This artist talk is postponed until January. Check back later for an update on the date and time!

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Join The Nicholson Project for an artist talk featuring artists Kyujin Lee, Madyha J. Leghari, and Thiang Uk in conversation alongside curator Thomas F. James, as they discuss their work in the current exhibition, Scorched Petals to Pages: Investigating Narratives at the Intersection of Image Making and Literature. This exhibition is on view September 7 through November 16, 2024. The gallery will be open to the public on Saturdays from 12-4 pm, Wednesdays 11am-3pm, and by appointment. Learn more about Scorched Petals to Pages here.

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As part of her residency, Julia Chon in collaboration with Korean American shaman Mudang Jenn will lead a 30-45 minute ritual at The Nicholson Project. This ritual will cleanse the space, with select audience members invited to participate. In the space, Julia will create an altar where visitors can bring small items in remembrance of their ancestors.

Join The Nicholson Project at Sandlot Georgetown for Dine All Night, a culinary kick-off for DC Art All Night. A portion of the proceeds will go to support The Nicholson Project! Drinks and Food by Takoma Station Tavern and Who Want Smoke Chargrilled Oysters.

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Join us at Eaton House DC for an artist talk with current Artist-in-Residence M. Florine Démosthène in conversation with Caitlin Berry, Inaugural Director of the Irene and Richard Frary Gallery at the John Hopkins University Bloomberg Center. Hear from Florine about her work which explores spirituality, identity, and the Black female form through vibrant mixed media abstractions and celestial imagery, and learn more about her residency at The Nicholson Project and upcoming projects.

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Join us for the opening reception presenting the exhibition Scorched Petals to Pages: Investigating Narratives at the Intersection of Image Making and Literature, curated by Thomas F. James, featuring artists Kyujin Lee, Madyha J. Leghari, and Thiang Uk.

Scorched Petals to Pages examines the dynamic relationships that exist between literature and image-making, and how they are utilized for storytelling, uncovering truths, and even spreading propaganda. The work in Scorched Petals to Pages explores historical messaging and protest art that can galvanize support for social movements, how one can examine their place in the world, and how linguistics can transcend the human experience. Audiences will be able to engage with interactive installations and poetry from writers from around the world. Learn more about Scorched Petals to Pages here.

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Join us at The Fillmore School Studios for the reception of Queer Altars, created by artist Stephanie Mercedes. Supported by a Community Grant from the Mayor's Office of LGBTQ Affairs, this project transformed decommissioned weapons into meaningful altars dedicated to addressing the impact of gun violence on DC’s LGBTQIA+ community. The unveiling will feature two altars created by melting down decommissioned bullets and firearms, transforming violence into art, and fostering spaces of remembrance and healing.

Thank you to the S&R Evermay Foundation for hosting the Queer Altars unveiling exhibition.

Part of the Queer Altars project, join us for a unique event where artist Stephanie Mercedes will transform decommissioned bullet casings into 3D reliefs for a small Queer Altar honoring biker Dzhoy Zuckerman. Dzoy Zuckerman tragically lost their life to gun violence in DC. Dzoy self identified as gender queer, loved the color purple and was an avid biker. This altar, crafted from melted weapons, symbolizes solidarity instead of focusing solely on lives lost to gun violence. The ceremony will take place in the parking lot at the Fillmore School.

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"Queer Altars" is supported by a Community Grant from the Mayor's Office of LGBTQ Affairs.

As a closeout to his residency, join The Nicholson Project for a virtual artist talk featuring Artist-in-Residence Nate Langston Palmer. Nate will share insights about his photography style, journey, and residency experience. He will also discuss his ongoing series, Song of Sons, which follows a dance crew in Washington, DC, composed of young Black men. This series documents the culture surrounding their unique style of dance, Beat-Ya-Feet, born in the DMV. Through this work, Nate explores their journey into adulthood, addressing issues of masculinity and societal conditioning through creative expression.

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Learn more about Nate Palmer’s work here.

During his residency, Nate Langston Palmer will continue working on his Song of Sons series at the SlushDay Dance Battle where some of DC's most talented dancers will go head to head in a family-friendly celebration of the city's dance culture and the founders of Beat-Ya-Feet, a style of dance born in the DMV. Click here to learn more about Nate.

Join us at The Nicholson Project for an Artist Talk featuring Artist-in-Residence Greg David. During the talk, Greg will provide insights into their creative process, current projects, research, and the inspirations that have shaped their artistic style and perspective, developed during their residency at The Nicholson Project. Greg’s work explores themes of grief, care, euphoria, and solitude, intertwining human emotion and personal experience with movement, persona, and visual abstraction. As a Black, queer, and non-binary femme, Greg specializes in character performance, textile production, world-building, and storytelling.

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Learn more about Greg David’s work here.

The Nicholson Project invites the LGBTQIA+ community to a gathering and workshop led by our current Artist-in-Residence, Stephanie Mercedes, as part of her new "Queer Altars" project. In this project, Mercedes hopes to reimagine how we can celebrate our queer community, moving away from the often-martyred representation. Participants who attend will have the option to pose for photographs that Mercedes will use in designing future Queer Altars that she will craft from melted weapons that will celebrate not the lives that have been lost to gun violence but instead each other. Light food and drinks will be provided.

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"Queer Altars" is supported by a Community Grant from the Mayor's Office of LGBTQ Affairs.

The Great Persons Series fosters transformation, inspiration, and self-awareness through interactive exhibits and programs that bring history and social justice to life. Led by DC-based educator and dance artist, Chitra Subramanian, this series is designed for children ages 3-12 years old. Children and families will learn about George Washington Carver, Agronomist, scientist, and pioneer in sustainable farming.

There will be an enrichment activity at 1:00pm with Peter Lewis, Garden Manager at The Nicholson Project. Peter will lead a lesson that teaches children about sustainable farming and care for land through observation and art, to deepen our understanding about George Washington Carver's life purpose to educate his community about agronomy and self-sufficiency.

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Join The Nicholson Project for a public art bus tour of Mythic Futures with artist Antoine Williams! The tour is free and starts at the SW mural: 800 9th St SW, (the corner of 9th and Maine Street at the Wharf). We'll hear directly from Antoine about each of the four artworks, learn about his process, and take time to experience the artworks through sound and animation, brought to life via AR on Instagram!

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Join us for an artist talk with exhibiting artists, Stephanie J. Williams and Monica Jahan Bose. In this talk, both artists will discuss and provide insight into their exhibitions The Pleasure of Wasted Time and Nourish: Storytelling with Saris, on view at The Nicholson Project from September 10th through November 4th.

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Learn more about The Pleasure of Wasted Time.

Learn more about Nourish: Storytelling with Saris.

The Great Persons Series fosters transformation, inspiration, and self-awareness through interactive exhibits and programs that bring history and social justice to life. Led by DC-based educator and dance artist, Chitra Subramanian, this series is designed for children ages 3-12 years old. Attendees will explore the life and achievements of Mary McLeod Bethune, powerful educator, activist for racial justice, and champion for women and girls.

There will be an enrichment activity at 1:00pm with rangers from the National Park Service representing the historic Mary McLeod Bethune Council House. They will share the rich and powerful legacy Mary McLeod Bethune leaves in DC, and will offer special hands-on resources to continue your learning at home.

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The Great Persons Series fosters transformation, inspiration, and self-awareness through interactive exhibits and programs that bring history and social justice to life. Led by DC-based educator and dance artist, Chitra Subramanian, this series is designed for children ages 3-12 years old. This workshop will dive deep into the history and culture of Harry Belafonte, civil rights icon, and legendary singer and actor from Jamaica.

There will be an enrichment activity at 1:00pm led by Chitra Subramanian at 1pm that engages children in learning about Caribbean culture through food and music. 

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The Great Persons Series fosters transformation, inspiration, and self-awareness through interactive exhibits and programs that bring history and social justice to life. Led by DC-based educator and dance artist, Chitra Subramanian, this series is designed for children ages 3-12 years old. In this workshop, children and families will learn about Zitkala-Sa, a Dakota Yankton writer and musician, cultural preserver, and political activist for her Native American people.

There will be an enrichment activity at 1:00pm with special guest, Angela Gladue, a First Nations Powwow Dancer and bgirl from amiskwaciwaskahikan (Edmonton, Alberta). She will be sharing an introduction to First Nations dance and showcasing a special performance of the Traditional Hoop Dance.

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Join The Nicholson Project and ARTECHOUSE for a special panel discussion exploring the latest trends and innovations in immersive technology and its impact on the arts. Hear from Mythic Futures artist, Antoine Williams in discussion with The Nicholson Project’s Director, Allison Nance, and Joey Cathey from Capitol Interactive, who worked with us to bring each Mythic Future artwork to life with sound and animation using augmented reality. The discussion will be moderated by ARTECHOUSE’S, Josh Feldman.

TICKETS: $40

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Join us at The Nicholson Project for the opening reception of The Pleasure of Wasted Time, a solo exhibition by Stephanie J. Williams and Nourish: Storytelling with Saris by Monica Jahan Bose.

Stephanie J. Williams says “Animating stop motion puppets is perhaps the most inefficient way to make my work. It demands my slowness.” The Pleasure of Wasted Time reflects on this "slowness" and the the care that comes with creating stop motion films. The exhibition will feature a series of Williams’ stop motion short films—including her award-winning film Hospes—along with an installation of the hand-built puppets, sculptures, and set pieces used in the creation of these films. Read more here.

Nourish: Storytelling with Saris is an installation of video, drawings, poems, and saris inspired by plants and herbs. Touching the soil and growing food are grounding and nourishing. For the last two years, Bangladeshi-American artist Monica Jahan Bose and DC participants in her Storytelling with Saris project have been connecting with the soil and Earth and food justice issues by nurturing plants on windowsills and planting neighborhood vegetable gardens. This year they planted and harvested in the garden at The Nicholson Project. Bose led a series of planting workshops that included poetry and art inspired by soil and plants. Using performance, sari art, writing, and film, Storytelling with Saris, which commenced in 2012, links DC residents with Bangladeshi coastal women farmers in solidarity to address climate and food injustice. Read more here.

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The performance is an intimate engagement with the multifaceted outdoor environment of The Nicholson Project. Using the sidewalk, street, and garden, the audience and passersby witness the artist’s creative process as a potential performative activity of focused listening, observing, photographing, filming, and body movement. The performance also acknowledges the cinematographer as an inadvertent performer and collaborator in the theatrical qualities of film production. This performance coincides with Fabri’s solo exhibition, Mourning Stutter, currently on view at The Nicholson Project through Saturday, August 12th.

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Learn more about Mourning Stutter here.

Join us for an artist talk with exhibiting artist, Zachary Fabri. In this talk, Fabri will discuss his solo exhibition, Mourning Stutter, on view at The Nicholson Project from May 6th through August 12th.

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Learn more about Mourning Stutter here.

Join our new Artist-in-Residence, Stephanie J Williams at The Kreeger Museum for a viewing of her two short stop-motion animation films Hospes and The Expectation of the Observed, followed by an artist talk and audience Q&A.

This screening is presented under The Collaborative, a program developed by The Kreeger Museum in 2021 to support Washington-area artists.

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Learn more about Stephanie J. Williams here.

Join the Nicholson Project for a night of poetry to support our current artist-in-residence, Peter J. Harris as he performs at The Inner Loop’s Monthly Reading Series. Held monthly in local bars, cafes, and other small businesses around the city, the series gives both emerging and established writers in a variety of genres the opportunity to read their work aloud and hear the work of their peers in a comfortable environment, without the formal structure of more traditional outlets. Each reading event features one celebrated writer from the region (including Pulitzer Prize winners and poets laureate) alongside nine local writers in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. This event will be held at a bar called Doubles, near the Georgia Avenue metro.

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Join us for a planting, poetry, and art workshop at The Nicholson Project's garden. We will be cleaning and planting the garden with Kendra Hazel, our current Gardener in Residence. Artist Monica Jahan Bose will lead us in creating poetry and art inspired by the garden. We will have more workshops in the summer with Monica followed by an exhibition and poetry slam at The Nicholson Project in September.

If you have joined Monica's prior Storytelling with Saris workshops, please bring with you your folder of materials -- journal, pencil etc.

Please email storytellingwithsaris@gmail.com with any questions or accommodation needs. ASL will be provided.

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