The American Civil War was one of the first conflicts to be extensively documented by photography. The public had never before seen such powerful images of human devastation and the destructive impact of war. Inspired by the 150th anniversary of...
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Shadows of History: Photographs of the Civil War from the Collection of Julia J. Norrell
February 4, 2012 - May 6, 2012
Gallery Talk with Raoul Middleman at the Katzen Arts Center
Join artist Raoul Middleman and the American University Museum in a talk about Middleman's newest exhibition. Baltimore maestro Raoul Middleman's nudes are not pretty; they are sagging, dimpled, and real. His cityscapes reveal the underbelly of...
February 11, 2012 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Free
Tim Hetherington: Sleeping Soldiers
Between 2007 and 2008, photographer Tim Hetherington (1970–2011) was embedded with U.S. Army soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team at Outpost Restrepo, a remote and dangerous post in the Korengal Valley of northeastern...
February 4, 2012 - May 6, 2012
Gallery Talk with Anil Revri at the Katzen Arts Center
Anil Revri’s paintings function as aids to meditation, while at the same time the process of their creation is itself an act of meditation. They are beautiful, their craft is breathtaking, but their success depends on whether they further...
January 28, 2012 - 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Free
American University Museum Winter Exhibitions: Anil Revri, Kids@Katzen, Cristobal Gabarron, Raoul Middleman, and Regaining Our Faculties
Kids@Katzen: The Photographic Life
Saturday, January 28¬–Tuesday, February 28
Photographs by Kids@Katzen participants inspired by the exhibitions Re-viewing Documentary: The Photographic Life of Louise Rosskam and Wayne Barrar: An...
January 28, 2012 - 11:00am - March 18, 2012 - 4:00pm
Free
The Original L. Ron Hubbard House in Washington D.C
The L. Ron Hubbard House in Washington, DC is the landmark location of the first Church of Scientology in the world. Here, the prolific American writer, explorer, and founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard...
January 27, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
January 28, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
January 29, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
January 30, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
February 1, 2012 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
FREE
The Michael Jackson Experience
The attraction hosts the first-of-its-kind exhibition, featuring three Michael Jackson figures from various stages of his career; The Jackson 5 Years, The Bad Era, and the "This Is It" Michael.
Madame Tussauds Washington DC...
January 5, 2012 - March 13, 2012
Wartime Washington
President Lincoln's Cottage opened Seat of War: A Panoramic View of Civil War Washington Through Historic Prints early this month in the Robert H. Smith Visitor Education Center. This exhibit illuminates President Lincoln's Civil War Washington...
December 24, 2011 - 9:30am - January 15, 2012 - 4:30pm
Free
Sourcing the Museum
The word “museum” derives from the ancient Greek mouseion—"temple of the Muses"—home of goddesses believed to inspire creativity. The Textile Museum’s permanent collections provided the source of creative...
March 23, 2012 - 11:00am - August 19, 2012 - 5:00pm
Free
Woven Treasures of Japan’s Tawaraya Workshop
Japan has a remarkably refined textile tradition, and for centuries the Japanese have admired the silks produced in the Nishijin neighborhood of Kyoto as the epitome of beauty and opulence. Woven Treasures feature some of the sumptuous pieces...
March 23, 2012 - 11:00am - August 12, 2012 - 5:00pm
Free
Hemphill opens Franz Jantzen: Ostinato
Hemphill opens Franz Jantzen: Ostinato on Saturday, January 14, 2012, with a public reception from 6:30–8:30pm. The exhibition will remain on view through March 10, 2012.
In music, “ostinato” is the repetition of a note,...
January 14, 2012 - 10:00pm - March 10, 2012 - 5:00pm
Free
Hemphill opens Willem de Looper: Paintings 1968–72
HEMPHILL opens Willem de Looper: Paintings 1968–72 on Saturday, January 14, 2012, with a public reception from 6:30–8:30pm. The exhibition will remain on view through March 10, 2012.
It is with great excitement that HEMPHILL...
January 14, 2012 - 10:00am - March 10, 2012 - 5:00pm
Free
New Work by World-Renowned Photographer Annie Leibovitz
"Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage" charts a new direction for one of America's best-known living photographers. Unlike her staged and carefully lit portraits made on assignment for magazines and advertising clients, the photographs in this...
January 20, 2012 - 10:00pm - May 20, 2012 - 5:00pm
Free
Italians in DC, Inc.
Italians in Washington, DC (Italians in DC or IDC) is a non-profit association that was born out of a Facebook group created in February 2009. Since then, IDC has become a large network of Italians who live, work, study, or do research in the DC...
The Silence of a Tiger by Im Taek Jun
Join us for the opening reception of The Silence of a Tiger by Im Taek Jun, an exhibition that reimagines one of the most recognizable images in popular Korean folk paintings: the tiger. Korean folk paintings, known collectively...
December 15, 2011 - 6:00pm - 8:30pm
December 15, 2011 - January 6, 2012
The Original L. Ron Hubbard House in Washington D.C
The L. Ron Hubbard House in Washington, DC is the landmark location of the first Church of Scientology in the world. Here, the prolific American writer, explorer, and founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, trained students,...
December 16, 2011 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
December 17, 2011 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
December 18, 2011 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
December 19, 2011 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
December 21, 2011 - 10:00am - 8:00pm
FREE
Flashpoint Gallery and Solas Nua Present 'Aoife Collins: Tickling the Ivories'
Flashpoint Gallery is partnering with Solas Nua to present Tickling the Ivories by Irish contemporary artist Aoife Collins. Collins’ works blur the line between high and low culture, reflecting a fascination with how history, social mores...
January 6, 2012 - 12:00pm - February 4, 2012 - 6:00pm
Free
Akridge - Artwork by Tracy's Kids
Akridge - Artwork by Tracy's Kids-The exhibit features drawings, paintings, and sculptures created by young cancer patients participating in an art therapy program. The program uses art therapy to assist young patients, their siblings, and their...
December 9, 2011 - 8:00am - January 13, 2012 - 6:00pm
Free
Southern Cities/Ciudades Del Sur
The photographs in this exhibit give us an intimate look into life in Latin American and Spanish cities (Ibero-America) by Ibero-American photographers. With these images the artists give us a personal view of their cities, their people and their...
December 14, 2011 - 6:30pm
Free Admission
The Exceptional Everyday: Design Post at Corcoran
The Exceptional Everyday showcases the dynamic and witty work of nine contemporary Norwegian industrial designers. Each object in the show tweaks a seemingly mundane object or process and, in doing so, creates an exceptional experience. Kristine...
December 21, 2011 - 11:00am - January 22, 2012 - 5:00pm
Free
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