Artists & Makers Studios Presents
Three Extraordinary Exhibits with Four Master Artists
(Rockville, MD) – Artists & Makers Studios in Rockville will present three exhibits for October with a naturalist bent.  “Back Stories” includes the animals, insects and vegetation that have figured in the work of Andrea Uravitch for the last 45 years.  “Shades of Grey” features grid-based abstract paintings with textured surfaces using the encaustic technique of beeswax and fire by Karen Hubacher.  In “White Hot” Ellyn Weiss and Richard Dana explore climate change through a series of dioramas with background images and coral structures created from wax and other media.

“Back Stories”     “Shades of Gray”      “White Hot”

Potters Trunk Show

Birds and Bees Boutique Trunk Show

Opening Reception

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Friday, October 7, 2016

Artists & Makers Studios

11810 Parklawn Dr., Suite 210

Rockville, MD 20852

“Back Stories” with Andrea Uravitch will include photos, explanations and stories that reveal the driving forces behind her beautiful and intricate mixed media sculptures, and will include a cross section of work she has produced during her career.  In “Shades of Gray” Karen Hubacher shares her Gates and Portals series, in which she is looking for a meditative, Zen-like hum, or the visual equivalent of a mantra.  Her Harmonic Progression series is about the silent rhythms of life and the contrasts between the natural and the manmade.  “White Hot” with Ellyn Weiss and Richard Dana looks at the bleaching of coral reefs as emblematic of irreparable damage that has already been set in motion, proof that aspects of great beauty and value to our environment – thought to be permanent – can disappear.  In a larger sense, this exhibition will be a visual outcry against humankind’s assault on the natural world, employing dioramas similar to those seen in a natural history museum.

These exhibits open Wednesday, October 5 (Opening Reception, October 7), and continue through Wednesday, October 26, 2016.  Viewing hours are 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Tuesday-Friday, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Saturdays, and Sundays/Mondays by chance or appointment.

Artists & Makers Studios, established in October 2014 by artist and arts community builder Judith HeartSong, is located at 11810 Parklawn Dr. Rockville, MD 20852.  The 13,000 sq. ft. facility is home to more than 70 resident artists and a growing number of affiliates.  A&M Studios is dedicated to providing a supportive and vibrant environment for artists to realize their creative goals - through studio practice, collaboration, education, opportunities, networking and connecting with the community beyond our doors.

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