Artomatic is over, and the summer art season is settling in. While now is usually the time when most galleries close their doors or throw together a two-month group exhibition, there are surprisingly still a number of openings and events on the horizon in the coming weeks. But first, we have some news from the Textile Museum. Announced on Tuesday through a press release, the museum’s board has decided to abandon their previous Penn Quarter…

The works of the eight artists featured in this newest exhibit at the McLean Project for the Arts — Kristy Deetz, Peter Dykhuis, Lorraine Glessner, Cheryl Goldsleger, Reni Gower, Heather Harvey, Jeffrey S. Hirst and Timothy McDowell — are not only connected by their use of the ancient painting method called “encaustic.” Curator Reni Gower chose artists who, in this fast-paced era of multi-tasking and technology, have returned to the slow and “labor intensive work…