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Hillyer Interviews Capital Fringe Performer Jeremy Goren
This July, Hillyer is happy to host a Capital Fringe performance, Wistaria, a traveling meeting that questions our past and present through a hallucinatory amalgam of U.S. texts, traditional song, and actions both mysterious and banal. Wistaria appears in homes and odd spaces, searching alternative ways of living in art and society. Created in part […]
Wrapping Leonard Cave Adventures in the Warehouse
Snugly sat against brown packing paper and rolls upon rolls of bubble wrap in the sedan of Hillyer Art Space’s Gallery Director, we (two Gallery Interns and a Gallery Director (don’t worry, this isn’t the start of a terrible joke)) headed to the warehouse in Baltimore where International Arts & Artists stores their artworks. Our […]
Remembering a DC Art Giant: Willem de Looper
Mr. Willem de Looper was one of those rare, incredible people who slipped quietly into the DC art scene and, over the course of 59 years, from his immigration here in 1950 until his death in 2009, changed it forever. Born and raised in The Hauge during the second World War, de Looper was fascinated […]
Membership Spotlight: Amy Hughes Braden
Membership Associate Ginny DeLacey sat down with Amy Hughes Braden as she was installing her show, Red and Grey Paintings, in Hillyer’s NIN9 Members’ Gallery. Amy discussed her fascination with relationships, her issues with ownership and her love of collaboration. Amy’s show will be on view from February 1-25. Ginny DeLacey: What is your background […]
Membership Spotlight: Matt Malone
Membership associate Ginny DeLacey sat down with member artist Matt Malone as he installed his exhibition Hot Pink in Hillyer’s NIN9 Members’ Gallery. Matt discussed the inspiration for his series which features photographs of deflated, pink balloons strategically placed in urban sites. He explained the way the juxtaposition of a pink party balloon in an […]
Membership Spotlight: Jackie Hoysted
Membership Associate Ginny DeLacey spoke with artist Jackie Hoysted before her show Label Me: Call me a Name opens on Friday October 5 in Hillyer Art Space’s NIN9 Member Gallery. In her show, Jackie dares viewers to label her paintings which feature beautiful, but challenging, women on stark backgrounds. This experiment raises questions of gender […]
Membership Spotlight: Valeria Caflisch
Membership Associate Ginny DeLacey sat down with International Arts & Artists and Hillyer Art Space Member and exhibiting artist Valeria Caflisch as she was installing her show Evidences which will be on view in Hillyer Art Space’s NIN9 Members’ Gallery from September 7 to September 28. The works in Caflisch’s Evidences were inspired by images […]
Artist Spotlight: Judy Southerland
Artist Spotlight is a weekly series that highlights Hillyer Art Space artists. Judy Southerland is one of our Artist Advisory Committee members at Hillyer Art Space. The Artist Advisory Committee is a group of artists and art professionals who guide HAS with its programming and with this position, Judy curated our August show featuring local […]
The History and Celebration of Collage
In celebration of the upcoming centennial anniversary of collage as an art form, we thought we would present a mini-retrospective on the last 100 years of collage. Our celebration will culminate (or begin) with the screening of a local, youth-made documentary, Life as a Collage, this Monday, November 21 from 6-8pm in collaboration with Meridian […]
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