will be presenting
Inside Looking Out
Helen Zughaib & J. Ford Huffman
April 24 - May 29, 2021
After a year of living with a worldwide pandemic Helen and J. Ford have done a body of work that reflects the impact that Covid-19 has had on their lives and thoughts. These sentiments represent what so many people have experienced during this time. The exhibition represents a huge nod to the year we just passed through but with hope and optimism for a new day ahead.
Meet with the Artists who will be at the gallery:
Sat. April 24 5-7pm
Sat. May 22 5-7pm
Masks will be required and we will be restricting the number of people inside the gallery however we welcome you to gather in front of the gallery before entering.
Helen Zughaib
Helen Zughaib was born in Beirut, Lebanon, living mostly in the Middle East and Europe before coming to the United States to study art at Syracuse University, earning her BFA from the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
Helen currently lives and works in Washington, DC, as an artist. She paints primarily in gouache and ink on board and canvas. More recently, she has worked with wood, shoes, and cloth in mixed media installations.
Her work has been widely exhibited in galleries and museums in the United States, Europe and Lebanon. Her paintings are included in many private and public collections, including the White House, World Bank, Library of Congress, US Consulate General, Vancouver, Canada, American Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, the Arab American National Museum in Detroit, Michigan, and the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Her paintings are included in the DC Art Bank Collection and she has received the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Fellowship award in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 Her work has been included in Art in Embassy State Department exhibitions abroad, including Brunei, Nicaragua, Mauritius, Iraq, Belgium, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. Helen has served as Cultural Envoy to Palestine, S ...More...
- 2021_DC_WGateG_InLookOut: DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Watergate Gallery -- Exhibit: Inside Looking Out (45 photos from 2021)
- 2021_DC_WGateG_InLookR_20210424: DC -- Foggy Bottom -- Watergate Gallery -- Exhibit: Inside Looking Out -- Opening Event (88 photos from 2021)
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