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Our is to provide grant funds, programs and educational activities that encourage diverse artistic expressions and learning opportunities, so that all District of Columbia residents and visitors can experience the rich culture of our city.
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities 200 I Street, SE, Suite 1400, Washinton, DC 20003 202.724.5613 • www.dcarts.dc.gov
ON THE COVER, TOP: A DETAIL OF SYMPHONY IN DC MAJOR BY ZARCHARY OXMAN, BOTTOM, MAYOR’S ARTS AWARDS, PERFORMANCE BY AKUA ALLRICH OXMA
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LETTER from the MAYOR The District of Columbia is a thriving and vibrant city, due in no small part to the dedicated work of our arts community. Our robust cultural contributions have transformed neighborhoods, energized development and contributed to a growing creative economy. As the arts and humanities succeed, the District succeeds. The support of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities is critical in providing our arts community the resources needed to continue their excellent work. And, my administration is committed to investing in the arts and humanities to make our city a great place to live, work and play. Together, under the leadership of Executive Director Arthur Espinoza, Jr. and Chair Kay Kendall, the Commission will further advance and develop the arts and humanities as we continue to grow our creative economy for the benefit of all eight wards in the District of Columbia. Sincerely,
Muriel Bowser Mayor of the District of Columbia
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CONTENT 3. Letter from the Mayor 4. 2015 Commissioners 5. Letter from Executive Director and Chair 6. 2015 Budget 7. Grants by Ward 8. Grant Programs and Grantees 14. Arts Education 15. Education: Celebrate The Creative Spark! 16. Education: SYEP 17. Education Events: Poetry Out Loud and Larry Neal Writers’ Awards 18. Public Art: Building Communities 20. Public Art: Commissioned Projects 21. Public Art: Murals DC 22. Public Art: Art Bank 24. Public Art: Gallery Exhibits 25. Events: Mayor’s Arts Awards 26. Events: Art All Night and PulseDC 27. Office of the Poet Laureate
FY15 COMMISSIONERS Kay Kendall, Chair Susan Clampitt Edmund C. Fleet Antoinette Ford Rhona Wolfe Friedman Alma H. Gates Darrin L. Glymph Barbara J. Jones James E. Laws, Jr. MaryAnn Miller José Alberto Uclés Gretchen B. Wharton
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LETTER from the DIRECTOR & CHAIR The soul of the District of Columbia lies in its arts and humanities. We are a city of rich and diverse cultures, of activities that range from the traditional to the avant-garde. We are home to two Tony Award winning theatre companies, the first museum of modern art in America and the largest number of writers per capita anywhere in the nation. Our artists are recognized locally, nationally and internationally. We are an electrifying city that more and more people are looking to call home. Through our grant programs and professional development opportunities, the Commission seeks to ensure that those who are interested in pursuing their passions are supported in a way that allows them to do so, in service to our residents. We are committed to the ideals of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access, what we have come to term “I.D.E.A.� This set of ideals guides our planning and decisionmaking, and applies to how we consider the needs of our arts and humanities communities as well as the needs of our residents. In the coming months and years, the impacts of I.D.E.A will be seen and felt across the District. The importance of the arts and humanities cannot be understated, as these are the ways in which we grow and achieve our full potential both as individuals and as a community. We look forward to continued and further successes by all who work in the cultural and creative fields in the District of Columbia. Sincerely,
Arthur Espinoza, Jr.
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F Y 2 0 1 5 B U D G E T: $ 1 4 , 5 5 5 , 3 8 6 FUNDING SOURCES LOCAL FUNDS: $13,639,496 NEA FEDERAL GRANT: $684,400 INTRA-DISTRICT TRANSFERS: $143,200 SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE: $88,290 EXPENDITURES GRANTS1: $10,870,922 NON-PERSONNEL SERVICES 2: $2,189,861 PERSONNEL: $1,485,603 1 2
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152 Applicants 80 Awards $2,393,276
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106 Applicants 52 Awards $1,474,459
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42 Applicants 23 Awards $443,057
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ARTIST FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM Adam Davies Alex Mayer Allison Stockman Anna U. Davis Anne Bouie Assane Konte Carmen Torruella-Quander Cecilia Cackley Cheryl Edwards Chloe Arnold Christopher Dolan Christylez Bacon Cory Oberndorfer Dana Flor Daniel Phoenix Singh Daniel Vera Danielle Mohlman Davey Yarborough Dawne Langford Elizabeth Acevedo Ellington Robinson Emiliano Ruprah Evangeline Montgomery Farah Harris Fawna Xiao Frederic Yonnet Gediyon Kifle Holly Bass Ian Jehle James Byers Jane Claire Remick 8
Jared Davis
Monica John Bose
Jarvis Grant
Nathaniel Lewis
Jennifer Clements
Nekisha Durrett
Jennifer Nelson
Nicole Lee
Jessica Beels
Niki Herd
John Copenhaver
Noah Getz
Jonathan Monaghan
Paul Emerson
Joyce Wellman
Rachel Grossman
Joyce Winslow
Rachel Kerwin
Kathryn McDonnell
Rachel Snyder
Kea Taylor
Randy Baker
Khanh Le
Rania Hassan
Kim Roberts
Regie Cabico
Lance Kramer
Rex Weil
Laura Zam
Richard Cytowic
Linn Meyers
Rik Freeman
Lynn B. Welters
Samuel Miranda
Margot Greenlee
Sara Curtin
Marjuan Canady
Sarah Browning
Marta Perez Garcia
Sarah Ewing
Martine Workman
Sondra Arkin
Maryam Foye
Tamela Aldridge
Mary Early
Tatyana Safronova
Mary Hanley
Taurus Broadhurst
Mary Kay Zuravleff
Tessa Moran
Maureen Andary
Thomas Beveridge
Michael Enn Sirvet
Thomas Colohan
Michael Janis
Timothy Johnson
Mickey Terry
Tim Tate
Mike Osborne Molly Springfield
ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAM Arena Stage Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington Capitol Hill Arts Workshop CentroNia
Only Make Believe, Inc. PEN/Faulkner Foundation Project Create Sitar Arts Center
CityDance Dance Institute of Washington DC Creative Writing Workshop DC SCORES DC Youth Orchestra Program Dumbarton Concerts Folger Shakespeare Library Ford’s Theatre Society Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop GALA, Inc. Grupo de Artistas Latinoamericanos Hope House
Smithsonian Institution: Discovery Theatre Split This Rock, Inc. Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz The Phillips Collection The Shakespeare Theatre The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts The Washington Ballet Thurgood Marshall Academy Washington Architectural Foundation Young Playwrights’ Theater
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Joy of Motion Dance Center KIPP DC
CHRISTIAN MONTGOMERY AND KATY CARKUFF, AVENUE Q, CONSTELLATION THEATRE, PHOTO BY STAN BAROUH
Levine Music Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School National Building Museum National Museum of Women in the Arts One Common Unity, Inc.
CITY ARTS PROJECTS (INDIVIDUALS) Andrene Taylor
Maud Arnold
Christylez Bacon
Mia Choumenkovitch
Cory Oberndorfer
Monica John Bose
Daniel Phoenix Singh
Regie Cabico
Denaise Seals
Rex Weil
Dwayne Lawson-Brown
Robert Bettmann
Edward Daniels
Ruth Stenstrom
Holly Bass
Sandra Johnson
Jack Gordon
Shawn Short
John Johnson
Stanice Anderson
Joy Jones
Stephen Spotswood
Kim Roberts
Will Stephens
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CITY ARTS PROJECTS (ORGANIZATIONS) Abraham and Laura Lisner Home for Aged Women
Pan American Symphony Orchestra
American Turkish Association of Washington DC
Smith Farm, Ltd.
Art Enables
Solas Nua
Atlas Performing Arts Center
Step Afrika! USA Inc.
CapitalBop, Inc.
Story District
Capital City Symphony
Studio Theatre
Capital Fringe
Textile Museum
Congressional Chorus
Theater Alliance of Washington, DC
Constellation Theatre Company
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Dance Place
The DC Center for the LGBT Community
DC Film Alliance
The Essential Theatre
DC Jazz Festival
The Inkwell
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The In Series, Inc.
Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital
The Washington, DC International Film Festival
FotoDC, Inc.
Thomas Circle Singers
International Arts & Artists
Touchstone Foundation for the Arts
Iona Senior Services Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington KanKouran West African Dance Company Miriam’s Kitchen
Washington Bach Consort Washington Master Chorale Washington Performing Arts Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Old Naval Hospital Foundation Opera Lafayette
CULTURAL FACILITIES PROJECTS
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GALA, Inc. Grupo de Artistas Latinoamericanos
Atlas Performing Arts Center
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Dance Institute of Washington
The Shakespeare Theatre
Dance Place
The Washington Ballet
Folger Shakespeare Library
Washington Project for the Arts
EAST OF THE RIVER PROGRAM 826DC Angels of Hope Ministries, Inc.
Project Create
ARCH Development Corporation
SEED Public Charter School
Building Bridges Across the River t/a THEARC
Sewing Opportunity Never Ending (SONE)
CityDance
Smithsonian Institution: Anacostia Community Museum
Collections & Stories of American Muslims, Inc.: Washington, District of Columbia
Social Art and Culture
Critical Exposure
Split This Rock, Inc.
DC Creative Writing Workshop
Step Afrika! USA Inc.
DC Jazz Festival
Theater Alliance of Washington DC
DC Theater Arts Collaborative
The MusicianShip, DC
Do The Write Thing Foundation of DC
The Washington Ballet
Levine Music
Washington Improvisational Theatre
Life Pieces To Masterpieces
Story District
Northeast Performing Arts Group
Words Beats and Life, Inc.
One World Education
Young Playwrights’ Theater
INSTRUMENT PETTING ZOO FROM JAZZ ‘N FAMILIES FUN DAYS, DC JAZZ FESTIVAL, PHOTO BY FRITZPHOTOGRAPHICS
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Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington
ARCH Development Corporation
Historical Society of Washington, DC
Arena Stage
International Arts & Artists
Art Enables
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Atlas Performing Arts Center
Joy of Motion Dance Center
Building Bridges Across the River t/a THEARC
KanKouran West African Dance Company
Capital City Symphony
Levine Music
Capital Fringe
Life Pieces To Masterpieces
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
Maru Montero Dance Company
Children’s Chorus of Washington
Moving Forward: Contemporary Asian American Dance Company/Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Company
CityDance
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Congressional Chorus
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Constellation Theatre Company
Old Naval Hospital Foundation, Hill Center for the Arts
Cultural Development Corporation
One World Education
Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company
Only Make Believe, Inc.
Dance Institute of Washington
Pan American Symphony Orchestra
Dance Place
PEN/Faulkner Foundation
DC Creative Writing Workshop
President Lincoln’s Cottage
DC Film Alliance
Project Create
DC Jazz Festival
Rorschach Theatre
DC Theater Arts Collaborative
Sitar Arts Center
DC Youth Orchestra Program
Split This Rock, Inc.
District of Columbia Arts Center
Step Afrika! USA Inc.
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Story District
Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital
Studio Theatre
Folger Shakespeare Library
Taffety Punk Theatre Company
Ford’s Theatre Society
Textile Museum
FotoDC, Inc.
Theater Alliance of Washington, DC
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
GALA, Inc. Grupo de Artistas Latinoamericanos
The Ellington Fund
GRANTS IN AID (CONT.) The In Series, Inc. The Phillips Collection The Shakespeare Theatre The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts The Washington Ballet The Washington Chorus Thomas Circle Singers Transformer, Inc. Washington Bach Consort Washington Concert Opera Washington Mens Camerata Washington Performing Arts Washington Project for the Arts Washington Youth Choir Women in Film & Video Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Words Beats and Life
SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL ARTS GRANT American Turkish Association of Washington, DC Christylez Bacon Dance Place Holly Bass John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Jonathan Gann Jonathan Tucker Lely Constantinople Regie Cabico Split This Rock, Inc. The Choral Arts Society of Washington The Washington, DC International Film Festival Transformer, Inc.
Young Playwrights’ Theater
UPSTART PUBLIC ART BUILDING COMMUNITIES GRANT Aniekan Udofia Bill Warrell Cory Stowers George Byron Peck Shaw Main Streets, Inc.
826DC Capital Fringe Constellation Theatre Company Washington Improvisational Theatre Story District Words Beats and Life, Inc.
GAY MEN’S CHORUS OF WASHINGTON, PHOTO BY JAMES OROURKE
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Establishing equitable access to exceptional arts education programming for the city’s children and youth is one of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH) top priorities. The Agency provides Arts Education Program (AEP) grants, educational activities, and outreach services for youth, teaching artists, classroom educators and arts administrators that encourage diverse artistic expression and learning opportunities. In FY15, DCCAH awarded over $844,000 in funds to charter schools and cultural organizations providing in-school and out-of-school programming from pre-school through high school. An Arts Education Census was implemented in 2014 to determine the landscape of arts education across the city’s public school systems. Key recommendations from the results launched in early 2015 have guided staff at DCCAH in working more closely with stakeholders across school districts, service organizations, and arts organizations to develop a stronger community of practice for greater collective impact.
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CELEBRATE THE CREATIVE SPARK! In March 2015, DCCAH engaged students and teachers in public and public charter schools, public libraries and arts organizations across the city in 102 workshops in celebration of creativity and the creative process. Workshops were created within a guiding framework provided by DCCAH to give children, youth and adults the opportunity to engage in programming that focused on tapping into their imaginations, innate creativity and potential for innovation.
CELEBRATE THE CREATIVE SPARK! WORKSHOPS (CLOCKWISE FROM BELOW): STORYTELLING AT J.O. WILSON E.S, STEP AFRIKA! AT EASTERN H.S., CHIME AT CAPITAL CITY PUBLIC CHARTER, PHILIPS COLLECTION. PHOTOGRAPHY BY TATIANA GULENKINA
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SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM DCCAH, in partnership with the DC Department of Employment Services, hosted 77 youth through the 2015 Marion S. Barry Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). DCCAH provided a series of constructive and dynamic six-week work experiences through job placements with DCCAH partner worksites. Youth placed with seven partner worksites were able to hone technique and craft in the fields of arts administration, theatre, music, dance, media arts, journalism and architecture. Young people are vital to growth of the creative sector and DCCAH SYEP, NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM is delighted to have been able to work with its partner sites to facilitate the program.
DCCAH SYEP WORKSITES: Anacostia Arts Center Atlas Performing Arts Center City at Peace F.R.E.S.H.H. GALA Hispanic Theatre National Building Museum We Act Radio
SYEP, END OF SEASON CELEBRATION. PHOTO BY TATIANA GULENKINA
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LARRY NEAL WRITERS’ AWARDS Since 1981, the DCCAH has hosted the Larry Neal Writers’ Awards, which commemorate the artistic legacy and vision of Larry Neal, the renowned author, academic and former executive director of the Commission. The competition is open to any District of Columbia adult, child, or youth resident, from 4th grade through adult. Writers may apply in the areas of poetry, fiction, and dramatic writing. Each year, the competition culminates with an awards ceremony. WINNERS OF 32ND LARRY NEAL WRITERS’ AWARDS: Adult Poetry CAITLIN REID
Adult Fiction JOHN COPENHAVER
Adult Dramatic Writing STEPHEN SPOTSWOOD
Teen Poetry SOPHIA DIGGS-GALLIGAN
Youth Poetry KAYLA ROSEMOND
Teen Fiction EVA SHAPIRO
Youth Fiction ELLIDA PARKER
POETRY OUT LOUD On March 11, 2015, DCCAH hosted the 10th Annual Poetry Out Loud District Finals, a joint program of the National Endowment for the Arts and The Poetry Foundation. Poetry Out Loud is a national competition that seeks to foster the next generation of literary readers by capitalizing on the latest trends in poetry—recitation and performance. Eleven high school students from DC public, charter and private schools competed at the finals. They represented Archbishop Carroll High School, Ballou Senior High School, Benjamin Banneker Academic High School, Capital City Public Charter School, Eastern High School, E.L. Haynes, McKinley Technology High School, St. Anselm’s Abbey School, SEED School of Washington, Washington Latin Public Charter School and Woodrow Wilson High School. Daiana James of Benjamin Banneker Academic High School went on to represent the District of Columbia at the 2015 Poetry Out Loud National Finals held at the George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium.
POETRY OUT LOUD FINALISTS, FROM LEFT: ZAHRA WARDRICK OF WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL PLACED THIRD, RYAN MONTESI OF ST. ANSELM’S ABBEY SCHOOL PLACED SECOND AND DAIANA JAMES OF BENJAMIN BANNEKER ACADEMIC HIGH SCHOOL PLACED FIRST.
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SYMPHONY IN DC MAJOR – SHAW MAIN STREETS, INC. Three stainless steel and aluminum high-relief wall mounted sculptures of Alma Thomas, Duke Ellington and American Civil War Commander Robert Gould Shaw, with abstract and deconstructed surface treatments. Artist: Zachary Oxman Location: City Market at O Street, 770 P Street NW
LIVING TIMELINE MURAL: PAUL ROBESON – COREY STOWERS A large-scale (145 ft.) living timeline mural of Paul Robeson. The mural is a multi-media project that consists of painted images and an interactive technology element (augmented reality application). Lead Artist: Eric B. Location: Hung Tao Choy Mei Leadership Institute, 1351 U Street NW
DC ALLEY MUSEUM – BILL WARRELL An array of painted public mural artworks onto five garage doors of private residences and business in Blagden Alley. Artists: Bill Warrell, Lisa Marie Thalhammer, Cita Sadeli, Iona Rozeal Brown and Aniekan Udofia Location: Blagden Alley, 9th/10th Street and N/M Streets NW
RESURRECTION PROJECT: WAX LYRICAL, BOHEMIAN CAVERNS A large-scale mural featuring Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, John Coltrane and Duke Ellington. Artist: Aniekan Udofia Location: Bohemian Caverns/Passport Clothing Boutique, 2003 11th Street NW
WATHA T. DANIEL/SHAW LIBRARY MURAL – GEORGE BYRON PECK A large-scale mural portrait of Watha T. Daniel and other notable historical figures installed into the lobby entrance of the library. Location: Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th Street NW
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LEGACY MEMORIAL PARK Artist: Hunt Laudi Studios, LLC, in collaboration with sculptor Barbara Liotta Location: 5720 New Hampshire Ave, NE Conceived as a memorial to the victims of the June 22, 2009 Metrorail accident, the design of the park is composed of three landscaped mounds, from which 9 granite sculptures rise as abstracted human forms, each inscribed with a victim’s name. A curved retaining wall has an inscription written by family members of the lost.
DESIGNED TO RECYCLE Artists: Kellie Cox, Erin Curtis, John Deardourff, Patricia Goslee, Yuriko Jackall, Carolyn Sewell, Nicolas F. Shi, Kirk Waldroff, Ernesto Zelaya and Young Artists of ArtReach at THEARC. Location: Mobile The Designed to Recycle project was developed to highlight the importance of recycling through art. Ten recycling trucks were wrapped in the work of local artists and will be on the road for the next three years.
RACE Artists: Mark Walker, Willard Johnson and Duke Ellington School of the Arts students Location: The Frank D. Reeves Municipal Center The legacy of Jesse Owens, the famous track star and four-time Olympic gold medalist, is celebrated with a mural created through a collaboration by The Duke Ellington School of the Arts, DC Office of Motion Picture Development and the DCCAH.
TRICORNE & MURROW’S MICS Artist: Duilio Passariello Location: James Monroe Park and Edward Murrow Park: Pennsylvania Avenue between 18 and 20th St NW Tricorne is devoted to James Monroe, the last president to wear the three-cornered tricorne hat. Murrow’s Mics transforms eight existing lanterns with color-changing LED lighting creating subtle shifts based on the frequency of World War II radio broadcast recordings of Edward R. Murrow.
CONSERVATION DCCAH performs regular restoration and repair of the District’s public artworks. The following conservation projects were completed in FY 2015: • Quadrature Nimbii by Val Lewtown – Judiciary Square • Transit by Wendy Ross – McPherson Square Metro Station • Epoch by Albert Paley – Penn Quarter • Children’s Library Mural by Aurelius Battaglia – Mount Pleasant Library DESIGNED TO RECYCLE: NICOLAS SHI, NUESTRA TIERRA
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MURALS DC was created to replace illegal graffiti with artistic works, to revitalize sites within communities in the District of Columbia and to teach young people the art of aerosol painting. There are 57 Murals DC projects across the District. Each mural tells a unique story of DC’s diverse neighborhoods while deterring further illegal graffiti. TRUST
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DESIGNED TO RECYCLE: KIRK WALDROFF, CONSILIUS’ FOUR QUESTIONS
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Art Bank is the District of Columbia government’s fine art collection, currently with over 2,800 works. Each year, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities purchases original works of art from artists who reside full time or maintain studio space in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. The artworks are loaned to other District government agencies for display in public areas of government buildings. In FY 2015, 63 artworks were purchased from 47 artists, 29 of whom qualified as DC resident artists.
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FULL SPECTRUM: THE PROLIFIC MASTER WITHIN LOÏS MAILOU JONES DCCAH presented a collection of the works of internationally-renowned artist and former Howard University Professor LoÏs Mailou Jones. Professional colleagues offered remarks about Ms. Jones, the person and the artist, at the opening reception.
DUKE ELLINGTON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS STUDENT EXHIBITION DCCAH hosted this annual exhibition as the historic Ellington school building in Georgetown underwent extensive renovations. Over 70 student artists in the 9th, 10th, and 11th grades offered works reflecting their studies in studio arts over the current school year.
FELLOWSHIP ARTISTS EXHIBIT A diverse display of visual arts including photography, paintings, sculpture, illustration and mixed media works by applicants to the FY15 Artist Fellowship program were displayed to the general public in the DCCAH Gallery.
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30TH ANNUAL MAYOR’S ARTS AWARDS Mayor Muriel Bowser and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities presented the 30th Annual Mayor’s Arts Awards, the highest honor conferred by the city at the Historic Lincoln Theatre. The evening honored Peggy Cooper Cafritz, Dr. Sachiko Kuno and Dr. Ryuji Ueno, Molly Smith, Dolores Kendrick and Street Sense. Awardees included Renee Stout, Adam Davies, Washington Performing Arts, Terry Venita Thomas, Women in Film & Video and Southeast Boy Productions. The ceremony featured performances by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, Akua Allrich, Gin Dance, Citizen Cope, Kevin Ross, Dupont Brass and more.
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I LOVE THE 90’S
The concert included the ultimate 90’s cover band, Stifler’s Mom, DJ RBI of Words, Beats and Life and the two-time Grammy Award winning group Arrested Development.
DC’S BIGGEST DANCE PARTY
This outdoor dance party featured DJ Rusty B, and DJ Quicksilva spinning popular hits from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s to the present. The evening also included line dance instruction with Music 2 Your Feet.
DANCE WITH ME
The event featured National Hand Dance Association, Brencore Allstars and the 1960’s Doo-Wop group, www Jewels. .folg e r.edu
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, I LOVE THE 90’S CONCERT
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Native Washingtonian Dolores Kendrick was named the second Poet Laureate of the District of Columbia on May 14, 1999. As Poet Laureate, Ms. Kendrick works to promote education in and appreciation of poetry and the literary arts. In February 2015, she presented the 13th Annual Poet in Progress Reading Series at the Folger Shakespeare Library, which supports up and coming local poets. In May, Ms. Kendrick presented Poetry and Music 2 in collaboration with the musical group SynchroniCity Sextet.
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