When Washington Printmakers Gallery closed in March, the artists expected to reopen a few weeks later. But things have not turned out that way. Some gallery artists had extra time to work in their studios; while others faced new challenges and longer hours in their “day” jobs. And all had to find ways to come to terms with the loss, suffering and uncertainty facing our country as well as to adapt to a new normal.
Spread around the country, the artists connected in Zoom meetings, supporting one another and making plans for when they would no longer be “in orbit” around the gallery, and could re-enter it to display their work. That time has finally come, bringing a new show on the walls.
As one member says, ”While we do have to reinvent the logistics of visitors and safe procedures, we do not have to reinvent who we are. The ReEntry show will affirm that, while we may have been absent, we are back.”
Member artists: Lila Oliver Asher • Cynthia Back • Robert Burgess • Sally Canzoneri • Clara Young Kim • Rosemary Cooley • Marie-B Cilia De Amicis • Amy Guadagnoli • Robert S. Hunter • Ron Meick • Nina Muys • Carolyn Pomponio • Marta Sanchez • Deborah Schindler • Norman Strike • Helga Thomson • Matina Marki Tillman • Sandra Chen Weinstein
