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From the Outside
June 21 - August 17, 2013
Following the success of last summer’s Messages From Outsiderdom exhibition, this visionary art reprise will bring feature the untamed work of nationally-recognized visionary and outsider artists—and some you’ve never heard of. View More »
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Alchemical Vessels
125 Artists, 16 Curators
April 26 - June 7, 2013
This inspiring initiative will feature the work of 125 artists, invited to engage in a community dialogue on healing and transformation through the arts. View More »
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Be/Longing
Art from the South Asian Women's Creative Collective
March 1 - April 13, 2013
Be/Longing is a story of rapture and struggle and fierce female identity, saturated with history, religion, and an explosive mix of ideas and materials. View More »
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Present-Day Oracles
January 11 - February 23, 2013
Artists revive the ancient role of art as a tool for spiritual guidance and mystical reflection View More »
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Messages from Outsiderdom
Brian Dowdell, Bob Benson, Darien Reece, Swami Tyagananda, J.J. Cromer, Lawrence Amos, Jesus Montes, Charlie Lucas, David Kane, Jane Pettit, Lee Wheeler, Matt Sesow, T. S. Young
June 15 - August 18, 2012
Visionary artists reveal their untamed realities using fur, bottle caps, sand, neon bark, and junk! Check out our most raw and fabulously wacky show yet! View More »
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FLUID: Rhythms, Transitions, & Connections
Francie Hester, Lisa Hill, Rebecca Kamen
April 13 - June 9, 2012
Artists explore the complexities of human existence through written word & science. View More »
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What is your Tar Baby?
Paintings by Charly Palmer
February 24 - April 7, 2012
What do President Barack Obama, Adolf Hilter, Marilyn Monroe, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Pee-wee Herman have in common? According to Atlanta-based artist Charly Palmer, each has a “Tar Babyâ€. View More »
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Art @ Work
In partnership with Albus Cavus
January 13 - February 18, 2012
Art @ Work will use graffiti-style mural art to bring Washington DC residents together in beautifying their neighborhoods. View More »
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U Street Portrait Project
Photography by Tom Wolff
October 28 - December 17, 2011
In this specially commissioned series, nationally recognized photographer, Tom Wolff, captures the community of the U Street Corridor through a series of portraits of local business owners, residents, and artists that make up this rich and culturally diverse area. View More »
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The 9/11 Arts Project
September 11, 2011 - September 11, 2012
Kick off this citywide art collaboration with events here and throughout the DC area! View More »
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VESSEL
September 9 - October 22, 2011
Join us as we re-open the newly expanded gallery with works by Emily Biondo, Alonzo Davis, Jenny Freestone, Pat Goslee, Ani Kasten, MJ Kavian, Madeleine Keesing, Rachel Rotenberg, Angela White and Millicent Young. View More »
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Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence: Identity Writ Large
Photography by Matthew Black
October 15 - November 20, 2010
Matthew Black’s engrossing, public-private portraits of the drag queen activist group, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, brings to light the deeper, universal question we each ask ourselves — Who am I really? View More »
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IN-FLUX Window Peek-Show (Series 2)
Installations by John M. Adams, Kristina Bilonick, Judy Byron, Victoria Greising
January 2011 - May 2011
With the gallery under construction and Smith Center in a state of flux, we find ourselves creatively improvising. This is the second part of the two-part In-Flux exhibition series. View More »
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IN-FLUX Window Peek-Show (Series 1)
Installations by Matt Hollis and Peter Gordon
September 2010 - October 2010
With the gallery under construction and Smith Center in a state of flux, we find ourselves creatively improvising. Over the next six months we are replacing the yellow-construction tape with rotating mini exhibitions in our U Street window. We invited local installation artists for the first of two series of In-Flux to explore the concept of transformation and offer us a peek into their world. View More »
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11x51: 2011 Artist Fellowship Program
Presented by the DC Commission on Art and Humanities
August 13-25, 2010
This exhibition presents some of the District's finest visual artists with the opportunity to display their work in hopes of being awarded the Artist Fellowship grant for FY 2011 in the amount of $5,000 from the Commission. View More »
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Through Their Eyes: Haitian Artists’ Visions of Home
Works by National Geographic Photographer, Maggie Steber, and handcrafts and photography by Haitian children and artisans
June 23, 2010-August 7, 2010
Maggie Steber, award-winning National Geographic photographer, and over 30 Haitian artists offer us a window into how Haitians experience their post-earthquake world. View More »
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How to Get Off a Well-Traveled Road
Collage and mixed media works by Alex Todorovich
May 5-June 19, 2010
Alex Todorovich first turned to art when she was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 54. Her diverse body of work integrates years of experience in folk art, decorative arts, and ornamentation. She gives form to her internal dialogs and philosophical tips on life, and moves us through Alex's outer struggle with the physical cancer to the inner passage of the Self, as it prepares to leap off the well-traveled road of a precious life. View More »
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Hiroshima Children’s Drawings: Finding Hope in War’s Aftermath
Presented by All Souls Church Unitarian as part of the National Cherry Blossom Festival 2010
March 27-April 24, 2010
In 1947, the children of All Souls Unitarian Church shipped art supplies to the survivors of the Hiroshima bombing. In return, the children of Hiroshima sent 48 drawings that reflected not the devastation of the war, but vibrant depictions of the abundant life for which they hoped. The exhibition reveals the children's resilience of spirit in the midst of tragedy. View More »
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Scents & Medical Sensibility
Curated by Kóan Jeff Baysa, MD and featuring multi-media, olfactory works by Peter Hopkins, Mathias Kessler, Josee Lepage, Anne McClain, Gayil Nalls, Carrie Paterson, Jiayi Young, Shih-Wen Young & Tobias Wong
March 3-May 1, 2010
In this unconventional exhibition explores how the physical self experiences and knows the world through the sense of smell. View More »
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Inside/Outside
Featuring the works of Lorton Art Program artists
February 3-February 27, 2010
The Prisoner's Perspective: Art as Escape & Salvation View More »
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Traces: Celebrating the Life of Jutta Philippi Eigen
Curated by Elise Wiarda, and featuring works by Daniel Brush, Renee Butler, Yvonne Pickering Carter, Craig Cahoon, Joan Danziger, Same Gilliam, Kitty Klaidman, Dale Loy, & Jean Meisel
January 6-30, 2010
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Ink-N-Print ’09: Small Works Show
Photographs by Dulce Pinzon
Dec. 2 - 24, 2009
Internationally recognized print artist and founder of Pyramid Atlantic, Helen Frederick, has hand-selected thirty of the area’s most accomplished print artists. View More »
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The Real Story of the Superheroes
Photographs by Dulce Pinzon
Nov. 4 - 28, 2009
Pinzón raises questions of both our definition of American heroism and the ignorance of and indifference to the workforce that fuels our ever-consuming economy. View More »
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No Dream Beyond Reach
The digital works of Andrew Reach and Digital Wheelchair Art by YoungHyun Chung
September 10 - October 31, 2009
An inward journey that revealed a wealth of creativity within our subconscious, no matter the obstacles facing us in our efforts toward creative expression. View More »
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Finding Beauty In A Broken World: In the Spirit of Frida Kahlo
Featuring works juried by F. Lennox Campello
July 1 - August 29, 2009
Frida Kahlo remains one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, but her spectacular life experiences, writing and views on life and art have also influenced many artists. This exhibition will showcase the work of artists influenced not only by Kahlo’s art, but also by her biography, her thoughts, and her writings. View More »
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Reality Confront End
Featuring works by Rosemary Feit Covey and performance by BosmaDance
April 29 - June 27, 2009
A collaborative exhibition featuring works by Rosemary Feit Covey and contemporary dance-theater performance by BosmaDance, Reality Confront End is a powerful multi-disciplinary project that explores the recurring nature of loss and healing throughout human life. View More »
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Observing Nature
Featuring paintings by Cynthia Burke, John Hughes, Cliff Satterthwaite, and Tom Tartaglino
March 4 - April 25, 2009
By blurring the line between representation and abstraction, the artists in this exhibition create works of art that speak a greater psychological truth. What's shared is the sensitivity in how they approach their work – to quote Rodin, "they see clearly into the universe and recreate it with conscientious vision." View More »
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Positive Exposure: The South Asian Experience Through the Camera Eye
Photography by Subcontinental Drift
February 4 - 28, 2009
DC's underground South Asian creative collective, Subcontinental Drift, is inviting you to Positive Exposure: The South Asian Experience Through the Camera Eye. From February 6th to Feb 28th, come experience South Asia and its diaspora—in all its colors, shapes and forms. Through the photos on display and the diverse events, Positive Exposure aims to take you into the streets, minds, and hearts of what we know as the "subcontinent." View More »
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Stars & Stripes: Pride and Hope Reinterpreted
Januay 7 - 31, 2009
Sixteen Americans of multi-cultural backgrounds present their interpretations on the concept of America and its icons. Through this exhibition, the artists hope to open the opportunity for diplomatic dialogue. View More »
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Visions of Paradise: National Geographic Contemporary Masters
Collaboration with FotoWeek DC and National Geographic
Nov. 5, 2008 - Jan. 2, 2009
Nine National Geographic contemporary masters answer the question: Where or what is heaven on earth? View More »
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Shelters and Shadows
Sheep Jones; Lynden Cline; Angela Hennessy; Allegra Marquart
Sept. 5 - Oct. 30, 2008
Four artists each explore a simple subject of inspiration: a fairytale, an everyday object, an isolated structure. View More »
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Figurative/Narrative: Memories of a Presence
Works by Billy Colbert, Paul Andrew Wandless & Michael Janis
July 11 - Aug. 28, 2008
The three artists engage a spectrum of materials that vibrantly explore forms of the human body and forms of the human imagination. View More »
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Immersed in the Natural World
Featuring works by Tai Hwa Goh, Novie Trump & Elizabeth Burger
May 9 - June 27, 2008
Grand opening of the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery! View More »
