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Women Leaders: Rhea Combs, Curatorial Affairs Director, Nat’l Portrait Gallery

Kate Oczypok • May 12, 2022

Our spring arts preview featured 20 women cultural leaders in Washington, D.C. We wanted to amplify their voices in our online newsletters, spotlighting each of them individually. Our Thursday May […]

Portraiture Competition Winners Announced by National Portrait Gallery (photos)

Jeff Malet • April 29, 2022

“To see people as they are, as they imagine themselves, as they wish to be. To be witness, the friend, the judge, the accomplice. To record their moment,” said Annie […]

Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Announces Upcoming Exhibitions through Winter 2023

Kate Oczypok • April 20, 2022

Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Announces Upcoming Exhibitions through Winter 2023 I Dream a World: Selections from Brian Lanker’s Portraits of Remarkable Black Women Part I: July 8, 2022–Jan. 29, 2023 […]

Reveal of the winner of the 2022 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition and preview of “The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today”

Kate Oczypok •

WHAT: Reveal of the winner of the 2022 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition and preview of “The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today” WHEN: Friday, April 29 10–11:30 a.m. WHERE: Smithsonian’s National Portrait […]

Portrait of a Nation Gala

Kate Oczypok • March 11, 2022

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has just announced the honorees for the 2022 Portrait of a Nation Award, which recognizes contemporary icons across many fields in recognition of their transformative contributions to America […]

2022 Spring Arts Guide

Kate Oczypok • March 9, 2022

The D.C. arts scene has awakened from its winter slumber. Enjoy performances, art exhibits and more this spring with this arts guide. Performing Arts “Catch Me If You Can” at […]

Spring Arts Preview: D.C.’s Women Cultural Leaders Speak Out

Kate Oczypok • March 7, 2022

In honor of Women’s History Month and our special arts preview issue, we asked area arts leaders what it’s like working at the famed museums and theaters D.C. has to […]