The Woman’s National Democratic Club is pleased to present Luminous Horizons, an exhibition of recent work by Washington-based artist Barbara Bitondo. Bringing together fibre constructions, botanical monoprints, stitched compositions, watercolors, and sculptural works on paper, the selection
explores landscape as a place shaped by seasonal change, memory, and the passage of time.

Highlights include Excavation I and II, Moonwater, and Aurora. Using translucent materials, layered construction, and subtle color relationships, Bitondo softens the horizon and shifts our sense of atmosphere. The works trace changing light across dawn, dusk, and moonlit hours, attending to moments of transition between presence and absence, stillness and transformation.

Throughout the exhibition, monoprinting enters into dialogue with textile and fibre-art traditions. Botanical impressions transferred to paper and cloth create a dynamic interplay between wilderness and cultivation, chance and intention. Familiar forms are reimagined as poetic arrangements that blur the boundaries between interior and exterior, shelter and landscape. Together, the works explore how memory and perception shape our experience of place.

Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036

September 10 – December 1, 2026

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 10, 2026 | 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
RSVP: pfitzgerald@democraticwoman.org

Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Appointments & Access: Confirm via phone at 202-232-7363

Barbara Bitondo, Excavation 1 – Luminous Earth, 2026, photograph courtesy of Pete Duvall