Upcoming Events
THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY - A Conversation with the Artists
Join us for a conversation with the artists behind this powerful showcase! Explore the themes of identity, society, and womanhood through their diverse artworks and candid, unfiltered, and authentic conversation.
This will be an evening with meaningful discussions promising to enlighten, empower and celebrate the authenticity of women around the world.
THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY - Exhibit
Dupont Underground celebrates Women’s History Month with its 2nd Annual Women’s Show: THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY. This exhibition celebrates the complexity of the region’s women artists ‘narratives, encouraging a dialogue around issues that resonate with women across various cultural, social, and economic backgrounds.
The title, THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY reflects the candid, unfiltered, and authentic narratives presented through the diverse artworks and performances.
BURN Experience
The BURN Documentary will officially conclude with its upcoming third season this March. This final experience event will celebrate the minds behind the successful student documentary, while also showcasing some of the most noteworthy fashion designers and models in the D.C. area!
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
BURN Fashion Show Exhibition
7:50 PM - 8:20 PM
BURN Documentary Season 3 Screening
8:30 PM - 9:10 PM
BURN Crew Discussion Panel
9:20 PM - 9:40 PM
BURN Director Discussion
10:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Farewells, Music, & Burning Bowl
THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY - Exhibit
Dupont Underground celebrates Women’s History Month with its 2nd Annual Women’s Show: THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY. This exhibition celebrates the complexity of the region’s women artists ‘narratives, encouraging a dialogue around issues that resonate with women across various cultural, social, and economic backgrounds.
The title, THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY reflects the candid, unfiltered, and authentic narratives presented through the diverse artworks and performances.
Boheme in the Heights, An animated version of Puccini’s classical opera (In Spanish)
IN Series presents an afternoon community screening of BOHEME in the Heights - a one-of-a-kind animated version of Puccini's classical opera set in the Washington, DC neighborhood of Columbia Heights during the Winter of 2019 and Spring of 2020, in a new Spanish language translation - performed by an exciting cast of young and local BIPOC singers and animated by over 20 young animators throughout the DMV.
Made possible by support from the Mayor's Office on Latino Affairs (MOLA).
THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY - Exhibit
Dupont Underground celebrates Women’s History Month with its 2nd Annual Women’s Show: THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY. This exhibition celebrates the complexity of the region’s women artists ‘narratives, encouraging a dialogue around issues that resonate with women across various cultural, social, and economic backgrounds.
The title, THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY reflects the candid, unfiltered, and authentic narratives presented through the diverse artworks and performances.
THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY - Exhibit
Dupont Underground celebrates Women’s History Month with its 2nd Annual Women’s Show: THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY. This exhibition celebrates the complexity of the region’s women artists ‘narratives, encouraging a dialogue around issues that resonate with women across various cultural, social, and economic backgrounds.
The title, THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY reflects the candid, unfiltered, and authentic narratives presented through the diverse artworks and performances.
THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY - Closing Dance Party
Come party with us! Join us for an evening of celebration as we close out our 2nd annual women’s art show, THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY! Dance the night away and celebrate the creativity of women. The dance floor becomes a space for liberation and empowerment.
This finale is a thank you to all women and their narratives and their artistic expression.
THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY - Exhibit
Dupont Underground celebrates Women’s History Month with its 2nd Annual Women’s Show: THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY. This exhibition celebrates the complexity of the region’s women artists ‘narratives, encouraging a dialogue around issues that resonate with women across various cultural, social, and economic backgrounds.
The title, THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY reflects the candid, unfiltered, and authentic narratives presented through the diverse artworks and performances.
THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY - Exhibit
Dupont Underground celebrates Women’s History Month with its 2nd Annual Women’s Show: THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY. This exhibition celebrates the complexity of the region’s women artists ‘narratives, encouraging a dialogue around issues that resonate with women across various cultural, social, and economic backgrounds.
The title, THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY reflects the candid, unfiltered, and authentic narratives presented through the diverse artworks and performances.
THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY - Exhibit
Dupont Underground celebrates Women’s History Month with its 2nd Annual Women’s Show: THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY. This exhibition celebrates the complexity of the region’s women artists ‘narratives, encouraging a dialogue around issues that resonate with women across various cultural, social, and economic backgrounds.
The title, THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY reflects the candid, unfiltered, and authentic narratives presented through the diverse artworks and performances.
Strength and Confidence: Women in Music Featuring Natalia Kazaryan and the Washington Master Chorale
Join us as we continue celebrating Women History Month with a magical concert featuring Natalia Kazaryan acclaimed pianist and advocate of undeservedly unknown composers.
Enjoy Natalia's interpretation of Joan Tower's - Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 6. among other beautiful piano pieces.
Washington Master Chorale performs at Dupont Underground!
This professional and volunteer chorus has quickly garnered a reputation throughout the Washington, D.C., region for vocal excellence and discriminating concert programming. Since its debut concert in 2010 under the baton of Artistic Director Thomas Colohan, the Chorale's performances have received repeated critical acclaim.
The Washington Post hails the ensemble's singing as "remarkable for its beauty," "seamlessly blended," and "a sound worth hearing,"with a “level of confidence you don’t often see in semiprofessional chorales…”
This will be a night to remember!
THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY - Exhibit
Dupont Underground celebrates Women’s History Month with its 2nd Annual Women’s Show: THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY. This exhibition celebrates the complexity of the region’s women artists ‘narratives, encouraging a dialogue around issues that resonate with women across various cultural, social, and economic backgrounds.
The title, THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY reflects the candid, unfiltered, and authentic narratives presented through the diverse artworks and performances.
THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY - Exhibit
Dupont Underground celebrates Women’s History Month with its 2nd Annual Women’s Show: THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY. This exhibition celebrates the complexity of the region’s women artists ‘narratives, encouraging a dialogue around issues that resonate with women across various cultural, social, and economic backgrounds.
The title, THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY reflects the candid, unfiltered, and authentic narratives presented through the diverse artworks and performances.
THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY - Exhibit
Dupont Underground celebrates Women’s History Month with its 2nd Annual Women’s Show: THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY. This exhibition celebrates the complexity of the region’s women artists ‘narratives, encouraging a dialogue around issues that resonate with women across various cultural, social, and economic backgrounds.
The title, THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY reflects the candid, unfiltered, and authentic narratives presented through the diverse artworks and performances.
THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY - Didn't She Say! A Poetic Response to the Bullshit!
Join us as we celebrate the resilience, strength, and creativity of women through the art of poetry! Didn’t She Say! A Poetic Response to the Bullshit! is an all-women poetry showcase that boldly confronts the societal narratives and challenges faced by women, offering a poetic response that is unapologetically honest and raw.
Get ready to be moved, inspired, and empowered by an evening of poetry that amplifies the voices of women everywhere.
LAS MÍSTICAS DE MÉXICO (INSERIES)
DUPONT UNDERGROUND | MEXICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE | BALTIMORE - Emmanuel Episcopal Church
2024 opens with LAS MÍSTICAS DE MÉXICO, an immersive music and art installation experience that surrounds the audience in a multi-sensory journey through the mystical creative expressions of four centuries of Mexican women artists. The works of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, María Grever, Toña la Negra, Gloria Anzaldúa, Gabriela Ortiz, and Frida Kahlo converge with transporting light and projections by Abigail Hoke-Brady and pieces by one of DC’s most acclaimed artists, Marta Pérez García. Audiences are invited to travel or be still through this experience of mysticism—a transformative practice of radical love that seeks to challenge power. LAS MÍSTICAS DE MÉXICO builds on Anna Deeny Morales’s new rendering of a medieval music drama, with renowned musician and scholar, Tina Chancey, of HESPERUS, and additional music by composer Allison Sniffen. With music direction from Tina Chancey and directed by Maribeth Diggle and Timothy Nelson, IN Series vocalists are joined by the Children's Chorus of Washington, in presentation transformed by and transforming the iconic spaces of DC's Dupont Underground and Mexican Cultural Institute, and Baltimore Emmanuel Great Hall.
LAS MÍSTICAS DE MÉXICO is produced in collaboration with the Mexican Cultural Institute to celebrate 100 years of bilateral relations between our two countries.
Created by Maribeth Diggle, Tina Chancey, Anna Deeny Morales, Marta Pérez García, Abigail Hoke-Brady
The performance runs for approximately one hour. The audience will experience the work by moving freely through the space, weaving between the performers and the art. Chairs will be available for those with mobility issues. Audience size will be strictly limited to 40 patrons per performance.
This production was made possible by:
Jack and Stephanie Ventura
Ellen Berelson and Larry Franks
Manuel Cuellar, Henrietta Keller, Amanda Sweet
CAST
Angel - Shana Oshiro
Mary - Elizabeth Mondragon
Joseph - Hunter Shaner
Herod - Peter Borroughs
Narrator/Actor/Man-at-Arms - Luz Nicolas
Rachel - Maribeth Diggle
Comforter 1 - Elise Jenkins
Comforter 2 - Anamer Castrello
The Innocents - Children's Chorus of Washington
LAS MÍSTICAS DE MÉXICO (INSERIES)
DUPONT UNDERGROUND | MEXICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE | BALTIMORE - Emmanuel Episcopal Church
2024 opens with LAS MÍSTICAS DE MÉXICO, an immersive music and art installation experience that surrounds the audience in a multi-sensory journey through the mystical creative expressions of four centuries of Mexican women artists. The works of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, María Grever, Toña la Negra, Gloria Anzaldúa, Gabriela Ortiz, and Frida Kahlo converge with transporting light and projections by Abigail Hoke-Brady and pieces by one of DC’s most acclaimed artists, Marta Pérez García. Audiences are invited to travel or be still through this experience of mysticism—a transformative practice of radical love that seeks to challenge power. LAS MÍSTICAS DE MÉXICO builds on Anna Deeny Morales’s new rendering of a medieval music drama, with renowned musician and scholar, Tina Chancey, of HESPERUS, and additional music by composer Allison Sniffen. With music direction from Tina Chancey and directed by Maribeth Diggle and Timothy Nelson, IN Series vocalists are joined by the Children's Chorus of Washington, in presentation transformed by and transforming the iconic spaces of DC's Dupont Underground and Mexican Cultural Institute, and Baltimore Emmanuel Great Hall.
LAS MÍSTICAS DE MÉXICO is produced in collaboration with the Mexican Cultural Institute to celebrate 100 years of bilateral relations between our two countries.
Created by Maribeth Diggle, Tina Chancey, Anna Deeny Morales, Marta Pérez García, Abigail Hoke-Brady
The performance runs for approximately one hour. The audience will experience the work by moving freely through the space, weaving between the performers and the art. Chairs will be available for those with mobility issues. Audience size will be strictly limited to 40 patrons per performance.
This production was made possible by:
Jack and Stephanie Ventura
Ellen Berelson and Larry Franks
Manuel Cuellar, Henrietta Keller, Amanda Sweet
CAST
Angel - Shana Oshiro
Mary - Elizabeth Mondragon
Joseph - Hunter Shaner
Herod - Peter Borroughs
Narrator/Actor/Man-at-Arms - Luz Nicolas
Rachel - Maribeth Diggle
Comforter 1 - Elise Jenkins
Comforter 2 - Anamer Castrello
The Innocents - Children's Chorus of Washington
THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY - Exhibit
Dupont Underground celebrates Women’s History Month with its 2nd Annual Women’s Show: THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY. This exhibition celebrates the complexity of the region’s women artists ‘narratives, encouraging a dialogue around issues that resonate with women across various cultural, social, and economic backgrounds.
The title, THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY reflects the candid, unfiltered, and authentic narratives presented through the diverse artworks and performances.
LAS MÍSTICAS DE MÉXICO (INSERIES)
DUPONT UNDERGROUND | MEXICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE | BALTIMORE - Emmanuel Episcopal Church
2024 opens with LAS MÍSTICAS DE MÉXICO, an immersive music and art installation experience that surrounds the audience in a multi-sensory journey through the mystical creative expressions of four centuries of Mexican women artists. The works of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, María Grever, Toña la Negra, Gloria Anzaldúa, Gabriela Ortiz, and Frida Kahlo converge with transporting light and projections by Abigail Hoke-Brady and pieces by one of DC’s most acclaimed artists, Marta Pérez García. Audiences are invited to travel or be still through this experience of mysticism—a transformative practice of radical love that seeks to challenge power. LAS MÍSTICAS DE MÉXICO builds on Anna Deeny Morales’s new rendering of a medieval music drama, with renowned musician and scholar, Tina Chancey, of HESPERUS, and additional music by composer Allison Sniffen. With music direction from Tina Chancey and directed by Maribeth Diggle and Timothy Nelson, IN Series vocalists are joined by the Children's Chorus of Washington, in presentation transformed by and transforming the iconic spaces of DC's Dupont Underground and Mexican Cultural Institute, and Baltimore Emmanuel Great Hall.
LAS MÍSTICAS DE MÉXICO is produced in collaboration with the Mexican Cultural Institute to celebrate 100 years of bilateral relations between our two countries.
Created by Maribeth Diggle, Tina Chancey, Anna Deeny Morales, Marta Pérez García, Abigail Hoke-Brady
The performance runs for approximately one hour. The audience will experience the work by moving freely through the space, weaving between the performers and the art. Chairs will be available for those with mobility issues. Audience size will be strictly limited to 40 patrons per performance.
This production was made possible by:
Jack and Stephanie Ventura
Ellen Berelson and Larry Franks
Manuel Cuellar, Henrietta Keller, Amanda Sweet
CAST
Angel - Shana Oshiro
Mary - Elizabeth Mondragon
Joseph - Hunter Shaner
Herod - Peter Borroughs
Narrator/Actor/Man-at-Arms - Luz Nicolas
Rachel - Maribeth Diggle
Comforter 1 - Elise Jenkins
Comforter 2 - Anamer Castrello
The Innocents - Children's Chorus of Washington
LAS MÍSTICAS DE MÉXICO (INSERIES)
DUPONT UNDERGROUND | MEXICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE | BALTIMORE - Emmanuel Episcopal Church
2024 opens with LAS MÍSTICAS DE MÉXICO, an immersive music and art installation experience that surrounds the audience in a multi-sensory journey through the mystical creative expressions of four centuries of Mexican women artists. The works of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, María Grever, Toña la Negra, Gloria Anzaldúa, Gabriela Ortiz, and Frida Kahlo converge with transporting light and projections by Abigail Hoke-Brady and pieces by one of DC’s most acclaimed artists, Marta Pérez García. Audiences are invited to travel or be still through this experience of mysticism—a transformative practice of radical love that seeks to challenge power. LAS MÍSTICAS DE MÉXICO builds on Anna Deeny Morales’s new rendering of a medieval music drama, with renowned musician and scholar, Tina Chancey, of HESPERUS, and additional music by composer Allison Sniffen. With music direction from Tina Chancey and directed by Maribeth Diggle and Timothy Nelson, IN Series vocalists are joined by the Children's Chorus of Washington, in presentation transformed by and transforming the iconic spaces of DC's Dupont Underground and Mexican Cultural Institute, and Baltimore Emmanuel Great Hall.
LAS MÍSTICAS DE MÉXICO is produced in collaboration with the Mexican Cultural Institute to celebrate 100 years of bilateral relations between our two countries.
Created by Maribeth Diggle, Tina Chancey, Anna Deeny Morales, Marta Pérez García, Abigail Hoke-Brady
The performance runs for approximately one hour. The audience will experience the work by moving freely through the space, weaving between the performers and the art. Chairs will be available for those with mobility issues. Audience size will be strictly limited to 40 patrons per performance.
This production was made possible by:
Jack and Stephanie Ventura
Ellen Berelson and Larry Franks
Manuel Cuellar, Henrietta Keller, Amanda Sweet
CAST
Angel - Shana Oshiro
Mary - Elizabeth Mondragon
Joseph - Hunter Shaner
Herod - Peter Borroughs
Narrator/Actor/Man-at-Arms - Luz Nicolas
Rachel - Maribeth Diggle
Comforter 1 - Elise Jenkins
Comforter 2 - Anamer Castrello
The Innocents - Children's Chorus of Washington
THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY - Exhibit
Dupont Underground celebrates Women’s History Month with its 2nd Annual Women’s Show: THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY. This exhibition celebrates the complexity of the region’s women artists ‘narratives, encouraging a dialogue around issues that resonate with women across various cultural, social, and economic backgrounds.
The title, THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY reflects the candid, unfiltered, and authentic narratives presented through the diverse artworks and performances.
THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY- Opening Reception
Join us at Dupont Underground for our opening night as we kick off Women's History Month with THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY an exhibition embracing the experiences of women artists!
This exhibition celebrates the complexity of the region’s women artists ‘narratives, encouraging a
dialogue around issues that resonate with women across various cultural, social, and economic
backgrounds. The title, THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS & SHIT TO SAY reflects the candid, unfiltered,
and authentic narratives presented through the diverse artworks and performances.
POLIS: Lessons from the European Prize of Urban Public Space
Drawn from the institutional archives of the European Prize for Urban Public Space, the "Polis" exhibition, created in 2014, has shown the best projects presented for the Prize, thematically grouped in order to offer a broad overview of the democratic quality of Europe’s public spaces. In 2023, under the commission of the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in the US and coinciding with the Spanish presidency of the European Union, the Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) presents a revised version of “Polis” which, on this special occasion, focuses on the best works of intervention in public space in Spain during the last twenty years. The exhibition is conceived as a journey through 25 projects showing the improvement of public spaces in Spanish cities, reflecting on globally shared challenges, and presenting solutions that contribute to more democratic cities.
Presented by CCCB and commissioned by the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, DC, in collaboration with Dupont Underground, Architecture and the Question of Democracy - Series
Mágica Muerte: A celebration of contemporary women artists from Oaxaca
Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, is a celebration embracing the duality of life and death in Mexican culture. DU’s exhibition Mágica Muerte: A celebration of contemporary women artists from Oaxaca not only allows the visitor to understand and appreciate the depth of Oaxaca's spiritual tradition, but in a more practical sense, it is also an opportunity to start closing the persisting economic and opportunity gaps that disproportionately affect women artists in Mexico.
POLIS: Closing reception
Join us where MUSIC and ARCHITECTURE meet with Spanish DJ PAMPLO
Saturday, November 18 from 7 to 9 PM
Presented by CCCB and commissioned by the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, DC, in collaboration with Dupont Underground, Architecture and the Question of Democracy - Series
Mágica Muerte: A celebration of contemporary women artists from Oaxaca
Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, is a celebration embracing the duality of life and death in Mexican culture. DU’s exhibition Mágica Muerte: A celebration of contemporary women artists from Oaxaca not only allows the visitor to understand and appreciate the depth of Oaxaca's spiritual tradition, but in a more practical sense, it is also an opportunity to start closing the persisting economic and opportunity gaps that disproportionately affect women artists in Mexico.
POLIS: Lessons from the European Prize of Urban Public Space
Drawn from the institutional archives of the European Prize for Urban Public Space, the "Polis" exhibition, created in 2014, has shown the best projects presented for the Prize, thematically grouped in order to offer a broad overview of the democratic quality of Europe’s public spaces. In 2023, under the commission of the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in the US and coinciding with the Spanish presidency of the European Union, the Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) presents a revised version of “Polis” which, on this special occasion, focuses on the best works of intervention in public space in Spain during the last twenty years. The exhibition is conceived as a journey through 25 projects showing the improvement of public spaces in Spanish cities, reflecting on globally shared challenges, and presenting solutions that contribute to more democratic cities.
Presented by CCCB and commissioned by the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, DC, in collaboration with Dupont Underground, Architecture and the Question of Democracy - Series
Metamorphosis: A Night of Sustainable Fashion
DOORS OPEN 6:30pm
SHOW BEGINS 7:00pm
Organized by DC Voters for Animals. Experience the convergence of eco-friendly and humane fashion. Head to the Dupont Underground for a show where all materials will be plant-based or second hand. DMV designers will feature creative second-hand ensembles and a special line made specifically for this event by Hendricks Designs. Keynote designer, Nikki Hendricks, is producing a series of looks made from sustainable plant-based fashion, including milkweed floss, a pollinator-friendly supermaterial that is better at retaining heat than down and provides excellent habitat for monarch butterflies.
POLIS: Lessons from the European Prize of Urban Public Space
Drawn from the institutional archives of the European Prize for Urban Public Space, the "Polis" exhibition, created in 2014, has shown the best projects presented for the Prize, thematically grouped in order to offer a broad overview of the democratic quality of Europe’s public spaces. In 2023, under the commission of the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in the US and coinciding with the Spanish presidency of the European Union, the Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) presents a revised version of “Polis” which, on this special occasion, focuses on the best works of intervention in public space in Spain during the last twenty years. The exhibition is conceived as a journey through 25 projects showing the improvement of public spaces in Spanish cities, reflecting on globally shared challenges, and presenting solutions that contribute to more democratic cities.
Presented by CCCB and commissioned by the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, DC, in collaboration with Dupont Underground, Architecture and the Question of Democracy - Series
Mágica Muerte: A celebration of contemporary women artists from Oaxaca
Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, is a celebration embracing the duality of life and death in Mexican culture. DU’s exhibition Mágica Muerte: A celebration of contemporary women artists from Oaxaca not only allows the visitor to understand and appreciate the depth of Oaxaca's spiritual tradition, but in a more practical sense, it is also an opportunity to start closing the persisting economic and opportunity gaps that disproportionately affect women artists in Mexico.
POLIS: Lessons from the European Prize of Urban Public Space
Drawn from the institutional archives of the European Prize for Urban Public Space, the "Polis" exhibition, created in 2014, has shown the best projects presented for the Prize, thematically grouped in order to offer a broad overview of the democratic quality of Europe’s public spaces. In 2023, under the commission of the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in the US and coinciding with the Spanish presidency of the European Union, the Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) presents a revised version of “Polis” which, on this special occasion, focuses on the best works of intervention in public space in Spain during the last twenty years. The exhibition is conceived as a journey through 25 projects showing the improvement of public spaces in Spanish cities, reflecting on globally shared challenges, and presenting solutions that contribute to more democratic cities.
Presented by CCCB and commissioned by the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, DC, in collaboration with Dupont Underground, Architecture and the Question of Democracy - Series
Mágica Muerte: A celebration of contemporary women artists from Oaxaca
Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, is a celebration embracing the duality of life and death in Mexican culture. DU’s exhibition Mágica Muerte: A celebration of contemporary women artists from Oaxaca not only allows the visitor to understand and appreciate the depth of Oaxaca's spiritual tradition, but in a more practical sense, it is also an opportunity to start closing the persisting economic and opportunity gaps that disproportionately affect women artists in Mexico.
POLIS: Panel Discussion
In the context of the exhibition POLIS, Lessons from the European Prize for Urban Public Space (2000-2022) a group of panelists will discuss the challenges of bringing solutions that contribute to the democratic quality of public space in the District of Columbia.
Title: District of Columbia and the Democratic Quality of Public Space
Moderator: Lorena Bello Design Critic in Landscape Architecture, HGSD
Panelists:
JulianHunt, Dupont Underground Founder; Principal, HuntLaudiStudio (Introducton
Lorena Bello, Design Critic in Landscape Architecture, Faculty, Harvard Graduate School of Design (Moderator)
Andrew Trueblood, Housing, Economic Development, Land Use, and Urban Policy
Rita Abou Samra, Community Planner (Urban Designer), DC Office of Planning
Scott Kratz, Senior Vice President, Building Bridges Across the River & Director, 11th Street Bridge Park
Jonny Peterson, Senior Designer, Gensler DC
Thaisa Way, Director of Gardens & Landscape Studies at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Harvard University
Anna Chamberlain, Associate Director of Planning and Sustainable Division, DDOT
Lucrecia laudi, Dupont Underground Board Chair; Principal, Hunt Laudi Studio (Closing Remarks)
POLIS: Lessons from the European Prize of Urban Public Space
Drawn from the institutional archives of the European Prize for Urban Public Space, the "Polis" exhibition, created in 2014, has shown the best projects presented for the Prize, thematically grouped in order to offer a broad overview of the democratic quality of Europe’s public spaces. In 2023, under the commission of the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in the US and coinciding with the Spanish presidency of the European Union, the Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) presents a revised version of “Polis” which, on this special occasion, focuses on the best works of intervention in public space in Spain during the last twenty years. The exhibition is conceived as a journey through 25 projects showing the improvement of public spaces in Spanish cities, reflecting on globally shared challenges, and presenting solutions that contribute to more democratic cities.
Presented by CCCB and commissioned by the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, DC, in collaboration with Dupont Underground, Architecture and the Question of Democracy - Series
Mágica Muerte: A celebration of contemporary women artists from Oaxaca
Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, is a celebration embracing the duality of life and death in Mexican culture. DU’s exhibition Mágica Muerte: A celebration of contemporary women artists from Oaxaca not only allows the visitor to understand and appreciate the depth of Oaxaca's spiritual tradition, but in a more practical sense, it is also an opportunity to start closing the persisting economic and opportunity gaps that disproportionately affect women artists in Mexico.
Drag Underground
DOORS OPEN 7:30pm
SHOW BEGINS 8:30pm
Join Dupont Underground and the Washington Blade every 2nd Friday for Drag Underground. Featuring some of the best Drag Queens in DC! Performers include Citrine, Cake Pop, Rico Pico and Vagenesis
POLIS: Lessons from the European Prize of Urban Public Space
Drawn from the institutional archives of the European Prize for Urban Public Space, the "Polis" exhibition, created in 2014, has shown the best projects presented for the Prize, thematically grouped in order to offer a broad overview of the democratic quality of Europe’s public spaces. In 2023, under the commission of the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in the US and coinciding with the Spanish presidency of the European Union, the Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) presents a revised version of “Polis” which, on this special occasion, focuses on the best works of intervention in public space in Spain during the last twenty years. The exhibition is conceived as a journey through 25 projects showing the improvement of public spaces in Spanish cities, reflecting on globally shared challenges, and presenting solutions that contribute to more democratic cities.
Presented by CCCB and commissioned by the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, DC, in collaboration with Dupont Underground, Architecture and the Question of Democracy - Series
Mágica Muerte: A celebration of contemporary women artists from Oaxaca
Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, is a celebration embracing the duality of life and death in Mexican culture. DU’s exhibition Mágica Muerte: A celebration of contemporary women artists from Oaxaca not only allows the visitor to understand and appreciate the depth of Oaxaca's spiritual tradition, but in a more practical sense, it is also an opportunity to start closing the persisting economic and opportunity gaps that disproportionately affect women artists in Mexico.
POLIS: Lessons from the European Prize of Urban Public Space
Drawn from the institutional archives of the European Prize for Urban Public Space, the "Polis" exhibition, created in 2014, has shown the best projects presented for the Prize, thematically grouped in order to offer a broad overview of the democratic quality of Europe’s public spaces. In 2023, under the commission of the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in the US and coinciding with the Spanish presidency of the European Union, the Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) presents a revised version of “Polis” which, on this special occasion, focuses on the best works of intervention in public space in Spain during the last twenty years. The exhibition is conceived as a journey through 25 projects showing the improvement of public spaces in Spanish cities, reflecting on globally shared challenges, and presenting solutions that contribute to more democratic cities.
Presented by CCCB and commissioned by the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, DC, in collaboration with Dupont Underground, Architecture and the Question of Democracy - Series