Weekend East City Event Round Up: Punk not Dead Edition

Friday, March 6 Touchstone Gallery – 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Join Touchstone Gallery for the opening of two new exhibitions Sprout by Touchstone member artists and COLOR: Paintings by Mary D. Ott. These two exhibitions explore color and pattern through a variety of media. For details about the openings, click here. Touchstone Gallery is…

Meet DC’s Meat Man

Most children relish the thought of sweet treats, like rugelach or those festive chocolate-covered rainbow cookies. Not Douglas Singer, meat extraordinaire and owner of Singer’s Significant Meats. As a child growing up in Cleveland and Detroit, Singer made no bones about his favorite indulgences when visiting his grandparents. He wanted to go to the deli,…

Weekend East City Event Round Up: #BlackLivesMatter Edition

Thursday, February 19 WPA at Artisphere – 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Washington Project for the Arts hosts Asantewa Boakyewa, Kristi-Anne Caisse, Sarah Hanley, and Phyllis Rosenzweig for a curators talk. Join them as they discuss the artists and works featured in SELECT 2015. For more information, click here. Artisphere is located at 1101 Wilson…

Weekend East City Event Round Up: Ancestral Edition

Thursday, February 12 WPA at Artisphere – 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Washington Project for the Arts presents Jennifer Farrell, Ryan Holladay, Sarah Kennel, and Brian Young for a curators talk. Join them as they discuss the artists and works featured in SELECT 2015. For more information, click here. Artisphere is located at 1101 Wilson…

Weekend East City Event Round Up: The Black Love Experience Edition

Thursday, February 5   WPA – 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Join WPA for the opening of Diamond Landscape the latest installment in the Lobby Project series. Artist Erin Elizabeth Curtis’s inspiration of antique Soumak rugs is reflected in the shape, pattern, and color of her work. For more information, click here. The exhibition is…

Call for Artists: Emulsion 2015 Draws Near!

EMULSION: The Second Annual East City Art Regional Juried Show PRIZES $1,250 First Place Prize $750 Second Place Prize $500 Third Place Prize Two People’s Choice Awards ENTRY FEE An entry fee of $38.50 paid to East City Art Media LLC QUALIFICATIONS This call for entry is open to all residents 18 years of age or…

Weekend East City Event Round Up: January Super Saturday Edition

Saturday, January 24 artdc Gallery – 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Join artdc for #WeTweetArt V3.0 the third version of their social media connected show. Viewers are welcome to visit the gallery or go online to connect with artists. The DC area artists involved in this show are working to connect with the whole world…

Weekend East City Event Round Up:  2015 Keeps Getting Better Edition

Friday, January 16 Washington Project for the Arts – on view 24 hours   Hothouse Video: Marina Zurkow featured six video animations, which form a narrative commenting on man’s interactions in the environment. The 144-hour video cycles continuously so viewers never see the same hand-drawn images twice. For details, click here. The show will be at Capitol Skyline…

Weekend East City Event Round Up: Welcome to 2015 Edition

Thursday, January 8 Studio 21 – 6 p.m.   Dance Place and maDCap exhibit the works of Reza Ghajar in Painting Pain. Ghajar explores aspects that remain common throughout different cultures and societies in his works. For more details, click here. Studio 21 is located at 716 Monroe St., NE.   Friday, January 9 Studio…