The Washington Art Association is pleased to present Beauty in Breaking, a juried group exhibition exploring the transformative potential found in rupture, fracture, and change.

We all encounter moments of strain—points where pressure, time, or circumstance cause something to fracture. Some breaks are deliberate, others arrive without warning. What follows is often the more compelling story: how we respond. Fractures may be displayed proudly as evidence of endurance, or carefully mended until their seams nearly disappear.

Through painting, sculpture, ceramics, and mixed media, the artists in this exhibition consider breaking not as failure, but as transformation—an opening that allows something new to emerge.

Participating artists include Mary Lou Alberetti, Suzanne Ashley, Isis Bartels, Katie Bassett, Loren Birtha, Lesley Neilson Bowman, Sara Bowman, Lisa Brody, Becky Butler, Wendy Costa, Robert De Matteo, Alistair Dunn, Patty K. Fogle, Joe Gitterman, Claire Goodman, Sarah Griswold, Alexandra Herst, Richard Heys, Judy Jackson, Jay Kaplan, Victoria Kingsley, Jennifer Kusaila, Kenny Litwack, Carroll MacDonald, Matin Malikzada, Deana Tierney May, Nancy Mich, Katherine Moran, Francis Patnaude, Rich Pomerantz, Bonnie Riedinger, Lulu Roche, Carla Rogozinski, Holly Russel, Roberta Shea, Mary Terrizzi, Riley Weaver, and Peter Wiehl.