Posts by Mariama Coker-Kallon

from Brightest Young Things Photographers, painters, and sculptors (and performers and live music and etc…) oh my! Friday night the Anacostia Arts Center became the site of “Art Romp Anacostia.” The clean white walls of the space were filled with the colorful and eclectic works of more than 50 local artists spanning the DMV, courtesy of curator…

from Washington City Paper Local theater publicist Kate Taylor Davishas been hired as the Anacostia Arts Center‘s director. She’s been on staff since late May; the center’s owner and operator, the nonprofit ARCH Development Corporation, announced the hire today. Read More

from the Washingtonian When it opens June 22, the Anacostia Arts Center will make a single square mile of historic Anacostia one of the most arts-centric districts in the city. The latest project from Arch Development—which also runs Honfleur Gallery, Gallery at Vivid Solutions, and business “incubators” Hive I and II—offers five new galleries, a…

from Washington City Paper Last year, Anacostia residents made one thing very clear to ARCH Development Corporation: They did not want another social service office to open on Good Hope Road SE. When the nonprofit organization announced in June that it planned to rent the space that formerly housed its training center at 1231 Good…