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This week: Step into dreamlike landscapes where memory and place collide, catch the final days of an international letterpress showcase, and more.

Additions to Last Week's Lineup

Press On: A Juried Exhibition of the Art of Letterpress [Group Exhibition] Through June 13 | Pyramid Atlantic Art Center | FREE

Nearly 100 works celebrate letterpress as a dynamic artistic medium, featuring artists from across the United States plus participants from Canada, France, and Japan. Jurors Celene Aubry of Hatch Show Print and Allison Tipton of Globe Collection and Press at MICA thoughtfully selected from over 400 entries, resulting in a diverse showcase that spans traditional printing techniques to innovative approaches, like inkless pressure printing and reconfigured linocut blocks. The exhibition demonstrates the range of creative possibilities within letterpress artmaking. Information

This Week

David A. Douglas: Intersections [Solo Exhibition] Opens June 14 | American University Museum | FREE

Northern Virginia artist David A. Douglas presents large-scale works that seamlessly blend drawing, painting, and photography to explore the profound connections between memory and place. Through carefully composed landscapes and interior scenes viewed through windows, doors, and thresholds, Douglas creates layered environments that feel both personal and universally recognizable. His haunting composites draw from fragments of memory and observation rather than literal locations, always including subtle details that hint at stories unfolding across time. At the core of his work lies the question: Who are we, and how do we fit into the places we inhabit? Information

Looking Ahead

Film: Japanese Avant-Garde Pioneers [Documentary Screening] June 22, 2-3:45 PM | Freer Gallery of Art | FREE

Discover the artistic explosion that transformed Japanese culture during the revolutionary 1960s through Amélie Ravalec's captivating documentary. The film explores pioneering avant-garde artists who revolutionized experimental and erotic photography, underground street theater, Butoh dance, surreal illustration, and radical graphic design—including work by Tadanori Yokoo, featured in the museum's current Cut + Paste exhibition. These innovators created entirely new modes of creative expression that remain provocative and influential in contemporary art practice. Register

Artist in Conversation: Alison Saar [Artist Talk] June 22, 4-6 PM | National Museum of Women in the Arts | $25

Join acclaimed artist Alison Saar for an engaging conversation exploring the intersection of art, literature, and craft. The discussion centers on Saar's collaboration with Arion Press to create a new edition of Octavia Butler's groundbreaking novel Kindred (1979) as a contemporary artist's book. This unique project bridges literary and visual storytelling, offering insights into Saar's creative process and her approach to honoring Butler's influential science fiction narrative through visual art. Tickets

Black Earth Rising Free Admission Day [Exhibition Access] June 26 | Baltimore Museum of Art | FREE

Enjoy free admission to the critically acclaimed exhibition Black Earth Rising, selected by The New York Times as a must-see this spring. Reserve a free timed-entry pass online or visit the Welcome Desk for complimentary access. The show explores nature's splendor through paintings, sculptures, films, and works on paper by celebrated artists of African diasporic, Latin American, and Native identity. Each work demonstrates forms of resistance against social and environmental injustices while reclaiming connections to the natural environment against the legacy of European colonization. The exhibition illuminates the historical trajectory of today's climate crisis while celebrating the beauty of the natural world and our essential ties to it. Tickets