Waverly Street Gallery to reopen September 4 in Bethesda

Waverly Street Gallery is temporarily closed at 4600 East-West Highway in downtown Bethesda for a "summer spruce-up." The art gallery will reopen on Sunday, September 4, 2022 with a new exhibit of paintings by Terry Sitz. "UR NOT THE BOSS OF ME" will run through October 1. For more information, see their website for full details.

Art events today and Sunday in Bethesda

"New York Nights" by Elena Bond

Neo-Impressionist Elena Bond will appear today, June 24, 2017, from 1:00-4:00 PM at Wentworth Gallery inside Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda. Bond, who uses a palette knife to create her distinctive paintings, grew up in the Soviet Union and Germany before emigrating to America after the Cold War. Wentworth is located on Level 2, just outside of Nordstrom. The event is free to attend, and Bond's latest artworks will be available for purchase. Call to RSVP: (301) 365-3270

Tomorrow, Sunday, June 25, 2017, artists and some downtown Bethesda businesses will converge on Waverly Street Gallery at 4600 East-West Highway from 2:00-4:00 PM for ARTFUL Afternoons. Guido Adelfio of Bethesda Travel Center and Molly Lapa of Sugarfina will be on hand for an afternoon of art, travel and samples from candy store Sugarfina.

The gallery's current featured exhibit offers the encaustic paintings of Sandra Sedmak Engel.

See artists' inspiration and process close-up at Waverly Street Gallery in Bethesda next month

Waverly Street Gallery member artists and guests will participate in a special exhibit and events dedicated to the creative process next month. The "Process and Inspiration" guest artist roster will include Pat Autenrieth, Robert Cwiok, Judith Ahistrom, Cookie Kerxton, Janet Berry, Andrei Kushnir, Kathleen Byrnes, Lisa Schumaier, Sukjin Choi, Jowita Allen, Ellen Kreiger, Sandra Sedmak Engel, Kristina Penhoet, Ann Leonard, Di Stovall, Joanne Miller, Elroy Williams and Susan Main.

An opening reception will be held on Friday, February 10, from 5:00 to 9:00 PM. And an artist talk and demonstration will take place on Sunday, February 26, from 4:00 to 6:00 PM. Both events are free and open to the public. The exhibit itself will run from February 7 to March 4, 2017.

4600 East-West Highway

301-951-9441

Bethesda's Waverly Street Gallery to host photography exhibit in January

Waverly Street Gallery will be hosting a new photography exhibit to start the New Year in January. Photographers Kate Stillwell and Wil Scott will bring a trove of shots from their travels - and the inspirations derived from the people, places and events they witnessed - in Two for the Road - A Photographic Journey.

The exhibit will open on January 10, and run through February 4, at the gallery, which is located at 4600 East-West Highway in downtown Bethesda. An opening reception for the exhibit will be held on Friday, January 13, from 6:00-9:00 PM. An Artists' Talk with the photographers will be held on January 28, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM.

All of the events are free.