The French Connection is traveling across Virginia to a number of noted galleries and public spaces, most recently at the Linden Row Inn, a 1708 Gallery Satellite Exhibition and at Artspace, a non-profit gallery @ Plant Zero in Richmond, VA

Please visit this link to read a brief, but positive review of the Artspace show and this link to see installation photos of the exhibition.

The French Connection consists of a group of artists from the United States and abroad who’ve established studio practice for an extended period of time at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris, France.  These extraordinary residencies function as a cultural and creative bridge between the known and the unknown in a place, which transcends politics, where the most common language is art.   Artists interact on a global stage in Paris where the history is tangible.  It is a physical time portal:  a grand promenade of the past, present and future for anyone with the curiosity and incentive to look in all directions.  The work created by each artist in this exhibition filled their atelier in Paris like a dreamlike vacuum.  This exhibition, like a portal, transports us from the Seine, which runs along the Cite Internationale des Artes, from the distant past to our present.

Participating Artists for the FC II:  Mark Baldridge (Virginia) / Irene Barberis (Australia) / Hafis Bertschinger (Switzerland) / Ruth Bolduan (Virginia) / Lia Cook (California) / Dean Dass (Virginia) / Marinda Du Toit (South Africa) / Elisabeth Flynn-Chapman (Virginia) / Sandra Gil (Portugal) / Reni Gower (Virginia) / Brian Kreydatus (Virginia) / Maria Miranda (Australia) / Norie Neumark (Australia) / Amie Oliver (Virginia) /Michael Pinsky / (Great Britain) / Niloofar Rahnama (Iran) / Sally Rees (Tasmania) / Chuck Scalin (Virginia) / Diana Seeholzer (Switzerland) / Lisa Tubach (Virginia) / Lester Van WInkle (Virginia) / Yvette Watt (Tasmania) and more!

For a birds eye view of artists working in Paris at the Cite Internationale des Arts visit this link.