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ANDREA SHERRILL EVANS
New Growth

August 3 - September 1, 2024
IA&A Hillyer

New Growth features a series of site-responsive drawings studying the city landscape surrounding IA&A Hillyer. Observations of the reciprocal impact of nature and the built world reveal complex, interconnected relationships. These drawings explore ways the local ecology is shaped by its human inhabitants and how, in turn, this environment influences human experience and perception of a place.

In this work, Evans incorporates a palette of inks and paper made with botanical sources collected within walking distance of the gallery. Cultivated from plants in abundance or past their prime – spent blooms, fallen branches, and unruly “weeds” – the work is both of this place and an instrument to learn about it. These materials breathe life into drawings of both the tended, and overlooked, nature of the surrounding neighborhoods – the manicured hedges and gardens alongside new growth emerging between cobblestones.
Opening Reception and Art Walk
Friday, August 2, 6 - 8 p.m.

Artist Talk
Saturday, August 10, 1 p.m.

Artist Workshop with Andrea Sherrill Evans
Saturday, August 31, 1–3 p.m.
Free for IA&A Hillyer members; $10 non-members

Andrea Sherrill Evans will discuss her process of making botanical-based inks and handmade paper for her exhibition, New Growth. She will share materials used in these processes and demonstrate ways of modifying and working with natural inks. Participants will have the opportunity to experiment and draw with a palette of natural inks made by the artist.
IA&A AT HILLYER
9 Hillyer Court, NW
Washington, DC 20008
202.338.0680

Gallery Hours
Mon, closed to the public
Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri, 12 to 6 p.m.
Sat, Sun, 12 to 5 p.m.

I'm so honored to share that I am a finalist for the 2024 Baker Artist Award in Visual Arts. Congratulations to all of the amazing finalists!

Finalists announced for the 2024 Baker Artist Awards
36 artists selected from the Baker Artist Portfolios

The Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance and the William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund are thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2024 Baker Artist Awards. The 36 finalists were selected from almost 700 artists who created a Baker Artist Portfolio in 2024.

The 2024 finalists were selected by an anonymous jury, and exemplify excellence in three areas: mastery of craft, depth of artistic exploration, and a unique vision. Baker Artist Award Finalists are divided equally amongst the website’s six artistic disciplines: visual, literary, interdisciplinary, film/ video, performance and music. All artists who have received a cumulative total of less than $20,000 in previous prizes remain eligible for a Baker Artist Award.

Since 2009, the Baker Artist Awards has distributed $90,000 in annual prize money, awarding over $1.3million to over 150 artists over the past 16 years. The 2024 Baker Artist Awardees will be announced in June, with one artist from each of the six artistic disciplines receiving a $10,000 Mary Sawyers Baker Prize. One of the six selected artists will also receive the additional $30,000 Mary Sawyers Imboden Prize, for a total prize of $40,000—the largest art prize in the region.

The Finalists for the 2024 Baker Artist Awards are:

Visual Arts: Schroeder Cherry, Katie O'Keefe, Sara Prigodich, Andrea Sherrill Evans, Tony Shore, Stephen Towns

Interdisciplinary: Selin Balci, Kelley Bell, Melissa Hyatt Foss, Phylicia Ghee, Bruce Willen, Pamela Woolford

Film/ Video: Albert Birney, Eric Cotten, Marnie Ellen Hertzler, Corrie Parks, Jimmy Joe Roche, Lynn Tomlinson

Literary Arts: Michael Downs, Kristina Gaddy, Nguyen Nguyen, Lia Purpura, Patrick Smithwick, Jeannie Vanasco

Music: Judah Adashi, Geffery Cassuto, Ami Dang, Outcalls Band, Anthony Parker, Daniel Ryan

Performance: Michael Harding, Katie Hileman, Christopher Johnson, Tavia La Follette, Matt Reeves, Allen Xing

This season the Baker Artist Portfolios is bringing back Finalist Showcases. Over the month of April, Baltimore audiences will have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the work of many of the finalists in a series of public showcases consisting of performances, events, and exhibitions.

2024 Baker Artist Award Finalist Showcases:

Visual and Interdisciplinary: Saturday, April 20th - Sunday, June 2nd at Current Space. Opening Saturday, April 20, 7-10pm.

Literary Arts: Saturday, April 20th, 10-11am, as part of CityLit Festival at The Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall.

Music & Performing Arts: Sunday, April 28th at 4pm at Theatre Project (reserve free tickets here)

Film/ Video: Saturday, April 27th at 7:00pm at Theatre Project (reserve free tickets here)

For more info:
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-->Andrea Sherrill Evans' Baker Artist Portfolio

Par·ley curated by Field Projects
featuring Amelia Biewald, Amanda Browder, Lauren Cohen, Andrea Sherrill Evans, Rachel Frank, Paul Gagner, David Herbert, Alison Kudlow, Leander Knust, Casey Miller, Marianna Peragallo, Lara Saget curated by Field Projects

Mother-in-Law’s is pleased to present Par·ley, a group exhibition curated by Field Projects taking place on the surrounding grounds outside of the exhibition space.

The curtilage of our homes has always been a space where we negotiate with Nature. We plant, prune, uproot, foster, weed, govern and curate this space. Nature, in turn, does everything possible to reclaim, reroot and rewild it, reminding us that for now we may manipulate nature but we are also governed by Nature.

Par·ley brings together a group of artists under the arch of this negotiated space and examines different methods of living with and parallel from nature.

Mother-in-Law’s
140 Church Avenue
Germantown, NY 12526

ON VIEW: July 21- Sep 4, 2023
Upstate Art Weekend : July 21-24
Artist Reception : July 22, 6-8pm
Closing Party : Sep 4th, 2023
Lauren Cohen performs “Brian’s Yard Sale”
July 21st 12-6pm, July 22nd 12-8pm, July 23rd 12-6pm

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SHIFTING LANDSCAPE: LYNN CAZABON & ANDREA SHERRILL EVANS
BmoreArt Print Journal Issue 14: The Environment

Pyramid Atlantic Art Center's Spring 2022 Resident Artist panel discussion featuring Carol-Anne McFarlane (Keyholder Resident), Andrea Sherrill Evans (Denbo Fellow), Jamille Wallick (Keyholder Resident) and Laura Rowley (Denbo Fellow).

A Landscape Show: Artist Conversation with Henry Coe, Andrea Evans, Erin Fostel, and Raoul Middleman

Wednesday, April 21st, 2021, 6:00PM EST on ZOOM

In conjunction with C. Grimaldis Gallery's current group exhibition A Landscape Show, we will be hosting a virtual panel conversation with Henry Coe, Andrea Sherrill Evans, Erin Fostel, and Raoul Middleman to talk about their studio practices and answer questions about the role of the landscape genre within Contemporary Art. Each participating artist is based locally or regionally, and will offer new perspectives on the changing Mid-Atlantic and Baltimore City landscapes.