PAST: ART: Exhibitions this month at Foundry and Hillyer in Dupont WED, Oct 2rd - SAT, Oct 27th, Free

“New Glass, with Drawings" by Nancy Donnelly 
Free
Wednesday, October 3rd - Sunday, October 28th

"Sculptural pieces, drawings in glass, and watercolors make use especially of transparency and color. Includes abstract glass plants and flowers, glass drawings, and works on paper. Several images made recently in Thailand."

Foundry Gallery
1314 18th St, NW (map)
Metro: Dupont, from Conn & Q, go south on Conn and keep left around the circle to Mass Ave, turn right on 18th, gallery is on 18th St between Massachusetts &  N St, NW.

There are some other galleries around Dupont as well. See list of galleries on the Dupont Circle Arts blog. Most of the other galleries are along R St between 20th & 21st and along Connecticut Ave.

Two new exhibitions on view at Hillyer
Free
Friday, October 5th - Saturday, October 27th

"ART Options"

features works by artists with disabilities from St. John's Community Services
In conjunction with Disability Awareness Month. ART Options program at St. John's Community Servivces is an arts-infused program designed to support the development of vocational, social and fine art skills for people with disabilities ages 16 and older.

"Jackie Hoysted: Label Me: Call Me A Name" 

in the Members' Gallery
What’s in a name or a title of a painting and how does it influence you?... What if you, the viewer, could title the painting, could attach meaning to it, to lend further insight into it and perhaps supplant another person’s perception of the work?

Hillyer
9 Hillyer Ct, NW (map)
Metro: Dupont Circle, turn left on Q St, right on 21st, cross the street and turn into the alley between the two Phillips Collection buildings and turn right to get to the gallery.