Chris Musina

Drawing from a deep phylogeny of cultural cues, my paintings reference animaliers, naturalists, “nature morte” painters, philosophy, hunting, kitsch, museum dioramas, and the like. Using dark humor and bright color, I am exploring the more violent aspects of humanity’s attraction/repulsion relationship to the animal world, manifested in life-size compositions of animal representation. They are loaded with allusions to specific works, places, events, descriptors of scientific illustration, or the gold-leafing of religious imagery.

Hannah Cole

I paint details from my daily surroundings that you wouldn’t normally notice—my bookshelf, the manhole cover I walk over on my route to the grocery store, my pliers hanging on pegboard.

My paintings are at once rooted in the unique experiences of my life and the larger history of American painting. If you’re an art nerd like me, you may notice some cheeky nods to our painting forefathers: Agnes Martin, Franz Kline, Barnett Newman. I make every mark by hand, without shortcuts. This practice is one part meditation, one part Yankee work ethic.

Kevin Arnold

We the people of the United States of America, in order to dismantle a more perfect Union, have elected an incompetent charlatan, a failed businessman, a narcissistic gluttonous orange buffoon who speaks in a dialect of sound bites, tweets intolerance, bigotry, fear, ignorance, and persecution of all who oppose his points of view.

Marcus Jansen

In times of globalization, when an era of domination is frequently challenged, my paintings question previously fixed cannons—stylistically and painterly—and propose a reassessment of both. My painting practices investigate the connection of today’s systemic power structures, predominantly rooted in Colonialism, that maintain their multilayered structure despite still being a challenge to various minority groups.

Douglas Balentine

Through work I came to understand that my interest was in the underlying elemental forces at play which are not just "out there" but also within. Quiet observation deepens experience of the immense interconnectedness of everything. Perception is no longer about "looking at" but connecting with.

Jered Sprecher

I am a hunter and a gatherer, constantly accumulating images produced by the people and cultures around me. Segments of this collection of images then emerge in my paintings. My work shows images that are revealed as fragments in the midst of change, destruction, redefinition, and restoration. The sources they are drawn from are changing and evolving and the paintings are caught in that ìstillî moment of change. They are emptied out, but still hold on to elemental details of where they came from and perhaps where they are going.

Betsy Stewart

Betsy Stewart is both a nationally and internationally renowned artist and recipient of many awards. Stewart’s works can be found in prestigious museums such as the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Kreeger museum in Washington, DC. They are likewise in well-known private collections as the Bellagio Hotel, the Robert Lehrmann, Foundation, Embassy of Finland, and the Washington, DC Convention Center. Her work has also been included in many American Embassies as part of the US Department of State’s “Art in Embassies Program”. She has had over 60 exhibits.

Roscoe Hall

 I create paintings that remix narratives expressed within and instilled throughout Black America. My work searches for truth within surface and questions the unexamined histories across media, ranging from pigments made from food, paper towels, denim, and burlap. Having been a working chef for decades, I have always melded that world with my artistic practice, due to the intent they share about research into what can build and sustain a community.

Antoine Williams

 My interdisciplinary practice meets at the intersection of cultural myth-ologies, Critical Black Study, and Surrealism as a means of exploring methods in which physical, mental, and emotional states of being exist within and in opposition to the status quo. I work with the notion that society is monstrous to question themes of power, class, and the abject within their social, cultural, and political absurdities.

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