Visual Arts

What’s New?

Shows for the rest of the Church Year:

July – As you look around you is “Beauty Behind Bars” – Art by incarcerated people
August – “Class Act” St Mark’s art from classes X’tian Ed. Classes, Bible Class, Sunday School – kids’ art, Banners, and Claggett workshop art
September – “Service and Social Justice” showcasing all the things St Mark’s does in the community
September – “Capitol Hill Art Walk” – Artists Register NOW! Deadline August 10^th
October – Fabric Art Show– “Made and Mended” – Anything that is fiber and can be hung on the wall
October – An intergenerational fabric workshop theme: “Poppies”
November – “Tracy Councill Solo Show.”

What would you like to see on the Nave walls?
Suggestions and questions email: elin@WatercolorDC.com

Loaves and Fishes for over the altar – Church members, including children, contributed to the sculpture. An idea of Peter Mosely, organized and realized by Tracy Council.
Stoneware crèche, stoneware chalice and paten (Betty Foster)
Stations of the Cross woodblock prints (Tracy Councill)
The Owl Project – Owls against sexual harassment (Elin Whitney-Smith and the Parliament of Owls)
Fair linen (Marlies Jervis)
Wood pledge pillar, box, and tract rack (Paul Monahan)
Lectern sculpture (Lynda Smith-Bugge)
Broken mirror cross, Epiphany star (Joya Cox)
Paraments/vestments for Advent in Marian blue in which engaged parishioners brainstormed at a parish retreat using the upcoming Advent readings; Tracy then took the ideas and designed two chausables, lectern and pulpit hangings, two stoles, and a veil plus two handwoven stoles reflecting the homespun of that era (Tracy Councill, Doris Burton, Arts Council gift)
A mobile of origami doves for Pentecost (Tracy Councill)

Do you have ideas for an art project or display?
Contact St Mark’s Arts Co-Chairs
Elin Whitney-Smith elin@WatercolorDC.com