Fraser Gallery

Fraser opened the Fraser Gallery in 1996 in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington. In 2002 she opened a second gallery in Bethesda,{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2002/02/21/galleries/bd0cd7b4-c2d4-48f5-9865-4031db666a5d/|title=Galleries|last=Dawson|first=Jessica|date=2002-02-21|access-date=2019-04-09}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2002/08/16/summer-show-standouts/9e9601e9-2876-4e64-a4f4-515f0b744b1e/|title=Summer Show Standouts|last=O'Sullivan|first=Michael|date=2002-08-16|newspaper=The Washington Post}} a Maryland suburb of the Greater Washington area. She also founded Secondsight,{{Cite web|url=https://www.mutualart.com/Gallery/Fraser-Gallery/D7D957CB46DFDE38|title=Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland, USA|website=www.mutualart.com|language=en|access-date=2019-04-09}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bethesda.org/arts/BPA/painting-founder.htm|title=Bethesda.org {{!}} Bethesda Urban Partnership|website=www.bethesda.org|access-date=2019-04-09}}{{Cite web|url=http://secondsightdc.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html|title=Secondsight - an organization to support women in photography|website=Secondsight|access-date=2019-04-09}} an organization of women photographers. The galleries closed in 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/museums-galleries/blog/13075221/fraser-gallery-will-close-this-month|title=Fraser Gallery Will Close This Month|last=Jacobson|first=Louis|date=2011-03-01|website=Washington City Paper|language=en|access-date=2019-04-09}}

The Fraser Gallery represented several significant artists during its operating years, including Tim Tate,{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/article/13004864/kiss-my-glass|title=Kiss My Glass|website=Washington City Paper|date=8 March 2007 |language=en|access-date=2019-04-09}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/...to.../f10422aa-07f5-405e-8d3f-73bf180dbc37/|title=Tate Gets to the Heart of the Matter|last=O'Sullivan|first=Michael|newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} David FeBland,{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/06/07/painted-from-memories/af56d69a-1acc-4eac-846b-1e733b2812fa/|title=Painted From Memories|last=Dawson|first=Jessica|date=2001-06-07|newspaper=The Washington Post}} Kris Kuksi,{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/05/02/a-gander-at-the-galleries-of-georgetown/3c9b19a5-c350-4020-b99b-2deff64b415b/?noredirect=on|title=A Gander at the Galleries of Georgetown|last=O'Sullivan|first=Michael|date=2002-05-02|newspaper=The Washington Post}} Chawky Frenn,{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/article/13029669/bone-structures|title=Bone Structures|website=Washington City Paper|date=10 September 2004 |language=en|access-date=2019-04-09}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/.../09/.../0b9d626a-7611-4c20-8d63-13b5fa119e9|title=The Real Deals|last=O'Sullivan|first=Michael|date=2004-09-17|newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Joyce Tenneson,{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/article/13024280/body-shots|title=Body Shots|last=Jacobson|first=Louis|website=Washington City Paper|date=31 May 2002 |language=en|access-date=2019-04-09}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/article/13027473/flower-portraits|title=Flower Portraits|website=Washington City Paper|date=5 September 2003 |language=en|access-date=2019-04-09}} Lida Moser,{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/article/13030792/lida-moser-50-years-of-photographs|title=Lida Moser: 50 Years of Photographs|last=Jacobson|first=Louis|date=2005-04-08|website=Washington City Paper|language=en|access-date=2019-04-09}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/museums-galleries/blog/13081071/why-photographer-lida-moser-couldnt-be-pigeonholed|title=Why Photographer Lida Moser Couldn't Be Pigeonholed|website=Washington City Paper|date=15 August 2014 |language=en|access-date=2019-04-09}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/article/13028481/photographic-memories|title=Photographic Memories|website=Washington City Paper|date=20 February 2004 |language=en|access-date=2019-04-09}} F. Lennox Campello,{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/article/13025762/frida-on-his-mind|title=Frida on His Mind|website=Washington City Paper|date=10 January 2003 |language=en|access-date=2020-01-14}} Michael Janis,{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefrasergallery.com/MD2005.html|title=Fraser Gallery - Our 2005 Bethesda, Maryland shows|website=www.thefrasergallery.com|access-date=2020-01-14}} Dianora Niccolini,{{Cite web|title=Photography Only|url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/article/13023530/photography-only|website=Washington City Paper|date=14 March 2003 |language=en|access-date=2020-06-01}}{{Cite web|title=Fraser Gallery of Bethesda, Maryland: Dianora Niccolini|url=http://www.thefrasergallery.com/DianoraNiccolini.html|website=The Fraser Gallery|access-date=2020-06-01}} Maxwell MacKenzie,{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/article/13039594/photography-by-maxwell-mackenzie-at-the-fraser-gallery|title=Photography by Maxwell MacKenzie at the Fraser Gallery|website=Washington City Paper|date=24 September 2010 |language=en|access-date=2019-04-09}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/article/13004464/city-lights-dec-2128-2006|title=City Lights, Dec. 21-28, 2006|website=Washington City Paper|date=21 December 2006 |language=en|access-date=2019-04-09}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2010/09/29/maxwell-mackenzie-aerial-photography-fraser-gallery/|title=Super Fly: Aerial Photographer Maxwell Mackenzie, at the Fraser Gallery|date=2010-09-29|newspaper=The Washington Post}} Nestor Hernández, Mark Jenkins,{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefrasergallery.com/DC2005.html|title=Fraser Gallery - Our 2005 Washington, DC shows|website=www.thefrasergallery.com|access-date=2019-04-10}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefrasergallery.com/MD2005.html|title=Fraser Gallery - Our 2005 Bethesda, Maryland shows|website=www.thefrasergallery.com|access-date=2019-04-10}} as well as many key contemporary Cuban artists such as Sandra Ramos,{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/10/02/new-shows-bridge-the-gulf-of-mexico/5d15b187-16cc-4bd8-bad7-b4bf40649127/|title=New Shows Bridge The Gulf of Mexico|last=Dawson|first=Sandra|date=2003-10-02|newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/article/13029167/sandra-ramos|title=Sandra Ramos|website=Washington City Paper|date=11 June 2004 |language=en|access-date=2019-04-09}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/may/28/20040528-091727-2098r/|title=Sandra Ramos sees 'Sorrows'|last=Shaw-Eagle|first=Joanna|website=The Washington Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-09}} Marta María Pérez Bravo, and others.{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/article/13027610/de-aqui-y-de-alla-from-here-and-from-there|title=De Aqui y de Alla (From Here and From There)|website=Washington City Paper|date=26 September 2003 |language=en|access-date=2019-04-09}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/article/13019174/i-want-you-but-not-you|title=I Want You (But Not You)|website=Washington City Paper|date=7 January 2000 |language=en|access-date=2019-04-09}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/09/26/new-shows-breathe-life-into-area-galleries/c767f627-a70f-4b4f-bab5-d4952c0a1fd2/|title=New Shows Breathe Life Into Area Galleries|last=O'Sullivan|first=Michael|newspaper=The Washington Post}}

The Washington Post noted in 2000 that the gallery was able to take advantage of the then emerging Internet to stage art shows which "draws entries from all over the world",{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2000/04/06/galleries/0bb6f724-962a-4621-a02a-e6c50eeed4ec/|title=Galleries|last=Protzman|first=Ferdinand|date=2000-04-06|newspaper=The Washington Post}} and a few years earlier, in 1998, praised the gallery for having "one of the liveliest, best-looking and best-organized sites in town",{{Cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/museums/features/galleriesonline0310.htm|title=Monitoring Art Galleries|last=Protzman|first=Ferdinand|date=1998-03-09|newspaper=The Washington Post}} in a seminal article about art galleries' websites in Washington, DC. Upon the announcement of its closing, a Washington City Paper photography critic wrote that "the gallery mounted significant shows by such photographers as Maxwell MacKenzie and Lida Moser, as well as an annual photography contest".{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/museums-galleries/blog/13075221/fraser-gallery-will-close-this-month|title=Fraser Gallery Will Close This Month|last=Jacobson|first=Louis|website=Washington City Paper|date=2 March 2011 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-04}}

Fraser is now the Chair of the Trawick Art Prize,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bethesda.org/bethesda/founder-chair|title=Founder & Chair|website=www.bethesda.org|language=en|access-date=2019-04-09}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.eastcityart.com/openings-and-events/trawick-prize-award-winners-announced-2/|title=Trawick Prize Award Winners Announced|date=2018-09-13|website=East City Art|access-date=2019-04-09}} an art competition for Maryland, Virginia and D.C. artists which awards $14,000 in prize money. She is also the director of the annual Bethesda Fine Arts Festival.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bethesda.org/arts/artsfestival.htm|title=Bethesda Fine Arts Festival|website=www.bethesda.org|language=en|access-date=2019-04-09}}

Fraser's own photographic work has focused overwhelmingly on black and white infrared landscape photographs of Scotland, ranging from traditional landscapes, to ancient Pictish ruins and medieval castles and fortresses.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rampantscotland.com/tourism.htm|title=Touring All Scotland from Rampant Scotland Directory|website=www.rampantscotland.com|access-date=2019-04-09}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefrasergallery.com/artists/CFraser-artwork.html|title=Infrared Photographs of Scotland by Catriona Fraser|website=The Fraser Gallery|access-date=2019-04-09}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.oocities.org/soho/square/4638/bio.html|title=Catriona Fraser: About the Photographer|website=www.oocities.org|access-date=2019-04-09}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefrasergallery.com/reviews/catriona-fraser-KOAN-review.html|title=Art Review in KOAN of Catriona Fraser|last=Parmelee|first=Terry|website=www.thefrasergallery.com|access-date=2019-04-09}} The photographs have been exhibited in museums and galleries in the US and Latin America, and awarded multiple prizes.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefrasergallery.com/artists/CFraser-bio.html|title=Catriona Fraser Resume|website=www.thefrasergallery.com|access-date=2019-04-09}}

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• [http://thefrasergallery.com The Fraser Gallery]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIkBL60qAwk Video of 2011 Photography Exhibition at Fraser Gallery]

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