Events and Exhibits February 2024

An occasional column by Karen Finkleman

The Meeting House Gallery

5885 Robert Oliver Place
Columbia, MD 21045
www.themeetinghouse.org
Mon-Fri 8am – 5pm

The Art of the Silver Spring Camera Club Exhibit
January 13 – April 13, 2024
Opening Reception – Feb. 25, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

A not-to-be-missed photography exhibit showcasing sixty juried photographs from thirty fellow club members. All are invited to the opening reception on Feb. 25th. If you can’t make it to the opening celebration, please consider visiting the gallery on another occasion.

Multiple Exposures Gallery

The Torpedo Factory Art Center, Studio 312
105 Union St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
www.multipleexposuresgallery.com
Mon-Sun 11 am – 5 pm

Recollections, by Soomin Ham Jan. 30 – Mar. 10, 2024

Previous photographic exhibits may be viewed online at www.multipleexposuresgallery.com under Exhibitions – Virtual Galleries.

National Gallery of Art

6th & Constitution Ave., NW
www.nga.gov
Gallery Hours: Mon-Sun 10 am- 5 pm

Etched by Light: Photogravures from the Collection 1840-1940
West Building, Ground Floor – Gallery 22
October 15, 2023 – Feb. 4, 2024

In the 19th and 20th centuries innovative practitioners searched for and perfected a method to produce identical photographic prints in ink. The process came to be called photogravure. These yielded some of the most beautiful photographs ever made—featuring delicate highlights, lush blacks, a remarkably rich tonal range, and a velvety matte surface. Etched by Light: Photogravures from the Collection, 1840–1940 tells the story of the first 100 years of this process.

Dorothea Lange: Seeing People
West Building, Ground Floor
November 5, 2023 – March 31, 2024

“Featuring some 100 photographs, the exhibition addresses her innovative approaches to picturing people, emphasizing her work on social issues including economic disparity, migration, poverty, and racism.”

Glen Echo Photoworks

7300 MacArthur Blvd.
Glen Echo, MD
www.glenechophotoworks.org
Gallery Hours: Saturday 1-4 PM

Walter Plotnick Exhibits: Surprise Inside Series & Circus Series
December 15, 2023 – Feb. 24, 2024

Surprise Inside Series: The implied act of opening the boxes, releases the occupants, allowing them to take flight. The people and objects confined within, through the simple act of unfolding, are exposed revealing what was previously hidden. I try to convey excitement, and energy in images that are playful, expressive, and nostalgically bring the viewer back to the joyful moments of anticipation felt in childhood.

Circus Series: Acrobats, with little or no technology, take us to the outer limits of skill and daring using only the human body. Together, they offer us a thrilling picture of what we can do when we have the faith to leap forward to the next level.

Past Exhibits may also be viewed online under Galleries

Library of Congress

10 First St. SE
Washington, DC. 20540
https://www.loc.gov
Tues-Sat. 10 am – 5 pm

Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America’s Library, through Fall 2024
“Four hundred images from 1839 to the present day, selected from the library’s collection of 14 million photographs, trace the medium’s evolution from daguerreotypes to digital images with an emphasis on the range of subjects in the collection and moments in history described as glorious, gut-wrenching and more.”

Free-timed tickets are required to visit the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building. Visit the website to obtain tickets.

National Portrait Gallery

Eighth & G Streets
Washington, DC 20001
www.npg.si.edu
Mon-Sun. 11:30 am – 7:00 pm

Duty, Honor, Country: Antebellum Portraits of West Pointers, through June 9, 2024

Showcases pre-Civil War photographs depicting notable people who trained at West Pont, including Ulysses S. Grant, George Armstrong Custer, and “Stonewall” Jackson.

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

1050 Independence Ave. SW
Washington, DC
Mon-Sun. 10:00 am – 5:30 pm
https://www.si.edu/museums/sackler-gallery

Park Chan-Kyong: Gathering – Oct. 7, 2023 – Oct. 13, 2024
Seoul-based artist, Park Chan-Kyong explores the complex history of modern Korea, tracing tradition, history, and disaster in contemporary society through his photographs.

Washington Post

Here is a link to the online Washington Post’s lists of D.C., Maryland, and Virginia photography-related exhibits and museums. The various photography-related exhibits appear in different parts of the online paper, making a simple search or link unreliable. You can search within:

Photography section: Photography
Going Out Guide: Going Out Guide
Art Section: Art

Events

If you enjoy photographing illuminations, there are still some options available: