Weekend East City Event Round Up: September Harvest Edition

Thursday, September 10 Hamiltonian Gallery – 7 p.m. Artists Adam Ryder and Dan Perkins host an artist talk about their recent work. For details, click here. Hamiltonian is located at 1353 U St. NW.   Friday, September 11 Touchstone – 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Touchstone presents the opening of three new exhibitions for September….

Weekend East City Event Round Up: Activism through Art Edition

Saturday, May 30  Anacostia Art Center – 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. This series of workshops hosted by artist and activist Monica Jahan Bose asks participants to consider and address climate change. During the workshop visitors are encouraged to share their personal stories on saris. For more details, click here. Anacostia Arts Center is located…

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…

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: Last Chance ‘Till Fall Edition

Editor’s Note— this is the last Round-Up until the Fall 2014 Preview which comes out Thursday, August 28. Friday, August 1 DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities – 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. This free exhibit shows the work of local DC artists competing for the DCCAH’s FY15 Artist Fellowship Program (AFP) grant. It…

Weekend East City Event Round Up: Early Bird Edition

Anacostia Art & Reggae Saturday – 4 p.m. to 10 p. m. This Saturday East City Art and the Anacostia Gallery and Boutique team-up to bring you a self-guided tour of Anacostia’s cultural assets culminating in an Art & Reggae festival located at 2806 Bruce Place SE.  For more information including details on the self-guided…

Weekend East City Event Round Up: Summer Openings

Friday, June 6 Touchstone Gallery – 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Touchstone Gallery with the support of the Cultural Service of the Embassy of France presents Les Chemins de Memoire (The Paths of Memory) by Charles Goldstein. This exhibit has its roots in the holocaust and the disappearance of 84 close members of his family….

Weekend East City Event Round Up:  H Street Voodoo Edition

Thursday, April 3 Wild Hand Workspace– 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Illustrator Elizabeth Graeber’s work has been featured in numerous national publications.  Her whimsical, vibrantly colored work will be on display at the Wild Hand Workspace in Brookland .  To read more about Graeber’s work, click here. Wild Hand Workspace is located in Studio 8,…