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Exhibition - Accommodating Nature: The Photographs of Frank Gohlke
Friday, December 5, 2008 - Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum
This retrospective exhibition, which captures Frank Gohlke's longstanding fascination with nature's proclivities for growth, destruction, and unexpected change, features 85 photographs spanning the artist's career from the early 1970s through 2004.
NMAI Art Market
Saturday, December 6, 2008 - Sunday, December 7, 2008
10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Location: National Museum of the American Indian
The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian Art Market will feature works by 35 Native artists including jewelry; ceramics; fine apparel; handwoven baskets; traditional beadwork; dolls in Native regalia; and paintings, prints, and sculpture.
Family Holiday Program: Merriment in Georgetown
Sunday, December 7, 2008
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: Georgetown
Celebrate the season at this festive new, holiday celebration in the heart of Georgetown. From candlelit caroling to complimentary horse-drawn carriage rides, there’s something for everyone!
Author Lecture and Book Signing: Annie Leibovitz at Work
Monday, December 8, 2008
7:00 PM
Location: Corcoran Gallery of Art
Annie Leibovitz returns to the Corcoran to discuss photojournalism, portraiture, collaborating with writers, making the transition to digital cameras, and how exactly she got some of her most famous pictures.
Capitol Hill
Nestled next to the U.S. Capitol grounds, this historic district offers a virtual museum of architectural styles - from Federal to Beaux-Arts. You'll also find unique shopping and dining experiences throughout the community, including a local favorite, Eastern Market.
Mount Pleasant
With its main streets and town square, Mount Pleasant still feels like the village it once was. But it has also seen lives as a fashionable streetcar suburb, a solid working-class neighborhood, and an enclave of counterculture politics.
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Town Hall Education Arts & Recreation Campus (THEARC)
Get into the holiday spirit at the season premiere of Septime Webre's The Nutcracker, Friday, December 5 - Saturday, December 6! Officially opened in October 2005, The Town Hall Education, Arts & Recreation Campus (THEARC) is an 110,000 square-foot world-class education arts and recreation campus that enables underserved children East of the River to participate in dance classes, music instruction, fine arts, academics, and other programs. |
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