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DisCerning Eye: Earth Tones Combs and Cole McInturff’s Nuclear Alarm By Mark Jenkins July 9, 2025 IN THEIR COLLABORATIONS, CHRIS COMBS AND CECI COLE MCINTURFF juxtapose technology and nature. Tech dominates -- forebodingly -- in [...]

DisCerning Eye: More to Say Text-driven art by Xiaosheng Bi By Mark Jenkins June 9, 2025 HALF CALLIGRAPHY AND HALF CERAMICS, XIAOSHENG BI'S "Confrontation. Compromise." illustrates the sometimes uneasy balance between custom and improvisation. The [...]

DisCerning Eye: Words's Worth A Solo by Isabella Whitfield By Mark Jenkins April 28, 2025 ENTERING VISARTS'S GIBBS STREET GALLERY, visitors encounter Isabella Whitfield's equivalent of Xi'an's Terra-cotta Army: dozens of tiny humanoids cast in [...]

Washington City Paper Paintings by the Number: Local Gallery Exhibits We’re Loving This Spring By Stephanie Rudig April 25, 2025 Through June 15: Eliza Clifford: The Flowers We Keep at VisArts The natural and the artificial [...]

ROCKVILLE, Md., April 15, 2025 – VisArts, a nonprofit arts hub and incubator in Rockville, Maryland, is pleased to announce Lisa Marie Ryder as CEO, succeeding retiring CEO Alice Nappy. Following an extensive national search led by Good [...]

DisCerning Eye: Known But Unseen Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi's liquid landscapes By Mark Jenkins THE VIVID PAINTINGS IN HEDIEH JAVANSHIR ILCHI'S VISARTS SHOW contain her customary ingredients, but in different proportions than usual. The Tehran-born local [...]