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LUMEN8Anacostia pop-ups open this Sat, 12-5pm. Free!

LUMEN8Anacostia is a project of the ARCH Development Corporation + DC Office of Planning and is funded in part with a grant from ArtPlace.


Be sure to visit the Serenity Players website for a schedule of their FREE workshops and performances!



Temporiums

Temporiums are temporary pop-up creative spaces where artists, curators and entrepreneurs have the opportunity to showcase their talents.  The following Temporium spaces will be open in Anacostia not only for the LUMEN8Anacostia opening day festival on April 14 but throughout the spring until mid-June.  Below is a list of the Temporium spaces in the village of Anacostia located along the Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE and Good Hope RD SE commercial corridor.

A project of  ARCH Development Corporation

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Honfleur Gallery
1241 Good Hope RD SE









Honfleur Gallery is exhibiting the work of Frederic Nauczyciel, Le Temps Devant (Our Time Ahead).
Opening Scheduled for Friday May 4 from 7pm to 8pm
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.





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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
The Gallery at Vivid Solutions:  birdsdecay, a solo exhibit by Northern
Virginia artist Benjamin K. Nguyen
Opening Scheduled for Friday May 4 from 7pm to 8pm
Second Floor
Sam Capies
portrait painting
Rachel Kerwin
mixed media
Nosheen Ahmad
sewing classes and demonstrations 
Once Is Never Enough Vintage Closet

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