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 — […]

ArtsWatch: New Directors at D.C. Arts Commission, Solas Nua; Cézanne Restorations
• July 13, 2023

Here are the latest arts moves in Washington, with news from The National Building Museum, D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Arena Stage and more.   Phillips Collection to Restore […]

April 2023 ArtsWatch
• April 12, 2023

The latest ArtsWatch includes a generous gift to the Spy Museum, repatriated objects to the National Museum of Asian Arts, the World Culture Festival and a new Studio Theatre associate […]

February 2023 Arts Watch
• February 8, 2023

New leaders have been appointed at the National Portrait Gallery, Museum of African American History and Culture, Hindman Auctions and the Phillips Collection. Have an ArtsWatch tip? Email editorial@georgetowner.com with […]

December ArtsWatch
• December 7, 2022

The December ArtsWatch includes Theater J awards, new Olney Theatre hires, a big donation to a Smithsonian Museum in development and finally, our last Cultural Leadership Breakfast of 2022—you won’t […]

September ArtsWatch
• September 14, 2022

Our latest ArtsWatch includes plans for Theatre Week’s return, cast and new managing director announcements.    Theatre Washington Announces Plans for Theatre Week 2022   The return of “Theatre Week” is September […]