Organized by Washington Project for the Arts Jurors: Lance Fung, Fung Collaboratives; Lisa Gold, Washington Project for the Arts; Tonya Jordan, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Eligibility: DC Metro area students in grades K-12 Deadline for Submissions: August 25, 2014 at 5:00pm Exhibition Dates: September 6 – October […]
Summertime, and the Livin’ is Easy
Ah, summertime in Washington. Volleyball nets suddenly appear on every available square foot of green space from the Lincoln Memorial to the Kennedy Center. Food trucks line the streets and white tents overflow with musicians, souvenir t-shirt vendors, and tourists. Hoards of weary, sweltering visitors from around the world take […]
Computer-for-Kids Graduation
photo caption: CFK Instructor Gerald Brown, YATF Chairperson Thelma Jones, and SWNA President Kael Anderson. In front (L to R) graduates Miracle Matthews and Giannii Marshall (absent from photo is graduate Dynaja Roach). On June 8, three special young ladies became the most recent graduates of the 2014 Computer-for-Kids (CFK) […]
Final Environmental Impact Statement Released for VAT
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) have released a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the proposed reconstruction of the Virginia Avenue Tunnel. The FEIS incorporates feedback from the community and identifies “Alternative 3 – Two New Tunnels” as the preferred alternative for construction. […]
Welcome to the Neighborhood!
Name? Craig Harrington Where did you move from? The Shaw neighborhood of DC When did you move here? May 2014 What is your first impression of Southwest? I like how Southwest feels much more like a suburb than a city, but it is still only a few minutes from downtown, […]
A Bittersweet Farewell to the Water Street Garden
It was a lovely but bittersweet morning on June 1 when over 30 gardeners, residents, and parishioners from St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church gathered to bid farewell to the Water Street Garden, a Southwest landmark located on the west side of the church at 6th and Water Street SW. The garden’s […]
A New Path Forward
Occasionally opportunities come along. The DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities’ largest public art project is coming to Southwest in a big way. In addition to an installation at Arena Stage, the grassy, or mostly grassy, lawn between CVS and Christ United Methodist Church will see an explosion of […]