The Chevy Chase Art Walk Opens Neighbors' Studios Next Weekend. Here's How to Plan the Maryland Side.

How many of the 35 homes on next weekend's Art Walk map are on the Maryland side of Western Avenue? Ten. They show 28 artists between them, and that's enough to complete the prize passport without crossing into the District.

Ch/Art's 7th Annual Art Walk runs Saturday, October 17, and Sunday, October 18, from noon to 5 p.m. both days. It's free, open to the public and happens rain or shine. The official Art Walk page counts 86 artists across 35 homes and studios "around Chevy Chase, MD and DC." The map treats the whole area as one event, and that matches how the organization works. In its October 5 feature, East City Art describes Ch/Art as treating the area "as a single creative neighborhood rather than two communities separated by a jurisdictional line."

That framing fits the organization, but it doesn't help you plan an afternoon. If you live in the Town, the Village, Martin's Additions or nearby, the useful part of the map starts at stop 1 and ends at stop 10.

How the Map Splits at Western Avenue

On the 2026 Google map Ch/Art published September 20, every address from stop 11 onward carries a "NW" suffix, starting with Stuyvesant Place NW and continuing through Barnaby Street, 31st Street and Nebraska Avenue. Stops 1 through 10 have no quadrant at all. They run from North Park Avenue, Grafton, Oliver and Ridge to Oakridge, Meadow Lane, Williams Lane, Thornapple, Georgia Street and Bradley Lane.

The map doesn't label municipalities, so it won't tell you which small government each house sits in. One stop can be pinned down. The Martin's Additions boundary page lists Bradley Lane addresses 3408 through 3525 as inside the village, and stop 10 falls within that range.

The split is lopsided. The Maryland side has 10 of 35 homes, under a third of the stops, but 28 of 86 artists. Several Maryland homes are hosting groups of four or five, so each stop on this side tends to hold more work.

Who Is Showing Where, Stop by Stop

These are the Maryland-side hosts, matched to stop numbers using Ch/Art's artist roster and the event map. The brochure prints full addresses, so the list below gives only streets and stop numbers.

1. North Park Avenue, stop 1. Cityline Studios, with Wendy Smith in painting, Heather Paul in painting and collage, and Deborah Coffey in mixed media.
2. Grafton Street, stop 2. Lance Patterson in painting and printmaking, and Eileen Sullivan in watercolor and graphite.
3. Oliver Street, stop 3. Doris Ross in fused glass, the only single-artist stop on this side.
4. Ridge Street, stop 4. Dee Harris in ceramics and Michal Avni in beaded jewelry.
5. Oakridge Avenue, stop 5. Ronni Jolles in layered paper and Limor Dekel in mixed media.
6. Meadow Lane, stop 6. Katie Lawson in painting and drawing, Lisa Kowalewski in porcelain pottery, and Hilary Schenker in painting.
7. Williams Lane, stop 7. Linda Sussman in button jewelry and Pamela Joy Trow in mixed media and digital work.
8. Thornapple Street, stop 8. The largest Maryland group: Alice Joseph in contemporary jewelry, Allen Hirsh in generative art, Nancy Malan with hardwood birdhouses, Amy Rice in mixed media, and Jennifer Howard in painting.
9. Georgia Street, stop 9. Kirsty Little in wire sculpture, Veronique Legot in assemblage and painting, Jack Hornady in painting, and Sandra Zacharia in jewelry.
10. Bradley Lane, stop 10. Suzanne Wright in restorative media, Erica Weiss in ceramics, Becky McFall in mixed media, and Susan Fattig in painting and collage.

Stops 8, 9 and 10 together account for 13 artists, nearly half the Maryland roster. Most of the variety on this side is concentrated there. In those three houses alone you can see generative art, birdhouses, wire sculpture, assemblage, restorative media, ceramics and three different approaches to jewelry.

The Passport Math Works Without a Bridge Crossing

The passport rules are printed on the brochure. Visit at least seven Art Walk locations and collect a sticker at each. Print your details clearly in the white boxes. Leave the completed passport at any participating house by 6 p.m. on October 18. Winners will be notified by email by November 5.

Seven is the number that shapes the plan. With ten stops on the Maryland side, you can skip three and still qualify. You can also drop your passport at whichever Maryland house you finish at, since any participating house accepts it.

The timing matters more than the route. The event closes at 5 p.m. each day, but the drop-off deadline is 6 p.m. on Sunday only. Saturday stickers carry over, so a household can split the ten Maryland stops across both afternoons and turn in the passport on Sunday.

Ch/Art says visitors can stroll, bike or drive using the map. East City Art puts it this way: "There are no booths, admission gates or single point of entry." No stop is the official start, so you can begin wherever is closest to home.

Why the Format Works on These Streets

The Art Walk works because the homes themselves are the venues. East City Art describes the format as "neither quite an art fair nor a conventional open-studio weekend," with work seen "in proximity to the person who made it and, in some cases, within the environment where it was produced."

Ruth Marcus hosts on the DC side, at stop 15 on 31st Street NW. She described the exchange to East City Art this way: "That interaction feels like a gift—and the annual Art Walk remains my favorite art event of the year." If your Maryland loop leaves time to spare, her stop is one of 25 on the far side of the avenue.

Ch/Art is a 501(c)(3) founded in 2018 by artists. Its own brochure credits three women artists as founders and says the group now supports more than 150 artists. The Art Walk is its biggest public event. Its other programs include exhibitions, monthly member meetings, artist talks, hands-on workshops and a presence at Chevy Chase Day.

Same Roster, Fewer Front Doors Than Last Year

The 2025 Patch listing for the 6th annual Art Walk described 86 artists at 37 home studios. This year the artist count is the same and the house count is down to 35. The same number of artists in fewer houses means slightly more work under each roof. That fits the Maryland side, where three of the ten homes host four or five artists.

Where the Paper Map Lives

Ch/Art said printed brochures, with artist profiles, studio locations and a detailed map, would be at local businesses around Chevy Chase starting in mid-September. The organization credits 22 business sponsors with making its events possible. Sponsors named on the Art Walk page include Barista, Little Beast, Broad Branch Market, Macon Bistro & Larder, La Ferme, Circle Yoga, Bethesda Travel Center, Park Story, Skips and the Avalon. The digital map on the Art Walk page has the same stops if you'd rather not carry paper.

Ten Days Later, the Village Hosts Halloween

The next date on the Maryland-side calendar is close behind. Chevy Chase Village's official calendar lists its Halloween Party and Costume Parade at Village Hall on Wednesday, October 28, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The costume parade steps off at 6. The Village's October newsletter lists cookie and mini-pumpkin decorating, a haunted house, free pizza, and a Trippy Tacos food truck with food for purchase.

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