#WhyILoveAnacostia - Lots of FREE events in Anacostia today!

10AM - 5PM
ANACOSTIA RIVER & JAZZ FESTIVAL
ANACOSTIA PARK
FREE

10AM - 3:30PM
COMMUNITY BROADBAND SUMMIT
SAVOY ELEMENTARY (2427 MLK JR AVE SE)
FREE



12-5PM
LUMEN8Anacostia Pop-up shops & performance spaces
SEE BELOW FOR LISTING
FREE

Includes:

Honfleur Gallery
1241 Good Hope RD SE









Honfleur Gallery is exhibiting local EotR artist Amber Robles-Gordon’s mix media and textile work, With Every Fiber of My Being.
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Anacostia Design Center
1231 Good Hope RD SE
Bruce McNeil and Misty Brown
Anacostia River Photography& Rolling on the River Gallery & Playhouse
Dino Almaguer
“Paperniture” paper furniture
Julian Weaver
visual artist- cigarbox guitars
Brian Evans
Ward 8 fashion designer
Michael Lynn Thompson
Green Nerd- Paper luggage & accessories
Serenity Players
Pamela Jafari – Performance, theater and coursework
Anacostia Business Center
1227 Good Hope RD SE
Sheila Crider
Mixed media artist
came; Enlightened
Site Specific Installation
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A juxtaposition of studies of the labyrinth form with  the poem “came;” written by Washingtonian Samuel Johnson






1918 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE
Ryan C. Doyle
Chaos
Doyles’ artwork can be described as huge, massive, loud, dangerous, and thought provoking. At 6ft 6inches and 264pounds his stature is intimidating and his smile is guaranteed to pull the audience into his multi layered artworks where they can physically manipulate and interact with his sculptures.






 Blank Space SE
1922 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE
Tendani Art Place
- Featuring original art by Tendani Mpulubusi El and Lewis Carroll
- Community Drop Cloth where the public participates in the artmaking process







Anacostia Bank Building
2021 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE
Street Level
Anacostia Gallery and Boutique
- African Diaspora Exhibition
Second Floor
Tommie Adams Photography
- Natural Light and the Male Nude




Vivid Solutions DC Print Lab and the Gallery at Vivid Solutions
2208 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE
Street Level
Vivid Solutions DC Print Lab:  VS Print Lab will be hosting an open house
from 2-6pm, your best shot from the day will be printed for free and
displayed inside for visitors to view
The Gallery at Vivid Solutions:  birdsdecay, a solo exhibit by Northern
Virginia artist Benjamin K. Nguyen will open at noon.
Second Floor
Sam Capies
portrait painting
Rachel Kerwin
mixed media
Nosheen Ahmad
sewing classes and demonstrations
12-5PM
SERENITY PLAYERS (EotR Theater Company)
ANACOSTIA DESIGN CENTER (1231 GOOD HOPE RD SE)
12-1PM Yasmin Bower's recycled glass jewelry
2-4PM Resume Writing & Head Shots with JoAnn Williams
FREE



12-5PM
TOMMIE ADAMS PHOTOGRAPHY
OLD ANACOSTIA BANK | 2ND FLOOR (2021 MLK JR. AVE SE)
How to photograph the male nude
2-3PM
FREE

12-6PM
ANACOSTIA ART GALLERY & BOUTIQUE
OLD ANACOSTIA BANK | MAIN FLOOR (2021 MLK JR. AVE SE)
FREE




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