Established in 1976 by a collective of 30 artists, the Touchstone Gallery has maintained a 50-plus membership of artists since its inauguration. The gallery hosts a rotating collection of exhibits with the goal of exposing its community to an ever-changing and ever-growing artist community and its works. Visitors to the Touchstone Gallery may see exhibits featuring photography, ceramics, paintings, or mixed media. The gallery also promotes community involvement by supporting art outreach projects and created the Touchstone Foundation for the Arts in 2012.
We specialize in traditional contemporary American painting by local artists with national reputations, including Andrei Kushnir, Michele Martin Taylor, Barbara Nuss, Michael Francis, Stevens Jay Carter, Carol Spils, and members of the Washington Society of Landscape Painters, including Bernard Dellario, Mary Kokoski, Sara Linda Poly, Genevieve Roberts, Bill Schmidt, and Meg Walsh. We are the exclusive dealer for the Potomac River School Artists; book with over 150 illustrations available at all major Washington DC area art museums, Amazon.com, Blurb.com and through the gallery (special autographed edition). Annual Exhibitions include Images of Washington, DC (summer) and Small Treasures (winter holidays).
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You can Framebridge just about anything. Shop online or visit us in store to browse frames, explore our gallery wall, drop off your art for an order or ask an expert designer for help with a project. Choose to ship your finished frame to the store or right to your door. Whatever you treasure, make it last. Walk-ins welcome, no appointment required.
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery's focus is the collection of early Chinese jades and bronzes donated by Arthur M. Sackler—a wealthy medical researcher and publisher. However, the museum houses a variety of Asian art dating as far back as 3000 BC. Displays of special note include Persian manuscripts, Indian paintings and Japanese prints. Works from China, Southeast Asia, Korea and Tibet are also featured. Concerts and art performances augment the visitor's tour. There is also a hands-on kids program called ImaginAsia with crafts, storytelling and more.
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Studio Gallery
Owned by 37 local, professional artists, the Studio Gallery is known for its display of contemporary art, which is exhibited solo and in group shows. The exhibitions showcase the talents of budding and established artists. This gallery is also on rent, in the evenings, throughout the year. Visit the website for featured artists and their works.
Zenith Gallery has been curating local artists' work since 1978. Visitors to the gallery will be amazed at the extensive collections and rotating exhibits - which involve a variety of medias - as well as the spirit of the place. Zenith Gallery seeks to promote the work of both established artists and bright artists who are just finding their place within the DC artist community.
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