Tonight! Anniversary Celebration and Art Opening at Gallery Underground

Anniversary Party and Be Square Opening Reception Tonight!  September 6, 5-8pm Don't Miss It!

Join us for this special event!  Opening Reception for Be Square - an exhibit of over 100 works of art by the Arlington Artists Alliance, all created on 10" x 10" canvas squares.  We'll also be celebrating Gallery Underground's 1st Anniversary in Crystal City. Door prizes, meet the artists, refreshments by California Pizza Kitchenand live music by Suburban Hearts.  FREE. Be there or Be Square!                     Award Winners for Be Square: 1st Place:  Vicki Doyle, Galaxy in Living Color 2nd Place:  Marina Di Carlo, Across the Tomorrow Line 3rd Place:  Dana Saxerud, Elegant Campsite              Honorable Mentions:  Ginnie Luster, Ballston;  Andrea Limmer, Bayou;  Jean Stark, Intimate Partner;  Mary Detweiler, Seagulls Gathering;  Mary Exline, Woodland Path

Be Square - Anya Getter

Our artists continue to be challenged by the "Be Square" Gallery format.  Anticipation is building as the show draws nearer!

The show is I do like to work with squares because I see it as a challenge to break the symmetry. 

However it wasn't easy for 

me to work in such small format - I prefer big, free brush strokes and long lines. 

BE SQUARE

Sept. 2 through Saturday, Sept. 28

Reception from 5 - 8 p.m., Friday, Sept. 6

Be Square, paintings by Arlington Artists Alliance members. All paintings 10″ x 10″ square, in our Special Exhibition Space

Friday, September 6, 5-8pm, Gallery Underground Anniversary Celebrationand Opening Reception for Be Square

It's Hip to Be Square

Red Light District by Jane McElvany Coonce

 When the Gallery Underground announced "Be Square", an exhibit of paintings by Arlington Artists Alliance members as their Bonus show in August it piqued my interest.  All paintings 10″ x 10″ square, and will shown the month of August in the Gallery's Special Exhibition Space.

Over the Rainbow by Jane McElvany Coonce

I asked the artists - "Do you all have a favorite shape to work in? Would working a  square be a departure for you?  What happens to your work when you DO work in a different format?  Does it stay the same, change radically? "

Double Bubble by Jane McElvany Coonce

Although Jane McElvany Coonce works in various formats she tells me - " I like working Square.  I don't know why.  I just like them.  It's a little more challenging because  usually things don't always fit symmetrically .  But it's like a puzzle to me.  And I rearrange things until it works."

Diane's Garden by Jane McElvany Coonce

I would say so Jane!  Please come see Jane's and the other Alliance members works at the Gallery Underground during the month of August.