THE GAZETTE
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Author Ismet Prcic and his book “Shards.”
THE WRITER’S CENTER
Words and ‘Shards’ Ismet Prcic, winner of The Writer’s Center’s McLaughlin-Esstman-Stearns First Novel Prize, will read from his highly acclaimed debut novel “Shards” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the center, 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda. Born in Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Prcic immigrated to America in 1996. His work has appeared in McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Bat City Review, Faultline, Prague Literary Review and other online journals, and he was the recipient of a 2010 NEA Award for fiction. The reading is free. For more information, visit www.writer.org.
Last call for Trawick Prize
MAA GALLERY
“Cascade in Canada,” acrylic on canvas by Jacques Bodelle.
Jacques of all trades October at the MAA Gallery will showcase the works of featured artist Jacques Bodelle. The exhibit opens Tuesday at the gallery in the Westfield Wheaton Mall, and continues to Nov. 3. An opening reception is scheduled for 1-5 p.m. Oct. 6. Bodelle, who works in styles ranging from abstract and figurative to still life, and media spanning watercolors to oil, trained as an engineer and geologist in France, lending an occasional architectural aesthetic to his work. For more information, visit www.montgomeryart.org.
A community in full color “Made in Takoma Park” continues to Nov. 3 at the Galleries at the Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple
PHOTO BY JOHN GUERNSEY
Ave., Takoma Park. Featuring works by artists Karen Abromaitis, Lindsay Abromaitis-Smith, Sheila Blake and John Guernsey, the exhibit celebrates the creative spirit of the Takoma Park community. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 2-5 p.m. Sunday. For more information, visit www.takomaparkmd.gov/arts.
John Guernsey’s “Naïve World.”
The Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards exhibit closes this weekend at Gallery B in Bethesda,
offering artlovers one last chance to enjoy the juried works of selected artists Lauren Adams (Baltimore), Selin Balci (Annapolis), Travis Childers (Fairfax, Va.), Adam Hager (Washington, FROM GALLERY B D.C.), Mariah Gary Kachadourian’s untitled installation, site-specific Anne Johnson for this particular exhibit, is a scaled xerographic (Washington, printout of the artist’s drawings derived from a D.C.), Gary patchwork of his photos. Kachadourian (Baltimore), Kate Kretz (Colesville) and Caitlin Teal Price (Washington, D.C.). The Trawick Prize is a visual art prize produced by the Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District that honors artists from Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia. The annual juried competition awards $14,000 in prize monies to selected artists and features the work of the finalists in a group exhibition. Gallery hours are noon to 6 p.m. through Saturday. For more information, visit www.bethesda.org/bethesda/gallery-b.
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