Upcoming Events at Studio Gallery

First Friday Reception Oct 1 6-8 p.m.

Artists Reception: Oct 16 4-6p.m.

Solo Show: Chris Chernow, "CastOff: Looking at the Figure", Ms. Chernow continues her experiments with the human figure using oil on canvas, plaster and mixed media, and an installation exploring how we view the figure through color. Ms. Chernow, a recent graduate of the Corcoran College of Art and Design has exhibited in the area and was selected for the prestigious review; New American Paintings.

Duo Show: Carolee Jakes, "People and Places" Ms. Jakes work can be divided into two categories: identity and music. Her new figurative paintings incorporate themes from both identity and music and bring in the element of place. Ms Jakes is a 2008 graduate of the Corcoran College of Art and Design. She is both a painter and master print maker. Brian Williams "Your Own Personal Decider" Mr. Williams has found in abstraction a limitless capacity to discover the pleasure of the simple interaction of form and color. His ethereal and mysterious new paintings continue that tradition with works of oil on dibond panel that "nudge" the viewer into new worlds.

Studio Gallery shows the works of guest and emerging artists each month in their upstairs Betsy Ross Gallery as well as the work of Member artists. We also feature unique outdoor sculpture in our garden. Studio Gallery is located in a beautiful brownstone in historic Dupont Circle and is available for parties, meeting and receptions.

Studio Gallery Reviews - Carolee Jakes

While most people would think to express music with the aid of an instrument, Carolee Jakes expresses music through her series of screen prints. Inspired by her fascination of human interaction with animate and inanimate objects, as well as a musical family, Jakes found people's interactions with instruments to be particularly intriguing.
Her prints feature a variety of musicians playing violins, guitars, and in one case, a xylophone. In this particular print, Trio 3, a man shrouded in a warm purple hue intently plays his xylophone. His connection to the instrument is evident in the imminent dropping of the mallets in his hands, as well as his facial expression, which emanates both pleasure and an intense focus. With a deep black ink, Jakes layers a melodious medley of shapes and lines which resound from within the xlyophone to the white border of the print. As in many of her prints, in Trio 3 Jakes skillfully manages to visually realize the music of the xylophone, an inanimate object that is brought to life through the expressive connection with its player and partner.


One of Studio Gallery's newest members, Carolee Jakes is a graduate of the Corcoran. Her work is currently on display as part of this months New Members Exhibition.

Mark Lamberton
Intern
Studio Gallery School of Artistic Brilliance '11