Weekend East City Event Round Up: February 23 – February 28

Thursday, February 23   Brentwood Arts Exchange – 6:30 p.m. The third film in the Afrofuturism film series is An Oversimplification of Her Beauty. For more information, click here. Brentwood Arts Exchange is located at 3901 Rhode Island Ave., Brentwood, MD.   Friday, February 24   CUA’s Salve Regina Art Gallery – 5 p.m. to…

Weekend East City Event Round Up: September 15 – September 18 Edition

FEATURED: Saturday, September 17 Remembrance ceremony for artist Joanna Campbell Blake.  Schedule listed here.   Friday, September 16   The Corner Store – 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. In Urban Nature: from Dublin to DC, Nancy Previs focuses on the relationship between the natural world and its interaction with cities. For more details, click here….

Weekend East City Event Round Up: June 24 – June 26 Edition

Friday, June 24   PGAAMCC – 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The Prince George’s African American Museum and Cultural Center hosts #Solidaritrees with Omalara Williams McCallister, Black Lives Matter DC. This interactive community based art project is part of the Celebrating Black Arts and Culture series. For more details, click here. The PGAAMCC is located…

Weekend East City Event Round Up: May 12-17 Open Studio Tours Edition

Friday, May 13   Touchstone—6:30-8 p.m. Touchstone celebrates its 40th anniversary this weekend with a champagne gala on Friday.  Three concurrent exhibitions, including a group retrospective, feature the works of member artists past and present.  For more information, click here. Touchstone Gallery is located at 901 New York Ave. NW   Washington Studio School —7…

Weekend East City Event Round Up: April Super Weekend Openers Edition

Friday, April 1   Honfleur and Vivid Solutions Galleries–6 p.m. to 8 p.m. French Doors by Aziza Claudia Gibson-Hunter opens at Honfleur Gallery and Primordial Planes by Alexandra Chiou opens at Vivid Solutions Gallery. For more information, click here. Honfleur Gallery is located at 1241 Good Hope Rd. SE. Vivid Solutions Gallery is located next…

Weekend East City Event Round Up: The Changing City Edition

EMULSION 2016—MONDAY DEADLINE!   East City Art’s annual production EMULSION 2016 returns to Gallery O on H this spring. Submit your work for consideration by February 15.  Details about EMULSION found here.   Thursday, February 11   National Postal Museum – 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The National Postal Museum celebrates Black History Month with exhibition Freedom…

Weekend East City Event Round Up: Twelfth Night Edition

Friday, January 8   Touchstone Gallery — 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Join Touchstone Gallery for the opening of Before They Are Gone by Leslie Johnston. The mixed media installation features over 2,500 ceramic pieces representing the average number of elephants killed in Africa monthly. For more details, click here. Touchstone Gallery is located at…

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: 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…