NICOLE SALIMBENE
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Participating artists include: Rahne Alexander, Laure Drogoul, Cheryl Edwards, Heloisa Escudero, Maggie Gourlay, Mira Hecht, Kay Hwang, Veronica Jackson, Jessica Kallista, Maria Karametou, Isabel Manalo, Ceci Cole McInturff, Meeting Ground (Susan Main and MJ Neuberger), Zia Palmer, Judith Pratt, Lisa Rosenstein, Nicole Salimbene, Asha Santee, Katherine Thompson, Jessica Valoris, and Naoko Wowsugi. 

This exhibition is presented in partnership with Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art (Tephra ICA). A concurrent exhibition, Forecast is on view at the Tephra ICA at Signature Gallery located at 11580 Freedom Avenue, Reston, VA through February 14, 2023. This exhibition presents the entire group of Buoyant Oracles, their fine art prints, reflections, and predictions, along with the ephemera of the Buoyant Force sculpture.   ​
Group Exhibition:
CAST / RECAST
February 1 - March 10, 2023
Gillespie Gallery

George Mason University School of Art
Art and Design Building, Suite 2050
4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030

www.masonexhibitions.org

Upcoming Events:
CAST/RECAST Artist Reception and Grounding Ceremony
Feb 1, 2023
 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Love Letters to Nature with Nicole Salimbene
Feb 14, 2023

Time Slots:
10:30am-1:10pm, 4:30pm-5:15 pm, 6:30-8:00pm 

“Art is a magic…” -Leonora Carrington

Mason Exhibitions is honored to present Cast/Recast, a group exhibition of photography, video, sculpture, painting, site-specific installation, and live performative works.

Cast/Recast is curated by Alissa Maru in collaboration with Hannah Barco and Sue Wrbican.

In 2020, artist and George Mason University School of Art professor Sue Wrbican installed the new public sculpture Buoyant Force in Reston Town Square Park in Reston, Virginia. The interactive sculpture features a QR code that enables the viewer to talk to the sculpture via text, and the sculpture will begin to tell viewers its story. The sculpture can also offer a reading, like a Tarot Card reading. The twenty-two women in Cast/Recast are the artists who created those readings, or Oracles as they came to be known.  
 
Invited by Wrbican to create digital images and texts that speak of our collective futures, Mason Exhibitions has now brought these artists together in Cast/Recast to exhibit works of their choosing. What results is an exhibition of unsinkable spirits offering a multitude of wisdoms. This story is ongoing, and it is a story of insistence, and persistence, with a sharp focus on analyzing contemporary injustices and moving us toward a world that we want to live in. Cast/Recast fills Gillespie Gallery with installations, sculptures, altars, manifestos, performance documentation, paintings, photographs, wallpaper, a soundtrack, and a portal.


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Group Exhibition:
Buoyant Oracle: A Sculpture That Talks Back
Reston Town Square Park
Reston, VA
August 2022 (January 2020-November 2024)
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Buoyant Force  is a 50-foot steel sculpture by Sue Wrbican inspired by the paintings of American Surrealist Kay Sage (b. 1898, Albany, New York; d. 1963, Woodbury, Connecticut).
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​This playful installation provides a way to chat and exchange photographs with the 50-ft tall sculpture “Buoyant Force” .
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Launched in the fall of 2020, The interactive was created by the Playful City Lab in collaboration with Sue Wrbican and Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art for Reston, VA. Over the four-year run, the installation features an evolving cast of guest oracles. 
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22 artist's predictions: Rahne Alexander, Nina Q. Allen, Laure Drogoul, Cheryl Edwards, Heloisa Escudero, Maggie Gourlay, Mira Hecht, Kay Hwang, Veronica Jackson, Jessica Kallista, Maria Karametou, Isabel Manalo, Ceci Cole McInturff, Meeting Ground (Susan Main and MJ Neuberg), Zia Palmer, Judith Pratt, Lisa Rosenstein, Nicole Salimbene, Asha Santee, Kat Thompson, Jessica Valoris, Naoko Wowsugi

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​22 artist's predictions: Rahne Alexander, Nina Q. Allen, Laure Drogoul, Cheryl Edwards, Heloisa Escudero, Maggie Gourlay, Mira Hecht, Kay Hwang, Veronica Jackson, Jessica Kallista, Maria Karametou, Isabel Manalo, Ceci Cole McInturff, Meeting Ground (Susan Main and MJ Neuberg), Zia Palmer, Judith Pratt, Lisa Rosenstein, Nicole Salimbene, Asha Santee, Kat Thompson, Jessica Valoris, Naoko Wowsugi
Group Exhibition:
Forecast
November 3, 2022–January 22, 2023
Curated by Alissa Maru in collaboration with Hannah Barco and Sue Wrbican

Opening Reception & Artist Talk
Friday, November 4, 6–8pm 
Tephra ICA at Signature
www.tephraica.org

Forecast presents twenty-two image and text works that speak to our collective futures. Far from a singular vision, these predictions span the range from willing the utopic into existence to raising the alarm bells about what may be to come. The predictions, or “Buoyant Oracles” as they came to be known, were created by a cohort of female identifying artists responding to Sue Wrbican’s public sculpture Buoyant Force, which is located in Reston Town Square Park in Reston, Virginia.

The Buoyant Oracle is a playful interactive feature activated by scanning a QR code that provides the opportunity to chat with Buoyant Force and receive a reading of paired poetry and images. Created by the Playful City Lab at American University in collaboration with Sue Wrbican and Tephra ICA, the installation features an evolving cast of guest oracles and narratives. Read more here.

Special funding for 
Forecast is provided by the GLB Memorial Fund for the Arts.

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Art is a magic…” -Leonora Carrington
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About the Exhibition
Mason Exhibitions is honored to present Cast/Recast, a group exhibition of photography, video, sculpture, painting, site-specific installation, and live performative work for select programs. Curated by Alissa Maru in collaboration with Hannah Barco and Sue Wrbican.
In 2020, artist and George Mason University School of Art professor Sue Wrbican installed the new public sculpture Buoyant Force in Reston Town Square Park in Reston, Virginia. The interactive sculpture features a QR code that enables the viewer to talk to the sculpture via text, and the sculpture will begin to tell viewers its story. The sculpture can also offer a reading, like a Tarot Card reading. The twenty-two women in Cast/Recast are the artists who created those readings, or Oracles as they came to be known.  
 
Invited by Wrbican to create digital images and texts that speak of our collective futures, Mason Exhibitions Arlington has now brought these artists together in Cast/Recast to exhibit works of their choosing. What results is an exhibition of unsinkable spirit offering a multitude of wisdoms. This story is ongoing, and it is a story of insistence, persistence, with a sharp focus on analyzing contemporary injustices and moving us toward a world that we want to live in. 
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Group Exhibition:
CAST/RECAST
Curated by Alissa Maru in collaboration with Hannah Barco and Sue Wrbican
October 14- December 2, 2022
MASON EXHIBITIONS
George Mason University
​3601 Fairfax Drive, Arlington VA 22201

www.masonexhibitions.org

Opening & Grounding Ceremony :
Friday, October 14, 5 -7 pm 
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Performance and offering with artists: Jessica Kallista and Meeting Ground 
Artist Talk + Performance Art by Laure Drogoul 
Saturday, October 29, 12 - 3 pm 
A site-specific socially engaged performance and discussion with Cast/Recast artists 
African Dolls- A Scholarly Talk 
Thursday, November 10, 6 - 8 pm 
Online artist talk + Egyptian and African Studies scholars
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Cast/Recast fills the gallery at Mason Exhibitions with installations, sculptures, altars, manifestos, performance documentation, paintings, photographs, wallpaper, a soundtrack, and a portal. Participating artists include: Rahne Alexander, Nina Q. Allen, Laure Drogoul, Cheryl Edwards, Heloisa Escudero, Maggie Gourlay, Mira Hecht, Kay Hwang, Veronica Jackson, Jessica Kallista, Maria Karametou, Isabel Manalo, Ceci Cole McInturff, Meeting Ground (Susan Main and MJ Neuberg), Zia Palmer, Judith Pratt, Lisa Rosenstein, Nicole Salimbene, Asha Santee, Kat Thompson, Jessica Valoris, Naoko Wowsugi​

This exhibition is presented in partnership with Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art (Tephra ICA). A concurrent exhibition, Forecast will be on view at the Tephra ICA at Signature gallery located at 11580 Freedom Avenue, Reston, VA from November 3, 2022 through February 14, 2023. This exhibition presents the entire group of Buoyant Oracles, their fine art prints, reflections and predictions, along with ephemera of the Buoyant Force sculpture. 

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Participating Artists:
JayCee Beyale, Theresa Clowes, Kendall Rose Kippley, Zeke Peña, Nicole Salimbene, Anna Tsouhlarakis
Group Exhibition:
Water is Life
Co-Curated by JayCee Beyale
DAIRY ARTS CENTER
Boulder, Colorado
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thedairy.org​
September 23rd – November 26th, 2022

Opening Reception
September 23rd 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Opening Night Panel Discussion
September 23rd 4:00pm-5:30pm
Carsen Theater, Dairy Arts Center
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“The Water is Life project will serve as a bridge to unite community members in Boulder and the Desert Southwest in shared concerns about access to clean water. Though the issue will be presented through the lens of my Indigenous background, I strongly believe as human beings we share a common bond in our need for water. “ (JayCee Beyale)

Join exhibiting artists, grass-roots organizers, and scientists from CU Boulder’s Mountain Research Station in a panel discussion about water conservation, collective water use, our spiritual connection to the shared waters of the world, as well as how the art on view speaks to these universal understandings.
This event is free and open to the public, first come first serve as seating is limited 


This exhibition is generously supported by a grant from Boulder County Arts Alliance 

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Press:
Washington Post
In the galleries: Paper pushers: Artists stretch creative limitsConcepts of the medium are expanded, manipulated, recycled or otherwise transformed
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Review by Mark Jenkins
September 16, 2022 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/09/16/art-gallery-shows-dc-area/
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Commission:
ARTFORUM TAPESTRY SCROLL II
76"x  26" x .5”, sculpture

2021 Public Art Commission by KALISHER for AC HOTEL by MARRIOTT

Installation site:
AC HOTEL by MARRIOTT BETHESDA

4646 Montgomery Ave
Bethesda, MD 20814

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EXHIBITING ARTISTS:
Cathy Abbott (VA), Hannah O’Hare Bennett (WI), Nathaniel J. Bice (CA), Anne Burton (NE), Susan Casey (PA), Arden Cone (SC), IBe’ Bulinda Crawley (DC), Stephanie Damoff (NY), Priya Dave (MA), Mary Early (DC), Elaine Elledge (PA), Amze Emmons (PA), Andrea Sherrill Evans (MD), Lanie Gannon (TN), Reni Gower (VA), Melissa Harshman (GA), David Joo (VA), Nilou Kazemzadeh (MD), June Linowitz (MD), Christine Medley (PA), Emmett Merrill (MO), Samantha Modder (MO), Hannah Moog (VA), Phuong Nguyen (VA), Kimberly Obee (NH), Anela Oh (TN), Katie O’Keefe (MD), Mariceliz Pagán-Gómez (IA), Ransome (NY), Nicole Salimbene (MD), Katie Schutte (WI), Megan Singleton (MO), Briana Stanley (CA), Barbara Straussberg (PA), Kristen Tordella-Williams (MS), Jocmarys Viruet (PR), Isabella Whitfield (VA), Frances Vye Wilson (DC), Amy Yoshitsu (CA), and Xuewu Zheng (NY). 
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Group Exhibition:
LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER
PYRAMID ATLANTIC ART CENTER

National Juried Exhibition of Works on and of Paper 
August 19–October 2, 2022
RSVP FOR THE OPENING RECEPTION
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JURORS:CINDY CHENG, KELLY TAYLOR MITCHELL, GRETCHEN
SCHERMERHORN

Looks Good on Paper features 2D and 3D works on, in, and of paper. The exhibition showcases diverse practices and concepts in paper arts including trends and advances in the art of hand papermaking, politics of paper/papermaking, and explorations of the materiality of paper itself. 

The wide-ranging works show paper pushed to the limits: stretched, manipulated, recycled, cast, or otherwise transformed so conceptually and visibly, it becomes something else altogether. “I think the scale of the works will be surprising to visitors. We often think of paper in its 8.5″ x 11″ size, but that notion is very much challenged by accumulation, transformation, or repetition in pieces such as in Xuewu Zheng’s “Zen Wall” of cast bricks,” remarks Schermerhorn. “It’s exciting to see how something as common as paper can be used to discuss current political events or philosophical conundrums, such as the piece by Kristen Tordello-Williams, “For Flags,” that explores the history of labor in a common American work garment.” 
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The selected artists represent an array of approaches in art making, from traditional to experimental. Some are very fresh-on-the-scene of paper arts and some are accomplished, master-level artists with CVs that read like novels. 

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Image: Mending Water
Publication:
ECOTHEO REVIEW 
EcoTheo Collective
www.ecotheo.org
Summer, 2022
Purchase: 
www.ecotheo.org/shop

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Publication:
PANHANDLER MAGAZINE
A JOURNAL OF ART AND LITERATURE
PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA
May 1, 2022

WWW.PANHANDLERMAGAZINE.COM

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ARTFORUM TAPESTRY VII
Group Exhibition:
NO MAN'S LAND
March 4-26, 2022
SHOCKBOXX GALLERY
636 Cypress Avenue
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
shockboxxproject.com
In-Person Opening March 5, 2022 6pm PST
Zoom Collector's Preview March 4, 2022 6pm PST
Artwork available for purchase on ARTSY
Link to my work on Artsy:
 
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/nicole-salimbene-artforum-tapestry-vii​


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Online Exhibition:

CURATED BY THE COLLECTOR
CONTEXTURAL
Curated by Alexia & Rod von Lipsey

 April 22- May 22, 2021
Artists: Joan Belmar, Jacqui Crocetta,Wayson R. Jones, Levi Robinson, Nicole Salimbene
View Exhibit Here

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link to bid on my work
Artsy link to WPA Benefit
​WASHINGTON PROJECT FOR THE ARTS COLLECTORS' NIGHT
A SILENT AUCTION TO BENEFIT ARTISTS

May 6 -20, 2021
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This year’s auction theme--Am I Altering Your Aura?—comes from the work of poet and activist Audre Lorde. WPA selected artworks based on, in part, on how well they encouraged reflection on the following quotation:

Am I altering your aura, your ideas, your dreams,
or am I merely moving you to temporary and reactive action?
—Audre Lorde, “Poetry is Not a Luxury”


Benefit Auction // Powered by Artsy 
Opens 6:30 PM EST on May 6, closes 6:30 PM EST on May 20

https://www.artsy.net/auction/washington-project-for-the-arts-40th-annual-collectors-night-benefit-auction-2021

WPA is a gallery space and platform for artist-organized projects, dialogue, and advocacy right here in DC. Proceeds from the sale are split between the artists and WPA, so your purchase directly supports artists while also enabling WPA to continue producing important contemporary art programs-- now, and into the future! This auction is a great way to build your collection while supporting artists in DC.
Virtual Kickoff Party // Open to All  Thursday, May 6 at 6:00-6:30 PM RSVP HERE
AUCTION ARTISTS
WPA is pleased to feature artwork by artists from the DC area and beyond in the Collectors’ Night 2021 Benefit Auction.
Ebtisam Abdulaziz ● Sobia Ahmad ● Polly Apfelbaum ● Eames Armstrong ● Mary Anne Arntzen ● Sasha Baskin ● Kyle J. Bauer ● Robin D. Bell ● Wesley Berg ● Sarah Black-Sadler ● Julia Bloom ● Miguel Braceli ● Akea Brionne Brown ● Gerardo Camargo ● Deborah Castillo ● Mahari Chabwera ● Schaun Champion ● HSIN-HSI CHEN ● Natalie Cheung ● William Christenberry ● Michèle Christine Colburn ● Hoesy Corona ● Martin Creed ● Sheila Crider ● Nancy Daly ● janet e. dandridge ● Leigh Davis ● Kyrae Dawaun ● Catherine Day ● Rex Delafkaran ● Brian Michael Dunn ● Nekisha Durrett ● Dee Dwyer ● Alex Ebstein ● Courtney Applequist / Edgar Endress ● Odette England ● Yacine Tilala Fall ● Lloyd Foster ● FAIX ● Gerard H. Gaskin ● Janis Goodman ● Dominic Anthony Green ● Rachel Guardiola ● Avi Gupta  ● Susan Hiller ● Amy Hughes Braden ● Adam Janes ● Jabari Jefferson ● Kaitlin Jencso ● Don Kimes ● Khánh H. Lê ● Cary Leibowitz (“Candy Ass”) ● Andrea Limauro ● Kim Llerena ● Ayana Evans / Tsedaye Makonnen ● Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann ● Matthew Mann ● James Maurelle ● Antonio McAfee ● Maggie Michael ● Greg Minah ● Jonathan Monaghan ● Giancarlo Montes Santangelo ● Amanda Muhlena Hays ● MJ Neuberger ● Zakkiyyah Najeebah Dumas O’Neal ● Betsy Packard ● John Paradiso ● Jefferson Pinder ● Rodrigo Pradel ● Akil Ransome  ● D’Metrius Rice ● Simon Roberts ● E. Brady Robinson ● Amber Robles-Gordon ● Esther Ruiz ● Kate Sable ● Hasani Sahlehe ● Nicole Salimbene ● Kim Sandara ● Katia Santibañez ● Josh Sender ● James Siena ● Johab Silva ● Viva Ventura ● Dafna Steinberg ● A.L. Steiner ● Dan Steinhilber ● Liz Stewart ● Leigh Suggs ● Ira Tattelman ● Paul Thulin-Jimenez ● Kyna Uwaeme ● Elena Volkova ● Sue Wrbican ● Monsieur Zohore

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Award:
Maryland State Arts Council Independent Artist Award 2021
BALTIMORE, MD (April 5, 2021) - The Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) announced today that $266,000 has been awarded to 66 Maryland artists through the 2021 Independent Artist Awards (IAA). With this year’s awards focused on visual and media arts, 2021 awardees represent a wide range of artistic talents from all across the state, from painting, ceramics, and works on paper to digital media, film, and installation. Click here for the full list of winners. 
“As Maryland continues to recover from the global pandemic, it is important to recognize just how important a role the arts play in our lives,” said First Lady Yumi Hogan. “As we look to brighter days ahead, we know the arts community will be there to help us reflect, heal, and celebrate. All the artists in Maryland contribute to this creative ecosystem. I want to congratulate all the awardees for their incredible contributions to the arts and our communities.”
This year’s awardees were chosen from a pool of 540 applicants through a public panel process. MSAC worked with 38 panelists, made up of multidisciplinary artists and practitioners from across the state, to review and evaluate each eligible application. Panelists received training on the IAA program, including scoring using a published rubric and implicit bias in the panel process. 
 
Panelists reviewed all 540 eligible applications, which included 311 from Baltimore Metro region, 166 from Washington Metro region, and 63 from the Eastern, Southern, and Western regions.

Panelists then recommended 86 applications to move forward to the public Regional Panel Meetings for further review. From here, 66 were recommended for Regional Awards. See list below.

In addition to the recognition, awardees receive grants to support their continued artistic growth. 53 artists will receive a regional grant of $2,000 to recognize promise, and 13 artists will receive an award of $10,000 to recognize notable artistic achievement. Two state awardees, chosen from the $10,000 regional winners, were also named: Stephen Towns of Baltimore City and Mia Rollow of Prince George’s County will receive an additional award of $15,000 to recognize outstanding artistic achievement. 

"It’s a privilege to be recognized by my artistic peers. This award gives me more motivation to continue the work that I have been creating," says Stephen Towns.


Awardees will be highlighted during the virtual Maryland Arts Awards event at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 16. Visit marylandartscouncil.eventbrite.com for more details.


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Community action project by:
SWATCHROOM
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at 'In 7 Words' space in Union Market

1268 4th Street NE
Washington, DC 20002


DECEMBER 2020-JANUARY 2021
Thursdays-Saturdays 12-6pm
Sundays 1-5pm

DONATE gently worn winter clothing to local charities:
SHOP curated vintage men's & women's clothing & rare sneakers
​SUPPORT local artists by purchasing original artwork
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local artwork by: Violetta Makelou, Michael West, Nicole Salimbene
retail curated by: Los Gitanos Vintage, This Is Tribute, Gary Williams Jr., Victor Nguyen-Long
donate gently worn winter clothing to local charities: 
N Street Village, Central Union Mission, Women Giving Back

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Group Exhibition:
DC ART NOW 2020
DC Art Now 2020 is the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities’ annual exhibition of selected work by finalists for the Art Bank Program grant. It features many of the most exciting emerging and established artists working in the DC metropolitan region today. 
A virtual platform is being used as a supplement to the brick and mortar gallery space, which is closed to the public due to COVID-19 health protocols.

Click here to visit. 
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First Installment: Monday, November 16 – Friday, December 11, 2020
Artists: Natalie Abrams, Sarah Bentley, Anne Bouie, Shanthi Chandrasekar, Tim Davis, Julee Dickerson-Thompson, Brian Michael Dunn, Santiago Flores-Charneco, Heidi Fowler, Michal Gavish, Ken Girardini, Janis Goodman, Ellen Hill, Lillian Hoover, Aziza Claudia Gibson-Hunter, Noel Kassewitz, Mark Kelner, Glen Kessler, Chee-Keong Kung, Khánh H. Lê, Aaron Maier, Jonathan Malis, Joey Manlapaz, Regina Miele, Melvin Nesbitt Jr., Leslie Nolan, Cory Oberndorfer, Carol Reed, Nicole Salimbene, Preston Sampson, Amare Selfu, Hillary Steel, Maggie Michael, Monica Stroik, Musah Swallah, Marcel Taylor, Roderick Turner, Julio Valdez, Ellyn Weiss, Curtis Woody, Chuan Jenny Wu.
Second Installment: Monday, December 21 – Friday, January 15, 2021
Artists: Amber Eve Anderson, Holly Bass, Saya Behnam, Julia Bloom, Joshua Cogan, Muriel Hasbun, Jun Lee, Kate MacDonnell, Katherine Mann, Alex Mayer, Kevin McDonald, Mirta Meltzer, Dennis Mitchell, Dominie Nash, Davide Prete, Gail Rebhan, Gail Shaw-Clemons, Michael Sirvet, Tim Tate, Wilfredo Valladares, Stephen Voss, Thomas Wolff.
Art Bank, the District of Columbia's fine art collection managed by CAH, includes nearly 3,000 works of art by DC metropolitan artists. Artworks are acquired through an annual grant program and are on view in government buildings throughout the District. The collection can be accessed at dcarts.emuseum.com

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Group Exhibition:
THE NEXT BIG THING
AUGUST 1 - SEPTEMBER 12, 2020
STUDIO CHANNEL ISLANDS
2222 E. Ventura Blvd.
Camarillo, CA 93010

VIRTUAL TOUR: http://studiochannelislands.org/events/nbt20/
Artists are continuously challenging their boundaries and excavating their unique discoveries to create new and bold work. Studio Channel Islands invites you to enter your most recent break-through pieces, the ones that have led you to the horizon of your work’s next evolution! All media and styles are welcome.

JUROR: Leah Ollman 
Leah Ollman writes about the visual arts for the Los Angeles Times, Art in America and numerous other publications. Ollman was a crorrespondent for ARTnews for ten years, she has written over 800 reviews and features for the LA Times and 85 articles for Art in America as well as numerous reviews published in Photograph, Craft, Art on Paper, Ceramics, ARTnews, Art Nexus, Afterimage, High Performance. Her books and exhibition catalogues include Alison Rossiter: Expired Paper, William Kentridge: Weighing…and Wanting, The Photographs of John Brill, Michal Chelbin: Strangely Familiar, and Camera as Weapon: Worker Photography Between the Wars.

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Commission:
Artforum Tapestry Triptych 
18’ x 5’4” x .5”, sculpture

2020 Public Art Commission by SWATCHROOM for
CARR PROPERTIES
Installation site:
1800 Diagonal Road, Suite 600
Alexandria, VA 22314



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Artist:
Kristin Adair, Aphra Adkins, Sobia Ahmad, Ebtisam Abdulaziz, Wole Ajagbe, Dina Anchin, Maremi Andreozzi, Alexandra Arata, Kate Ballou, Tara Barr, Spencer Beck, Marifel Bermudez, Jonathan Bessaci Ribaillier, Shana Blakley, Julia Bloom, Madison Bolls, Annie Broderick, Elmer Calata, Gerardo Camargo-Perez, Beth Cartland, Mattia Cavanna, Julia Chon, Julie Christenberry, Mary Cobb, Chris Combs, Delna Dastur, Marlon Diggs, Cheryl Edwards, Dominique Fierro, Anna Fine Foer, Amy Finkelstein, Kate Fitzpatrick, Christina Flowers, Halim Flowers, Nicole Ida Fossi, Taylor Fox, Josh Franco, Sybil Freedman, Te'Juan Friend, Carson Garhart, Xenia Gray, Dominic Green, Tara Gupta, Lynne Hanson, Elyse Harrison, Heather Harvey, Artemis Herber, Susan Hostetler, David Ibata, Peter Ibenana, Margaret Jacobson, Clarence James, Barbara Januszkiewicz, Charles Jean-Pierre, Lexis Jordan, Noel Kassewitz, Lori Katz, Allison Keilman, Zofie King, Kristina King, Erin Knisley, Megan Koeppel, Shana Kohnstamm, Alice Kresse, David Labrozzi, Andrew Lang, Anthony Le, Arthur Kwon Lee, Nora Lieberman, Barbara Liotta, Heather Lynn, Nora Maccoby, Megan Maher, Anne Marchand, Matthew McLaughlin, Stephanie Mercedes, Caroline Minchew, Mariah Miranda, Michele Montalbano, Jessica Mowery, Luis Navas-Reyes, Kathryn O'Boyle, Hannah Atallah Shaheen O'Malley, Nara Park, Megan Pena-Ariet, Kristina Penhoet, Ada Pinkston, Yolanda Prinsloo, Katie Pumphrey, Azadeh Sahraeian, Nicole Salimbene, Alison Schroeder, Hy’ete Seāsí, Alexandra Sherman, Johab Silva, Alexandra Silverthorne, Terry Sitz, Anne Smith, Dafna Steinberg, Emon Surakitkoson, Andre Szabo, Michael Thron, Edward Ugo, Joel Vincii, Arian Wakisa, Steve Wanna, Eve White, Ashley Williams, Jordann Wine
Group Exhibition:
The By The People x Monochrome Collective Art Fair 
Presented by Halcyon

June 26-July 12, 2020
Open to the public at 12pm ET on Friday, June 26, 2020
You'll have over two weeks to browse the virtual art fair and purchase work from over 100 artists representing all eight wards of D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. During that time you'll be able to join artist talks to get to know the participating artists better, sign up for events featuring experts and collectors, and chat directly with curator Nina O'Neil, even scheduling a virtual visit so she can see your space and make artwork recommendations. 
To register for the art fair and receive email updates as we add new events, click here.
Here are some of the other special events you may want to sign up for:
  • Wednesday, June 24: Get access to the art fair two days before it opens to the public (and enjoy some special treats delivered to your door if you're in the D.C. area!) by getting a ticket for the Collectors' Preview. Proceeds from ticket sales and other optional donations at this and all Art Fair events will benefit National Bail Out.
  • Wednesday, July 1: A Fireside Chat with expert Evan Beard and collector Isabel de la Cruz Ernst. Isabel and Evan will discuss how the events of the last few months impact art production and collecting. 
  • Tuesday, July 7: A series of Artist Talks with DMV Artists discussing their artistic practice in Richmond, Baltimore, and elsewhere in the region. Join to learn about their perspective on D.C. as a growing hub for working artists.
  • Thursday, July 9: Artist talks with D.C. Artists who will talk about building a career as a working artist in the District, and of course will also touch on the works they have available in the Art Fair.


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Cross-Connect Interviews + Virtual Hangouts:
I A & A at Hillyer
Nicole Salimbene + Magdolene Dykstra
Artists Nicole Salimbene (Washington, DC) and Magdolene Dykstra (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada) chat about their artistic practice, social engagement, and the sublime.
Listen here: https://athillyer.org/cross-connect/

Cross-Connect Interviews + Virtual Hangouts
Now, more than ever, we are seeing the power and importance of an international online creative community. Hillyer is pairing up artists, curators, and creatives from the Washington D.C. area with their counterparts abroad to interview each other and share their stories.


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Group Exhibition:
UNCOMMON GOODS
WILLOW STREET GALLERY
www.dcartsstudios.org

January 31 - March 1, 2020
Artist Talk: Sunday, March 1, 2020 1:30pm
Artists:
Damon Arhos, Sarah Irvin, Nicole Salimbene, Olivia Tripp Morrow
Exhibit Curated by Megan Maher
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Press: 
The Washington Post, In the galleries: Uncommon Goods, Mark Jenkins (February 21, 2020)

The artists featured, Damon Arhos,  Sarah Irvin, Nicole Salimbene, and Olivia Tripp Morrow, transform household objects into complex and beautiful works of art. By changing the use or physical attributes of these everyday, ready-made objects, the artists in Uncommon Goods invite us to interpret new ways of looking at the commonplace. These works challenge the viewer to consider the range and depth capable of the humble, utilitarian objects that surround us. 
Damon Arhos created his Iron Paintings by dripping paint over irons onto wood. Through this act, Arhos revisits the iron’s place as a household appliance into a tool akin to an artist’s brush or palette knife. He also subverts the iron’s traditional gender coding and association with women’s work. The artist invites the viewers to ask, can an object transcend from appliance to a means of conceptual self-expression?  
Sarah Irvin repurposes the objects in her own home to make cyanotypes with repeating  patterns and shapes found in her children’s toys, such as her daughter’s doll house and teacups. Irvin’s focus on household objects serves as an exploration of social dynamics, especially in her role as an artist, mother, and wife. Irvin sees the power of this project in its ability to go beyond the home “in shaping greater social relations, through acknowledgement of the malleable nature of a developing individual. The potential for massive societal shifts is therefore capable through small and even imagined personal spaces.”
Nicole Salimbene is “particularly drawn to the elegance and monumentality found in the ordinary and ephemeral.” She uses the pages of Artforum to investigate the relationship between consumerism, decorative arts, and the contemporary art market. Salimbene separates each magazine page by color to thread them into monochromatic tapestries, turning pages containing art criticism and glossy advertisements into decorative objects. By doing so, the artist adapts the power dynamics of the traditionally male-dominated art market into a traditionally feminine craft. 
For Olivia Tripp M0rrow’s Gradient series, she creates ephemeral sculptures from women’s undergarments by arranging them in a gradient of skin-like hues. Tripp Marrow’s ability to construct abstract sculptures while still maintaining the form-fitting integrity of undergarments (to stretch, to conform, to contain) provides a nod to the beauty, strength, and multiplicity of women's bodies and experiences. Tripp Marrow’s use of intimates also invites the viewer to reconsider the public and private aspects of women’s bodies, while her careful construction of skin color gradients alludes to the subjective concept of beauty and our pursuit of it. 

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Workshop
OPENING TO YOUR CREATIVITY: ART AS A CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICE
Location:  
HALCYON ARTS LAB
www.halcyonhouse.org
1801 35th Street, Washington, D.C. 20007

January 12, 19, 26, and February 2, 2020  3:00-4:30pm 
Nicole Salimbene leads participants in a series of writing and art exercises introducing visual journaling as a tool for reflection, inquiry, and meditation. No prior art skills needed. This is not an art class to learn traditional representational art skills, but an invitation to inspire curiosity and to experience the transformational power of art-making. Through creative experimentation that is focused not on producing an art object, but on an unfolding practice, this workshop provides space for a deeper awareness of the internal and external matters guiding your life and work to emerge. 
  Nicole Salimbene has created a method for using the artistic process to develop mindfulness and to enrich vocational wellness, and has brought this approach to various academic institutions, community settings and professional associations. She has led workshops in affiliation with American University, Clark University, Lama Foundation, The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, Wesley Theological Seminary, Ghost Ranch and World Wildlife Fund.

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 Publication:
Contemporary Identities 
International Art Magazine
Issue #3
September 2019
www.contemporaryidentities.com

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ContemporaryIdentities is an independent quarterly international online art magazine covering contemporary art from around the world. ​

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Group Exhibition:
Pulling Together
The Art of Teachers

A Museum Studies Exhibition

Duke Ellington School of the Arts
The Ellington Gallery

September 26 - November 1, 2019
www.ellingtonschool.org
3500 R Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20007
Opening Reception:  Thursday, September 26, 2019 6-8pm

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Color National Juried Show
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition
bwac.org

September 21- October 27, 2019 (exhibitions on Saturdays & Sundays only 1-6pm)
Opening: Saturday, September 21, 2019 1-6pm
481 Van Brunt St.-Door #7
Red Hook, Brooklyn
Juror: Jocelyn Miller, Assistant Curator at MoMA PS1 NYC
BWAC curators: Alicia Degener and Janice Jacob

Show Details: COLOR: “I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it.” ― Alice Walker, The Color Purple 
“Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways.” – Oscar Wilde
“There is no blue without yellow and without orange.” – Vincent Van Gogh

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Roar
ArtFarm Studios 
www.artfarmannapolis.com
September 13- October 3, 2019
Opening: Friday, September 13th 5-8pm
111 Chinquapin Round Road
Annapolis, MD


Artists:
​Christine Laubach, Nicole Salimbene, Karina Stone, Lee Nowell-Wilson, Jordann Wine





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WASHINGTON PROJECT FOR THE ARTS COLLECTORS' NIGHT
A SILENT AUCTION TO BENEFIT ARTISTS

May 4, 2019
7-11pm
1501 M St NW
Washington, DC
Purchase Tickets:
 HERE
More Information: wpacollectorsnight.org
Click Here to view Collectors' Night 
Catalog

Art Committee:
Michelle Grabner is an artist, writer, and curator and the Crown Family Professor of Art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Rosario Güiraldes is the Assistant Curator at The Drawing Center in New York City.
Schwanda Rountree is an attorney, collector, and independent art consultant.
Amy Sadao is the Daniel W. Dietrich II Director at the ICA Philadelphia
Shinique Smith is a Los Angeles and New York-based painter and sculptor.


Artist:
Ebtisam Abdulaziz, Kristin Adair, Farnoosh Ahmadi Shirazi, Sondra N. Arkin, Eames Armstrong, Mary Anne Arntzen, Selin Balci, David Barr, Kyle J. Bauer, Mary Baum, Erick Antonio Benitez, Julia Bloom, Chris Bohner, Lori Anne Boocks, Michael A. Booker, Anthony J. Bowers, Nakeya Brown, Gerardo Camargo, Florencio Lennox Campello, David Carlson, Hsin-Hsi Chen, Larry Cook, Kyrae Dawaun Cowan, Markele Cullins, Frank Hallam Day, John Deardourff, Monique Muse Dodd, Alexis Duque, Alex Ebstein, Pam Eichner, Edgar Endress, Nico Fertakis, Amy Finkelstein, Lloyd Foster, Stephen Hendee, Jessica Hopkins, Timothy J. Horjus, Michael Horsley, Erik Hougen, James Huckenpahler, Sarah Hull, Nate Larson, Magnolia Laurie, Khanh H. Le, Andrea Limauro, Kim Llerena, Timothy Makepeace, Tsedaye Makonnen, Jon Malis, Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann, Antonio McAfee, Nat Meade, Veronica Melendez, Linn Meyers, Maggie Michael, Greg Minah, Tyra Mitchell, Goitseone Bothale Moerane, Jonathan Monaghan, Ali Newhard, Lee Nowell-Wilson, Christos J. Palios, PLAKOOKEE, Rodrigo Pradel, Amber Robles-Gordon, Kate Sable, Nicole Marie Salimbene, Kim Khouan Khong Sandara, Josh Sender, Joseph Shetler, Alexandra Silverthorne, Dafna Steinberg, Dan Steinhilber, Mark Stockton, Cindy Stockton Moore, Monica Stroik, Martin Swift, Rob Tarbell, Trish Tillman, Richard Tuttle, Julie Willis, Jordann Wine, Ellen Xu, and Helen Zughaib

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TOM ROONEY TRIBUTE 2019  AN INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION
Featuring works of past Washington Sculptors Group Tom Rooney Prize winners
​CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA
620 Michigan Avenue, N.E. Washington. DC 20064

Salve Regina Gallery Exhibition Dates: Mon. Feb. 4 – Fri. Mar 29, 2019
OPENING RECEPTION FOR SALVE REGINA: Thursday, February 7, 2019 (5-8pm)

“If you don’t take delight in the arts, you miss a major reason for their existence.”​ 
– Tom Rooney, Interview with Anna Williams at Catholic University of America in 2010.
TOM ROONEY PRIZE WINNERS 2007-2018:: Constance Bergfors (2007), Lincoln Mudd (2008). Joel D’Orazio (2009), John Simkins-Camp (2010), Olivia Rodriguez (2011), Nicole Salimbene (2012), Todd Fry (2013), Mike Shaffer (2014), Jessica Beels (2015), Monroe Isenberg (2016), Jeremy Kunkel (2017)
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TOM ROONEY INVITATIONAL PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:  Lincoln Mudd, Joel D’Orazio, Nicole Salimbene, Mike Shaffer, Jessica Beels,Monroe Isenberg, Jeremy Kunkel
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION: The Tom Rooney Invitational Exhibition, at the Salve Regina Gallery and the Mullen Library, on the campus of The Catholic University of America, features selected works by past WSG “Tom Rooney Prize” winners from 2007-2017. The exhibition will honor the late Tom Rooney (1924- 2018), a sculptor and educator whose many students at CUA include Martin Puryear. Tom Rooney was one of the Founding Members of the Washington Sculptors Group (WSG) in 1984 and a longtime volunteer. During the inception years of the organization Tom Rooney was the WSG Exhibitions Committee Chair and helped organize the Annual Members Image Show. Tom Rooney’s impact and legacy will carry on in Washington DC through his students, colleagues, and friends.
During the Tom Rooney Invitational Exhibition at Catholic University of America, the Brentwood Arts Exchange (Brentwood, MD) will host the WSG Sculpture Now 2019 Exhibition, where juror Spencer Dormitzer will select the 2019 Tom Rooney Prize Winner at the opening reception on January 19, 2019 from 5-8pm. Click here for more details.
ABOUT THE CURATORIAL TEAM: John Figura, Assistant Professor and director of the Salve Regina Gallery at the Catholic University, Department of Art, is a Washington DC painter who has been exhibiting his work professionally since 1977. His paintings have been seen in solo and group exhibitions here in the US and abroad. Nora Heimann, Associate Professor of Art History and Chair of the Department of Art, is a specialist in European and American Modern and Contemporary art history, and the relationship between art, religion and national identity. She is also an independent curator, and an active museum educator leading programs that seek to make art accessible to individuals with disabilities. Joan Stahl, Director of Research and Instruction at the University Libraries and Chair, Library Programming + Marketing Committee. She has coordinated several art-specific exhibitions, including the gilded art of DC artist, Kay Jackson. Mimi Frank: A Maryland based sculptor works in a variety of media. Her work often addresses social issues. She is the recipient of numerous awards and grants including two Maryland State Arts Council Grants. She exhibits her work locally and nationally. Steve Wanna: Born and raised in Lebanon, Wanna is a multi-disciplinary sound and visual artist whose work includes music, sound design for dance collaborations, sculpture, installation, photography, and works for mixed media.


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Frontera 2018
Curated and Organized by Fawn Atencio of Songlines Press
Colophon by Matthew Swisher

Traveling Exhibits
Denver School of the Arts, Main Gallery, Denver, CO
Mid America Print Council, Portfolio Exhibition, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
October 3-6, 2018

Neltje Gallery, Sheridan College, Sheridan, WY
Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
Lamson Library Gallery, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH 
JANUARY - MARCH, 2019
Willow Street Gallery, Washington, D.C. JANUARY 26 - FEBRUARY 24, 2019

University of Wisconsin Stout, Menomie, WI
Rubber City Prints, Akron, OH

Special Collections:
Isla Center for the Arts, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam
Artists:
Maeve Leslie, Jim Ramsour, Lisette Chavez, Valerie Dillon, Michael Litzau, Brittney Denham Whisonant, Matthew Swisher, Melinda Laz, Sarah Fukami, Deb Rosenbaum, Martin Azevedo, Michelle Rozic, Katarzyna Zimma, Chinn Wang, Humberto Saenz, Bonnie Stolzmann, Nicole Salimbene, Leslie Friedman, Toni Mosley, Rachel Bruya, Irena Keckes, Gil Reinaldo, Kimberly Anderson Ritchie, Susan Heggestad, Bryan Ritchie, Rhea Nowak, Fawn Atencio


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Second Place, The 2018 Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards
Gallery B 

7700 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD
September 5-29, 2018
www.bethesda.org/bethesda/trawick-prize
Opening Reception: Friday, September 14, 6-8pm
Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 12-6pm


Jury:
Christopher Bedford, Director, The Baltimore Museum of Art
Valerie Fletcher, Independent Art Historian & Senior Curator Emerita Hirshhorn Museum
Sukjin Choi, Head of Ceramics, James Madison University 


Finalists: Lori Anne Boocks, Clay Dunklin, Mary Early, Jay Gould, Caroline Hatfield, Phaan Howng, Timothy Makepeace, Nicole Salimbene

Press: 
The Washington Post, In the galleries: Turning the commonplace into uncommonly fine art, Mark Jenkins (September 21, 2018)


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Washington Project for the Arts Auction Gala 2018
April 21, 2018
7-11pm
Uline Arena
Purchase Tickets:
 www.wpadc.org
WPA Auction Gala Catalog

Art Committee:

Edgar Arceneaux, artist, LA
Mark Beasley, Curator of Media and Performance, DC
Jocelyn Miller, Assistant Curator, MoMA PS1, NYC
Frederick P. Ognibene, M.D., collector, DC
Jessica Stafford Davis, collector and founder, The Agora Culture, DC
Renée Stout, artist, DC



​Artist:
Kristin Adair, David Amoroso, Amber Eve Anderson, Sondra N. Arkin, Mary E. Arnzten, Abol Bahadori, Rushern Baker IV, Kyle J. Bauer, Sarah Bedford, Joan Belmar, Chloe Bensahel, Leslie Berns, Alan Binstock, Michael Booker, Andre Bradley, Nakeya Brown, Gerardo Camargo, Amy Chan, Hannah Cohen, Shannon Leah Collis, Larry Cook, Joseph Corcoran, Kyrae Cowan, Sheila Crider, Markele Cullins, Alexa de los Reyes, JD Deardourff, Sara Dittrich, Monique Dodd, Alexis Duque, Mary Early, Margo Elsayd, Edgar Endress, Mike Ferguson, Suzanna Fields, Adrienne Gaither, Shaunté Gates, Jerrell Gibbs, Jason Gubbiotti, Avi Gupta, Jack Henry, Timothy J. Horjus, Ashley Ja'nae, Kaitlin Jensco, Jacob Kainen, Caroline Lacey, Serli Lala, Magnolia Laurie, Khanh Le, Andrea Limauro, Marissa Long, Aaron Maier, Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann, Gabe Martinez, William Matheson, Jeanette May, Antonio McAfee, Ryan McCoy, Matthew McLaughlin, Veronica Melendez, Maggie Michael, Curtis Miller, Greg Minah, Jaclyn Mottola, Linn Meyers, Jung Min Park, Michael B. Platt, Nicole Salimbene, Ginevra Shay, Alexandra Silverthorne, Daniel Simmons, Anne Smith, Dan Steinhilber, Cindy Stockton Moore, Monica Stroik, Justin Dane Strom, Martin Swift, Ryan Syrell, Kristen Neville Taylor, Kate Warren, Jayoung Yoon, and Helen Zughaib


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2018 Alchemical Vessels
Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery
March 16 - May 4, 2018
Opening:
Friday, March 16,  7-9pm
Alchemical Vessel Benefit:
April 27, 7-10pm

Purchase Tickets: www.joanhisaokagallery.org
Artists' Closing Reception:
​Saturday, May 5, 7-9pm
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Curators:
Myrtis Bedolla, Alison Beshai , Brian Dailey, Erin Devine, Cheryl Edwards, Eric Hope, Jacqueline Hoysted, Ian Jehle, Dawne Langford, Laurel Lukaszewski, Gina Marie Lewis, Dave Mordini, Gail Rebhan, Daniel Shay, Regan Spurlock, John Thomas Paradiso, Gabrielle Tillenburg, Anna U.Davis, Josh Whipkey, Smith Center for Healing and the Arts

Artist:

Dina Anchin, Gloria Askin, Selin Balci, Jessica Beels, Leslie Berns, Julia Bloom, Laurie Breen, Scott Brooks, S. Ross Browne, Nikki Brugnoli, Pamela Brumbley, Shante Bullock, Melissa Burley, Jessica Burnam, Adjoa Burrowes, Anne C. Smith, Craig Cahoon, Alan Callander, Elizabeth Camilletti, Elana Casey, Gloria Chapa, Wesley Clark, Ceci Cole McInturff, Emily Conover, Larry Cook, Terron Cooper Sorrells, Kyrae Cowan, Patrick Craig, Beth Curren, Matthew Curry, Jessica Damen, Catherine Day, Rex Delafkaran, Oletha DeVane, Erin Devine, Spencer Dormitzer, Cheryl Edwards, Hannah Elmer, Marianne Epstein, Heloisa Escudero, Annie Farrar, Lisa Farrell, Don Fear, Gregory Ferrand, Jodi Ferrier, Barbara Frank, Helen Frederick, Mary Freedman, Emily Fussner, Joan Ganzevoort, Shaunté Gates, Melissa Glasser, Maps Glover, Janis Goodman, Jared Goodwin, Patricia Goslee, Stefan Greene, Kyle Hackett, Amelia Hankin Cashin, Rania Hassan, Sean Hennessey, Mary Welch Higgins, Tom Hill, Joseph Hoffman, Dana Holgerson, Margaret Holland Adams, Jason Horowitz, Emily Hoxworth, Jackie Hoysted, David Ibata, Tamora Illsat, Zac Jackson, Leena Jayaswal, Helen Jean Smith, Ian Jehle, Wayson Jones, Jenny Kanzler, Christopher Kardambikis, Sally Kauffman, Zofie King, Micheline Klagsbrun, Eleanor Kotlarik-Wang, Tamara Laird, Elaine Langerman, Liz Lescault, Akemi Maegawa, Harry Mayer, Antonio McAfee, Cary Michael Robinson, Khadija Nia Adell, Terence Nicholson, Lisa Noble, Jenna North, Molly Nuzzo, Anthony Palliparambil, John Thomas Paradiso, Luis Peralta de Valle, Michael Pierce, Matthew Pinney, Gail Rebhan, Mojdeh Rezaeipour, Pam Rogers, Lisa Rosenstein, Michael Russell, Nicole Salimbene, Jordan Sanders, Daniel Shay, Steven Skowron, Susan Smith Pinelo, Marta Staudinger, Dafna Steinberg, Ann Stoddard, Carrie Stubbs, Roderick Turner, Jessica van Brakle, Karen Van Allen, Elizabeth Vorlicek, Jo Ellen Walker, Mike Walton, Denise Wamaling, Ellyn Weiss, Jordann Wine, Sue Wrbican, Ming Zaleki, Helen Zughaib, Zarina Zuparkhodjaeva, Smith Center’s Outside the lines workshop participants
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Press: 
 "In the galleries: Circles of life at annual benefit for people living with cancer"  The Washington Post, Mark Jenkins


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H2O Contemplations on Water
Jo Fleming Contemporary Art
Reception: February 16, 2018 6-8pm
Exhibition: February 15 - May 3, 2018
37 Maryland Avenue
Annapolis, MD 20401​
www.joflemingcontemporaryart.com
Press: "Spring ushers in multifaceted exhibits," The Sunday Capital Newspaper, Patrice Drago


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Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County
FY18 Individual Artists and Scholars Project Grants
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November 3-25, 2017
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
TOUCHSTONE GALLERY
Opening: Friday, November 3, 6-8:30pm
REVIEWS: Washington Post, East City Art


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July 8 - August 6, 2017
Camp Artscape: Parents’ Day!
Baltimore, MD
Center for the Arts Gallery
Towson University

The Department of Art+Design, Art History, Art Education

Reception: July 8, 2-4pm

This exhibition plays on the 2017 Artscape theme of “camp” by bringing together local and regional artists working with fibers, craft and found materials, or within the themes of nature, games or performance inherent to such spaces.

Curators:
Erin Lehman and J. Susan Isaacs
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Artists:
Laura Amussen, Damon Arhos, Kyle Bauer, Rachel Bone, Mary Baum, Lori Anne Boocks, Loring Boglioni, Travis Childer, Atsuko Chirikjian, Brent Crothers, Geoffrey Delanoy, Steven Dobbin, Anna Fine-Foer, Zoe Friedman, Alice Gadzinski, Gregory Hein, Reagen Lake, Mike McConnell, Greg McLemore, Renée Rendine, Janna Rice, Nicole Salimbene, Leslie Shellow, Molly Springfield, Dominic Terlizzi, Andrei Trach, Alice Valenti, Lars Westby, Evan West




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Award:
Maryland State Arts Council
2017 Individual Artist Award: Sculpture/Installation


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May 2017
Sculpture Magazine
May 2017 issue
Reviews, Washington, D.C., Flashpoint Gallery, Sarah Tanguy 

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April 21 - June 3, 2017
​Finder-Maker
​Curator: Megan Maher
Artists: Eric Celarier, Ani Hoover, Nicole Salimbene
HONFLEUR GALLERY
Opening Reception: April 21, 6 - 9pm
Panel Discussion + Closing Reception: June 3, 1 - 4pm

www.honfleurgallery.com


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March 13 – May 12, 2017
The Making of Things:
​Maria Theresa Fernandez, Cianne Fragione, Nicole Salimbene 

DADIAN GALLERY
​Henry  Luce III Center for the Arts and Religion
Wesley Theological Seminary
Reception & Artist’s Talk: Thursday, April 20, 2017,4:30 -5:30 pm
www.luceartsandreligion.org


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January 6 - 29, 2017
TOUCHSTONE GALLERY
Invitation to group exhibit: WHAT'S NEXT
WASHINGTON DC ​
Opening: January 8, 2017


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​​January 2017
AL TASHKEEL MAGAZINE
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N. 27 2016
​Dubai, UAE

Mending...An interpretation of the works of the fourth solo exhibition of American artist Nicole Salimbene, Ebtisam AbdulAziz


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October 24 - December 2, 2016
MOVED BY WATER, A two-part exhibition 
New Image Gallery & The School of Art, Design and Art History 
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
www.jmu.edu/art
New Image Gallery: October 24 - December 2
Duke Critique Space: October 24 - November 11
Tuesday, October 25: CFI Faculty Workshop: Opening to Your Creativity




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November 17, 2016
The Lawn Chair Talks: Nicole Salimbene and Cynthia Singiser
Artists + Urban Agriculturists
The Lawn Chair Speaker Series is curated by New Media Curator Paul Shortt, and is presented by Arlington Cultural Affairs,
​in partnership with Arlington Arts Center
Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA 




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October 1, 2016 
Press:

The Washington Post
In the galleries: Nicole Salimbene, Mark Jenkins


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October 1 -30, 2016
Group Exhibition, Erase Hate Through Art, 
​curated by Grant Myers

Columbia Art Center


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September 26, 2016,
​Press:

The Art Newspaper
What to see in DC this autumn, from rare Korans to durational performance: Our insider’s guide to the top exhibitions and events in the US capital | Locals choose their can't-miss shows, Sarah Tanguy, Curator Art in Embassy US Department of State


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September 25, 2016
Luce Foundation Center Artist Talk
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, DC
Press:

Smithsonian American Art Museum Blog: Eye level
Luce Artist Talk with Nicole Salimbene, Madeline Hawkins
​September 20, 2016


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September 16 - October 16, 2016
Solo Exhibition: MENDING 
Flashpoint Gallery 
Washington, DC

REVIEWS:
Washington Post
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Sculpture Magazine


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June 16 - July 30, 2016​
Juried Group Exhibition: Making Sense: see, smell, hear, taste, touch 
McLean Project For The Arts, Mc Lean, VA; Emerson & Atrium Galleries
Featuring works chosen by Nora Atkinson, this exhibition brings together Mid-Atlantic artists whose work explores the senses or the experience of sensory perception.
Artists: Chee Kung, Shanye Huang,  Danielle O'Brien, Nicole Salimbene, Cavan Fleming, Jennifer Barlow, Steve Wanna, Clare Winslow, Alice Kresse, Hui Fang, Qin Tan, Ron Colbroth, Khanha Le, Sondra Arkin, Carol Brown Goldberg, Alex Tolstoy, Jay Gerard.  

​Juror: Nora Atkinson is the Lloyd Herman Curator of Craft at the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum


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June 2016
Intimate Commissions, an online project and artist gift exchange
​created by John Borstel and Catherine Mueller
Read more about Intimate Commissions on their blog: 
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interdisciplinaryness


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May 22, 2016​
Exhibition: Intimately Public: An Evening of Live Performance
Hillyer Art Space
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Washington, DC
Artists: Ellery Bryan, Petra Nahja Collins, Susan Oetgen, Nicole Salimbene
Canceled due to weather


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May 1 -June 10, 2016​
Solo Exhibition: The Scapular Room
RhizomeDC
Washington, DC 
Workshop:  May 31 -June 28, 2016


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April 9-June 17, 2016​
Exhibition: Filter Diaries
La Mano Coffee Bar, as part of Art Hop Takoma


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January 16, 2016
Group Exhibition: In The Reflection Of
Bennett Park Art Atrium 
Arlington, VA 

Curated by Heloisa Escudero 
​Artist: Heloisa Escudero, Dawn Whitmore, Mei Mei Chang, Austin Shull, Nicole Salimbene, Maggie Schneider


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January 6-January 30, 2016
Solo Exhibition: Protection | Devotion | Earth 
Invitation for solo exhibit: Studio Gallery
Washington, DC 
 

Press:
Review of solo exhibit: Protection | Devotion | Earth at Studio Gallery, East City Art, Eric Hope


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January 2-23, 2016
Group Exhibition: The Hallway: An Extraordinary Portal 
Artist: Mary Freedman, Tom Green, Zofie Lang, Lisa Rosenstein, Alma Selimovic, Nicole Salimbene, Jacob Utley
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The 39th Street Corridor Gallery ​
Brentwood, MD


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January 18-February 25, 2016
Workshop: Opening to your Creativity 
Crossings | A Center for the Healing Traditions 
Silver Spring, MD


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July 26 - August 1, 2015
Workshop: Contemplative Environmental Studies: Pedagogy for Self and Planet 
 Lama Foundation
San Cristobal, NM
Faculty:
Paul Wapner, Professor, American University
Karen Litfin, Professor, University of Washington
Jeff Warren, Author and Meditation Instructor
​Nicole Salimbene, Visual Artist


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Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County
FY15 Individual Artists and Scholars Project Grants​ 
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Installation and Performance: July 26 - August 1, 2015
Project: September 2014-August 2015
Collaboration with Dance Exchange on a year long project 
New Hampshire Ave: This Is A Place To... ​
Project funded by ArtPlace America and National Endowment for the Arts  
​Takoma Park, MD


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March 25-29, 2015
Group Exhibition: New York | Affordable Art Market 
Metropolitan Pavilion
​Julio Valdez Studio, Affordable Art Fair-Booth 1.51 
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January 24-April 4, 2015
Group Exhibition: 
instigate.activate/ new curators, new ideas
...four rising curators, sixteen emerging artists

Arlington Arts Center 
Arlington, VA


Curators/Artists include:
Curator Ellen Chenoweth
with artists Nicole Salimbene, Roberto Lugo, Jacob Rivkin, Olivier Giron, and Annie Wilson
Curator Danielle O'Steen

with artists Krista Caballero and FreeSpace Collective's Billy Friebele and Michael Dax Iacovone
Curator Megan Rook-Koepsel
with artists Mariah Anne Johnson, Joseph Hoffman, Ron Longsdorf, Maggie Gourlay, and Marian April Glebes
Curator Caitlin Tucker-Melvin
with artists L.E. Doughtie, Phaan Howng, and Samantha Rausch


Press:  Arlington Art Center Blog post: Sending Off Instigate. Activate, Narwan Aimen (March 31,2015)


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October 13-17, 2014 
Workshop: 
Wisdom Sharing-A Deepening Retreat at Ghost Ranch-Alice Walker,
​Gloria Steinem, Dr. Chung Hyun Kyung

Ghost Ranch
Abiquiu, New Mexic0


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October 2-5, 2014
Exhibition: (e)merge art fair 
Capital Skyline Hotel
​Washington,D.C.
Vetting Committee: Ai WeiWei, Mika Yoshitake, Jeffreen M. Hayes
Press:
East City Art, 
(e)merge art fair returns to D.C., Irene Clouthier (October 21, 2014)
Bmore Art, (e) Merge VIP Preview: Photos from Thursday October 2, Joan Cox (October 3, 2014)
Quiet Lunch, Exploring (e)merge Art Fair 2014|Part 1|Recap, 
Quiet Lunch (October 24,2014)


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June 23-29, 2014
Workshop: Earth-Honoring Faith: Listening to Earth, Opening to God
Ghost Ranch
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Abiquiu, New Mexico
Instructors: 
Neddy Astudillo, Melanie L. Harris, Mary Ann Lundy, Janet Parker, Nicole Salimbene, Kathy Wan Povi Sanchez, Chandra Taylor Smith, Beata Tsosie-Peña



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April 4 - May 16, 2014 
Group Exhibition: Alchemical Vessels 2014
The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery
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Washington, DC ​
www.joanhisaokagallery.org
Curators: Peggy Cooper Cafritz, Jarvis Dubois, Monica Jahan Bose, Anne L'Ecuyer, Camille Mosley-Parsley, B.G. Muhn, Michael O'Sullivan, Frederick P. Ognibene, M.D., Michael Platt, Jennifer Riddell, Aaah Rose Bitterbaum, Laura Roulet, Molly Ruppert, Terry Scott, Judy J, Sherman, Thomas Stanley, Nuzhat Sultan, Tim Tate, R.L, Tillman, Dolly Vehlow

Artists: Eames Armstrong, Sardar Aziz, Karen Baer, Beth Baldwin, Michele Banks, Joseph Barbaccia, Carolyn Becker, Jessica Beels, Joan Belmar, Lori Anne Boocks, Anne Bouie, Amy Braden, Julie Brown, Karen O. Brown, Larry Brown, Amanda Burnham, Lenny Campello, Shanthi Chandrasekar, Mei Mei Chang, Peter Charles, Asma Chaudhary, Travis Childers, Eunmee Chung, Wesley Clark, Michael Corigliano, Sheila Crider, Candy Cummings, Anna U. Davis, Rosetta DeBerardinis, Tamara De Silva, Elsabe Dixon, Joel D'Orazio, David D'Orio, Chelsea S. Dobert-Kehn, Thomas Drymon, Nekisha Durett, Victor Ekpuk, Laura Elkins, Dana Ellyn, Erica Benay Fallin, Felisa Federman, Jeremy Flick, Suzi Fox, Barbara Frank, Nancy Frankel, Shaunte Gates, Dawn Gavin, Bita Ghavami, Aziza Claudia Gibson-Hunter, Melissa Glasser, Janis Goodman, Pat Goslee, John Grumwell, Nelson Gutierrez,  Kristen Hayes, Eve Hennessa, Sean Hennessey, Linda Hesh, Matt Hollis, Leslie R. Jones, J'Nell Jordan, Mila Kagan, Sumita Kim, Joan Konkel, Yar Koporulin, Walter Bircann,  Laurel Lukaszewski, James Mahoney, J.J. McCracken, Donald McCray, Jayme Mclellen, Tendani Mpulubusi, El, Komelia Okim, Amie Oliver, Luis Peralta, Michael Platt, Maryanne Pollock, Lynn Putney, Maria-Lana Queen, Beverly Ress, Kim Reyes,Glenn Richardson, Marie Ringwald, Amber Robles-Gordon, Pam Rogers, Lisa Rosenstein, Nicole Salimbene, Samantha Seht, Matt Sesow, Shahi Shikhaliyev, Ellen Single, Casey Snyder, Susan Stacks, Dafna Steinberg, Jennifer Strunge, Lunn Sures, Lynn Sylvester, Ira Tattleman, Christine Buckton Tilman, Erwin Timmers, Ben Tolman, Novie Trump, Shinji Turner-Yamamoto, Laurie Tylec, Michael Verdon, Jodi Walsh, Jenny Walton, Ellyn Weiss, Stephanie Williams, Jim Wilner, Audrey Wilson, Sharon Wolpoff,Carmen C. Wong

Press: Huffington Post ,125 of D.C.’s Most Influential Artists Join Forces for a Community Exhibition and Benefit


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May 3, 2014 
Workshop: Contemplative Retreat for Educators: A Day of Practice
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The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society
Friends Meeting of Washington, DC ​



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November 9, 2013 - January 18, 2014
Emulsion
The 1st Annual East City Art Regional Juried Show
Juried by Lauren Gentile Founder and Director, The Contemporary Wing
Gallery O on H
Washington, D.C. 
Artists:
  • Acton, Jan Paul, Andrews-Weller, Kasse, Balci, Selin, Bulisova, Grabriela, Ceppetelli, Kurtis & Matthew Malone, Chaudhary, Asma, Davies, Adam, Griffiths, Adam, Hopkins, Jessica Maria, Isaac, Mark, Johnson, Ryan Carr, Jones, Wayson, Klein, Ariel J, Kraft, Craig, Lê, Khánh H. & Than T. La, Luttwak, Dalya, O’Brien, Rindy & Elizabeth Eby, Pearson, Jennaway, Salimbene, Nicole, Sessoms, Charles, Tolman, Ben, Toye, Carolyn, Walton, Jenny, Wanna, Steve, Williams, Acquaetta, Wodzianski, Andrew, Zhao, Ruitong


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2013-2014  Curriculum Advisor
Mindful Choices Program​
Higgins School of Humanities
Clark University, Worcester, MA
Mellon Foundation Grant , Program Director, Sarah Buie

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July 28 - August 3, 2013 Workshop: 
Contemplative Environmental Studies: Pedagogy for Self and Planet 
Lama Foundation 
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San Cristobal, NM
Faculty:
Daniel Barbezat, Professor of Economics, Amherst College, and Director of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society
​Nicole Salimbene, Visual Artist whose work explores intimacy and sustainability
Paul Wapner, Professor of Global Environmental Politics at American University, and author of, Living Through the End of Nature, and Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics.
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Jeff Warren, Meditation Instructor and author of Head Trip: Adventures on the Wheel of Consciousness


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June 1-30, 2013
The Listening Room-Refugee Art Project
Washington Printmakers Gallery
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
Silver Spring, MD
Curated by Sally Brucker
Artists/Collaborators:

Joanna Axtmann/Thai N.                                 Beth Marie Tutt/Dawda O.
Sally Brucker/Manijeh B.                                 Terry Svat/Abourass T.
Pauline Jacobsberg/Viola A                           ​Poet: Anne Becker/Anonymous
Siomara Martinez/Siomara Martinez and Family
Nicole Salimbene/Fetunwork A.


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September 1 - October 7, 2012
Oddworks 
New Orleans Photo Alliance
New Orleans, LA 
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​Juried by Russell Lord, Curator of Photography New Orleans Museum of Art,

Artists:
Robert Martin, Irina Popova, Heidi Kirkpatrick, Andy Mattern, Mary Kucera, Troy Colby, kael alford, Jan Arrigo, Larry Taffaro, Nicole Salimbene, Saul Robbins, Sarah Galbreath, Sharon Shero, Terri Garland


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June 19 -July13, 2012
Sculpture Now 2012
Washington Sculptors Group
Pepco Edison Place Gallery
Washington, D.C.

​Juried by Sarah Newman, Curator of Contemporary Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Artists:
Dennis Beach, Michael Bednar, Christian Benefiel, Greg Braun, Meaghan Carpenter, Eric Celarier, Jeffery Cooper, Michael Corigliano, Joel D'Orazio, Terry deBardelaben, Elsabe Dixon, Connie Fleres, Mary Annella "MiMi" Frank, Breon Gilleran, Felicia Glidden, Adam Hager, Artemis Herber, Linda Hesh, Mille Jewtich, Peter Karis, Elaine Langerman, Barbara Liotta, George Lorio, Rosemary Luckett, Li Ma, Liv (Olivia) Rodriguez, Cathleen Sachse, Nicole Salimbene, Rima Schulkind, Diane Szczepaniak, Isabelle Truchon, Stephanie Williams, 

Award:  First Place Tom Rooney Prize

Press: Washington Post, “Transforming the way we look at things” Michael O’Sullivan 


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 July 1-7, 2012
Workshop: Contemplative Environmental Studies: Pedagogy for Self and Planet 
Lama Foundation
San Cristobal, NM


Faculty:
David Abram,* director of the Alliance for Wild Ethics and author of Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology, and The Spell of the Sensuous. 
Nicole Salimbene, visual artist whose work explores themes of sustainability, intimacy, political voice, and devotion, and leader of workshops that use art to deepen political and vocational engagement.
Paul Wapner, professor of Global Environmental Politics in the School of International Service at American University and author of Living Through the End of Nature and Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics. 
Jeff Warren, interspecies consciousness theorist, writer, and author of Head Trip: Adventures on the Wheel of Consciousness


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September 2011
Making Meaning: Remember, Repurpose, Restore
Scrap-DC, 9/11 Art Project
​Center for Green Urbanism
​Washington, D.C.
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Artists: Sally Brucker, Dianne Bugash, Valeria Caflisch, Art Drauglis, Jeannie Monico, Wendy Pierce, William Pierce, Nicole Salimbene, Rima Schulkind, Jonathan Smith & Matthew Malone, Tracy Wilkerson, Noah F. Williams


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August 1-6,2010
Workshop: Contemplative Environmental Studies: Pedagogy for Self and Planet 
Lama Foundation
San Cristobal, NM
FACULTY:
Paul Wapner, associate professor and director of the Global Environmental Politics program in the School of International Service at American University, and author of Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics, and Living Through the End of Nature: The Future of American Environmentalism. 
Nicole Salimbene,
visual artist whose work explores themes of sustainability, intimacy, political voice, and devotion, and leader of workshops that use art to deepen political and vocational engagement
 Matthew Jelacic, assistant professor of architecture at the University of Colorado focusing on socially just environmental design, and involved with constructing affordable housing using compressed earth blocks for the Crow Nation in Montana, and incorporating sustainable materials for sheltering displaced people in various parts of the world. 
Guest Teachers:
Richard Falk, Albert Milbank Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University and Visiting Distinguished Professor in Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and author of over twenty books including the path-breaking, This Endangered Planet: Prospects and Proposals for Human Survival, and, most recently, Achieving Human Rights.
David Abram, director of the Alliance for Wild Ethics and author of The Spell of the Sensuous and the forthcoming book, Becoming Animal.


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January 15, 2010 -February 10, 2010
Studies in Intimacy
Atrium Gallery
Takoma Park, MD



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2008  
Small Wonders
Maryland Federation of Art
Annapolis, MD
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Juried by Diane DiSalvo, Curator and Director of Cultural Programs, Stevenson University, Owings Mill, MD
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Award: Five Honorable Mentions


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 October 17-23, 2007
Conservez moi pour échange, “keep me for exchange”
Nicole Salimbene and Lynn Schwartz
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Galerie des Etonnes
Nogent sur Oise, France




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September 22 - October 20,2007
Plusieurs/ A Contrario
Eglise, Notre Dame de Montataire
Montataire, France

Artists: Elodoie Barthelemy, Harve Hemme, Virgil Muteba, Valerie Thuillier, Delphine Touzet, Nicole Salimbene, Laurent Schmidt, Lynn Schwartz

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Group Exhibition:
CAST / RECAST
February 1 - March 10, 2023
Gillespie Gallery

George Mason University School of Art
Art and Design Building, Suite 2050
4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030

www.masonexhibitions.org
Upcoming Events:
CAST/RECAST Artist Reception and Grounding Ceremony
Feb 1, 2023
 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Love Letters to Nature with Nicole Salimbene
Feb 14, 2023
Time Slots:
10:30am-1:10pm, 4:30pm-5:15 pm, 6:30-8:00pm 

Cast/Recast fills Gillespie Gallery with installations, sculptures, altars, manifestos, performance documentation, paintings, photographs, wallpaper, a soundtrack, and a portal. Participating artists include: 
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Rahne Alexander, Laure Drogoul, Cheryl Edwards, Heloisa Escudero, Maggie Gourlay, Mira Hecht, Kay Hwang, Veronica Jackson, Jessica Kallista, Maria Karametou, Isabel Manalo, Ceci Cole McInturff, Meeting Ground (Susan Main and MJ Neuberger), Zia Palmer, Judith Pratt, Lisa Rosenstein, Nicole Salimbene, Asha Santee, Katherine Thompson, Jessica Valoris, and Naoko Wowsugi.

© 2022 Nicole Salimbene

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