DC Artswatch

November 10, 2025

    Studio Theatre’s Muse to Step Down After nearly 20 years in the role, Studio Theatre Artistic Director David Muse will leave the position in late 2027. The search for […]

DC Artswatch

September 9, 2025

 Leaving Town: NPG Director, Sherald Show   National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet, who resigned two weeks after being “fired” by President Trump in a May 30 Truth Social post, will […]

D.C. ArtsWatch

June 10, 2025

Georgetown’s Tudor Place Gets Public History Award  Tudor Place Historic House & Garden received the National Council on Public History’s Outstanding Public History Project Award for the Georgetown historic site’s […]

D.C. Artswatch

February 12, 2025

Trump Orders Impact National Arts Organizations  As directed by President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order requiring federal units to terminate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs within 60 days, the […]

January 2025 D.C. Artswatch  

January 15, 2025

New Executive Director at Capital Jewish Museum Dr. Beatrice Gurwitz, former deputy director of the National Humanities Alliance, joined the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum as executive director […]

September 2024 ArtsWatch

September 11, 2024

DC Design Week to Kick Off Underground  This year’s DC Design Week, themed “Stories Within,” will kick off on Sept. 27 with a party at Dupont Underground. Events (in daily […]

D.C. ArtsWatch

June 12, 2024

New Artistic Leadership at Imagination Stage Joanne Seelig Lamparter is the new chief artistic programming officer for Imagination Stage, succeeding Janet Stanford, the venue’s founding artistic director, who retired on May […]

March ArtsWatch

March 13, 2024

In this month’s Artswatch: a new director of development at Virginia’s Hylton Performing Arts Center, a new director of advancement at the National Portrait Gallery and a new public art […]

ArtsWatch: New Directors at Washington Ballet, Planet Word and GALA Hispanic

January 4, 2024

The National Building Museum Announces 2023 Vincent Scully Prize Recipient  Artist and social innovator Theaster Gates was awarded The National Building Museum’s annual Vincent Scully Prize in November. The prize, […]

Painter Robin Sutliff Ready to Dazzle at Georgetown’s Art All Night

September 25, 2023

By Hailey Wharram Donned in paint-splattered jeans and electric pink lipstick, Robin Sutliff is in her element with a paintbrush in hand. After a swift scan of her canvas — […]