{{Short description|Defunct Washington, DC art gallery located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington}} '''Parish Gallery''' was a Washington, DC art gallery located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington. It was active from 1991 to 2013.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2013-07-15|title=Obituary: Norman Parish, Gallery Owner and Artist|url=https://patch.com/maryland/germantown/obituary-norman-parish-gallery-owner-and-artist|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Germantown, MD Patch|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Parker|first=Lonnae O'Neal|date=2013-06-20|title=Parish Gallery pays tribute to its namesake|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/parish-gallery-pays-tribute-to-its-namesake/2013/06/20/800b8f6e-d9ea-11e2-a016-92547bf094cc_story.html|access-date=2022-02-07|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-11-07|title=Farewell to the Parish Gallery|url=https://georgetowner.com/articles/2013/11/07/farewell-parish-gallery-closing-its-doors-final-show-opening-june-21/|access-date=2022-02-07|website=The Georgetowner|language=en-US}}</ref>
== History == The Parish Gallery was founded by Norman Parish in 1991. Parish had moved to Washington, DC from Chicago in 1988, and opened the Parish Gallery in 1991.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> The gallery was described by The Washington Post as an art gallery "that spotlighted African American artists at a time when few other galleries concentrated on showing their work."<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Schudel|first=Matt|date=2013-07-09|title=Norman Parish, artist and gallery owner, dies at 75|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/norman-parish-artist-and-gallery-owner-dies-at-75/2013/07/09/8ce892fa-e8c1-11e2-8f22-de4bd2a2bd39_story.html|access-date=2022-02-07|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> The gallery closed in 2013 upon Parish's death.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=III|first=Norman Parish|date=2015-04-17|title=Tribute to a long-gone mural and a father who helped create it|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/tribute-to-a-long-gone-mural-and-a-father-who-helped-create-it/2015/04/17/41bfe92a-e2b8-11e4-b510-962fcfabc310_story.html|access-date=2022-02-07|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
== Artists represented == In the 22 years that the gallery operated, it generally focused on African-American artists and artists of color,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Thomas|first=Susan Gregory|date=1993-06-20|title=CAN A BLACK WOMAN MAKE IT IN THE WHITE WORLD OF DEALING ART? WASHINGTON'S SIMONE MCGEE IS GOING TO TRY|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1993/06/20/can-a-black-woman-make-it-in-the-white-world-of-dealing-art-washingtons-simone-mcgee-is-going-to-try/02844eff-991a-4c25-bd4f-e11484eb11d2/|access-date=2022-02-07|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Metcalfe|first=John|date=2006-08-04|title=Black Guide to Georgetown|url=http://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/239395/black-guide-to-georgetown/|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Washington City Paper|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Norman Parish, painter whose gallery highlighted black artists, dies at 75|url=https://www.boston.com/news/education/2013/07/12/norman-parish-painter-whose-gallery-highlighted-black-artists-dies-at-75/|access-date=2022-02-07|website=www.boston.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2011-07-13|title=Norman Parish Gallery 20th Anniversary|url=https://georgetowner.com/articles/2011/07/13/norman-parish-gallery-20th-anniversary/|access-date=2022-02-07|website=The Georgetowner|language=en-US}}</ref> but overall exhibited the work of more than 170 artists from the United States, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, South Africa, Morocco, Haiti, Jamaica, Greece, Turkey, Brazil, Spain, England, Russia, and France,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-06-20|title=The Parish Gallery, 22 Years Strong|url=https://georgetowner.com/articles/2013/06/20/parish-gallery-22-years-strong/|access-date=2022-02-07|website=The Georgetowner|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Roadtrip|date=2003-10-12|title=Take a Gallery Tour|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/2003/10/12/take-a-gallery-tour/5f9d353b-a18a-4fb5-914d-8f31b3171467/|access-date=2022-02-07|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Dawson|first=Jessica|date=2001-09-06|title='Open Spaces': A Wide Range of Talents|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/09/06/open-spaces-a-wide-range-of-talents/01766559-a76a-4f16-ab46-ee8829e73771/|access-date=2022-02-07|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Fleming|first=Lee|date=1994-09-10|title=GALLERIES|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/09/10/galleries/d134d9eb-a219-4c83-b53f-9a4f41481fe2/|access-date=2022-02-07|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /> including notable artists such as Sam Gilliam,<ref name=":3" /> Richard Mayhew, Willard Wigan,<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=2012-08-03|title=LOOK: Tiny, Tiny Art Heads To Georgetown|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/willard-wigan-microscopic-art_n_1730736|access-date=2022-02-07|website=HuffPost|language=en}}</ref> Lou Stovall, Percy Martin,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Metcalfe|first=John|date=2003-05-16|title=World Without End|url=http://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/253888/world-without-end/|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Washington City Paper|language=en-US}}</ref> Evangeline Montgomery, Victor Ekpuk, Lois Mailou Jones,<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Ferdin|last2=Protzman|date=1996-06-29|title=A PLACE TO HANG HIS ART|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1996/06/29/a-place-to-hang-his-art/cd1ade72-b60b-4b07-a951-fc0055e0300c/|access-date=2022-02-07|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Romare Bearden, Herbert Gentry, Bruce McNeil,<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|last=Bass|first=Holly|date=1998-03-06|title=A Developing Career|url=http://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/279014/a-developing-career/|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Washington City Paper|language=en-US}}</ref> and Wadsworth Jarrell.<ref name=":2" />
== Notable exhibitions == In a 1992 review, The Washington Post art critic noted that "It's all too seldom one gets the chance in Washington to see the work of Jamaican or other Caribbean artists in the intimate setting of a private gallery. It's therefore a treat to get acquainted with the works of Cecil Cooper, Kofi Kayiga and Bryan McFarlane at the Parish Gallery this month."<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|last=Welzenbach|first=Michael|date=1992-08-15|title=GALLERIES|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1992/08/15/galleries/d5209259-9fc3-40f2-b2e8-3c809af9ced2/|access-date=2022-02-07|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> In 1995, a different Washington Post art critic, in reviewing a show by New York artist Lorenzo Pace, wrote that "This is a remarkably effective exhibition, particularly given the small space and a medium that often appeals to the head rather than the heart."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Protzman|first=Ferdinand|last2=|date=1995-08-19|title=UNLOCKING SLAVES' LEGACY|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1995/08/19/unlocking-slaves-legacy/7fa2714a-5c2e-439d-a563-a2ca5416f0e4/|access-date=2022-02-07|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> The same art critic also wrote in a different 1995 review that "Minimalism's antithesis, abstract expressionism, can be seen in recent paintings by Kathryn Henneberry being exhibited at Parish Gallery. They are wonderfully exuberant works, big, vivid fields of color that convey a sense of spontaneity and freedom. If minimalism comes mainly from the mind, Henneberry's works come from the heart and soul."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Protzman|first=Ferdinand|last2=|date=1996-06-08|title=MINIMALISTS WITH MAXIMUM SKILL|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1996/06/08/minimalists-with-maximum-skill/9c2eaf6a-24d1-4c82-92e2-f0e7cf5eec0f/|access-date=2022-02-07|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
The Washington Post's 1996 review of Wadsworth Jarrell observed that "Jarrell's works still pulse with the repetitious rhythms, vibrant colors and geometric symbols that Africobra drew from African art."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Protzman|first=Ferdinand|last2=|date=1996-11-02|title=THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1996/11/02/through-a-glass-darkly/1185a49f-c483-47d1-8df3-ad3406a0dd9d/|access-date=2022-02-07|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
A 2012 article about artist Maria-Lana Queen quotes a collector as stating that "When I looked at her work for the first time I was blown away by the color from this abstract artist."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Joseph|first=Marvin|date=2012-11-30|title=Maria-Lana Queen: Local artist uses paint to work through emotions|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/therootdc/maria-lana-queen-local-artist-uses-paint-to-work-through-emotions/2012/11/29/d86e5778-3a7f-11e2-a263-f0ebffed2f15_story.html|access-date=2022-02-07|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> A review of British artist Willard Wigan that same year stated that "he works of groundbreaking British artist Willard Wigan inspire awe because they are so tiny."<ref name=":4" />
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