The following is a list of upcoming art events taking place in Southwest DC. WHAT: Performing Indonesia – Not everyone can go off to exotic places for vacations but those of us who live in Southwest can have a taste of what it’s like when we visit the Sackler Gallery. Performing Indonesia is […]
Nonuments’ Artists’ Quotes
Starting next month Nonuments will come to Southwest and transform the open lot north of Safeway like never before. The five artists selected share their thoughts: “Working on Nonuments is giving me an opportunity to wrestle with developing evocative visual content that has the potential to draw attention to the […]
Create a Nonument: Citywide Youth Art Contest
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 […]
Blind Whino: Southwest’s Newest Art Hub
The visual overhaul of the old Friendship Baptist Church on the corner of Delaware Ave and H St SW has Southwest residents excited. A group of artists assembled by Ian Callendar of SuiteNation and Shane Pomajambo, Executive Director of Art Whino, renovated the church in March 2013. Named Blind Whino, […]
Smithsonian Celebrates National Cherry Blossom Festival
With the city in bloom for the National Cherry Blossom Festival (March 20–April 14), the Freer and Sackler Galleries are hosting activities celebrating Japanese arts and design. On the weekend of April 5-7, the Galleries will open with Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer’s Japanese Illustrated Books. The exhibit will show how Edo-period artists […]
A Call to Southwest Artists and Art Lovers
You are invited to join a conversation about creating and executing art projects in and around Amidon-Bowen Elementary School on April 18 at 6 p.m. in the auditorium at the school at 4th and I Streets. Imagine a stairwell filled with whimsical mobiles and colorful banners, or a playground fence […]
“Breaking New Ground” on September 28
Planning proceeds apace for SW ArtsFest 2013. Our annual neighborhood arts festival this year will have the theme “Breaking New Ground.” Theme 2013 takes its inspiration from ongoing neighborhood redevelopment. The old EPA towers have already experienced extensive renovation. This year will see groundbreaking on the waterfront and on 4th […]