to free this dream. (Washington‚ DC)

Location

Corcoran School of the Arts & Design
Flagg Building‚ Second Floor Galleries
500 17th Street NW
Washington‚ DC 20006

Event Description

Join us for a closing reception to celebrate " to free this dream." a multidisplinary showcase from the artists and scholars of the full-time faculty and staff at the Corcoran School of Arts & Design. 

The line "to free this dream." is borrowed from the last stanza in the DC-poet Essex Hemphill’s American Wedding and is a prophetic reminder that those in power will always underestimate those on the ground‚ in part‚ because they refuse to look closely--to see; us. 

This exhibit is a celebration of the essential‚ transformative‚ and irreducible creative work happening at the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design‚ directly challenging the tendency of power structures to overlook and reduce those on the ground. It asserts the power of the community to be seen and to create its own terms‚ fulfilling the call "to free this dream."

Guests will have an opportunity to tour the exhibit and meet the various artists whose work is on display in the newly renovated second floor galleries of the Flagg Building. Tickets are $15 to attend and a portion of your ticket goes directly to support the Corcoran School. To learn more about the exhibit click here. 

Contributors are faculty and staff of the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design:

Aasawari Kulkarni‚ Alessandra Echeverri‚ Allyson Vieira‚ Andrea Dietz‚ Anna Jayne Kimmel‚ Babette Pendleton‚ Bella Maria Varela‚ Bibi Obler‚ Maria del Carmen Montoya‚ Caroline Casey‚ Catherine Anderson‚ Clement Akpang‚ Daniel Jonas‚ Dean Kessmann‚ Douglas Boyce‚ Douglas Crawford‚ Em Petro‚ Heather Stebbins‚ Isaiah Aladejobi‚ James Huckenpahler‚ Joe Bradley‚ Kaitlin Jencso‚ Kamille Jackson‚ Kerry McAleer-Keeler‚ Kiara Rivera‚ Kirk Kristlibas‚ Laura Schiavo‚ Lauren Onkey‚ Lisa Lipinski‚ Loren Kajikawa‚ Marc Choi‚ Mary Coughlin‚ Matt Eich‚ Maurice Tyree‚ Max Van Balgooy‚ Melina Misri‚ Michele Carlson‚ Nick Hemenway‚ Nidhi Singh Rathore‚ Ning Yu‚ Paul Reuther‚ Siobhan Rigg‚ Stephanie Travis‚ Susan Sterner‚ Suse Anderson

Organized by Michele Carlson (Program Head‚ Studio Arts and Associate Professor‚ Printmaking)