Join NMWA for BMA x NMWA, a livestreamed monthly talk show presented by The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) and the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA). In this virtual program, educators from both museums and artist Oasa DuVerney will discuss representations and assertions of power in artwork. DuVerney’s work, Black Power Wave: Drawing for Protest, is on view in Paper Routes—Women to Watch 2020, opening October 8.
WHERE:
Online on both BMA and NMWA Facebook pages
WHEN:
Tuesday, October 13, 12–12:45 p.m.
PRICE:
Free. No reservations required. Add to your calendar here. For more information, email education@nmwa.org.
Join the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) for a conversation about Aggie, a new feature-length documentary about art collector and philanthropist Agnes “Aggie” Gund. Gund made headlines in 2017 for selling her prized Roy Lichtenstein work Masterpiece (1962) in order to establish the Art for Justice Fund, an organization that seeks to disrupt mass incarceration through art and advocacy. Catherine Gund, the film’s director and Aggie’s daughter, joins artist Teresita Fernández in conversation about Aggie’s life, her impact on the world and the larger relationship between art, race and justice.
The film will be available for viewing October 11–18, so NMWA audiences can watch the film before the conversation.
WHERE
Online at nmwa.org/livestream
WHEN
Wednesday, October 14, 6:30–7:30 p.m.
PRICE
Free. Reservations not required; add to your calendar here. Donations welcome.
HalfSmoke, located in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, DC at 651 Florida Avenue, NW, 20001, is hosting a dog-friendly happy hour benefiting Rural Dog Rescue this Monday, October 19, from 5-7 PM.
Representatives from the rescue will be on-hand along with two dogs, which will be available for adoption. The event is free, and open to the public. Kathryn Brash, a local sketch artist, will be providing 4×6 pet portraits for attendees.
Additionally, 5% of food & drink sales from guests dining on the 35-seat patio will be donated back to the rescue. WoofBowl Dog Food Truck will also park outside the restaurant and has generously agreed to donate 100% of the sales from their Pupkin Spice Lattes (sold at the truck) to the rescue as well.
WHAT:
October Late Hours
Experience the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) after hours! Visit us for extended evening hours once a month to explore the collection and special exhibitions.
Current exhibitions on view: Paper Routes—Women to Watch 2020 displays an array of dynamic works that explore paper as artistic medium, from large sculptural installations to the smallest of detailed works. The Women to Watch exhibition series, of which Paper Routes is the sixth installment, is a collaboration between NMWA’s outreach committees to highlight contemporary women artists from around the world. Selections from the Collection presents historical and contemporary art from women around the world in NMWA’s collection, grouped in themes of Rebels with a Cause, Family Matters, Space Encounters, Roots to Routes, The Great Outdoors, Return to Nature and Built to Order.
WHERE:
National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-783-5000
nmwa.org
WHEN:
Wednesday, October 21, 5–7 p.m.
TICKETS:
Advance purchase of timed tickets required. Reserve at nmwa.org/tickets.
PRICE:
$10 general; $8 seniors, students; free for members and youth 18 and under.
A (Virtual) Encounter with O. Henry.
Short 30-minute, interactive mystery!
Just in time for Halloween on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, October 21, 22, and 23, 2020, join Picnic Theatre Company online for an interactive, 30-minute mystery encounter with O. Henry, one of America’s foremost story writers of the early 20th century and the master of surprise endings. In this short story, two strangers meet in a park. After the story is performed live, you and fellow audience members choose their fate and how the story ends! Small group shows limited to a maximum of 20 online participants per show. The first five ticket holders for each show will receive a line to perform in the play (optional), emailed in advance.
Join the cast of Picnic Theatre online live onstage! Timed tickets each night are at 6pm, 7pm, 8pm and 9pm. $10 ticket purchase benefits Dumbarton House museum.
Picnic Theatre Company and Dumbarton House present:
An Encounter with O. Henry
Directed by Steve Rochlin
Cast: Nurith Aizenman • Nova Daly • Ali Dukakis • Jaffar Khan • Antonio Olivo • Chris Orr • Kevin Rooney • Adam Ruben • Christina Sevilla
Tickets $10:
Wednesday, October 21:
TICKETS: https://dumbartonhouse.org/
A (Virtual) Encounter with O. Henry.
Short 30-minute, interactive mystery!
Just in time for Halloween on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, October 21, 22, and 23, 2020, join Picnic Theatre Company online for an interactive, 30-minute mystery encounter with O. Henry, one of America’s foremost story writers of the early 20th century and the master of surprise endings. In this short story, two strangers meet in a park. After the story is performed live, you and fellow audience members choose their fate and how the story ends! Small group shows limited to a maximum of 20 online participants per show. The first five ticket holders for each show will receive a line to perform in the play (optional), emailed in advance.
Join the cast of Picnic Theatre online live onstage! Timed tickets each night are at 6pm, 7pm, 8pm and 9pm. $10 ticket purchase benefits Dumbarton House museum.
Picnic Theatre Company and Dumbarton House present:
An Encounter with O. Henry
Directed by Steve Rochlin
Cast: Nurith Aizenman • Nova Daly • Ali Dukakis • Jaffar Khan • Antonio Olivo • Chris Orr • Kevin Rooney • Adam Ruben • Christina Sevilla
Tickets $10:
Thursday, October 22:
TICKETS: https://dumbartonhouse.org/
A (Virtual) Encounter with O. Henry.
Short 30-minute, interactive mystery!
Just in time for Halloween on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, October 21, 22, and 23, 2020, join Picnic Theatre Company online for an interactive, 30-minute mystery encounter with O. Henry, one of America’s foremost story writers of the early 20th century and the master of surprise endings. In this short story, two strangers meet in a park. After the story is performed live, you and fellow audience members choose their fate and how the story ends! Small group shows limited to a maximum of 20 online participants per show. The first five ticket holders for each show will receive a line to perform in the play (optional), emailed in advance.
Join the cast of Picnic Theatre online live onstage! Timed tickets each night are at 6pm, 7pm, 8pm and 9pm. $10 ticket purchase benefits Dumbarton House museum.
Picnic Theatre Company and Dumbarton House present:
An Encounter with O. Henry
Directed by Steve Rochlin
Cast: Nurith Aizenman • Nova Daly • Ali Dukakis • Jaffar Khan • Antonio Olivo • Chris Orr • Kevin Rooney • Adam Ruben • Christina Sevilla
Tickets $10:
Friday, October 23:
TICKETS: https://dumbartonhouse.org/
The Tea
Friday, December 4, 12–1 p.m.
In this new online series, women musicians perform original work via livestream on the museum’s social media channels on the first Friday of the month. Each session includes a short interview, conducted over a cup of tea, which explores the artist’s creative process. Free. No reservations required. Stream live here.
- December 4: VeVe Marley
VeVe Marley is a D.C.-based singer/songwriter and guitarist whose music blends elements of folk, Afrobeat, R&B and hip-hop to create dreamy, soulful vibes while speaking on issues of identity, spirituality, racism and the Black experience. Marley has performed and recorded since 2013. Her most recent project, with her band VeVe and Tha Rebels, is entitled “The EP.”
HalfSmoke, located in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, DC at 651 Florida Avenue, NW, 20001, invites guests to take part in one of Mexico’s great traditions, The Day of the Dead.
On Wednesday, October 28, at 6 p.m., HalfSmoke will host a Dia de los Muertos sugar-skull painting class on its 34-seat outdoor patio. Tickets are priced at $25 per person, and must be purchased in advance to ensure social distancing: https://www.
The three-hour class will include step-by-step instructions, paint and one sugar skull per person. Guests will also receive a complimentary Don Julio cocktail, the La Catrina, which is made from a combination of Don Julio tequila, charred grapefruit, cinnamon, lime, simple syrup and egg whites.
