It’s time to show the Woodbridge Campus what you’ve got!  Submit 3 of your best works to the Juried show for a chance to win cash!

Please read over the flyer and be sure to follow the directions.  If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to email the WAS Gallery Director zjackson@nvcc.edu.

Deadline Extended to March 30th

The WAS Gallery is proud to present an exhibition of in progress work from Faculty member Erin Devine.

“but the so little that had been left was so much” is a project-in-progress by Erin Devine, Professor of Art History, in collaboration with scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) who study short and long-term memory via the neurons of insects and small animals. The final installation (at the HHMI-Janelia Research Campus Gallery in September) will include large-scale, textile-based images of birds, animals, and insects affected by various population loss, as well as their neuron structures and nomenclature that enclose a sound chair emitting recordings of wildlife in natural environments – from Australia, to California, and Virginia.  Additional photos of Devine’s interactions with these environments complete a sensory installation that seeks to bridge the elusive processes of memory to the urgent narrative of our fading ecosystems.

This semesters Portfolio Review students are installing their group show!

This course offers a unique opportunity for students to be directly involved in the installation, lighting and design of a group exhibition in preparation for transferring from NOVA.

Unfixed By Kottie Gaydos is on view at the WAS Gallery.

This work investigates the intrinsic role vulnerability plays in the healing process, and probes the instances in which the efforts of systems designed to protect and withstand harm, fail.  Once stacked , ceramic vessels dipped in cyanotype , a light sensitive photographic emulsion, and left unfixed embody the liminal space between being and failure.

This Spring 2019 Visiting Artist is Michael Booker.  Michael is a Maryland based artist originally from Mississippi.  Currently a Professor at Montgomery College Michael is known for his painting, 2D and sculptural work showcasing a wide range of skills.  The “Reprise” show represents work done mostly with fine liner pen on paper showcasing glimpses into a mythology created by the artist addressing the idea of storytelling as passed down through generations.

FULL ARTIST’S STATEMENT

Using Concrete, plaster and casting plastic Prof. Jackson explores ideas of the mental struggles encountered through stress.  Each sculpture represents a different individual that was interviewed by the artist regarding their mental stress issues.

The exhibition is open from Jan. 22nd to Feb. 23rd in the WAS Gallery on the Woodbridge Campus.

We Are very excited to open the 2018-19 year with a traveling Exhibition from Prof. Jessica Gardner at the Alexandria Campus title “Crowns”.  From the release about the show.

“We are literally crowned by our mothers hips as infants in the womb, the role of motherhood might be described as a crowning moment for some.

The impacts that caring for children have on artist mothers expands beyond new time constraints and into physical, emotional, and spiritual crossings.

During the monumental shift of crossing into motherhood, artist mothers redefine who they are as humans, but also who they are as artists.

Cowns asked women to create work that reflects on their experiences through the currents of motherhood.”

The ceramic based works are on view until September 28th when there will be a closing reception with Professor Gardner in attendance to speak about the work.