Cooley Gallery to show at Swatchroom Salon Event

Maggie O'Neill, of Maggie O'Neill Fine Art who is also a resident artist at The Cooley Gallery, will be hosting an event for Project SOAR this weekend. This event helps the lives of girls on Morocco and teaches, as Sarah Bareilles sings, "to be brave" 

Friday night will consist of emerging artists in the DC area, live music and is sure to be a great time! Purchase your tickets to Friday night here  

Saturday night will consist of some very exciting, established local artists. The Gallery will be showing Chris Cooley's paintings and Pottery, Erik Ketanni artwork and Matt Longs pottery. There will be live paintings and live performances going on to keep you even more in love with art than you already are. Proceeds will benefit Project Soar. You can purchase your tickets to Saturday night here.

• Eric Kettani - is a self taught artist who has always had a great appreciation for the arts. While in the Navy, Eric had the opportunity to visit many different and unique countries throughout the world. The inspiration that Eric draws is derived from his many travels, time spent in the Navy and NFL, as well as his natural creative imagination. All paintings are on wood panels and finished with epoxy resin which gives the unique glossy look www.erickettani.com
  

• Matt Long - currently running the Ceramics Department at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), Matt has become well known for his work with soda fired porcelain, work that is fluid in lines and luscious in surface and glaze applications. His work lends a softened sense of the dramatic to porcelain form www.redlodgeclaycenter.com