Taking a step away from the dusty yet somehow still humid DC summer and into the cool and calm recesses of a museum is one of the pleasures of living in this city of ours. Getting to spend time decompressing with a glass of wine and a project you don’t necessarily need to do…
Category: Arts
Weekend East City Event Round Up: Summer Swimming Edition
Thursday, August 13 Anacostia Community Museum – 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ACM’s award winning photographer, Susana Raab, discusses her research documenting east of the river communities and how those communities have changed over time. For more details, click here. Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum is located at 1901 Fort Place SE. Friday, August 14…
Weekend East City Event Round Up: Canicule 2015 Edition
Thursday, July 30 Long View Gallery – 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Long View Gallery presents New Year/New Artists featuring the works of Rebecca Coles, Joelle Dietrick, Georgia Nassikas, Robert Ochs, Sarah Stockstill and Casey Vogt. For more information, click here. Long View Gallery is located at 1234 Ninth St. NW. Friday, July…
Weekend East City Event Round Up: New Beginnings Edition
Gallery OnH FREE Music in the Courtyard Series: Hot, Cajun Hot and Cajun Red Hot | Friday, July 17: Li’l Red & the Renegades 9-11pm Reggae so good you’ll think you’re in the Islands! | Saturday, July 18: LUCKY Dub 9-11pm Gallery OonH is located at 1354 H Street NE | Details here Friday,…
Weekend East City Event Round Up: Iconic Synthesis Edition
Thursday, July 9 Wild Hand Workspace – 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Join Wild Hand Workspace for the opening of A Hand Drawn Feast by Marcella Kriebel. Kriebel’s prints can be found in many DC farmers markets and select gift stores. This is her first exhibition in Washington, DC. For more information, click here….
Key Artifacts from ISIS-endangered Palmyra, Syria on View at the Freer and Sackler Galleries
3-D Scan of Rare Funerary Bust Will Be Available to Explore and Download An exquisitely sculpted ancient bust of a woman from Palmyra, Syria, is returned to view for the first time since 2006 at the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Named “Haliphat,” it will be accompanied by images of 18th-century…
Weekend East City Event Round Up: Anacostia in Bloom Edition
Friday, June 26 A Creative DC – 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. A Creative DC partners with Maketto on H Street NE to present In Real Life. The goal of the invitational series, a type of networking event, is to connect and empower DC’s creative communities. For more information, click here. The event is located…
Weekend East City Event Round Up: Fascist Hipsters Edition
Thursday, June 18 Brookland Arts Walk Third Thursday Cheryl D. Edwards’ Studio – 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Post Avant-Garde/Conceptualism features the works of Olubanke King-Akerele, Charles M. Bergen, Cheryl D. Edwards, Donna-Marie R. Jones, and Sue Wribican. For more information, click here. Cheryl Edwards’ Studio is located at 716 Monroe St. NE Studio #9. Wild…
Cultivating Taste: The Art of Curation — A Panel Discussion on the Influence and Careers of Curators
On June 16, 2015, The Artinista Art Advisory, a boutique art consultancy, will host a panel to get the inside track on being a curator of fine art. Hosted by Flashpoint (916 G St NW) from 6:30-8:30 pm, Cultivating Taste: The Art of Curation will feature Jarvis DuBois, Carolina Mayorga, John Paradiso and Laura Roulet, to speak…
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