Creative Placemaking at The Hotel at the University of Maryland

Apr 15

Curator Statement

The inception of this collection began with a serendipitous conversation between myself and David Hillman, Founder and CEO of Southern Management Corporation, at Prince George’s Chamber of Commerce event. The outcome that unfolded speaks to Mr. Hillman’s enormous goodwill and my pursuit to highlight the talent of our local artists and create platforms for those emerging in the public art realm. Converging both contemporary aesthetics and unbounded expectations, the collection reverberates a sense of enchantment. “Beyond Abstraction”, as I like to acknowledge the curatorial intent, offers viewers the opportunity to experience one hundred four innovative works by fourteen exceptional artists that daringly interplay imagery, colors, textures and materiality beyond traditional assumptions of abstraction art and modernist photography.

Collection Artists

Jeremy Flick
Painter / Mount Rainer, MD
www.jeremyflick.com

Jodi Ferrier
Painter / Brentwood, MD
www.jodiferrier.com

Laurence Chandler
Painter / Lanham, MD
www. laurencechandlerfineart.com

Ronald Beverly
Photographer / Bowie, MD
www.boxlightstudios.com

Ronnie Spiewak
Collagist / Riverdale, MD
www.ronniespiewak.com

Rushern Baker IV
Painter / Riverdale Park, MD
www.rushbakerstudio.com

Janis Goodman
Painter / Mount Rainer, MD
www.janisgoodman.com

Wayson R. Jones
Painter / Mount Rainer, MD
www.waysonjones.com

Richard Paul Weiblinger
Photographer / Laurel, MD
weiblingerphotography.smugmug.com

Margaret Boozer
Sculptor / Mount Rainer, MD
www.margaretboozer.com

Laurel S. Lukaszewski
Sculptor / Mount Rainer, MD
www.laurellukaszewski.com