FY 2026 Art Bank Program Finalist Exhibition
DC Art Now 2026
September 10 - December 11, 2026
DC Art Now 2026 is an annual exhibition of selected work by finalists for the FY27 Art Bank Program grant. It features many of the most exciting emerging and established artists working in the DC metropolitan region today. Stop by our Eye Street Gallery and see DC come to life through photography, sculpture, painting, printmaking, textiles, and more!
Re-inhabiting Conservation: Our Shared Skies
IA&A at Hillyer
Opening Reception Friday, October 2, 6 - 8 pm
Re-Inhabiting Conservation: Our Shared Skies reconsiders the role of artists in wildlife conservation and explores the possibilities of art informed by science. The exhibit features work by over two dozen artists and writers from six countries. In the context of this exhibition, “re-inhabiting” (a term borrowed from the Bioregionalism movement of the 1930’s) is a call to restore wildlife to native habitats and rethink our relationship to geographic boundaries. It is also a call to rethink boundaries between art and science. It presents an invitation to step out of siloed roles and step up to conservation action. Some artworks in the exhibition draw attention to these barriers and limitations within wildlife conservation, while others point to a hopeful future in which we all become part of the solution. They urge us to actively commit to caring for the animals, habitats, and natural resources around us.
With a focus on creatures of flight, each artwork in this exhibition explores a different aspect of the complexity of wildlife conservation. Some artworks draw attention to the tension between wildlife and the human-built environment, while others point to a hopeful future in which we all become part of the solution. Collectively, these works urge us to actively commit to caring for the animals, habitats, and natural resources around us.
Re-Inhabiting Conservation is curated by Creature Conserve, a global nonprofit outreach organization based in Rhode Island, USA, that brings artists, scientists, writers and other creatives together for wildlife conservation.
Curator, Re-Inhabiting Conservation: Heather McMordie, Director of Curatorial Programs and Exhibits, Creature Conserve.
Curatorial Fellow, Re-Inhabiting Conservation: Marissa Mireles Hinds.
Gallery Hours - Monday - Friday 12 - 6 pm, Saturday - Sunday 12 - 5 pm
9 Hillyer Court, NW, Washington, DC 20008
Clinical Center Fine Art Galleries at the National Institutes of Health
The Clinical Center Fine Art Program seeks to create a healing environment by displaying art that stimulates, comforts, and inspires patients, caregivers, and medical staff.
Re-Inhabiting Conservation: Using Art to Bring Wildlife Conservation Closer to Home
Re-Inhabiting Conservation: Using Art to Bring Wildlife Conservation Closer to Home reconsiders the role of artists in wildlife conservation and explores the possibilities of art informed by science.
Curated by Heather McMordie, Director of Curatorial Programs
Exhibition and Production Manager, Deanne Fernandes
Women Artists of the DMV
Honored to be a part of Women Artists of the DMV survey featuring the work of over 600 women artists from the Greater Washington, DC capital region curated by Lenny Campello.
Art Night 2K25 - WPA/Hickok Cole
Each fall, Hickok Cole partners with Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) to host Art Night, a juried art show of 110+ local artists with proceeds going to further WPA’s mission: providing essential resources to support the creative spirit and success of regional artists. After 25 years, Art Night is one of DC’s preeminent art events and has raised over $2 million for WPA and the local artist community. Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2025, Art Night promises to be a gathering to remember.
Women Artists of the DMV
Honored to be a part of Women Artists of the DMV survey featuring the work of over 600 women artists in 18 locations in the Greater Washington, DC capital region curated by Lenny Campello.
Pleasure Park
Sally Kauffman, a Washington, DC-based visual artist, is known for her large-scale, abstract yet illusory paintings depicting people and animals in social and communal settings. Her recent series, inspired by scenes from Malcolm X Park, captures Washingtonians engaging in activities including picnicking, hula hooping, Jiu Jitsu, juggling, gymnastics, skating, playing, dancing, and listening to music. These works celebrate the joy of gathering after pandemic isolation, emphasizing the fundamental human instinct for connection and restoration.
OPENING RECEPTION - SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 4 - 6 PM
WOW 9
WOW 9 - Windows on Wisconsin
Produced and curated by Kirsty Little
OPENING RECEPTION - SATURDAY, AUGUST 16TH, 6 - 8 PM
Participating Artists
Vivian Cavalieri, Kendra Pascoe Morrison, Jack Perlmutter, Bruce Gaber, Ramin Etemadi Bozorg, Peijisan Art, Crissman Nichols, Pam Gregory, Esha Sadr, Emily Strulson, Sally Kauffman, Andrew Wohl, PETA, Felicia Reed
Altered States
This fall show features artists from across Northern Virginia and D.C. The exhibition explores the artists’ interpretation of the show’s title, Altered States. Themes include but are not limited to: transformation and change, alternate realities, inner or personal growth, shifting perspectives or visual distortion. Altered States could also be represented by the physical use of artists’ materials.
Juror: Rosemary Feit Covey
OPENING RECEPTION
October 17th, 5 - 7 pm
2700 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite R330,
Arlington 22201
Location: Near the Apple Store, nestled in the breezeway between SoulCycle and Chip City
Metro: Clarendon (Orange & Silver lines)
Parking: Two garages, plus metered parking- details here.
Opening Reception for DC Art Now 2024 Exhibition
Join the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities in our I st Gallery for DC Art Now 2024, a reception to celebrate the finalists for our FY25 Art Bank Program!
Come celebrate Art All Night with us and see DC come to life through photography, sculpture, painting, printmaking, textiles, and more! Meet the artists inside and outside enjoy vendors and family-friendly fun.
For reasonable accommodation requests regarding access and inclusion, please contact David Markey (david.markey@dc.gov), no later than 5 business days before the start of this event.
DC Art Now 2024 Opening Reception and Art All Night
DC Art Now 2024
The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities’ DC Art Now 2024 exhibition showcases Art Bank finalist works from the FY25 Art Bank Grant Program.
Local Flavor/Local Artist - 22nd Annual DMV Exhibition
Calloway Fine Art & Consulting is pleased to announce our group exhibition of 26 local artists showing artwork inspired by DC, Virginia, and Maryland. We have chosen 50 pieces from over 350 submissions.
Participating artists:
Anne Stine, Aynex Mercado & Julia Triman, Cathy Abramson, Christina Blake, Dennis Crayon, Elaine Florimonte, Elaine Wilson, Ellen Delaney, Jodi Ferrier, John Aquilino, Josie Vosoba, Leanne Fink, Lida Stifel, Madeleine Greenwald, Mohammad Obaid, Pamela Betts, Tinam Valk, Wendy Smith, Jacalyn Beam, Katherine Jennings, Kathleen Howsare, Ken Bachman, Peri Turns, Michael Steiner, Sally Kauffman, Jean Schwartz
Pew Charitable Trusts
Installation of Whatever in the lobby of the Pew Charitable Trusts building.
Irreplaceable: Paintings by Sally Kauffman
The exhibition will be on view from March 25th - June 11th.
Neuva Vida Art Auction
VIDART 03 is a fundraising event benefiting Nueva Vida, a support health network for Latinas with cancer. The event honoring cancer survivors is being held during Hispanic Heritage Month and Breast Cancer Awareness Month because breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality in Hispanic women.
The art auction includes a reception with a musical intermission performed by Quintango.
The event will take place October 15th from 6:30-9:30 pm at the Mexican Cultural Institute, a breathtaking mansion on 2829 16th St NW, Washington, DC. Valet parking is available.
Protest
Closing Reception: Saturday, October 29, 2:00 - 5:00 pm
ArtWatch, with support from Touchstone Foundation for the Arts, presents Protest!. Participating artists answer the dire issues facing our democracy with specific art pieces opposing the many subjects of concern in 2022. This exhibit celebrates vigorous political engagement with the American right to protest injustice.
DC Art Now 2022
DC Art Now 2022 is the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities’ annual exhibition of selected work by finalists for the Art Bank Program grant. It features many of the most exciting emerging and established artists working in the DC metropolitan region today.
Wallmountables
Closing Reception: Sunday, September 25, 2022, at 6:00 PM
WallMountables 2022 has been an overwhelming success, and we could not be more proud of each and every one of the artists that displayed their work this year! This event is undoubtedly the highlight of our year and truly embodies our mission – to foster underrepresented artists in the greater Washington DC area.
Avian Apocalypse
Closing Reception - Saturday, July 16th, 4 - 6 pm, Studio Gallery, 2108 R St. NW, Washington, DC
The paintings in the exhibition, Avian Apocalypse, are part of an ongoing series titled Jeopardy, in which Kauffman lends her voice to at-risk, endangered and extinct species. Scientists warn of an impending avian apocalypse: birds are under threat of extinction due to climate change. Rising global temperatures and loss of habitat is forcing them to move further north.
Elsewhere depicts vulnerable birds in the District of Columbia searching for habitat and climate conditions elsewhere. Collision Course focuses on the plight of local migratory birds colliding with buildings at nighttime. Our opportunity to change our behavior to sustain their longevity is rapidly disappearing. Already gone, Vanquished memorializes extinct American species.
Fragile Beauty
In the inaugural CAH juried exhibition, 33 DC artists seek to bring a sense of balance to an array of environmental injustices. Their art and their vision advocate awareness, mindfulness, consciousness, and stewardship, offering pathways towards personal partnership with our planet. We thank these artists for their commitment to illuminating the importance of nurturing and protecting the fragile beauty of the place we all call home.
https://bit.ly/FragileBeautyExhibition
ARTISTS
Tammy Barnes, Jeffrey Berg, Monica Jahan Bose, Elizabeth Casqueiro, Gloria Chapa, Michèle Colburn, Chris Combs, Shaughn Cooper with Kelsye Adams, Frank Hallam Day, Anna U Davis, R.A. Dean, Julee Dickerson-Thompson, Cheryl D. Edwards, David Allen Harris, Michael Iacovone, Michael Janis, Noel Kassewitz, Sally Kauffman, Barry D. Lindley, Patrick McDonough, Regina Miele, Steven Muñoz, Werllayne Nunes, Chelsea Ritter-Soronen, Lisa K. Rosenstein, Carly Rounds, Amanda Sauer, Alexandra Silverthorne, Ira Tattelman, Roderick Turner, Jessica van Brakle, Dawn Whitmore, Bahar Yürükoğlu.
JURORS
Elizabeth Ashe, sculptor, poet and curator
Claude Elliott, arts consultant and independent curator
Jarvis Grant, photographer, arts educator and creative strategist
Zsudayka Nzinga, artist, curator and educator
Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Anaba Project - Wild Animal Drawing/Painting Exhibition Reception
You are invited to a Wild Animal exhibition and garden reception featuring beautiful drawings and paintings of wildlife in our region. These exceptional works were specifically created by established local artists to support City Wildlife. The event will take place at the Anaba Project Space. Afterward the works will be temporarily displayed at City Wildlife for the benefit of visitors, including the kind people who bring injured or needy animals through our door to save their lives.
Let’s keep our eyes open and give our love and support to those wild animals when they need our help.
Artists: Meag Busch, Amelia Hankin Cashin, Mei Mei Chang, Hsin-Hsin Chen, Martha Crawley, Le Craigie-Marshall, Sally Kauffman, Zofie King, Akemi Maegawa, Tang, Tim Vermulen
RSVP: info@citywildlife.org
Confirmation email will be sent with address.
Out of The Artist’s Closet: A Studio Gallery Retrospective
SALLY KAUFFMAN, Dearly Departed, 2022, Acrylic on paper mounted on wood panel, 9 x 11 inches
Regional Juried Exhibition
Hill Center presents rotating exhibits by regional artists in the exquisitely renovated Civil War-era Old Naval Hospital. Hill Center Galleries consists of six distinct exhibition spaces, many with 14-foot ceilings and 8-foot windows. Since opening in 2011, we have been privileged to present the work of several hundreds of emerging and established artists. All artwork is available for purchase and a portion of proceeds supports free community programs at Hill Center, a non-profit arts and cultural organization.
Open to Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia Artists. Juried by Claude Elliott.
We Who Dream Know No Borders
Women’s Caucus for Art invites members of the national Women's Caucus for Art to participate in a virtual exhibit, "We Who Dream Know No Borders.” The exhibit calls us to interpret this and describe visually how we depict our hopes and dreams. We are looking for a wide variety of interpretations to this title. In this time of social upheaval, does this title inspire you to paint about injustice? Themes on immigration, women’s rights, or racial injustice can be expressed. Or the interpretation can be a platform to address your personal goals and how they are attained.
Online exhibition
Organic Geometry
“I use organic geometry to give form to my love of nature and architecture. My work has been a long meditation, an effort to get past the surface aspects of reality, to find deeper meaning.”
Nancy Frankel
The Studio Gallery and the Washington Sculptors Group present Organic Geometry, a tribute to Nancy Frankel (1929 – 2021) beloved artist, teacher and member of the community.
Gallery Hours: Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday - 1pm-6pm, Saturday - 11am-6pm
Climate - A performance in response to Art Optimism
Climate - A performance in response Art Optimism
ART OPTIMISM
The Athenaeum Gallery invited DC, Virginia, and Maryland artists to explore concepts related to climate change.