MIND AND MATTER, the summer exhibition at Photoworks Gallery, introduces four artists in photography who are new (or in one case, returning) to Photoworks faculty. A visit to the show is both an opportunity to encounter a quartet of distinctive visions and to consider the work of four excellent teachers. The show runs from July [...]

From May 22 to July 6, 2010, Masters Quartet will be on display at the Photoworks Gallery. The show, representing a photographic journey from graduation to today of four classmates who received their Master of Fine Arts degrees from the University of Maryland, features images by Patricia Dalzell, Carol Harrison, Benita Keller and Photoworks faculty [...]

Congratulations Award Winners!  The results are in for the Young Photographers 2010 Competition.  Click here to check out this year’s award-winning photographs, or come see all of the photographs selected for this year’s Young Photographers Exhibit at the Photoworks Gallery. The exhibit runs through May 16.  Exhibit hours are Saturdays 1-4 PM, and Sundays & [...]

EXHIBIT OPENS AT PHOTOWORKS GALLERY FRIDAY, MARCH 19 Skateboarding, ballet, ritual traditions and the devastation of natural disasters are among the topics essayed in Mirror to the World, Photoworks Second Annual group exhibition of documentary photography. Curated by popular Photoworks instructor Frank Van Riper, the show features work by eight DC-area photographers pursuing documentary projects [...]

Photoworks at Glen Echo Park is now accepting entries for the 2010 Young Photographers Juried Competition — open to digital and film photographers in private and public schools (elementary, middle and high schools) in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC. View competition rules here and entry form here. Quick Facts… Submissions Accepted: March 22 – April [...]

NOW THROUGH MARCH 14 — RECEPTION & TALK RESCHEDULED FOR FEB. 19 “YOU WILL BE DRIVEN TO A POINT MIDWAY BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH! SHOCK-FULL OF THRILLS!” That sort of B-movie hype, in stand-up red letters, is just one of the elements you’ll find in the collages of Chris Lawson and Jared Ragland. But it [...]

Currently on display at the Photoworks Gallery is 10 x 10 for 2010, a salon-style exhibit of work by Photoworks faculty, students and friends. Unjuried and assembled through an open call (think “Open Mic” for photographers), the show offers an eclectic mix of traditional and new approaches to both technique and subject matter. On display [...]

Opening Reception, December 5, 6 to 8 PM. It’s all around us. But how do we define the urban landscape? The City: Surface and Space, an exhibition currently at Photoworks offers two contrasting responses to this question through the work of photographers Michael Horsley and Marc Tkach. Says exhibition curator Mark Power, “The show is [...]

In a partnership with Glen Echo Park’s Popcorn Gallery, Photoworks is currently hosting a distinctive exhibition, “On the Top of the World: Book Artists from Australia.” Curated by Tara O’Brien, a Philadelphia-based book artist, curator, and conservator, the show features books in a range of bound and unbound forms that fold, curl, and hang. “During [...]

Two artists whose work combines photography, the written word, and self-portraiture are featured in the current exhibit at Photoworks Gallery. Process: Word and Image, presents work by John Borstel and Matthew M. Smith. Mark Power, Photoworks faculty member, serves as curator for this thoughtful and evocative exhibit. The show runs through November 15. As one [...]