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"HeArt of the City" Beats Even More Strongly

Sept. 24, 2008,

Lillian Burwell's shaped canvas - wow

Nevin and Groover studying Pat Goslee's piece

Last night, the City Hall Collection - aptly named HeArt of the City - unveiled its newest additions: some 28 pieces by DC area artists, many among the most prominent to call or have called this town home. (Sometimes it's hard for those who view "Washington" as a synonym for government to understand that this region is home to about 2 million living, breathing, creating, struggling humans.) The added artists include Gene Davis (one of the founders of the Color School); Willem DeLooper; Robin Rose; Percy Martin (teacher and mentor to many of the artists who made DC the center of the African American printmaking tradition); Manon Cleary; Aziza Gibson-Hunter (also seen in Under Surveilance) Janis Goodman; Lillian Burwell; Alma Thomas and Kevin Kepple.

Kristina Bilonik, Bridget Sue Lambert displaying amazement, and friend

The collection has been curated, shepherded, coddled, assembled, cataloged, and hung under the leadership of Sondra Arkin, who has done an absolutely amazing job. She must have visited 300 studios over the past couple of years, in addition to assembling a prestigious jury and coordinating the jurying of over 4000 submissions. She has made sure that the collection reflects the richness of this region in all of its scope and diversity.

Twelve Linear Feet of art by Ellyn Weiss

Oh, p.s. - I can't end this post without mentioning that my piece, Twelve Linear Feet, is the biggest in the collection. You can find it on the second floor west - in fact, if you're on the second floor west of DC's City Hall, The John A. Wilson Building, you can't hardly avoid it.

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