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

National Portrait Gallery 8th and F Streets NW, Washington

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 Part II: Feb. 10, 2023–Sept. 10, 2023 Credit information: Septima Poinsette Clark by Brian Lanker, gelatin silver print. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. © Brian Lanker Archive. […]

National Air & Space Museum’s “Nation of Speed”

National Air and Space Museum National Air and Space Museum, efferson Drive

"Nation of Speed"National Air and Space MuseumOpens Oct. 14, 2022For more information: https://www.si.edu/exhibitions/nation-speed%3Aevent-exhib-6030The new gallery "Nation of Speed" explores the deep-rooted connection between people and machines through the history they made together. This cooperative exhibition includes loans from the National Museum of American History. "Nation of Speed" will open in fall 2022 and is projected to be open for 10 […]

Webster’s Bitch

The Keegan Theatre 1742 Church Street, NW, Washington, DC

When their Editor-in-Chief gets caught using some unexpected profanity, the employees of Webster’s Dictionary find themselves at the center of an internet uprising over gender and obscenity in the age of social media. As office politics collide with ambition, morality, and lexicography, the future of the English language hangs in the balance. A comedy about […]

$55 – $65

Beginning Printmaking with a Press for Kids and Teens with Etai Rogers-Fett – Weekly – 8 Weeks

1675 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, DC 1675 Wisconsin Ave, NW, Washington

Printmaking is magic! Well, kind of - sometimes it can feel like magic when you have the ability to take your original drawings and designs and reproduce them in infinite variations! This course is designed as an entry point into the fun and versatile world of printmaking beyond what is typically offered in school curriculum. […]

$320

Printmaking with a Press for Kids , Teens with Etai – Weekly – 8 Weeks

1675 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20007 1675 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington

Join Etai for a hands-on printmaking experience using a print press, specially designed for kids and teens, and unleash your creativity! Printmaking is magic! Well, kind of - sometimes it can feel like magic when you have the ability to take your original drawings and designs and reproduce them in infinite variations! This course is […]

Acid-Free Intaglio Printmaking Methods [Adults] with Etai Rogers-Fett – Weekly – 8 Weeks

1675 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20007 1675 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington

This eight-week class is an introduction to intaglio printmaking with a press, designed to familiarize students with a broad spectrum of techniques and materials for intaglio printmaking without acid or ferric chloride. Each class session will include a step-by-step instructor demo, relevant examples from historical and contemporary print artists, and time for students to develop […]

$320

“The Last Drop”—a riveting drama about economic collapse and survival!

DC Arts Center 2438 18th St. NW, Washington

World Premiere of a new Play! Western civilization collapses during an economic upheaval. Pestilence, violence and war drive people away from the cities. Mary and Joe survive in the sand-dunes desalinating sea water with a ramshackle still Joe has devised. They eat insects and any scarce crustaceans they are able to scavenge. Their love is […]

$45

Complementary Color

Calloway Fine Art & Consulting 1643 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington

Calloway Fine Art & Consulting is pleased to showcase the recent works of Matt Langley and Karen Sharer. Color is the thread that connects these two abstract artists. The styles differ but the color sensibility in their work is equally stunning. Together, Langley and Scharer's exhibition will be a beautiful complement of color.

The Temple of Invention AR Experience

Luce Foundation Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum F St NW &, 8th St NW, Washington

Visit SAAM and experience the museum's free and new AR experience, "The Temple of Invention", now available to visitors from April 18 through May 16, 2024. Before it was an art museum, the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s historical building showcased ingenuity through the display of thousands of patent models. Known as a “temple of invention,” […]

Free

Tesla Quartet: “Rising Tides”

National Gallery of Art, West Building Located between 3rd and 9th Streets along Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20001, Washington

Commemorate Earth Day with the music of the Tesla Quartet. Tesla’s project, Rising Tides, inspired in part by the effect of climate change on the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, is both a reaction to climate change and a meditation on the rich wonders of our planet that the group strives to protect and preserve. The program […]

Free