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rt All Night, the District’s free annual overnight arts festival, returned to Shaw on Saturday night, Sept. 25. Art All Night started in Shaw in Jennifer Stevens 2011. It has since beset soap bubbles come a city-wide traaflame at the Shaw Art dition. This year’s Art Market. Photo by All Night, held in 18 Alexander Padro different commercial districts around the city, marks the return of a live, in-person festival after the District was forced to make it a virtual event last year due to the pandemic. Shaw’s Art All Night focused on a vacant lot, known as Parcel 42, on the southeast corner of Seventh and R Streets NW. It served as the festival’s welcome center, art market for local artists and a performance stage for live acts. The stage saw performances from Art All Night Shaw veterans, Grammy-nominated, human beatbox Christylez Bacon and Team Rayceen held a dance off for prizes during Art All Night pyrotechnic soap bubble blower JenShaw. Photo by Pleasant Mann nifer Stephens, as well as first-timers vocalist Ace Ono and her band and martial arts and dance performances by the Brazilian American Cultural Center’s Capoeira Barro Vermelho and the Vava Samba School. Renowned video artist Robin Bell projected a new work commissioned for the festival on the five-story white wall behind the stage, celebrating that the District is once again open for business. Creative Junk
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Food’s #LoveShaw animation was also projected. A crowd surrounded muralist Aniekan Udofa as he completed a minimural with the theme “Welcome Back” featuring the festival’s owl mascot. Across the intersection, the Watha T. Daniel Library was another hive of activity. On the first floor were youth-oriented activities, including an Evil Laugh contest. In the basement, artist Sydney Buffalo led a “Paint In,” where anyone could get a canvas and paint to do their own artwork. Would-be artists
Robin Bell’s colorful video projection was once again a highlight of Art All Night Shaw Art Market. Photo by Victoria Pickering
