08.30.2023

Join Transformer at Eaton DC on September 14 to celebrate the launch of our first book, transformer20!

This special evening of artist conversations & community gathering is presented in collaboration with Eaton DC's A2B Vinyl Listening and Storytelling Series. 

A Side: 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Artist & educator Edgar Endress will lead a conversation with artists Andrew Demirjian, Pussy Noir, Naoco Wowsugi, and Holly Bass in Eaton's Crystal Ballroom about how working with Transformer has transformed their art practices and creative careers. 

B Side: 7:30 - 9 PM

The panel conversation will open up for community gathering & deep cut Transformer storytelling via a reception in the Eaton DC Library. Peruse & purchase the transformer20 book, and hear/share 'off the record' stories of Transformer, over cocktails and a special playlist from the Transformer archives created by our Founder & Director Victoria Reis.

Eaton DC's A2B vinyl listening and storytelling series harkens to times when folks sat down and dropped the needle on both sides. Hosts for this Thursday evening series in the Eaton DC Library chose songs/albums that sound-scaped a special time in their lives, accompanied by deep cut stories.

This September 14 DC event will kick off Transformer’s FRAMEWORK Panel fall book tour series, with upcoming events in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City.

BUY THE transformer20 HERE!

Transformer’s first retrospective book, transformer20 catalogs 20 years of emerging artists, experimental exhibitions, and collaborative programming. Highlighted by The Washington Post as “a work of art in itself” (Mark Jenkins, The Washington Post, August 11, 2023), the book presents a visual timeline of the organization’s dynamic, artist-driven exhibitions and programs over 484 pages. Archival documentation and ephemera is presented alongside the writings of prominent visual art leaders and in-depth conversations between Transformer alumni artists.

Limited edition, first press copies of transformer20 will be available for sale at our Sept 14 Panel & Party while supplies last.

Transformer is W.A.G.E certified and committed to providing equitable payment to all artists participating in our programming. Transformer supports artists’ ideas, work, and labor. 

t r a n s f o r m e r’s 2023/24 Exhibition Series and programs are supported by: The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, The CrossCurrents Foundation, The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities/NEA, The Sachiko Kuno Foundation, Logan Circle Main Street Association, The National Endowment for the Visual Arts, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Transformer's Board and Advisory Council, and The Visionary Leaders Circle – a growing group of individual donors & corporate sponsors. E20: Printmaking is generously supported via a grant from The Robert Lehman Foundation. 



t r a n s f o r m e r’s 2023/24 Exhibition Series and programs are supported by: The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, The CrossCurrents Foundation, The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities/NEA, The Sachiko Kuno Foundation, The Robert Lehman Foundation, Logan Circle Main Street Association, The National Endowment for the Visual Arts, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Transformer's Board and Advisory Council, and The Visionary Leaders Circle – a growing group of individual donors & corporate sponsors.