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Student Art Anthology 2026
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Thomas Cole’s 
Study for Voyage of Life

This treasured artwork is on loan from The Owens Foundation and will be on exhibit at Nepenthe in 2026 until further notice.

Road to Nowhere

Artist SWETA SHAH


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Gold by Sunny Goode

Contemporary artist Sunny Goode

May the Road Rise up to Meet You by Evelyn Dunphy

Inaugural artist Evelyn Dunphy

Darlene Taylor Yellow Corn

Important, Inspiring and Joyful Artworks by Black Artists

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    1. Children Three by SAM GILLIAM
    2. The Piano Lesson by ROMARE BEARDEN (NFS)
    3. Conjunction by ROMARE BEARDEN
    4. American Flag (White) by CEY ADAMS
    5. American Flag (Red, White and Blue) by CEY ADAMS
    6. American Flag (Black) by CEY ADAMS
    7. Morning Star has a Summertime Baptism in the Churchyard by ANN MURFEE ALLEN
    8. Sharecropper by ELIZABETH CATLETT
    9. Faces by WOSENE WORKE KOSROF
    10. Soccer Ball on the Centre Field by DR. ESTHER MAHLANGU
    11. Untitled Original by PURVIS YOUNG
    12. Nelson Mandela Handprint by NELSON MANDELA
    13. Yellow Corn by DARLENE TAYLOR
    14. When There’s Time by DARLENE TAYLOR
    15. Here She by DARLENE TAYLOR
    16. Rests a Bit by DARLENE TAYLOR
    17. Night Fishing at Darbon by SARAH ALBRITTON
    18. The Girl by GWEN KNIGHT
    19. Red Romance, Jamaica Series by RICHARD DEMPSEY
    20. Abstract Standing Figures by PURVIS YOUNG 
    21. Ibibio Maiden Head by VICTOR EKPUK
    22. Mami Wata Sings a Love Song by VICTOR EKPUK
    23. Fisherman’s Story by VICTOR EKPUK
    24. Hot Comb Haint: Mona by ALISON SAAR
    25. Somebody Stole My Broken Heart by FAITH RINGGOLD
    26. Fire and Ice by ERIKA JAMES-JACKSON
    27. Sass-Tisfaction by ERIKA JAMES-JACKSON
    28. Mahogany by ERIKA JAMES-JACKSON
    29. Cosmopolitan by ERIKA JAMES-JACKSON
    Spring at River Farm

    Summer Solstice


    Past

    Plein Air Paintings Showcase
    Alexandria Plein Air Society

    Sweta Shah
    Washington, DC

    Louise Gardner-Schwartz
    Florida

    Beyond the Brush
    (Group Exhibit)

    Mia Guile
    Virginia Beach, VA

    Kim Yourick
    Frederick, Maryland

    Debby Brisker-Burk
    Washington, DC

    Michael Alfano
    Alexandria, Virginia

    Cindy Zeigler
    Jacksonville, FL

    Cynthia Bevan
    Paris, France

    Dipali Rabadiya
    Washington, DC

    Jennifer Barlow
    Potomac, MD

    Matt Higgins
    Philadelphia, PA

    Ruth LaGue
    Northhampton, MA

    More Moments of Art at RIVER FARM
    (Group Exhibit)

    Norman Rockwell
    Alexandria, VA

    Judy Heiser
    Alexandria, VA

    Lila Garwood

    Katie Stadler

    Kathy Feighery
    Cold Spring, NY

    Eve Stockton
    Alexandria, VA

    Matt Brown
    Rohrersville, MD

    Andreas Barrett
    Alexandria, VA

    Lucy Shaiken
    Philadelphia, PA

    May Pang
    New York, NY

    Caroline Rufo
    Boston, MA

    Yasmine Iskander
    (1996 – 2024)

    Phyllis Bachand
    Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

    Gary Fisher
    Rehoboth Beach, DE/Washington, DC

    JoEllen Murphy
    Washington, DC

    Christine Mason Miller
    Milwaukee, WI

    Renée C. Gage
    Alexandria, VA

    Marsha Staiger
    Alexandria, VA

    Nepenthe Gallery
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