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12TH ANNUAL OUTSIDER ART INSIDE THE BELTWAY EXHIBIT

Art Enables Off-Rhode Galleries

2204 Rhode Island Ave NE, Washington, DC

September 8, - October 19, 2018

opening Reception Saturday, September 8, 2018 4 – 6 PM

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Area’s largest exhibition of outsider, folk, and self-taught art, featuring both locally and nationally selected artists.

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Beginning September 8, 2018, and running through October 19, 2018, Art Enables—a studio/gallery dedicated to creating opportunities for artists with disabilities to make, market, and earn income from their original and compelling artwork—will host the 12th annual exhibit “Outsider Art Inside the Beltway” (OAIB). OAIB showcases self-taught, folk, and outsider artwork created by artists living and working throughout the U.S.

 

EXHIBITION LOCATION AND HOURS

The Studio and Off-Rhode Galleries are located at Art Enables, 2204 Rhode Island Ave NE, Washington, DC 20018.  Art Enables is open to the public Monday - Friday 9am - 4pm, and the first and second Saturdays of the month 9am - 5pm.  All artwork is for SALE.

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More about the artwork

Ocean Forest

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This collage uses natural dried items from the Atlantic Ocean to the dunes north of Fort Lauderdale, FL.  The piece encapsulates the movement of the breakers to the wind-blown gasses on the dunes.  It also holds the changing of the seasons in Florida by including dune growing plants throughout an entire year.  The piece was started in 2008 and finished in 2014 after exposure to a year of art therapy.  Art therapy helped me cross the boundary from technique to original personal art expression.