Posts by Erik Cochran
Anacostia Arts Awarded by NBC4
Anacostia Arts Center Director, Camille Kashaka receives the NBC4 2018 Working for the Community Award. NBC4 Washington presented the Anacostia Arts Center with a “Working 4 The Community”Award. The award recognizes the Arts Center for its contribution to African American culture and arts in the community. Last year alone, the Arts Center brought 26,500 people…
Read MoreAthbheochan: Untranslatable Wisdom
by Meghan Walsh (Washington, DC) Embracing her Irish roots, Meghan Walsh presents Athbheochan: Untranslatable Wisdom; an Irish Gaelic work which means “revival”. Each of the pieces in the series contain hidden, untranslatable words from all over the world embedded in a flowing and undulating series of three- dimensional relief mosaics of stone glass and other…
Read MoreAnacostia Arts Center presents: East River Jazz Brunch
(Washington, DC) As a home for arts, culture, and creative expression, the Anacostia Arts Center in partnership with East River Jazz, hosts a monthly series of afternoon jazz through September. Guests can enjoy brunch at the Arts Center Café, before listening to cutting edge jazz presented by regional jazz musicians. East River Jazz Brunch will…
Read MoreWashingtonian Selects the Center as a Unique Co-working Spot in DC
A conglomerate of art exhibitions, boutiques, independently owned shops, a lounge area and a café, Anacostia Arts Center was created in 2013 to support the economic development of the neighborhood. But, over the past couple years, the lounge area—a space you pass through to get to the rest of the building—has morphed into a co-working…
Read MoreMetro Weekly Covers Doc About LGBT Entrepreneurs in Anacostia
When it was founded, a decade ago, the Check It was a support group for LGBTQ youths fed up with being bullied and mistreated. It quickly evolved into a gay street gang, whose members became notorious for viciously attacking their enemies. They became “the predators instead of the preyed-upon,” says gang counselor Ron “Mo” Moten.…
Read MoreThe Washington Informer Highlights East of the River Artists
Between the two galleries housed in the Anacostia Arts Center and the Honfleur Gallery on Good Hope Road, there’s no shortage of art that conveys the level of talent that lies East of the River in Wards 7 and 8. The 11th annual East of the River Exhibition at the Honfleur Gallery features three female…
Read MoreDC Music Download Features Anacostia Arts Center
“We have performance space, and we use that to facilitate other groups coming in.” These groups can be small theater or dance organizations, or any, as [Camille] Kashaka called them, “individuals with a dream.” The Center’s programming efforts have had a positive impact on the community, encouraging more people outside the neighborhood to check out…
Read MoreARCH Announces the 2017 East of the River Distinguished Artist Award Recipient
Honfleur Gallery is proud to present James Terrell with the 2017 East of the River Distinguished Artist Award. Honfleur Gallery exemplifies high standards of art and culture from across the city and nation. In 2012, the East of the River Distinguished Artist Award was created, to celebrate the exemplary caliber of artists from Ward 7…
Read MoreSeeNoSun’s Doubt: A Parable Opens June 1
SeeNoSun OnStage will open a four-week run of Doubt: A Parable, John Patrick Shanley’s controversial Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning drama.The play examines the Catholic Church abuse scandal while trying to answer the question, “What do you do when you’re not sure?” Read the full DC Metro Theater Arts article here.
Read MoreWashington City Paper Recommends Ancestral Duo Show on 4/9
Among Luke Stewart’s mountain of musical projects, the Ancestral Duo is one of the smallest—and most fascinating. Stewart and Baltimorean Jamal Moore both serve as multi-instrumentalists, including electronic effects; their main axes, however, are bass and drums/percussion, respectively. The music they make is improvisational, experimental, and… remarkably quiet. It’s introspective, meditative music that can turn entirely on a single extemporaneous detail. (It’s…
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