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EW Arts Step into a Gallery, step out of the cold (First Column) by Eve M. Ferguson While the major art exhibitions around town should not be missed, there's something special about a gallery, especially when you want a piece of art to take home. the following are suggested galleries to visit when you want to give the gift of art. THE PARISH GALLERY Located at 1054 31st St. in the canal square complex is unique, being the only Georgetown gallery owned by an African-American, Chicago artist Norman Parish. In addition to his own work, the Parish gallery resents Ausbra ford, Roy Lewis (whose photo exhibit runs through Dec.11), Maggie Pratt, and Patience Claire (Second Column) Nelson-Cole. " I left Chicago in 1987, but I never thought of starting a gallery," Norman Parish said. "I was painting landscapes in Frostburg (Md.) but I always liked abstracts. It was fun to paint, and after two years of landscape painting I had 25 or 30 paintings and I wanted a show" After three shows rejections from a local art center, he decided to start something of his own in Gaithersburg. "I had a beautiful show there, and the guy who owned it said "why don't you open a galley?" The Parish gallery, which has been at canal square for the past year-and-a-half, has had a string of exhibitions by Africans, ( Third Column) Brazilians and African Americans. But, it is " open to all kinds of art," according to Mr. Parish. The Parish Gallery is located at 1054 31st Street, NW in Washington. Gallery hours are 12 noon to 5:30 p.m. Tues. through Sat. or by appointment. Call (202) 944-2310. THE ALLA ROGERS GALLERY, also located in canal square is another unique gallery in it own right, emphasizing the art of Russian artists and Eastern European art. Rogers, who is of Ukrainian heritage, became interested in Russian/Eastern European art because of political situation. " I had been observing Russian artists prior to Perestroika and all the changes in the former soviet union. I was looking at the work of artists who were recent arrivals and was interested in seeing how their work had changed now that they were free to express themselves. Eventually, just the opening up and the change shifted my focus away from émigré artists to artists from Eastern and Central (Fourth Column) Europe, Whether they're here or there. My focus has now changed to artists who are living and (Fifth Column) working there," Ms. Rogers Said. In fact, she recently returned from a 6-week sojourn to Russia as a guest of the Ministry of culture. With a master of arts degree in Russian language and literature, Ms. Rogers has been traveling in the last few years to the native lands of some of the artists she represents. The Alla Rogers gallery opened three years ago, and is one of three galleries in Georgetown specializing in Russian/eastern European art. The other two galleries, the Gregory gallery an Oskar gallery, all have a distinctly different vision of what former soviet art is. With over 20 shows of Washington artists and eastern European/Russian group and individual shows over the past two-and-a half years, Ms. Rogers said, "I'm hoping that people will become aware of that part of the world, and the spiritual and metaphysical values that have kept them going." The Alla Rogers Gallery is located at 1054 31st St., NW in Canal Square. Call(202) 333-8595 for gallery hours and more information. (Bottom of page (Right) DECEMBER 9,1992 (Bottom of page (Middle) EVERY WEDNESDAY (Bottom of page (Left) Page 6 (Photo 1 and 2 Left (in same ad)) (Photo 2 Middle) T bone n weasel is tha story o two buddys drivin tha backroads o south Carlina in a stolin buick. It's bout race, rice birds, pear brandy, religin an all tha other stuff life dump on ya. Les you incarcerated, ya oughta come see it. a play by Jon Klein November 19-December 20 The Pearlstone Theater 700 North Calvert Street Tickets as low as $5. Call 332-0033 CenterStage Photo 3 Right) Photo by Roy Lewis Galleries are great places to get in from the cold and enjoy the art of conversation, like these two ladies did at the Parish Gallery.
