The Methods and Materials of Piranesi

The Italian Cultural Institute of Washington, in collaboration with the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, at The George Washington University, presents an evening dedicated to discussing the etching and engraving methods and materials employed for the masterful creation of work from "Piranesi's Rome: Views of the Eternal City." Speakers include Dr. Rachel Pollack, Professor Scip Barnhart and Professor Kerry McAleer-Keeler.

While you are here at the Embassy of Italy, do not miss the exhibition "Piranesi's Rome: Views of the Eternal City." You can find a virtual brochure here.

LOCATION

Embassy of Italy
3000 Whitehaven Street, NW
Washington DC 20008

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DR. RACHEL POLLACK
Dr. Rachel Pollack is a professor at The George Washington University’s University Writing Program and has taught courses for the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design and the University Honors Program. She has a PhD in Art History from the University of Maryland where she specialized in Northern Baroque art with a subspecialty in Greco-Roman sculpture. She has authored catalogue entries for exhibitions related to 17th century Dutch masters, as well as for The Leiden Collection in New York and the George and Linda Kaufman Collection. Most recently, she curated two micro-exhibitions at the The Textile Museum and published an article in the Textile Museum Journal on 17th century English embroidery in the museum’s collection. Her most recent exhibition at the Luther W. Brady Gallery,  Piranesi’s Rome: Views of the Eternal City, is co-curated by her students at GW and her Summer 2024 GW class ‘Discovering the Romans’. Pollack is also a watercolor artist and is an active contributor to Arte Studio Ginestrelle in Assisi, Italy, where she exhibits her work at their Annual Fall Show (2018-Present).

SCIP BARNHART
Professor at Georgetown and American universities. Teaches Drawing, Printmaking and Art of the Book.

KERRY MCALLER-KEELER
Associate Professor of Art and Design in printmaking and book arts at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, George Washington University. She has taught at the Corcoran since 1998. Her book and print work is in such collections as the National Museum of Women In the Arts, Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Library, University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Design Library, the SGCI archives and the Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library.

ABOUT THE LUTHER W. BRADY ART GALLERY

The Luther W. Brady Art Gallery is an educational art gallery whose mission to collect, preserve, and exhibit the George Washington University’s art collection is augmented by quality exhibitions of contemporary and historic art that activate and complement the GW Collection and reflect the greater Washington, D.C. region.

The Brady Art Gallery has staged groundbreaking solo exhibitions of artists such as Jules Olitski, Howard Hodgkin, and Sean Scully. Exhibitions such as Along the Eastern Road: Hiroshige’s Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido and The Art of Collection: Gifts of the Luther W. Brady Estate offer global visions. The Brady Art Gallery provides numerous opportunities for collaboration and integration into the university’s academic programs by working with students and the GW Collection.

The GW Collection, a dynamic and varied collection of over 5,000 works, has been growing since 1821 and serves curriculum-based learning and provides the basis for public programs for the wider community.  The addition of the Corcoran Study Collection has provided even more resources for the display and study of art in the Corcoran Flagg building to engage with students and faculty.