The Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District and the Bethesda Urban Partnership will unveil the work of the finalists for The Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards in a group exhibition taking place September 4 – 28, 2013. Eight finalists have been selected and their work will be featured at Gallery B, located at 7700 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite E.
This years finalists are Lauren Adams of Baltimore, MD, Selin Balci of Annapolis, MD, Travis Childers of Fairfax, VA, Adam Hager of Washington, D.C., Mariah Anne Johnson of Washington, D.C., Gary Kachadourian of Baltimore, MD, Kate Kretz of Colesville, MD and Caitlin Teal Price of Washington, D.C.
The public opening reception will be held Friday, September 13 from 6-9pm in conjunction with the Bethesda Art Walk. Gallery hours for the duration of the exhibit are Wednesday through Saturday, 12 – 6pm.
The 2013 Trawick Prize jury includes Cynthia Connelly, Visual Arts Curator at Artisphere in Arlington, VA; Alexander Heilner, Associate Dean of Design and Media Studies at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore; and Vesela Sretenović, Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C.
The Trawick Prize was established in 2003 by Carol Trawick, a longtime community activist in downtown Bethesda. She is the past Chair of both the Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District and Bethesda Urban Partnership, and also the Founder of the Bethesda Painting Awards. In 2007, Ms. Trawick founded the Jim and Carol Trawick Foundation to assist health and human services and arts non-profits in Montgomery County.
For more information, please visit www.bethesda.org or call 301-215-6660.
