Participating artists: David Alfuth, Linda Bankerd, Joan Bixler, Katherine Becker, Valerie Bernat, Jill Brantley, Dana Brotman, Marcia Coppel, Tory Cowles, Jeanne Garant, Timothy Johnson, Anna Katalkina, Harvey Kupferberg, Michael Lang, Paula Lantz, Rosemary Luckett, Heather Lynn, McCain McMurray, Sonya Michel, Mary D. Ott, BD Richardson, Claudia Samper, Jenny Singleton, David Sloane, Maureen Squires, Peter Swift, Lisa Tureson, Rosa Vera, Gale Wallar, Patricia Williams, Jenny Wu.

Sponsored by Touchstone Foundation for the Arts
Virtual Opening Reception September 18, 5 - 6 PM
JURORS
- Kimberli Gant, PhD, McKinnon Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
- Kristen Hileman, Independent Curator & Curator-in-Residence, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE
- Frauke V. Josenhans, PhD, Associate Curator, Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University, Houston, TX
- Miranda Lash, Curator of Contemporary Art, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
- Karen E. Milbourne, PhD, Senior Curator, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian, Washington, DC
- Gabriel Ritter, PhD, Curator & Head of Contemporary Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN

Transitional Spaces by Dana Brotman ONLINE ONLY
In this series of paintings for Transitional Spaces, Brotman explores the liminal space between what is here and what is gone, what is remembered and what is only dreamed, what is real and what is imagined, what is desired and simply and, at times, regrettably, what one does and does not have.
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Marrakech Portraits by Steve Alderton ONLINE ONLY
Steve Alderton's trip to Marrakech, taken about a year before his unexpected death last summer, inspired this series of portraits. While leaving a few pieces possibly unfinished or in the process of being altered, he left an opening for a dialogue as to when an artist feels their work to be complete. These paintings, some including vivid pastels and others filled with shades of black, gray, deep blue and brown, some layered in Warhol-like quadrants of color, others quite still, half in shadow, share a haunted profundity.

Exposed DC is excited to announce its 14th annual Exposed DC Photography Show, February 19 through March 1, 2020 with an Opening Reception on Wednesday, February 19, 6-9pm. Please contact http://exposeddc.com to purchase tickets to attend the opening. The exhibit will be hosted by Touchstone Gallery, with support from the Touchstone Foundation for the Arts.
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Opening Reception: Saturday, January 11, 2 - 4pm
Closing Reception: Saturday, February 1, 2 - 4pm
Through the meticulous techniques rooted in those of the Dutch Old Masters, Anna Katalkina creates small, realistic, jewel-like oil paintings of candy and souvenirs inhabiting people’s shelves
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Art Reception: Friday, October 11, 6 - 8:30pm
Meet the Artists - Timothy Johnson and Claudia Samper: Saturday, October 26, 2 - 4pm with Artist Talk at 3pm
A little waltz with the macabre…this new series paints tales of grim death and grisly decapitation, but with wry humor and cleverness, all captured in brilliant colors and composition.
On display: October 2 - 27, 2019
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Art Reception: Friday, October 11, 6 - 8:30pm
Meet the Artists - Timothy Johnson and Claudia Samper: Saturday, October 26, 2 - 4pm with Artist Talk at 3pm
"Urban Nest" is a series of drawings, transparencies, and 3D representations seeking to explore the perception of our urban landscape through the interaction of people, nature, and concrete.
On display: October 2 - 27, 2019
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“America Is ...” Artists Explore, Ask and Answer: What is America today?
Opening Reception: Friday, August 2, 6 - 8:30 pm
Jurors: 
- Rachel Adams, Chief Curator and Director of Programs, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (Omaha, NE)
- Taylor Bythewood-Porter, Assistant History Curator, California African American Museum
- Jen Mergel, Independent Curator, previously Vice-President, Programs, Association of Art Museum Curators;  Founding Director, Curatorial Network Accelerator of Boston
- Jennifer M. Williams, Public Programs Manager, New Orleans Museum of Art
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Opening Reception: Friday, June 7, 6 – 8:30pm
GALLERY B
Slow Walking – 2019 by Michael Lang
Michael Lang presents Slow Walking – 2019, a solo show of street photography at Touchstone Gallery.  While continuing his exploration of New York streets, Lang adds a new venue, Sicily during Easter Week and scenes of a small Sicilian town devastated by the earthquake of 1968.

Opening Reception: March 1, 6 - 8:30 pm
GALLERY B
Photographs of mesmerizing patterns found in rock, ice, and sand, and even mud, transform natural scenery into abstract alternate realities. Presented in monochrome and printed on metallic paper.

Exposed DC 2019 - Opening Reception: Wednesday, February 13, 6- 10pm at Touchstone Gallery
Exposed DC, 13th Annual Photography Exhibition will feature winning photographs selected from a contest for their unique view of the Washington, D.C. area as more than just a political hub and tourist destination. The exhibit will be hosted by Touchstone Gallery , with support from the Touchstone Foundation for the Arts.
Please visit http://exposeddc.com to purchase tickets to the opening reception and find out more about Exposed DC.

GALLERY A Touchstone Gallery is excited to announce “What We Are Made Of” exhibition by Communities In Schools (CIS). The exhibition will ask audiences to look closer and listen harder to our nation’s students who are thriving in the face of significant challenges ranging from school violence to problems at home to hunger.
For more information please visit: http://whatwearemadeof.us

Opening Reception: Saturday, December 8, 2 - 4pm
Passed hors d'oeuvres by Catering by LT
Open to Public
GALLERY A, B and C
"Inch by Inch" 120+ Artists, each artwork ~100 sq.in.

On display November 2 - December 2, 2018
Opening Reception: Friday, November 2, 6 - 8:30pm
GALLERY B
"N • S • E • W" by Gale Wallar
North, South, East, West. Contemporary realism conveyed via a variety of media and genres. Landscapes, cityscapes, still life. Oil, acrylic, pastel, printmaking.

August 4 - 31, 2018
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 4, 3 - 4:30 pm
Music by The Governor's School for the Arts, Orchestra Department
Artist in Attendance
GALLERY A, B and C
Enter the world of Japanese artist Yuki Hiyama. Due to a brain injury at birth, Yuki is able to communicate only through her raw, gestural abstractions. Press Release
A percentage of the sale proceeds will go to the YUKIEN SCHOOL for children with disabilities in Hiroshima, Japan.
To learn more about the artist please visit her website at www.yukiartusa.com

Opening Reception: Saturday, July 14, 2 - 4 pm
Chamber Jazz by Ethan Foote and Simone Baron
Mimosa Bar, Russian Iced Tea & Beignets by Acadiana Restaurant
GALLERY B and C
Dee Levinson's fascination with religion is revealed in a new series of oil paintings that attempt to capture part of the essence of a religion through individual portraits, symbolism and signs.

Opening Reception: Friday, May 4, 6 – 8:30 pm
Artist Talk: Sunday, May 20, 1 – 3 pm
Original lithographic and intaglio prints that reflect artist's personal response to her encounters in the natural world.

MOSAIC: Moments & Methods
Photography by BD Richardson
The images in this body of work represent many decades and moods of a life behind the camera lens. The work features several continents, from Paris to Peru to Poolesville, depicting the iconic as well as the everyday.

THE ONE HOUSE PROJECT
220 artists stand up for tolerance, inclusion and unity
A project of the ArtWatch collective
Led by Ellyn Weiss and Jackie Hoysted
Exhibition supported by the Touchstone Foundation for the Arts
Over 220 DC area artists have come together to demonstrate the power of visual communication to support true democratic values of tolerance, inclusion and openness and to resist efforts to divide us by race, gender, sexual preference, class or region. The vision of OneHouse is for a country where we stand together.  Each artist contributed a 12” square panel dedicated to an ancestor who came to this country -  voluntarily or involuntary - or was here before the arrival of the Europeans. A structure erected in the Touchstone Gallery will be covered entirely by those panels, representing the remarkable range of diverse humanity who have combined to make the strength of America.

VIP Opening Reception: Friday, November 3, 5 – 6 pm
Public Opening Reception: Friday, November 3, 6 – 8:30 pm
Genealogy Workshop by The Labs @DCPL: Thursday, November 9, 7 - 9pm at Touchstone Gallery
Artist Talk: Saturday, November 11, 2 - 4 pm
Art Workshop: Saturday, November 18, 1 - 3 pm

Art of Engagement
A conversation using the universal language of art about today's important issues and concerns.
Juror: Jack Rasmussen, Director and Curator, American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center.
Opening Reception: August 4, 6 - 8:30 pm
Free, Open to Public
Cocktails Courtesy of Green Hat Gin
Gourmet Frozen Desserts by Moorenko's Ice Cream
Classical Violinist: Nakisa Karimia

I Belong Here - Art of the Shaw Community
Opening Reception: Friday, July 14, 6 - 8:30 pm

In April and May of 2017 Touchstone Gallery artists worked with youth and adults at New Community ArtSpace to create works of art in a variety of media through a program called Touchstone@ArtSpace. A vibrant selection of work from the workshops will be on display at Touchstone Gallery. Touchstone@ArtSpace is supported by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the Touchstone Foundation for the Arts.

"275 Stripes" by Jeanne Garant
New series of work by Jeanne Garant created using numerous stripes, varying in width and color, but producing a serene rhythm within.

“Unity” Touchstone Gallery Member Artists
Opening Reception: Friday, February 3, 6 - 8:30 pm
Touchstone artists focus on harmony in their work. Working with constancy of purpose they sculpt, paint, photograph, make collage, form clay, or hand pull their prints into harmonious creations. Look for accord and wholeness within each composition whether the focus is color, human relationships, social issues, mathematical oneness, linear qualities, or repetition of design elements. What often eludes society, artists do capture their work.

What’s Next?
The exhibition will present a wide variety of artwork created by 90 local contemporary artists in all media that responds to the question “What’s Next?” mirroring present-day culture, society, its issues and solutions.

Art Reception: Friday, November 8, 6 - 8:30pm
Hang with the Artists: Saturday, November 16, 2 - 4pm
“Glimpses” provides a tantalizing look inside the artist’s life. The vibrant watercolors take full advantage of the medium’s unique properties to breathe color and light into personal objects and rooms. The works are intimate, yet the viewer is kept at a distance by transparent washes and drips of color that partially obscure the images. The abstract quality of the drawing and application of paint raises the question of what is real, what is imagined and what is remembered.
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ART AS POLITICS
Our shared reality of pressing social problems and divisive politics as reflected in the work of 90+ national artists.
Juror: Jayme McLellan, Director and Founder of Civilian Art Projects.
Opening Reception: Friday, August 5, 6 - 8:30pm 
Gourmet Frozen Desserts by Moorenko's Ice Cream

TOUCHSTONE GALLERY CELEBRATES ITS 40th YEAR IN BUSINESS
CHAMPAGNE GALA RECEPTION: Friday, May 13, 6-8:30 PM
Hors d’Oeuvres provided by Acadiana Restaurant
Brazilian music by Tom Rohde, guitar and Pablo Regis de Oliveira, cavaquinho
(Free and open to the public)
GALLERY A
40th Anniversary Show including artwork by 50 current and 40 former gallery artists.

MiniSolos@Touchstone
38 guest artists
Opening Reception: Friday, August 7, 6 - 8:30pm