Here are some more great free arts and culture events from CultureCapital.com! This site is a fantastic resource for events provided by CultureCapital (formerly known as the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington) a wonderful organization that supports and highlights the DC metro area's vibrant and diverse arts community!
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Wednesday, April 1
Lunchtime - Talk at NMWA - Metro Center
Gallery Talk: Themes of Picturing Mary
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Note: Talk is free but if you want to tour the museum before or after, *regular admission applies.
Explore NMWA during this free lunchtime gallery talk which explores highlights from special exhibitions and NMWA’s collection with museum staff. This week, Director of Education Deborah Gaston illuminates the exhibition’s themes and artworks.. *Regular admission: $10, students with ID and 65+ $8, Free for NMWA members and youth 18 and under + Free Community Day on the first Sunday of every month, which also happens to be this Sunday, April 5
National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Ave, NW
Metro: Metro Center, 13th St exit or take any number of buses to the corner of 13th & H St NW
Afternoon - Film Screening at the NGA West Building - Archives
Film Event: Chris Marker's Level Five
2:00pm - 3:50pm
Film: Chris Marker, 1996, French with subtitles, 106 minutes
Marker's late 1990s, low-tech, sci-fi essay was not released in the United States until just last year. Like much of this filmmaker's remarkable oeuvre, Level Five is a hybrid of history, memoir, and fantasy. The film's subject is the Battle of Okinawa (April 1 through June 22, 1945)—in Marker's view, the start of the atomic age. The story is told through the testimony of Catherine Belkhodja (playing a character called Laura) who, speaking to the camera, is trying to finish her absent lover's life work—a video game based on the battle, though the footage ranges from Japanese social customs to obscure film history.
National Gallery of Art
West Building Lecture Hall.
6th & Constitution Ave NW
Metro: Archives
Afternoon - Lecture on Masks in Japanese Theater Company - NoMa / Rhode Island Ave
Dr. Sky's Lecture, MASKS Presented by the National Cherry Blossom Festival at The Art and Drama Therapy Institute, Inc.
2:00pm
Free presentation given by Sirkku M. Sky Hiltunen (Dr. Sky), Ph.D., Ed.D., ATR-BC, RDT-BCT, LPC, REAT Master Teacher of SohKiDo® and Therapeutic Noh Theater® Therapeutic Noh Theater, unlike the classic Japanese Noh Theater, masks all of its performers. This lecture will present some functions of masks used historically and/or presently in ritual, theater and therapy focusing on the Japanese Noh masks. A variety of masks are used collected from all over the world, from China, Indonesia, Africa, Italy, USA and Mongolia. The Japanese Noh and Kagura masks are collected by Dr. Sky because of her special studies with Noh Masters in Japan and elsewhere. Masks are also custom made based on Dr. Sky’s ideas for the play characters she directs by Mongolian master mask maker Natsag Gankhuyag for the “Art and Drama Therapy Institute’s Masquer Theater Kokoro.”
The Art and Drama Therapy Institute, Inc.
Walter Prichard Theater
327 S St, NE (map)
Metro: Rhode Island Ave or NoMa, in between
Afternoon - Lecture at The Archives on pre-1850 Census - Archives
Using Pre-1850 Census to Find Family Relationships
2:00pm
Broadcast from the National Archives at Boston, archivist Jean Nudd shows how to link parents and children when pre-1850 birth records are not available.
National Archives
between 7th & 9th on Constitution Ave, NW
Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial
Early Eve - Origami Workshop at The Archives - Archives
Origami Hands-on Adult Workshop
5:30pm
Celebrate the Cherry Blossoms by learning how to fold traditional Japanese origami. Discover how this iconic art connects to the National Archives. Create your own origami masterpiece to take with you. To register or for more information please send an e-mail to education@nara.gov with ‘Adult Workshops’ in the subject line.
National Archives
between 7th & 9th on Constitution Ave, NW
Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial
Find more exhibits on view inside of the beltway on the custom designed "Free in DC" Inside Out page on CultureCapital.com!
Thursday, April 2
Art by Jessica Stockholder
Afternoon - Lecture with Artist & Professors at the NGA - Archives
Elson Lecture: Jessica Stockholder
3:30pm
Jessica Stockholder, artist, and Raymond W. and Martha Hilpert Gruner Distinguished Service Professor and chair of the department of visual arts, division of humanities, University of Chicago. Read more here.To accommodate the considerable public interest, the lecture will be available as a live stream on the Gallery website.
National Gallery of Art
West Building Lecture Hall
6th & Constitution Ave NW
Metro: Archives
Evening - Monthly Salon for Artists & Arts Professionals in Old Town, VA - King St
Salon: An Artful Conversation
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Judith HeartSong’s Salon: An Artful Conversation is a monthly meeting of artists, writers, and arts professionals who come together to bond, network, and get out of their heads for a little while. It is a conversation, a support group, sometimes a counseling session, always a networking extravaganza, an experimental lab for new ideas, and a place to learn and grow by leaps and bounds as an artist and professional. Speakers from the metro area and beyond come to share their wisdom and expertise. In April, artist and web designer Todd Baxter Dawson will discuss the importance of your online presence and why it’s an essential element of your art business. Salon has been running successfully in Maryland for more than three years and is now a monthly First Thursday event at the Torpedo Factory Art Center. Bring a store-bought dish to pass or beverage to share, and come be a part of the conversation!
Torpedo Factory Art Center
105 North Union Street - on the Waterfront in Old Town Alexandria, VA
Metro: King St and take the free trolley down to the Waterfront or any bus that runs down King St and gets you close to the Torpedo Factory. For those of you with smart phones, you can also download the uber or lyft app on your phone and see details below for a new user promo for $10 or $20 off your first ride.
See the special "Free in DC" Inside Out feature on CultureCapital.com for more free events!
Friday, April 3
Lunchtime - Talk at NMWA - Metro Center
Au Naturel: Celebrate our Natural World
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Note: Talk is free but if you want to tour the museum before or after, *regular admission applies.
Join NMWA Associate Educator Adrienne L. Gayoso for a special springtime look at the museum’s diverse collection. Explore collection highlights—from 17th-century still lifes to contemporary sculptures—and discuss how artists across time have investigated and depicted the natural world. Meet at the information desk in the lobby. *Regular admission: $10, students with ID and 65+ $8, Free for NMWA members and youth 18 and under + Free Community Day on the first Sunday of every month, which also happens to be this Sunday, April 5
National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Ave, NW
Metro: Metro Center, 13th St exit or take any number of buses to the corner of 13th & H St NW
Early Eve - Art Opening in Crystal City - Crystal City, VA
Spring Light: Opening Reception
5:00pm - 8:00pm
Come out to Crystal City's Gallery Underground for the opening reception of an exhibit celebrating the return of spring! There’s a special quality to natural light in the spring season that is not seen at any other time of the year. Sometimes delicate, sometimes strong, spring light warms the spirit and is well worth celebrating after a long, cold winter.
Gallery Underground
Crystal City Shops
2100 Crystal Dr - Arlington, VA
Metro: Crystal City
Follow "Free in DC" Inside Out page on CultureCapital.com for more free events and exhibits on view, CultureCapital.com on facebook, @TICKETPLACEDC on twitter and TICKETPLACE for half-price tickets to performances in the DC metro area!
Saturday, April 4
Morning - Film Screenings for kids as part of the Environmental Film Fest at Atlas - H St NE
Four Kids Films -Environmental Film Festival at Atlas Performing Arts Center
11:00am
MeJane, Lucky Ducklings, FINconceivable and The Marvelous Musical Report of The Marine National Monuments.
Atlas Performing Arts Center
1333 H St NE
Metro: Closest metro is Union Station but no direct buses from there, you can catch the X2 bus along H St NW from Gallery Pl - Chinatown if you don't want to take an uberx, taxi, etc... (see note below for uber and lyft promos for first time users!) or you can catch any of the 90 line buses that go to 8th & H St NE and walk over. See metro trip-planner for bus info.
Morning - Lecture with the Kennedy Center's Artistic Director for Jazz + Documentary Film at NGA West Building - Archives
Lecture and Documentary Film: In My Mind
11:00am - 12:45pm
Jason Moran, artistic director for jazz, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in person to introduce the documentary. In My Mind is a film from the Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) at Duke University documenting Jason Moran and The Big Bandwagons 2009 original interpretation of Thelonious Monks 1959 Town Hall performance (2010, 100 minutes).
National Gallery of Art
West Building Lecture Hall
6th & Constitution Ave NW
Metro: Archives
Afternoon - Panel on Shoe Exhibit at Strathmore - Grosvenor
Panel Discussion: If The Shoe Fits
2:00pm
Please join us for a lively panel discussion on Strathmore's If the Shoe Fits exhibit, on view March 7 - May 31. "Learn about the art and sole of the shoe. Trace its footprint through history and culture. Part fantasy, part function, this exhibit looks at footwear from every angle and features shoe design, sculpture, and invention, plus a shoe painting workshop."
The Mansion at Strathmore
10701 Rockville Pike - Bethesda, MD - see map
Metro: Grosvenor, follow the walkway from the metro exit to the left, cross the street, go up the grassy hill, the Mansion is on the left across from the main Strathmore building.
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