Washington Post "Reception of the Month"

Check it out... Julia Beizer, Producer of the City Guide for the Post, calls our upcoming reception the "Reception of the month!" She writes in her monthly column:

Reception of the Month

I usually choose an opening reception with a great DJ or some other perk to fill this space, but this month, it's the quality of the art that hooked me. From 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 8, Long View Gallery celebrates the opening of a show of work by Jessie Mann and Mary Chiaramonte, two of the region's most talented female artists.

With her heavily textured paintings, Chiaramonte taps into a feeling of almost suicidal despair that resonates throughout the room. Drawings and cut-out works by the West Virginia-based artist will also be on view. Jessie Mann's eerie performance photographs made for a great show at Adamson last year. The photographs are absent at Long View, but the artist's Pollock-esque drip paintings will surely prove to be a more than able replacement.

You can read the rest of her Going Out Gurus suggestions here.