La Vie en Bleu 26th Annual Strathmore Juried Exhibition Sat, Jan 7–Sun, Feb 19 The 26th Annual Strathmore Juried Exhibition celebrates La Vie en Bleu, or “life in blue,” with artwork that takes inspiration from the theme of blue, including in nature, color theory, emotion, and more. As a color, blue has long intrigued. Though rare as a natural pigment, it appears gloriously in other ways—skies shine bright blue, mountains in the distance appear a dusty blue, and clear water turns deep blue in the vast ocean. In art, blue can complement within a broader palette or be powerful alone. Yves Klein took a philosophical approach to the color, creating the dimensionless International Klein Blue and
JAN 7 - APR 23, 2017 / EXHIBITION "TO HAITI LET US GO"Jacob Lawrence's The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture This special exhibition features 15 rarely seen silkscreen prints by Jacob Lawrence portraying the life of Toussaint L’Ouverture, the former slave turned revolutionary leader who led the fight for the liberation of Haiti during the French revolution. Phillips Collection
The McLean Project for the Arts (MPA) officially opened its new location, MPA@ChainBridge with its inaugural exhibit, Moving Through: Works by David A. Douglas. Showcasing large-scale landscape art, the exhibit opened December 8, 2016 and runs through January 21, 2017. The exhibit is open to the public Monday through Thursday from 10:00 am until 9:30 pm and Friday and Saturday from 10:00 am until 9:30 pm. Located in the Chain Bridge Corner Shopping Center in the space between CVS and Kazan Restaurant, MPA@ChainBridge features an exhibition gallery as well as an art education space. MPA, in residence at the McLean Community Center (MCC) for more than 25 years, must relocate temporarily while
