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Have a Look: Selections from the GW Collection

Gallery hours: Tuesday–Saturday: 1-5 p.m., Closed Sunday–Monday.

Photography from the GW Collection highlighted in new exhibition at the Brady Art Gallery

Collecting since 1821, GW holds many “hidden” treasures ranging from an early painting by the famed painter Fernando Botero, to a trove of over 152 photographs by Andy Warhol.  “Have a Look: Selections from the GW Collection” features works gifted to the collection from 1968 to 2018.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Open: An Installation by Robin Bell

Open to the public from February 7 - March 31, on Tuesday–Friday 10am–6pm and Weekends 1–6pm

Open to the public from February 7 - March 31, on Tuesday–Friday 10am–6pm and Weekends 1–6pm

OPEN, an installation of lights and projections by artist Robin Bell, is a celebration of transparency, belonging and accessibility.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Good Enough

Opening Night Reception: February 15, 6 – 8 p.m.; February 15 – April 5, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

I am, I feel, not good enough to be an artist” —Anne Truitt

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Rat Nest

Opening reception Friday, March 8, 2019 // 6:00-8:00 pm // Live DJ Set 7:15-8:00 pm

RAT NEST MARCH 4 - MARCH 18, 2019

 

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

GW Arts Walk

Thursday, March 21 5-9pm After party 7:30-9pm

RSVP for your ticket to the afterparty at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, from 7:30 - 9 pm.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Lecture on Kunqu Opera

5:00pm - 5:00pm

The GW Confucius Institute will host the Shanghai Kunqu Opera troupe to demonstrate the classic Legend of the Jade Hairpin. Professor Liana Chen from GW East Asian Languages and Literatures Department will be the moderator and will provide background on the kunqu play. This lecture and demonstration will be a wonderful opportunity for those interested in learning about traditional Chinese opera.

• Academic Events
• Arts, Culture & Entertainment
• International

• Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design
• Elliott School of International Affairs

Women's Works

March 28, 29 at 7:30 pm; March 30 at 5 pm; March 31 at 2 pm

Compiled & directed by Leslie Jacobson

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Big Ink

March 29, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Are you ever angry? What makes you take to the streets?

You’re part of a legacy of GW students that have been speaking truth to power at the University and beyond for nearly 200 years!

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Women's Works

March 28, 29 at 7:30 pm; March 30 at 5 pm; March 31 at 2 pm

Compiled & directed by Leslie Jacobson

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Women's Works

March 28, 29 at 7:30 pm; March 30 at 5 pm; March 31 at 2 pm

Compiled & directed by Leslie Jacobson

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Celebrating Leslie Jacobson

7:00pm - 9:00pm

All Theatre and Dance students, alumni, faculty and friends are invited to celebrate Professor Leslie Jacobson's legacy and career at the George Washington University.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Women's Works

March 28, 29at 7:30 pm; March 30 at 5 pm; March 31 at 2 pm

Compiled & directed by Leslie Jacobson

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Closing Night Party for Robin Bell's "Open"

March 31, 6 - 9 PM

As Robin Bell's ground-breaking exhibition of lights and projections comes to a close, join us for a closing night party, just blocks away from the White House, on its last evening. This event is free and open to the public. 

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Shooting the Enemy

6:00pm - 6:00pm

Harry Allen presents "Shooting the Enemy”, a public lecture in which he screens many of the photographs he made in the early 1980s before becoming a working journalist. These images—of Chuck D, Flavor-Flav, Bomb Squad leader Hank Shocklee, Keith Shocklee, and others—were created several years before Public Enemy existed, and long before their place in music history was assured.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

21st Annual Marie C. Malaro Excellence in Research and Writing Symposium

Thursday, April 4 6pm-8pm

Each year up to three graduate students deliver short papers based on work honored for excellence in research and writing in the field of Museum Studies.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Visiting Artists & Scholars Council Lecture

Thursday, April 4 6pm-8pm

The Visiting Artists and Scholars Committee brings respected established and emerging practitioners in the arts to present public lectures, conduct one-on-one critiques, lead small seminars or reading discussions, and share informal meals with students.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Nao Bustamante: Multimedia and Performance Artist Talk (Annual Dudley Memorial Lecture)

6:00pm - 6:00pm

The Corcoran’s annual Dudley Memorial Lecture will feature Nao Bustamante, an internationally known artist from Los Angeles. Bustamante's precarious work encompasses performance art, video installation, visual art, filmmaking and writing. The New York Times says, "She has a knack for using her body."

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Angela Lentini, voice & Claude Su, violin

Saturday, May 4 @ 7:30 p.m.

Students in the Music program are eligible to have recitals in their third and fourth years. Student recitals showcase the work our students do in individual performance study courses and tie together performance practice and scholarship.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Computation and Curation: A Workshop with Duane McLemore at the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Saturday, April 6 – 9am - 6pm (lunch provided) Sunday, April 7 –9am - 12pm (brunch provided)

If you've ever wanted to learn computational and parametric design, but don't know where to start, this 1.5 day workshop is for you. Grasshopper for Rhino is a visual scripting program that can revolutionize your design process by opening up exciting and sophisticated avenues of design without requiring a background in computer programming.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Isabel Bellino, voice

Saturday, April 6 @ 3:00 p.m.

All GW students and members of the public are welcome to a free voice concert from Isabel Bellino, a student in GW's music program. Student recitals showcase the work our students do in individual performance study courses and tie together performance practice and scholarship.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Adrianna Marino, voice

Sunday, April 7 @ 3:00 p.m.

All GW students and members of the public are welcome to a free voice concert from Adrianna Marino, a student in GW's music program. Student recitals showcase the work our students do in individual performance study courses and tie together performance practice and scholarship.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

11th Annual Interior Architecture Lecture

6:30-7:30 p.m. A reception and book signing will follow. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Free and open to the public.

GW's Interior Architecture Program presents the 11th Annual Interior Architecture Lecture featuring renown designer and Interior Design Hall of Fame inductee, Clodagh. The lecture will take place on Thursday, April 11th, in Hammer Auditorium at the Corcoran Flagg Building, located at 500 17th Street NW, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. A reception and book signing will follow. Doors open at 6:00 p.m.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

NEXT Dance Concert

April 11, 12, 13 at 7:30 pm

Artistic Director Maida Withers Guest Artist Anton Ovchinnikov Honors Thesis Choreographers: Emily Ariz, Annie Mancuso & Phoebe Workman

See what's NEXT in Dance!

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Sheila Albertson & Elizabeth Matthews, piano

Friday, April 12 @ 7:30 p.m.

All GW students and members of the public are welcome to a free concert from Sheila Albertson, piano, and Elizabeth Matthews, piano, students in GW's music program. Student recitals showcase the work our students do in individual performance study courses and tie together performance practice and scholarship.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

NEXT Dance Concert

April 11, 12, 13 at 7:30 pm

Artistic Director Maida Withers Guest Artist Anton Ovchinnikov Honors Thesis Choreographers: Emily Ariz, Annie Mancuso & Phoebe Workman

See what's NEXT in Dance!

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design