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“Tom Nakashima: Selected Works” Exhibit Opening Reception
June 11, 2022 : 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
On Saturday, June 11 from 5pm to 7pm, there will be an opening reception for “Tom Nakashima: Selected Works,” an exhibition in the Hayloft Gallery. The Floyd Center for the Arts is honored to display these works by our Distinguished Artist of the Year, Tom Nakashima! This show is on display June 11 – August 6, 2022.
Also beginning June 11, “Seasons: From Sea to Summit” a Multimedia Exhibition by Rina Lucas, will be on display in the Falcon Gallery. The Opening Reception for this exhibition will be Saturday, June 18, at approximately 7:30 pm, immediately following the concert by Rina Lucas of the same name.
Additionally, the “Plein Air Preview Show” will also be on display in the Breezeway Gallery beginning June 11. The opening reception for this exhibition will be Saturday, June 18, at 5:00 pm.
The Center could not be more delighted to welcome these three exhibitions.
Tom Nakashima, Distinguished Artist of the Year, whose work will appear in the Center’s Hayloft Gallery is an internationally acclaimed painter & printmaker. He has been exhibiting his works of art publicly since the 1970s. Born in Seattle, he studied art as an undergraduate at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa. He later went on to achieve masters degrees in fine art from University of Notre Dame in Indiana. Nakashima’s first solo exhibition was in 1971 at Merton Boyd Gallery in Columbus, Ohio. Since then, he has exhibited numerous times nationally, including at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. and the Bernice Steinbaum Gallery in New York City, NY. Tom Nakashima’s work has been shown globally in Malaysia, Vietnam, Eastern Europe, Spain, Italy, Philippines, and more.
His work has earned him a multitude of awards throughout his career. Notably, The Joan Mitchell Foundation Award for Painters & Sculptors, The Mayor Award for Excellence (DC), and the Virginia Art Commissions Individual Arts Fellowship. An artist voted poll, the KOAN poll, rated him as DC’s #1 printmaker and #2 painter.
Learn More About the “Seasons: From Sea to Summit” Multimedia Exhibition by Rina Lucas in the Falcon Gallery, and the “Plein Air Preview Show” in the Breezeway Gallery:
https://www.floydartcenter.org/post/june-18-opening-receptions-for-two-new-exhibitions
Learn More About the “Seasons: From Sea to Summit” Concert by Rina Lucas:
https://www.floydartcenter.org/concerts