Atlantis Gallery, 11411 Sunset Hills Rd., Reston, (703) 435-9785. Open daily; please call for an appointment. The gallery features original acrylic and oil works by noted Brazilian artist Silva Maranhão, including works from his recently completed projects entitled Cries of the Nations and The Atlantis of Plato. The central theme of these works: The Limitations of Man. The artist explores this theme in a modern presentation with the assistance of a persona called the “Global Bumpkin” (from the Portuguese “Matuto Global”). The gallery also displays a collection of abstract works by the artist.
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Greater Reston Arts Center, 12001 Market St., Suite 103, Reston, 703-471-9242. Open Tues-Sat 11-5pm: Admission is free. The Chittlin’ Circuit Review: Exhibition, thru June 14. Narrative paintings on the history of the blues by Rik Freeman. Arts Council at GRACE , June 21 – August 1. Artist Dialogue, Thursday July 10, 7:30pm.Annual Juried Exhibition; this year’s artists were selected by Ragan Cole-Cunningham, Director of Exhibitions and Education at the Contemporary Art Center of Virginia. More information available, http://www.artsfairfax.org/index.php?/programs/grace. Mailboxes and Flip Flops –Dan Mihalko, June 2 – July 14. www.DanMihalkoGallery.com.
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Loft Gallery, 313 (Upstairs) Mill St., Occoquan, (703) 490-1117. Visit our new website: www.loftgallery.org. Open Tues-Fri 11-4, Sat 11-5, Sun 12-5: Established in 1986. Original fine artwork by local professionals. Wide variety of local scenes, landscapes, portraits & florals in watercolor, oils, pastel, alkyd, acrylic, Chinese formal and brush paintings, stained glass, jewelry, photographs, colored pencil, fused glass & sculpture. Commissions welcome. Current artists: Jewell Pratt Burns, Martha Brumbaugh, Karen Ching, Robbie Daly, Claudette Downs, Lillian Elkey, Jane Gillette, Lydia Jechorek, Suzanne Jepson, Gwen Lockhart, Susan MacKenzie, Jan E. Moffatt, Susan Lawrence Norman, Jackie Paetzold, Denise Phalan, Linda LaRochelle, Karin Sebolka, Sherry Smith, Marcia Toepfer, Kathy Walden Kaplan, Marcia Weidler.June: Alternative Perspectives, colored pencil drawings by Sherry Smith. July: Impressions of France, original paintings by Claudette Downs. August: Landscapes in Miniature, watercolors by Marcia Weidler.
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McLean Project for the Arts, 1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean, 703-790-1953. Tues-Fri 10-4, Sat 1-5: June 19 - July 26: Emerson and Atrium Galleries, Once Again, Again: Rhythm and Repetition, Juried by Annie Gawlak of G Fine Art. Ramp Gallery, McLean Project for the Arts/Corcoran Student Exhibition.
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