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Anacostia Arts Center
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Read MoreAnacostia Arts Center Announces the Winners of the Resident Theatre Incubator
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 2017 (Washington DC) Anacostia Arts Center is using its 2018 season to nurture the creation of new, innovative, and experimental work, to promote six outstanding theatre organizations and individuals. The Resident Theatre Incubation Project was created to increase the number of theatre companies and individuals producing high quality theatre at the…
Read More12th Annual East of the River Exhibition
Curator Contact: Terence Nicholson email hidden; JavaScript is required | (202)631-6291 Media Contact: Kadija Bangura email hidden; JavaScript is required | (202) 258-7591 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June18, 2018 [Washington, DC] An elite consortium of creative talent, has been selected for a presentation of 3Dimensional work. The 12th Annual East of the River Exhibition exemplifies the…
Read MoreGood As Green comes to Anacostia.
A Vegan Pop-Up for a Food Desert [Washington, DC.] Anacostia Arts Center (AAC) is thrilled to bring Good As Green to Historic Anacostia. In what has been a food desert for far too long, this nationally sought after vegan pop-up, will undoubtedly bring an alternative experience, to a community that is lacking in healthy options.…
Read MoreMedia Inquires
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Read MoreAnacostia 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 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 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 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.…
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