Patricia Phillips Bowden: Coast to Coast and Beyond

Montpelier Arts Center’s first virtual Resident Artist Exhibition, featuring Patricia Phillips Bowden, showcases oil paintings and sketches done on-site and throughout the United States as well as several countries, including Spain, Portugal, and Corsica.

The artist has created moments in time of various locations, using a limited number of oil paints, time, all while braving the elements, and answering questions from some very friendly and curious onlookers - some practicing their English, some using their native language. It was a learning experience for all!

ninth annual artists on the rise: juried teen exhibition

Virtual Public Reception: Saturday, April 17, 1-2 pm

Montpelier Arts Center strives to foster a positive, creative environment in which young and emerging artists realize their full potential as creative individuals. Every year Montpelier spotlights the talents of teen visual artists (ages 13-18) from the Washington metropolitan area. At the virtual reception, honorable mentions and cash prizes will be awarded for first, second, and third places.

52^nd annual laurel art guild juried exhibition

Organized by the Laurel Art Guild, this annual exhibit is juried by a regional professional and showcases works by artists ages 18 and older who live in the Washington metropolitan area and surrounding states. The exhibit includes paintings, drawings, photographs, wall-hung sculptures, collages, and more. This year will be the 52^nd-anniversary exhibit. Cash prizes will be awarded for first, second, and third places and three merit awards. Get involved in your local arts activities and enjoy the support and camaraderie of your fellow artists. Find more information at www.laurelartguild.org.

40^th annual invitational sculpture exhibition

corrie parks: uncanny bodies

Corrie Francis Parks searches for life among the inanimate, endowing tiny grains of sand with their own autonomy. Drawing from the wondrous explorations of early micro cinematography, Uncanny Bodies transforms the gallery into an intricately constructed bioscope, accentuating the significance of the insignificant.

ALIZAH LATHROP: FRAGMENTED VISIONS

Blending painting, sculpture, and installation, Alizah Lathrop focuses on creating visual unity with disparate imagery. She weaves images, colors, and patterns while re-contextualizing precious porcelain objects. The combination of media and objects interact to create a unique experience for the viewer.

JANET MATTHEWS: TANGLED PROJECT

Janet Matthews explores the relationship of nature to healing. While recovering from a medical event, she began photographing the environment; the images became a meditation on existence. These photographs of tangled trees and vines are digital pigment prints on Japanese Kozo paper with mixed media.

Library Gallery Exhibition Competition

Montpelier Arts Center is holding a competition for exhibitions that will be held in the Library Gallery, September 2021 - July 2022. To be eligible, artists must be 18 years and older and reside in Maryland. Previous winners from 2016 to the present are ineligible. The juror may elect to exhibit artists who apply for solo shows or artists who apply as groups. 

The Department of Parks and Recreation encourages and supports the participation of individuals with disabilities. Register at least a minimum of two weeks in advance of the program start date to request and receive a disability accommodation. 

• Learn more and submit your work here!
• Submission Deadline: March 28, 2021

For more information contact Montpelier Arts Center at 301-377-7800 or via email.

Due to the ongoing pandemic, all exhibitions are subject to being virtual only, by appointment, and/or without a reception.

52^nd Annual Laurel Art Guild Juried Exhibition Call for Entries

Organized by the Laurel Art Guild, this annual exhibit is juried by a regional professional and showcases works by artists ages 18 and older who live in the Washington metropolitan area and surrounding states. David Lawton is this year's juror. Six prizes will be awarded to 1st place ($250), 2nd place ($200), 3rd place ($150), and three merit awards of $80 each. 

• Learn more and submit your work here!
• Submission Deadline: April 1, 2021

Writing Competition: All Our Various Voices 

Montpelier Arts Center is seeking original and unpublished submissions for All Our Various Voices, an anthology celebrating the rich diversity of personal or family stories of immigration from writers who are 18 years of age and older and reside in Maryland, Virginia, or the District of Columbia.  

Historically, America is a land of immigrants from other countries, across the continent, from the rural south to urban areas, or from agrarian to city locations. Each shift embodies loss, adjustment, fear, joy, and requires new perspectives for survival and success. Tell us your stories in poetry or prose. Selected contributors will receive a free copy. 

Dr. Karen Arnold, former poet-in-residence at Montpelier Arts Center, where she taught creative writing workshops to children and adults and edited an anthology of their poetry reading series, is the juror. The juror will award prizes that will be announced at the public reading in October 2021. Awards will be given for First Place ($200), Second Place ($150), Third Place ($100), and two Honorable Mentions ($50 each).

• Learn more and submit your work here!
• Submission Deadline: May 7, 2021

For more information contact Montpelier Arts Center at 301-377-7800 or via email.