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Fast Fashion/Slow Art

Tuesday–Sunday 1 p.m.–5 p.m.

Fast Fashion/Slow Art comprises 11 films, videos and video installations by a diverse group of emerging and established contemporary artists and filmmakers that, collectively, encourage scrutiny of today’s garment industry.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

INTER | SECTIONALITY: Diaspora from the Creole City

Open Nov. 14, 2019–March 20, 2020, Tuesday–Friday 10 a.m.–6 p.m., weekends 1–6 p.m.

Inter | Sectionality: Diaspora Art from the Creole City is a bold, multiregional, multidisciplinary curatorial collaboration and exploration of the emergence of the “Creole City” as a local, regional and global phenomenon.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

HOME: Selections from the Corcoran Study Collection

Free and open to the public November 14 - December 15, 2019; Tuesday – Sunday, 1 – 5 p.m.

Is a home just the physical dwelling or is it really where the heart is? How do we depict home? Is it a place, a person, or something indescribable? HOME: Selections from the Corcoran Study Collection seeks to show many facets of home through photographic works recently returned to the Corcoran Flagg Building from works explo

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Building Community on Climate Change

During business hours

This December, Chile will host the 25th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP-25). To commemorate this event, the Embassy of Chile to the United States has invited students from the Corcoran Continuing Education program to exhibit works inspired by our planet's climate and the effects of our collective human impact.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

ENTER: FUTURE

9:00am - 5:00pm

Gallery 102 is proud to present Enter: Future. The exhibition displays an array of visions of the future, both dystopian and utopian, and makes an effort to convey these visions of the future from the perspectives of the eleven artists included.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Midnight Breakfast

10:30pm - 12:30am

Midnight Breakfast is an annual tradition that invites students to take a break from studying for final exams and enjoy some food and fun! Faculty and staff volunteer and connect with students throughout the event by serving food or hosting an activity. Midnight Breakfast 2019 will be held Wednesday, December 11th in the Smith Center. Students will have the opportunity to explore the event from 10:30 PM - 12:30 AM. **GWorld required

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment
• Free Food
• Wellness & Health

Midnight Breakfast 2019

10:30pm - 12:30am

Midnight Breakfast is an annual tradition that invites students to take a break from studying for final exams and enjoy some food and fun! Faculty and staff volunteer and connect with students throughout the event by serving food or hosting an activity.

Midnight Breakfast 2019 will be held on December 11, 2019 in the Smith Center. Students will have the opportunity to explore the event from 10:30 pm - 12:30 am.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment
• Foggy Bottom Campus
• Free Food

Finals Breakfast Break

9:00am - 11:00am

Start your day off with a breakfast snack! Come grab a granola bar, fruit and a cup of coffee to power you through the finals season, courtesy of the Division of Safety and Security and the Colonial Health Center. 

• Foggy Bottom Campus
• Free Food
• Wellness & Health

Greenhouse Plant Sale

Thursday and Friday 10-2

Join the Department of Biological Sciences and other plant lovers for our annual Winter Plant Sale! Come buy a plant grown right here in our Greenhouse. Great for gifts! We have beautiful mini poinsettia, mini evergreen trees, terrariums, houseplants, hanging baskets, cactus, and more!

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment
• Athletics, Sports & Recreation
• Faculty & Staff

• Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design
• School of Engineering & Applied Science

Blackboard Collaborate Ultra - Live Virtual Classroom

11:00am - 12:00pm

Join the Instructional Technology Lab to learn about Blackboard Collaborate Ultra!

• Academic Events
• Career & Professional Development
• Faculty & Staff

GW Holiday Party: Foggy Bottom

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Holiday Party: Joy to GW

GW faculty and staff are invited to celebrate the holiday season at the annual GW Holiday Party. Mark your calendars for a joyful afternoon featuring gingerbread house decorating, karaoke, hot food stations, photo booth fun and more! 

• Faculty & Staff
• Foggy Bottom Campus
• Free Food

Information Session: Decorative Arts and Design History (MA)

7:00pm - 8:00pm

We invite you to join us on Thursday, December 12 from 7:00-8:00 p.m. EST for an online information session and Q&A with Erin Kuykendall Thomas, Director of Graduate Studies and Assistant Professor for our Master of Arts in Decorative Arts and Design History! Learn how our graduate degree trains students to study historic objects and spaces across cultures in preparation for careers in museums, auction houses, historic houses,

• Academic Events
• Admissions

• Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Cultural Factors in Neuropsychiatric Disease: An Interdisciplinary Analysis

8:30am - 8:30am

This event will bring together experts from diverse fields including medical anthropology, social sciences, psychiatry and neuroscience. The objective of this workshop is to identify gaps in research and patient care and raise awareness to the many cross-cultural perspectives of neuropsychiatric disease within America, cross-culturally and globally.

The areas of focus and speakers for the workshop will include the following

• Academic Events
• Career & Professional Development
• Guest Speakers

• Columbian College of Arts & Sciences

Creating Online Lectures

1:00pm - 2:00pm

• Academic Events
• Career & Professional Development
• Faculty & Staff

Getting Started with VoiceThread

2:00pm - 3:00pm

• Academic Events
• Career & Professional Development
• Faculty & Staff

The 2019 Christmas Revels: Celestial Fools

7:30pm - 9:30pm

Celestial Fools transports the audience to a rustic village in Europe. As the Winter days grow short, three wandering performers from far-off lands weave music, dance and stories from their cultures into an enchanting and dramatic tale of the Winter Solstice.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment
• Foggy Bottom Campus

The Christmas Revels: "Celestial Fools"

7:30pm - 10:00pm

Magic is just around the corner in a rustic village in Europe! As the Winter days grow short, three wandering performers from far-off lands weave music, dance and stories from their cultures into an enchanting and dramatic tale of the Winter Solstice.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

Fast Fashion/Slow Art Exhibit Tour

1:00pm - 1:00pm

If you are interested in getting a more in-depth look at “Fast Fashion/Slow Art,” currently on view in the galleries off of the Flagg Atrium until December 15th, come take a student-led tour of the exhibit held on select Saturdays!

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

• Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
• Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

The 2019 Christmas Revels: Celestial Fools

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Celestial Fools transports the audience to a rustic village in Europe. As the Winter days grow short, three wandering performers from far-off lands weave music, dance and stories from their cultures into an enchanting and dramatic tale of the Winter Solstice.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment
• Foggy Bottom Campus

The Christmas Revels: "Celestial Fools"

2:00pm - 4:30pm

Magic is just around the corner in a rustic village in Europe! As the Winter days grow short, three wandering performers from far-off lands weave music, dance and stories from their cultures into an enchanting and dramatic tale of the Winter Solstice.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

The 2019 Christmas Revels: Celestial Fools

7:30pm - 9:30pm

Celestial Fools transports the audience to a rustic village in Europe. As the Winter days grow short, three wandering performers from far-off lands weave music, dance and stories from their cultures into an enchanting and dramatic tale of the Winter Solstice.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment
• Foggy Bottom Campus

The Christmas Revels: "Celestial Fools"

7:30pm - 10:00pm

Magic is just around the corner in a rustic village in Europe! As the Winter days grow short, three wandering performers from far-off lands weave music, dance and stories from their cultures into an enchanting and dramatic tale of the Winter Solstice.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

The 2019 Christmas Revels: Celestial Fools

1:00pm - 3:00pm

Celestial Fools transports the audience to a rustic village in Europe. As the Winter days grow short, three wandering performers from far-off lands weave music, dance and stories from their cultures into an enchanting and dramatic tale of the Winter Solstice.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment
• Foggy Bottom Campus

The Christmas Revels: "Celestial Fools"

1:00pm - 3:30pm

Magic is just around the corner in a rustic village in Europe! As the Winter days grow short, three wandering performers from far-off lands weave music, dance and stories from their cultures into an enchanting and dramatic tale of the Winter Solstice.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment

The 2019 Christmas Revels: Celestial Fools

5:00pm - 7:00pm

Celestial Fools transports the audience to a rustic village in Europe. As the Winter days grow short, three wandering performers from far-off lands weave music, dance and stories from their cultures into an enchanting and dramatic tale of the Winter Solstice.

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment
• Foggy Bottom Campus