RUMINATIONS: Our Stories IN PAPER | Panel Discussion

ith one exhibition, Helen C. Frederick commemorates two 10-year milestones. The first: Pyramid Atlantic’s 10th year in Hyattsville, the organization she founded in 1981. The second: the 10^th anniversary of Reading Road Studio – a papermaking studio also founded by Frederick.

Featuring paper-cast life-size gold leaf doors, a translucent endangered species installation, printed Chinese papers, exquisite custom paper drawings, large scale pulp paintings, innovative artist books, and more, Ruminations: Our Stories IN PAPER celebrates the possibilities of papermaking.

RUMINATIONS: Our Stories IN PAPER is on view August 29 – October 4, 2026 in Pyramid’s Helen C. Frederick Gallery. Gallery hours are Wed & Thu, 10 – 8 pm and Fri – Sun, 10 – 6 pm. Pyramid is located at 4318 Gallatin Street, Hyattsville, Maryland 20781. For more information, visit pyramidatlantic.org or call 301-608-9101.

Associated Events (FREE | RSVPs requested at pyramidatlantic.org or 301-608-9101):

·        Artist Reception Saturday, September 12, 6-8 pm

·        Panel Discussion: Wednesday, September 16, 6-8 pm

·        Curator’s Tour: Sunday, September 27, 3-5 pm

·        Closing Reception: Sunday, October 4, 4-6 pm

“What excites me most is that RUMINATIONS: Our Stories IN PAPER treats paper not as a passive surface, but as an active collaborator. The exhibition brings together a community of artists whom I admire and have worked with many times over a decade. It celebrates dynamic innovations at Reading Road Studio, where artists deeply explore material research—from fiber behavior and water flow to pigment absorption and casting, and to large scale installation works—they invent new concepts of materiality while remaining connected to past traditions,” remarks Frederick.

ARTISTS: William B. Adair, Maria Barbosa, Oletha DeVane/Chris Kojzar, Elsabe Johnson Dixon, Cheryl Edwards, Susan Firestone, Helen Frederick, Emily Fussner, Ellen Hill, Lisa Hill, Mia Holtan, Rick Hungerford, Aziza Gibson Hunter, Fleming Jeffries, David Joo, Jen Lillis, June Linowitz, Randi Reiss- McCormack, Andrea McCluskey, Chris Mona, Tom Nakashima, Tongji Philip Qian, Alice Quatrochi, Preston Sampson, Joyce J. Scott, Lisa Sheirer, Elzbieta Sikorska, Buzz Spector, Lynn Sures, Yuriko Yamaguchi.