Events
On View in the Corcoran Gallery of Art: Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change, opened April 10 to July 18; American Fall: Phil Solomon, open until July 18; Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration, opens on July 3; American Bronzes from the Corcoran Gallery of Art on view now; Selections from the Collection of Historic American Art—1700 to 1980, on view now; Sculpture from the Mouse House: The Olga Hirshhorn Collection at the Corcoran, on view now.
May 13 - June 25, 2010 The George Washington University’s Luther W. Brady Art Gallery - paintings of landscapes from the West coast to the East by the prominent New Mexico artist Woody Gwyn.
June 24 The Corcoran College of Art + Design is screening Chuck Close, a film about one of the world’s leading contemporary painters at 7:00 p.m. The screening complements the exhibition Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration, opening at the Corcoran on July 3.
July 24 The Consortium's Reach4Success Program is having an open house at its offices at the Martin Luther King Jr. Library in the District in room 324 from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The purpose of the event is to provide information on college, college admissions and college preparation. There will be mini workshops and door prizes at this free event open to the public. Staff from Reach4Success, local universities and the District's Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) will participate.
September 10 Liz Lerman Dance Exchange is creating a multimedia performance about physics and the nature of beginnings. The ambitious work, called "The Matter of Origins" and centered on the development of the atomic bomb, will have its world premiere at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, which commissioned the piece.
September 23 American University is hosting the official opening of its newest building - the School of International Service. The building was designed by noted "green" architect William McDonough and is his first green building in Washington, DC