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 National Archives Foundation! Established as a nonprofit to support and expand public awareness of the National Archives, its efforts have supported everything from the Archives’ centerpiece Rotunda containing the Charters of Freedom (which
Read more →Weekly since 2020, BCDC has showcased a Local Arts Hero that’s keeping the lights on in a challenging moment. This week the we’ve chosen again to think of Providence as “local” to all Brunonians, and selected Tink Knit! With a slogan that promises “hats for a cause,” his unique social venture specializes in warm, woolen things
Read more →Weekly since 2020, BCDC has showcased a Local Arts Hero that’s keeping the lights on in a challenging moment. This week the we’ve chosen the Sandy Spring Slave Museum and Art Gallery! Located on a one-acre campus about 45 minutes north of DC, the Sandy Spring Slave Museum was founded in 1988 by Dr. Winston Anderson ’66
Read more →Weekly since 2020, BCDC has showcased a Local Arts Hero that’s keeping the lights on in a challenging moment. This week the we’ve chosen the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens! One of DC’s true hidden gems and the only national park site that’s devoted to water-loving plants, Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens is described by the National Park Service as “an oasis,
Read more →Weekly since 2020, BCDC has showcased a Local Arts Hero that’s keeping the lights on in a challenging moment. This week the we’ve chosen the DC History Center! Founded in 1894, the Center serves as the area’s only community-based nonprofit dedicated to chronicling, und unpacking, the District’s rich history. It’s based in Mount Vernon Square’s historic Carnegie Library, which was fully
Read more →Weekly since 2020, BCDC has showcased a Local Arts Hero that’s keeping the lights on in a challenging moment. This week the we’ve chosen the DC Arts & Humanities Education Collaborative (DC Collaborative)! Founded in 1998, the DC Collaborative today unites over 120 cultural institutions and artists across DC, and works day in and day out to expand
Read more →Weekly since 2020, BCDC has showcased a Local Arts Hero that’s keeping the lights on in a challenging moment. This week the National Children’s Museum (NCM) is our first Local Arts Hero of 2022! A unique hybrid institution that combines the learning elements typically found in a science center with familiar children’s museum experiences, this
Read more →Every week BCDC showcases a Local Arts Hero that’s keeping the lights on in a challenging moment for arts and culture. This week we choose Words, Beats & Life, Inc. (WBL)! Serving as “DC’s longest running, dopest Hip-Hop based arts educational nonprofit,” this vibrant organization also boasts a College Hill connection. Founded in 2002, WBL works to invest in DC’s
Read more →Every week BCDC showcases a Local Arts Hero that’s keeping the lights on in a challenging moment for arts and culture. This week we choose the Dance Loft on 14! Guided by a belief in dance as a means for cultural and social transformation, the Dance Loft on 14 serves as a multifaceted anchor of community-focused theater arts.
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