Ann Purcell at Katzen Arts Center, American University, Washington, DC
February 20, 2014 - Press Release
Washington Art Matters II: 1940s-1980s, opened Saturday, Jan. 25 through Sunday, March 16, is a second opportunity to revisit Washington DC’s most celebrated artists of the 20th century.
This exhibition is our second attempt to tell the history of Washington Art from the 1940s through the 1980s. It was selected by three curators, different from those who chose our first Washington Art Matters exhibition. Artists will represent what was best of Washington Art over those five decades. Curated by Benjamin Forgey, art and architecture critic; Andrea Pollan, artist; and Jack Rasmussen, Director of the Katzen Center.
The American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday. Admission is free.
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