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Due to a major facility lighting upgrade project, the public spaces of the Anacostia Community Museum (the galleries and a program room) are closed until Sunday, July 29, 2012. During the temporary closing of the public spaces, the special initiative ACM: Out & About is being presented at primarily offsite venues throughout the Washington, D.C., area.
ACM: Out & About features collaborative arts and cultural programming including the presentation of the program Citified: Arts and Creativity East of the Anacostia River at the 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall, June 27-July 1 and July 4 - 8 (see link below). On July 30, the museum's public spaces will reopen, programming will resume on site, and the exhibition Separate & Unequaled: Black Baseball in the District of Columbia will be back on view.
Please visit our website at anacostia.si.edu for more info on ACM: Out & About.
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Tuesday 10, 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Public Art East of the River
Community History Series
Take a tour of all the exciting public art works throughout east of the river with artist Deidra Bell. Make your reservations. Location: outside ACM. More
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Fridays 13, 20, & 27 10:00 a.m.
Discovering Community:
Behind the Scenes at the ACM
Community History Series
Join the collections staff for a behind-the-scenes tour of some of the museum's ongoing preservation projects as well as ACM's role as a "community museum." Make your reservations. More |
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Saturday 14, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Jewelry Workshop
Community Arts Series: Call & Response
Learn from Beadazzled art instructor Kathleen Manning about how to multi-strand necklaces using semi-precious stones. Make your reservations. Location: Honfleur Gallery. More |
Saturday 21, 5:00 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Youth Open Mic
Poetry
Join poet Kenny Carroll and young poets for an evening of spoken word in collaboration with Busboys and Poets Restaurant. Make your reservations. Location: 5th and K stret. More
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Saturday 28, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Metro Mambo: La Vida En Black
Community History Series
Join WPFW's Jim Byers and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Mimi Machado-Luces discussing La Vida En Black followed by musical performance from the band Chopteeth Afro-Funk. Make your reservations. Location: National Museum of African Art. More |
On view at DuSable Museum of African American History, Chicago, Ill. today - Sept. 16, 2012. Visit their website for more details. click here
This exhibit on the African retentions among the Gullah people and the Bahians of Brazil is available for rental. Email reinckenss@si.edu. |
