Aug. 27 Through Oct. 26.
<cal2>"Watercolor and Wood." Free. An exhibit of paintings by Judy Wengrovitz and wood sculptures by Sy Wengrovitz. Artists’ reception Sunday, Sept. 12 from 1 to 3 p.m. At Gallery Har Shalom, 11510 Falls Road, Potomac. Call 301-299-7087.
<cal1>Now Through Sept. 7
<cal2>Portraits of Life. Features six of the area's top professional, female artists and aims to capture moments in daily life through the eyes of different artists using a variety of painting mediums. At Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. Artist’s reception is Sunday, Aug. 8 from 1:30-3:30 p.m.
<cal1>Now Through Sept. 12
<cal2>Mind and Matter: New Faculty Exhibition. Photoworks, Glen Echo Park's resident photography studio and teaching facility, presents works by four of Photoworks’ accomplished new faculty members Robb Hill, Terri Weifenbach, Michael Lang and Sora DeVore. Robb Hill’s documentary series of black and white photographs are a record of life in the Chicago neighborhood called Back of the Yards. Terri Weifenbach’s painterly landscapes of the woods in and around the DC metro area employ color and line to convey the energy of abstract expressionist painting. Michael Lang’s images explores the lively yet sensitive atmosphere in "be bar," a local bar in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Sora DeVore’s black and white photographs are from a 14-year long project "The Ramirez Family, Oaxaca, Mexico." Visit glenechophotoworks.org.
<cal1>Now Through Sept. 6
<cal2>5th Annual Student Art Show. The Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture presents the 5th Annual Student Art Show, featuring two and three-dimensional work created at Glen Echo Park by students of all ages and levels. The exhibition, in the Park’s Popcorn Gallery, is open Saturdays and Sundays from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. and by special arrangement. Call 301-634-2222 or visit glenechopark.org.
<cal1>Aug. 20-22
<cal2>"The Way We See it." Paintings by Kathy Brady & Carolina Correa. The Yellow Barn Studio, Glen Echo Park’s resident painting and drawing studio, presents works by Kathy Brady and Carolina Correa. In the Yellow Barn Gallery. 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Call 301- 371-5593 or visit yellowbarnstudio.com.
<cal1>Aug. 28–29
<cal2>Costa Rica, Bahamas Workshop Exhibition. The Yellow Barn Studio, Glen Echo Park’s resident painting and drawing studio, presents works created by workshop participants who visited the Guanacaste Region in Costa Rica and workshop participants who visited Elbow Cay in the Bahamas. In the Yellow Barn Gallery. 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Call (301) 371-5593 or visit yellowbarnstudio.com.