Maryland Federation of Art

Today’s Image of the Day from Voices of our Ancestors is Marilyn Gates-Davis from the Black Art Today Foundation’s acrylic on canvas, “Breakthrough.” See the rest of the show at https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/voices-of-our-ancestors/ and at Circle Gallery through July 27. Join us for the closing reception this Saturday from 4 - 6 PM at Circle Gallery.

️🖼️ “Breakthrough,” acrylic on canvas, Marilyn Gates-Davis from the Black Art Today Foundation, from the Voices of Our Ancestors Show 2024

Today’s Image of the Day from Voices of our Ancestors is Jamil Burton from the Black Art Today Foundation’s oil on board, “Justus Civil Liberty.” See the rest of the show at https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/voices-of-our-ancestors/ and at Circle Gallery through July 27. Join us for the closing reception on July 27 from 4 - 6 PM at Circle Gallery.

️🖼️ “Justus Civil Liberty,” oil on board, Jamil Burton from the Black Art Today Foundation, from the Voices of Our Ancestors Show 2024

Our latest Let's Talk blog post is now live! Visit https://mdfedart.wordpress.com/2024/07/23/lets-talk-what-is-an-all-hang-show/ to read more about what "All-Hang" shows are and to see some of the work that artists have created in the past for our Midsummer Madness exhibition.

🖼️ “Summer Night,” acrylic on canvas, Kenzie Magoon Raulin, from Midsummer Madness 2023

Today’s Image of the Day from Voices of our Ancestors is Thomas E. Dade from the Black Art Today Foundation’s oil on canvas, “Clotilda: Astral Travels.” See the rest of the show at https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/voices-of-our-ancestors/ and at Circle Gallery through July 27. Join us for the closing reception on July 27 from 4 - 6 PM at Circle Gallery.

️🖼️ “Clotilda: Astral Travels,” oil on canvas, Thomas E. Dade from the Black Art Today Foundation, from the Voices of Our Ancestors Show 2024

Today’s Image of the Day from Voices of our Ancestors is Luther Wright from the Black Art Today Foundation’s mixed media on canvas, “A Sisters Bond.” See the rest of the show at https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/voices-of-our-ancestors/ and at Circle Gallery through July 27. Join us for the closing reception on July 27 from 4 - 6 PM at Circle Gallery.

️🖼️ “A Sisters Bond,” mixed media on canvas, Luther Wright from the Black Art Today Foundation, from the Voices of Our Ancestors Show 2024

Today’s Image of the Day from Voices of our Ancestors is Erasto Curtis Matthews from the Black Art Today Foundation’s acrylic on wood, “Dance With My Father.” See the rest of the show at https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/voices-of-our-ancestors/ and at Circle Gallery through July 27. Join us for the closing reception on July 27 from 4 - 6 PM at Circle Gallery.

️🖼️ “Dance With My Father,” acrylic on wood, Erasto Curtis Matthews from the Black Art Today Foundation, from the Voices of Our Ancestors Show 2024

Today’s Image of the Day from Voices of our Ancestors is Alma Roberts from the Black Art Today Foundation’s acrylic on canvas, “Familiar Voices.” See the rest of the show at https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/voices-of-our-ancestors/ and at Circle Gallery through July 27. Join us for the closing reception on July 27 from 4 - 6 PM at Circle Gallery.

️🖼️ “Familiar Voices,” acrylic on canvas, Alma Roberts from the Black Art Today Foundation, from the Voices of Our Ancestors Show 2024

Today’s Image of the Day from Voices of our Ancestors is Emery Franklin from the Black Art Today Foundation’s acrylic on canvas, “Law of Attraction #2.” See the rest of the show at https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/voices-of-our-ancestors/ and at Circle Gallery through July 27. Join us for the closing reception on July 27 from 4 - 6 PM at Circle Gallery.

️🖼️ “Law of Attraction #2,” acrylic on canvas, Emery Franklin from the Black Art Today Foundation, from the Voices of Our Ancestors Show 2024

Our Off the Wall 2024 Virtual Awards Ceremony is now available to watch on our YouTube channel! Don't miss your chance to see which artworks were awarded by our juror, Cher Pruys, an artist, educator, and art activist. Don't forget to join us for the opening reception today from 5:30 - 7 PM at Maryland Hall.

Visit https://youtu.be/F7eHQkr1adA to watch the recording.

🖼️ “Man From Ghana," printed picture sculpted onto a block of acryl, Donna M. Masi, from the Off the Wall Show 2024

Today’s Image of the Day from Voices of our Ancestors is Shirlene Thomas from the Black Art Today Foundation’s mixed media piece, “The Sit in.” See the rest of the show at https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/voices-of-our-ancestors/ and at Circle Gallery through July 27. Join us for the closing reception on July 27 from 4 - 6 PM at Circle Gallery.

️🖼️ “The Sit in,” mixed media, Shirlene Thomas from the Black Art Today Foundation, from the Voices of Our Ancestors Show 2024

Our Art in Abstraction Virtual Awards Ceremony is now available to watch on our YouTube channel! Don't miss your chance to see which artworks were awarded by our juror, Filipe Assunção, an artist, curator, and educator. Be sure to join us for the reception tomorrow from 5:30 - 7 PM at Maryland Hall.

Visit https://youtu.be/F7eHQkr1adA to watch the recording.

🖼️ “Sun Meets Sea 1436," archival digital print, Richard Weiblinger, from the Art in Abstraction show 2024

A reminder that today is the last day to enter into our 2024 Fall Member Show! Submit your work before midnight tonight so you don't miss out on being juried by Margery Goldberg, the founder of Zenith Gallery!

Visit https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/305/ to learn more about how to enter.

🖼 “Rafe,” acrylic on canvas, Leslie Nolani, from the Fall Member Show 2021

Today’s Image of the Day from Voices of our Ancestors is Michelle Spiziri’s acrylic on board, custom framed, “Mother.” See the rest of the show at https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/voices-of-our-ancestors/ and at Circle Gallery through July 27. Join us for the closing reception on July 27 from 4 - 6 PM at Circle Gallery.

️🖼️ “Mother,” acrylic on board, custom framed, Michelle Spiziri, from the Voices of Our Ancestors Show 2024

Today’s Image of the Day from Voices of our Ancestors is Emil Petruncio’s digital collage of filtered public domain images, “Faith of the Colliers. ” See the rest of the show at https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/voices-of-our-ancestors/ and at Circle Gallery through July 27. Join us for the closing reception on July 27 from 4 - 6 PM at Circle Gallery.

️🖼️ “Faith of the Colliers,” digital collage of filtered public domain images, Emil Petruncio, from the Voices of Our Ancestors Show 2024

We're down to the last 3 days before the Fall Member Show 2024 submission deadline! We always love showing our appreciation for the work that our members create, so enter your work by July 17 at midnight. Don't miss out on being juried by Margery Goldberg, the founder of Zenith Gallery.

Click https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/305/ to learn more and enter.

🖼 “Train to Sienna,” oil on linen panel, Paul Tambellini, from the Fall Member Show 2022

Today’s Image of the Day from Voices of our Ancestors is Dave Mann’s hand-pulled archival intaglio etching print, “Saturday in the Park.” See the rest of the show at https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/voices-of-our-ancestors/ and at Circle Gallery through July 27. Join us for the closing reception on July 27 from 4 - 6 PM at Circle Gallery.

️🖼️ “Saturday in the Park,” hand-pulled archival intaglio etching print, Dave Mann, from the Voices of Our Ancestors Show 2024

Today’s Image of the Day from Voices of our Ancestors is Hope and Faith’s mixed media piece, “My Grandma’s Garden.” See the rest of the show at https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/voices-of-our-ancestors/ and at Circle Gallery through July 27. Join us for the closing reception on July 27 from 4 - 6 PM at Circle Gallery.

️🖼️ “My Grandma’s Garden,” mixed media, Hope and Faith, from the Voices of Our Ancestors Show 2024

Today’s Image of the Day from Voices of our Ancestors is Terence Nicholson’s acrylic and screen print on canvas, “Adams Morgan 2003: The Sum of All Fears.” See the rest of the show at https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/voices-of-our-ancestors/ and at Circle Gallery through July 27. Join us for the closing reception on July 27 from 4 - 6 PM at Circle Gallery.

️🖼️ “Adams Morgan 2003: The Sum of All Fears,” acrylic and screen print on canvas, Terence Nicholson, from the Voices of Our Ancestors Show 2024

Today is the official opening of our Art in Abstraction and Off the Wall Maryland Hall exhibitions! Come check out the amazing work done by the artists at Maryland Hall through August 15. Be sure to join us for the opening reception on July 18 from 5:30 - 7 PM.

To view both exhibitions online, visit https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/off-the-wall/ and https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/art-in-abstraction/

️🖼️ “Crucifixion Of My Soul,” acrylic on canvas, Erasto Curtis Matthews, from the Art in Abstraction Show 2024
️🖼️ “Thick as a Brick,” free standing sculpture, acrylic sheets, stainless steel fasteners, Lissa Rosenthal-Yoffe, from Off the Wall 2024

Today’s Image of the Day from Voices of our Ancestors is Ruth Lozner’s mixed media piece, “Baltimore Self-Portrait.” See the rest of the show at https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/voices-of-our-ancestors/ and at Circle Gallery through July 27. Join us for the closing reception on July 27 from 4 - 6 PM at Circle Gallery.

️🖼️ “Baltimore Self-Portrait,” mixed media, Ruth Lozner, from the Voices of Our Ancestors Show 2024

Our Fall Member Show 2024 deadline is right around the corner! There is only one more week to enter, so be sure to submit your work by midnight on July 17. Don't miss out on being juried by Margery Goldberg, the founder of Zenith Gallery.

Click https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/305/ to learn more and enter your work!

🖼 “Sun Worship,” photography, Jane Mann, from the Fall Member Show 2022

Today’s Image of the Day from Voices of our Ancestors is Alan Kolnik’s digital print collage on espon paper printed with claria inks, “From the Lunch Counter to the Light.” See the rest of the show at https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/voices-of-our-ancestors/ and at Circle Gallery through July 27. Join us for the closing reception on July 27 from 4 - 6 PM at Circle Gallery.

️🖼️ “From the Lunch Counter to the Light,” digital print collage on espon paper printed with claria inks, Alan Kolnik, from the Voices of Our Ancestors Show 2024

Jacob Goldsmith, a photographer artist, sat down to talk to art historian Dr. Wil Scott to discuss his inspirations behind his current piece displayed at Circle Gallery, and what draws him to begin creating art. You can now watch the full talk on the MFA’s YouTube channel!

To learn more about Jacob and his work, visit https://youtu.be/cW-smbwQm78 to watch the full video.

🖼️ “The Architect,” photography on canvas, by Jacob Goldsmith

Today’s Image of the Day from Voices of our Ancestors is Georgi’s charcoal on paper, “Forest of Thoughts.” See the rest of the show at https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/voices-of-our-ancestors/ and at Circle Gallery through July 27. Join us for the closing reception on July 27 from 4 - 6 PM at Circle Gallery.

️🖼️ “Forest of Thoughts,” charcoal on paper, Georgi, from the Voices of Our Ancestors Show 2024

Want to see what our members have been up to recently? Check out our latest member news blog post! Visit https://mdfedart.wordpress.com/2024/07/09/mfa-member-news-july-2024/ to read the full post!

🖼️ “Fire Escape at The Gallery,” watercolor, by Radhika Srinivas

Today’s Image of the Day from Voices of our Ancestors is ML Kirchner’s photograph, “Gratitude, the Prayer.” See the rest of the show at https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/voices-of-our-ancestors/ and at Circle Gallery through July 27. Join us for the closing reception on July 27 from 4 - 6 PM at Circle Gallery.

️🖼️ “Gratitude, The Prayer,” photograph, ML Kirchner, from the Voices of Our Ancestors Show 2024

Today’s Image of the Day from Voices of our Ancestors is Lillian Jacobson’s oil on panel, “How Great Thou Art (My Mom-mom and Pop-pop).” See the rest of the show at https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/voices-of-our-ancestors/ and at Circle Gallery through July 27. Join us for the closing reception on July 27 from 4 - 6 PM at Circle Gallery.

️🖼️ “How Great Thou Art (My Mom-mom and Pop-pop),” oil on panel, Lillian Jacobson, from the Voices of Our Ancestors Show 2024

Today’s Image of the Day from Voices of our Ancestors is Stephfea Jackson’s linocut, “Don’t Let Our Confidence Threaten You.” See the rest of the show at https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/voices-of-our-ancestors/ and at Circle Gallery through July 27. Join us for the closing reception on July 27 from 4 - 6 PM at Circle Gallery.

️🖼️ “Don’t Let Our Confidence Threaten You,” linocut, Stephfea Jackson, from the Voices of Our Ancestors Show 2024

Today’s Image of the Day from Voices of our Ancestors is David Allen Harr’s archival pigment print photograph on watercolor paper, “What the Ancestors Wrought.” See the rest of the show at https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/voices-of-our-ancestors/ and at Circle Gallery through July 27. Join us for the closing reception on July 27 from 4 - 6 PM at Circle Gallery.

️🖼️ “What the Ancestors Wrought,” archival pigment print photograph on watercolor paper, David Allen Harr, from the Voices of Our Ancestors Show 2024