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This week: Experience how artists mend and tend through textiles in urgent times, make your own print at a happy hour, and more.
Additions to Last Week’s Lineup
Opening Celebration: We Mend in End Times [Gallery Opening] February 13, 7-9 PM | DC Arts Center | FREE
Curated by Izy Carney and Lucas J Rougeux, this group exhibition strings together themes of communal care and personal tending for the body through the lens of fabric. Featuring quilt-making, screen-printing, and embroidery, each artist uses meticulous and deeply personal textile work to process their experience of living through urgent times. The exhibition tells a story about how we tend to ourselves and each other when everything feels fragile. More Info
Printmaking Happy Hour with Trisha Gupta [Workshop] February 13, 5:30 PM | Washington Studio School | $33.85
Skip the crowded bar and get creative on select Fridays from February 13 through April 3 in Washington Studio School’s newly refreshed printmaking studio. Learn a non-toxic printmaking technique, make a unique print to take home, and enjoy light refreshments. No experience necessary. Tickets
This Week
Visiting Artists Series: Clarity Haynes [Artist Talk] February 19, 6-7 PM | Katzen Arts Center | FREE
Hear directly from New York painter Clarity Haynes during this free lecture. Haynes treats the torso as portraiture, creates queer feminist altars as still life, and explores crowning and birth through her paintings. Her work has shown at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Register
Looking Ahead
Icebreaker Winter Networking Social for Creatives [Networking Event] February 25, 5:30-7:30 PM | Steadfast Supply | FREE
DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities hosts a casual networking evening for artists at Steadfast Supply. Complimentary light bites included. Register