The Committee for the Arts has named the Brewster hallway "The Tate Gallery" for future reference. In doing so, we hope to both honor the Rev. Marian K. Tate who was a member of the Fine Arts Committee and who had a life-long devotion to art and to further honor the exhibiting artists in the future. Fine Arts offer additional opportunity to praise God

Please note the special plaque hanging in the Tate Gallery designed to celebrate this event in the life of our church. It reads:

The Tate Gallery

dedicated in loving memory
of the life and art of

Marian K. Tate
1903 -1995
This page contains art shows for September, December,  2002.

Art SHOW for December 2002
featuring Johnnie SHANNON Watkins

ABOUT THE ARTIST 
Johnnie SHANNON Watkins

My long -time interest in Art did not materialize (except on a small scale) until 1991, when I began my first Art course at Montgomery College, Takoma Park Campus.
In 1993, I began painting classes on the same campus, under the instruction of Professor Wilfred Brunner who has encouraged cultivation of habits of original thinking, independent decision making, and self-discipline.

Many of my paintings are abstract (with an occasional design or collage.) My medium is acrylic and several hours are spent working with different textures - resin sand, stucco, natural sand, opaque flakes, blended fibers, tiny marbles, burlap, cloth, tree bark, angel wings, beads (glass and others,) chenille sticks and balls, liquigems, feathers, and even peanut skins. Most of the paintings in this collection are textured.

ENJOY THE EXHIBIT!!

 
   

 

  

Art SHOW for September 2002
featuring Alma Lugo

A TIME TO HEAL
This particular painting is one of many paintings in a theme called The Explosion of the Flamboyans. The Flamboyan is a tropical tree in Puerto Rico. It has clusters of flowers in red orange, and yellow. Red is the most abundant hue.

When life becomes hard and difficult, we as frail human beings, choose coping mechanisms to manage our pain. We may go into a state of denial, use alcohol or drugs to drown our feelings, behave in other destructive ways, or become depressed. We may also use our creative powers to work through our pain.

For me A TIME TO HEAL is an explosion of emotion - - but a controlled explosion of leaves, pods, buds, and flowers that cascade from the physical explosion in an emotional catharsis that paves the way to healing.

The idea for this special painting came from the events of 9/11. I had lived in New York City as a child with my parents a mile from the World Trade Center. I saw the towers being built. Their fall on 9/1 1 has been an emotional trauma for me which included a tremendous sense of loss and compassion for the victims and their families. Months after the incident painting this picture became A TIME TO HEAL for me.

Alma Lugo

 

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