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News from The Art League, including community outreach, important local and national arts policy, and other news we think you’ll be interested in.

Art on Tap is One Week Away. Here’s Your Art-Beer-Food Menu

We’re counting down to the fourth annual Art on Tap next Friday, November 4. If you haven’t been before, this event boils down to…
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Art Safari Returns Saturday!

Now in its 22nd (!) year, Art Safari is the Torpedo Factory Art Center’s annual hands-on open house for kids and their families….
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Female Artists in the DMV, Stand & Be Counted

Are you a female-identifying artist in the DC, MD, and VA area? You’re invited to a special event on Wednesday, October 25, 2017!…
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Richard Ormond on Sargent’s Watercolors

This Tuesday, we had another packed house for the latest in our Visiting Artist Lecture Series!…
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Bragging Rights: September 2017

Lots of Art Leaguers were selected for the Athenaeum invitational….
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A New 🍨 Record! 🙌

This year, you took home 1,881 bowls — another new record!…
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BG Muhn on Contemporary North Korean Art

BG Muhn, painter and art professor at Georgetown, spoke at The Art League September 9, sharing his research on contemporary art and artists in…
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What’s in a Bowl of Ice Cream?

Patrons get more than a bowl with ice cream, they get all the great, calm energy and enthusiasm baked right into the clay….
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Fear of Missing Art? Cure Your FOMA in September

F.O.M.A. (noun): “fear of missing art”; the nagging feeling that cool art events are passing you by….
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Bragging Rights: News From Art League Members

This month’s news from Art League members….
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Capturing Monday’s Solar Eclipse: Tips & Ideas

Your unaided phone probably won’t take a satisfying photograph, so it’s time to get creative….
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Fall Registration Starts Monday!

The new catalog is on its way to inboxes and mailboxes….
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Save These Dates!

Summer’s not over yet, but there’s no reason not to look ahead to Fall with all the great events we have lined up!…
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Free, Fun Art Events This Weekend in DC

The summer’s just begun, and there are lots of great arts and cultural events to find around DC!…
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A New Art Podcast by Abbi Jacobson, WNYC, and MoMA

A Piece of Work debuts July 10 with the episode Everyday Objects….
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Last Weekend to View June Exhibits

“Perspective” and Sage Chandler’s “The FOWL MOOD Show” both come to a close Sunday, July 2….
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"Fourth of July" Susan Abbott

Plans for the Fourth?

While The Art League will be closed July 4 — getting ready to unveil our new exhibits — there are plenty of festive and…
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For National Selfie Day, Our Favorite Self-Portraits

“I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.”…
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Del Ray Art Project Invites Passersby to “Soar”

Nancy Belmont discusses her community art project, and gives tips for artists who want to try one of their own….
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"Inside Out" by David Carter

Juror Talk June 24: David Carter on Perspective

Is linear perspective merely a technical tool, or does it also reveal purely aesthetic principles?…
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Bidding is Now Open for Art on the Vine!

Don’t miss our first art auction & wine tasting party!…
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Delna Dastur

Delna Dastur Awarded VCCA Fellowship This Summer

We have exciting news to share from one of our Art League instructors!…
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News From Our Artist Instructors

An award, an exhibit, and a workshop….
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“Living and Sustaining a Creative Life”: Free Talk, May 7

The Art League is honored to host Sharon Louden for a lively and in-depth conversation about her book, The Artist as Culture Producer: Living…
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