\/a> on Sunday, February 23, at 2:00 pm.<\/span>\u00a0Michael Janis, Lori Katz, Carol Prusa, Sarah Hood Salomon, Salih Zeki Sayar, Murat Sener, Michael Enn Sirvet, Tim Tate, Erwin Timmers, Maduka Francis Uduh, and The Art League\u2019s very own <\/span>Michael Price<\/b><\/a> will discuss their artistic processes, selection of materials, and the inspiration behind their work.<\/span><\/p>\n

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