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Art For A Living Wage- A Group Show at 49 West

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Opening reception July 7th, 5-7pm  Show will be up through July and August.

Art For a Living Wage, a group art show at 49 West St Coffeehouse Wine Bar and Gallery, is the brainchild of employees of the establishment. This show will showcase art in a variety of mediums created by people who work in the service industry in Annapolis. The aim of the show is to demonstrate the diverse and creative community that exists within the heart of our city and give the opportunity for service workers to support their artistic endeavors.

 

Marley Crank-Oils

Megan Friedrichs- Photography

Kelsey Cochran- Photography

Luis Bello- Mixed Media

Tai Bardell- Calligraphy

Grady Sabo-Mixed Media

Jeff Ward-Stipling

Samantha Axelrod-Mixed Media

Marie Machin-Photography

Taylor Ruff-Mixed Media

Joe Hartman-Acrylics

Gus Baganz- Photography

With contributions from:

Jake Gatton and Kimario Ballantyne

 

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Megan Friedrichs

“Don’t Look”

B&W Photography
at 49 West Cafe

 

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Marley Crank

“Secret Garden”

Oil on canvas

At 49 West Cafe

 

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Luis Bello

“Bit of Self 1/00”

Mixed Media

at 49 West Café

 

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Gus Baganz

“Untitled 3”

Ziatype on paper

At 49 West Café

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Grady Sabo

“Untitled”

Espresso and Pen on a Guest Check

At 49 west cafe

Olympic Artist Jesse Raudales Art Exhibit

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PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE OPENING RECEPTION SUNDAY MAY5 TH 5-8PM.

LITE REFRESHMENTS AND WINE WILL BE PROVIDED.

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“Being the First Latino to be commissioned to commemorate the 2006 US OlympicTeam and USOC to represent the 2006 Olympics for the United States, I want tomake sure that I am Not the Last”
Jesse Raudales

Internationally acclaimed celebrity artist Jesse Raudales, whose work is featured in museums, galleries, organizations, and homes of many collectors, displays a deep sense of Pure Originality, Beauty, Spirituality, Strength and Reality in his images. For any artist, it would be a dream come true to be selected as one of the artists to create an image to commemorate the 2006 US Olympic Team. That dream is now a reality for Jesse Raudales, a North Hollywood based artist, who was selected among thousands of applicants to represent the 2006 Olympic Games, standing next to his fellow artist, Jane Seymour and Peter Maxx. His Olympic painting, “Peace for the Children of the World” opened in California, toured to New York and then went on to the Olympic Games in Torino, Italy. Since becoming an Olympian, Raudales has been honored by the NAACP, FBI, Warner Bros. and the EPICC Center and featured as a rising artist in international press. Raudales was the first Latino artist from the USA chosen for the 2006 Olympic Games and has received high acclaim for his passion to paint and dedication as a father. His artwork has been featured on television and in the homes of many celebrities including Academy Award nominee, Terrence Howard, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Rick James, and many more. He has also designed logos and airbrushed fashion concepts for celebrities such as MC Hammer and the late James Brown. His list of accomplishments also includes designing logos for Martin L. King III, basketball star Dwayne Wade and the official Miss USA Pageant logo.

The story of Raudales begins in North Carolina and has captured the hearts of many. Born stillborn, his mother prayed to God to let her son live. She coddled him for several minutes and miraculously, Jesse gasped for air and was brought to life. His mother honored her gift from God by naming her son Jesus Guadalupe Raudales but after several years of being teased at school, he was later nicknamed Jesse.

Jesse Raudales is active in his community and continues to donate his originals to a variety of nonprofits including the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Zo’s Summer Grove, Sparks Of Hope, Inc., The OASIS, Hands United Together, and the Boys and Girls Club of America. In February 2007, his Peace for the Children art show was hosted by long-time friend and client, Terrence Howard, and was held at CCH Pounder’s art gallery (Pounder Kone Art Space). Jesse showcased five original paintings marked with the handprint of his son, Jesse Jr., honoring children around the world who are victims of child abuse. Jesse’s art exhibits include Colors to Life Beautiful, an exhibition inspired by Alice Walker’s Color Purple at the 626 Gallery at Studio B in downtown LA’s gallery row and his solo show, My Real Name is Jesus, hosted by Jermaine Jackson which was also held at 626, focusing on his life story and the inspiration behind his most versatile works. His art has been showcased at many galleries and private shows around the world including Downing Gross Art Gallery, Epoxybox, Chase Mitchell, Million Dollar Make the Discovery Retreat for the Oscars® and the City of Annapolis’ first annual Dia De Los Muertos – Day of the Dead celebration and Capital Gazette, a Baltimore Sun Media Group publication.

“Jesse, being an Olympic Artist is a major accomplishment for any artist. As you know artist from Matisse to Andy Warhol, Jim Dine and Roy Lichtenstein have been artist chosen to commemorate the Olympic Games . Welcome to the Olympic Art Family. ” — Jack Scharr, President

2019 Presskit Jesse Raudales

Anne Weathersby- Water Perspectives

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Come join us for the opening wine and cheese reception Sunday, April 7th, 5-7pm.
Anne Delano Weathersby is a local photographer, having served clients in the Annapolis and Washington, DC area for many years. Her subjects include landscapes, people, wildlife and nature, and she enjoys sharing her view of what she sees through her lens.
What type of medium:  Photography

Nancy Lee Galloway

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“Sunrise at Thomas Point Light”

“Coup de Foudre”

 

Opening Wine and Cheese Reception will be Sunday, March 3rd, 5-7pm

Nancy Lee Galloway is a local artist working mainly in watercolor.  The inspiration for her work arises from her eclectic background and her passion for the infinite variety of life which is reflected in the diversity of her subject matter. She paints to inspire a visceral reaction to the work through the use of shape, color and light.  “I love to create and that is what drives me.  It is the agony and the ecstasy – but joy in the process is what I always strive for!”

www.nancyleegalloway.com

ART DOWN VOLUME I

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Art Down

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Sunday, January 6th, 2019

5pm-7pm

49 West Coffeehouse, 49 West St, Annapolis, Md 21401

Art Down, is a multi-medium/multi-artist exhibit featuring the creative work of four African-American artists located in the District, Maryland, and Virginia metropolitan area, Art Down showcases cardboard art by the maker known as “King Anvil” Tyrone Taylor, paintings by Natalie Ballard, and photography by David Arthur and Jonathan Bartlett.

Additional images can be found online at ArtDown.tumblr.com.

About the Artists

Natalie Ballard (Annapolis) has focused her creativity on painting watercolors for several decades, and has exhibited her work at several events in the District, Maryland and Virginia (DMV).

Tyrone Taylor (Annapolis) I am Tyrone Taylor. Born and raised in Annapolis/Parole. I am the eldest of five siblings, with three brothers and one sister. My mother is an educator and my father is a machinist. I am self taught and we are all self entertained. Everything is usable material. Currently I am a goldsmith. Cardboard is fun, so is graffiti. Metal to follow.

David Arthur (Annapolis) is a trained graphic artist and photographer. In his work David utilizes both film and digital formats to capture the beauty and shape of the human form through light and composition. David’s portraits are an attempt to invite the viewer into another person’s world and to imagine the thoughts and emotional landscapes of his subjects. David earned a Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design and Communications from Frostburg State University

Jonathan Bartlett (Minneapolis, Washington DC resident since 1991) Jonathan’s exhibit highlights examples of his primary focus – portraiture that captures the personality of his subjects. Jonathan has a Bachelor’s of Business Administration in Management from Howard University and an MBA in International Business from American University.

 

“You don’t look sick!”

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Please join us for the opening reception Sunday, November 4th, 5-7pm.
“You don’t look sick!” is an all too common phrase that one with chronic illness hears often. That’s about half of American adults, perhaps looking fine on the outside, but feeling sick and tired on the inside. It’s a depressing, isolating experience, especially as one navigates their acquired disability, struggling for a diagnosis.  This however is not their defining experience, but often a long overdue explanation of a life that was somehow familar or normal to them.
This show is a visual journey of the unending battle of constantly being ill. It’s a deciphering of symptoms versus identity. It is the highs and lows, frustrations and victories, in abstracted forms. It is the grief, the hope, and found humor of our unique yet shared experiences.
Laura M Baer
Anthony (Ant) LaVorgna

Los Endos by Steve Tart

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Please join us at the opening reception with light refreshments on October 7th, 5-7pm. The duration of the show will be October 4th- October 31st.

 

Los Endos

A never before seen collection of images from Annapolitan Steve Tart, dark places captured with sunlight.

Los Endos

An exhibition of moving images exhibited for a limited time for your indulgence and procurement.

Los Endos

“Every man dies, not every man lives”

Los Endos

“Exquisite”

Jack Turner and ANT

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Please join us for the opening reception on Sept 2, 5-7pm.

Show duration will be from Sept. 1- October 3rd, 2018

 

 

 

Aaron Yealdhall- “LOVE Annapolis”

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Please join us for the opening reception on August 5th, 5-7pm.

Show duration will be from August 2nd to August 29th, 2018

 

Local artists unite to cast a message of hometown love.
We are a tightly knit community of artists who inspire and push each other forward. As artists, we are fortunate to recognize a town like Annapolis, and find ourselves wanting to tip the scales to love in times of pain. For the month of August we’ll be spreading that love on the walls of 49 West.

*Proceeds from the LOVE Annapolis art show will benefit the Capital Gazette Families Fund.

  • Collaborators:
    Jeff Huntington
    Julia Gibb
    Jimi Davies
    Charles T. Lawrance
    Joseph Karr
    Rob Wood
    Yumi Virginia Vong
    Mark Peria
    Darin McFadden Gilliam
    Stephanie Claire Baker
    Alison Harbaugh
    Lindsay Bolin Bowery
    Tyler Mitchell
    Anthony Lavorgna Jr.
    Dani Campbell
    Omar A Said
    Danah Koch
    Aaron Yealdhall

Art meets Science below the freezing point by Dr. Wasilewski

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Please join us for the opening reception on July 1st, 5-7pm.

Show duration will be from June 28 to August 1, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frozen Visions called Frizions (frizz-yons) are digital photographs of ice as it freezes and melts when viewed through polarized light. Vivid colors and imaginative shapes emerge. The visual magic happens when this thin ice becomes the canvas I began to control the way the ice grows, into forms I desired, always with color as my guide. Simple forms, detailed and complex forms, and forms that simply happened, as though I imagined them, established my medium. Ice growth became the landscape, and thickness and the polarizer sheet morphed into my color palette.

Dr. Wasilewski spent most of his professional career at NASA studying the structure of the crust of the earth and the magnetic history of the solar system. After graduating from George Washington University, he turned down a contract to play football for the “Baltimore Colts” to participate in an expedition to the world’s largest piece of ice – Antarctica. He was captivated with the frozen continent and has since gone back on 6 different expeditions battling the elements trying to keep warm at temperatures reaching 30 degrees below zero while mapping never-before-explored regions to explore the continent and collect meteorites on the pale blue ice near the Trans-Antarctic mountains.   Near the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, there stands an ancient volcano that bears his name – Mount Wasilewski.

During his trips to Antarctica, Peter sampled the ice and learned how the ice crystals, all with uniquely different ice crystal shapes, air bubble content, and thickness can, by using polarized light, reveal amazing color patterns. This experience and his passion for understanding the science and beauty of ice led to his exploration of the connections between science and art resulting in his creation of a ‘Frizion’. This novel art form is created by controlling emerging color patterns while water is freezing or thawing and capturing the patterns digitally viewed with polarized light. Frizions have been exhibited in various galleries in the United States and Canada. A permanent exhibit can be visited at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Wasilewski is currently a Scientist Emeritus at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and for the past five years has been traveling the world as a lecturer on cruise ships. He received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at George Washington University and a Doctor of Science at the University of Tokyo.