Exhibitions

Layers @ Falls Church Arts Gallery

August 16 - Sept 28, 2025

All media. Works that contain multiple layers.

Meet the Artists Reception: 7:00-9:00 pm, Saturday, August 16
Location: Falls Church Arts Gallery and online

Juror: Tricia Ratliff

Juror’s Choice Award:  Mourning by Jenny Newberry
People’s Choice Award:  Tranquility I by Helen Nguyen.

Colorful abstract background with overlapping curved shapes in shades of blue, purple, red, orange, and yellow, with the word "LAYERS" written in white text.

Open Exhibit @ The Art League

September 10 - October 5, 2025

Open exhibits are not limited by theme, media, scale, or content. Exhibiting artists may enter current work from the past five years.

Juried by: Kyle Hackett

Opening reception and artist talk: Friday, September 12, 2025, 6:30-8:00pm

Mixed media artwork depicting a laundry scene with clotheslines and hanging laundry against a textured green background resembling foliage or trees.

Past Exhibitions

The Super Fair @ Gallery Place

November 6-9, 2025

The art fair that connects real art with real art buyers.

Uncommon Art Fairs. Central and Iconic Location. Historical ambiance with vaulted ceilings.

55 Artists, including Lisbet Axell Studio

Over 4,000 square feet

Bold letters spelling 'THE SUPER FEAR' in pink and black

Essence: The Characteristics that define us @ The Athenaeum

July 3 - August 10, 2025

The characteristics that define us can be physical such as red hair or calloused hands - or intangible such as a generous heart or sharp wit. This exhibition features the wide manner in which DMV artists have captured a person’s (or persons’) essence.

Featuring Lisbet Axell’s award-wining piece, “Octavia’s Voice”.

A flyer for an art exhibition titled "Athenaeum" at the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association, featuring a hand-drawn sketch of a face with the caption "She has a lot of anger". The flyer includes exhibition details, list of artists, gallery hours, and contact information.

Open Exhibit @ The Art League

March 5 - April 6, 2025

Open exhibits are not limited by theme, media, scale, or content. Exhibiting artists may enter current work from the past five years.

Juried by: Susan Worsham

Opening Reception: Friday, March 14, 6:30-8:00pm.

“Octavia’s Voice” by Lisbet Axell awarded Best in Show

A grid of six artworks. Top row: an abstract colorful painting with a figure, an abstract blue and beige painting, a painted bowl with a pink, yellow, and green pattern and a red ball on a black surface with the Art League logo. Bottom row: a monochrome beach scene with stormy sky, a stylized portrait of a woman reading a large newspaper, and a stone with a mosaic of a bluebird on leaves.