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Artist Maurice James Jr. on Creating a New Black Mythology

On display at three current exhibits—two in Anacostia—the local artist blends American history with Black culture to put a new story front and center.

Dozens of people filled Honfleur Gallery in Anacostia on the night of March 4 for the opening reception of the Shaolin Jazz’s SOUND PATTERNS No. 8. Martial arts weapons hung from the windows at the front of the gallery to the back wall, and hardly any empty space remained as people perused the exhibition to…

INTERLUDE Reflects on Art’s Past, Present, and Future

Part of the Kreeger Museum’s The Collaborative, featuring artists from STABLE studios, this exhibition offers a surprising respite from the museum’s flow and features a critical examination of the museum’s founder.

The Kreeger Museum’s latest exhibit, INTERLUDE, nods to “the moment in-between collective past and future and the present moment of the artist’s practice,” writes curator Maleke Glee. The show features artists from D.C.’s STABLE studios, where Glee is the director of art and programming, and offers a surprising respite from the expected flow of the…

On View at Homme: The Opposite of Nostalgia

D.C.-based artist Heather Jones continues to tackle her anxiety one brushstroke at a time.

As a child, Heather Jones was always doodling her thoughts. When her anxiety would creep up, pen and paper felt like a safe space, a way to sort out the emotions and experiences that otherwise were too much for her to handle.  Jones would start with a single line and let it flow uninterrupted on…

Local Photographer Dee Dwyer Captures Southeast

Inspired by Ward 8 and Octavia E. Butler’s 1980 novel, Wild Seed, Dwyer created Wild Seeds of the Soufside, an exhibit on display at Phillips@THEARC through May 11.

D.C.-based photographer Dee Dwyer has spent years documenting the historically Black neighborhoods of Southeast, which she calls a “hidden gem in the nation’s capital.” In the exhibit Wild Seeds of the Soufside, on view at Phillips@THEARC, Dwyer connects the “Soufside” community, where she was raised, with characters from Wild Seed, a 1980 novel by the…

Stephen Greenberg Grapples With Loss in his Latest Exhibit

Running through March 5, Listening to the Silence at Photoworks in Glen Echo Park looks for the difference between history and memory.

Running through March 5, Listening to the Silence by Stephen Greenberg at Photoworks looks for the difference between history and memory.

Size Matters: National Museum of Women in the Arts Reopens Oct. 21

With more gallery space and everything updated, NMWA will “tell the story of women’s accomplishments more fully.”

It’s a bit of an insult to learn that some people assume the National Museum of Women in the Arts is a quaint house museum rather than a multistory institution, located in a historical building and situated in the heart of downtown D.C. But alas, Susan Fisher Sterling, NMWA’s director, says that’s the case. Underestimate…

Werllayne Nunes Captures Magic Realism in His Paintings

On exhibit at Mehari Sequar Gallery, the D.C.-based artist’s Palace of Power shows the beauty in all places and magic in all people.

Palace of Power, an exhibition by local artist Werllayne Nunes at Mehari Sequar Gallery, shows the beauty in all places and magic in all people.

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