Weekly since 2020, BCDC has showcased a Local Arts Hero that’s keeping the lights on in challenging times. This week, in honor of May as Jewish American Heritage Month, we’ve chosen the Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum! Set to reopen this fall in a state-of-the-art and much-expanded space, and built around DC’s oldest synagogue, the Capital
Read more →Weekly since 2020, BCDC has showcased a Local Arts Hero that’s keeping the lights on in challenging times. This week,in honor of May as AAPI Heritage Month, we’ve chosen the National Museum of Asian Art! Committed to preserving, exhibiting, and interpreting works of art from throughout Asia since 1923, this gem of the Smithsonian’s holdings spans two interconnected galleries
Read more →Weekly since 2020, BCDC has showcased a Local Arts Hero that’s keeping the lights on in challenging times. This week we’ve chosen the JxJ (“J-by-J”)! A multidisciplinary project, JxJ aims to connect audiences with the Jewish experience through the arts, from showcasing films and music to original, hybrid programming.In operation since 2019, the organization annually attracts 30,000 patrons across
Read more →Weekly since 2020, BCDC has showcased a Local Arts Hero that’s keeping the lights on in challenging times. This week we’ve chosen the Jackson Arts Center! Providing affordable studio space for local artists, sharing the gift of art with the broader DC community, and preserving a historic school building in the process: the Center has laudable
Read more →Weekly since 2020, BCDC has showcased a Local Arts Hero that’s keeping the lights on in a challenging moment. This week we’ve chosen No Kings Collective! An ever-innovating, DIY-style artists collective, No Kings runs a studio, creative agency, and events production company–all rolled into one. They’re motto is simple yet brash:
Read more →Weekly since 2020, BCDC has showcased a Local Arts Hero that’s keeping the lights on in a challenging moment. This week we’ve chosen Filmfest DC ’22! With an annual audience of over 16,000, FilmFest DC has become an internationally-acclaimed mainstay, as well as a treasured partner to local cultural institutions and public schools. Selected screenings span the
Read more →Weekly since 2020, BCDC has showcased a Local Arts Hero that’s keeping the lights on in a challenging moment. This week we’ve chosen the Middle East Institute’s Arts & Culture Center! Many thanks to Victoria Sams ’90 for the recommendation. Based at the Middle East Institute (MEI), a hub of study and cross-cultural exchange since 1946, the Arts
Read more →Weekly since 2020, BCDC has showcased a Local Arts Hero that’s keeping the lights on in a challenging moment. This week we’ve chosen to make Providence part of our “local” umbrella once again by choosing AS220! Planning to head up for reunion weekend? You might want to check in with this beloved institution, which operates as
Read more →Weekly since 2020, BCDC has showcased a Local Arts Hero that’s keeping the lights on in a challenging moment. This week we’ve chosen the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF)! Referred to as “the Cannes or Toronto for the green crowd,” DCEFF works to advance responsible stewardship of the environment through the power of film.
Read more →Weekly since 2020, BCDC has showcased a Local Arts Hero that’s keeping the lights on in a challenging moment. This week we’ve chosen the ART4US co-op! The DC-based international artists’ cooperative has Brunonian ties via architect-turned-artist Parinaz Bahadori ’86, and a cool new exhibit you can check out this month. Bringing together artists from different countries, backgrounds, and
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