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Hamiltonian Gallery and Millennium Art Salon are
pleased to announce Western Artists and the Contemporary
Asian Art Scene, a collaborative panel discussion with
three artists who share the commonality of living and/or working
in Asia. The discussion is part of Millennium Art Salon's
2008-2009 program season, Between East and West.
This season of salon talks, panel discussions and
exhibitions address issues in contemporary art, not only
within the east and west borders of the continental US, but
extending further east and west to Europe and Asia.
The Panel Discussion will be led by artists Sheila Crider,
Bryan McFarlane, and Paul So.
Sheila Crider is an abstract painter based in Washington, DC.
She is interested in texture, pattern, line, color, form and
sequence, and uses these ideas as a foundation for her
work. With these ideas in mind, she uses western concepts
to explore the role of "art" and "aesthetics"
as referenced in traditional African and Asian societies in our
contemporary society.
Bryan McFarlane, born and raised in Jamaica, is a professor of
painting and drawing at the University
of Massachusetts, Dartmouth and has a studio in Beijing, China. He has been a
visiting artist at over 35 universities and museums throughout
the United States,
Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. He
draws from his Jamaican roots and ancestry, to create work that
celebrates culture and diversity.
Paul So is the owner and founder of Hamiltonian Artists, a new
artist-centric fellowship program for aspiring innovative artists
in Washington
DC.
Additionally, he is as physicist and an abstract painter, with
strong interest in the interplay between colors and forms as
expressed through nature. He is a Chinese American with a strong
linkage to both his hometown in Hong Kong and his adopted home in
Washington DC. While his art does
not have an overt eastern aesthetic, his dual dialogue with
nature through science and art embodies the eastern harmonious
approach in appreciating nature.
Western Artists and the Contemporary Asian Art Scene,
will be held Saturday, May 30th from 6-8 pm at the Hamiltonian
Gallery. This event is a collaboration
between Millennium Art Salon and the Hamiltonian Gallery.
The Hamiltonian Gallery is located at 1353 U St. NW in the
historic 14th/U Street corridor in Washington, DC.
There will be a reception immediately following the panel
discussion.
Cost: $10 general public, $5 Millennium Art Salon members,
and FREE for Millennium Art Salon Patron level members and above.
For further information please contact Millennium Art Salon
at info@millenniumartssalon.org
or Hamiltonian Gallery at 202-332-1116.
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