Convention Center Art Tour Tonight 1 October 6:30 PM

“ART AT THE CENTER” 2013 QUARTERLY PUBLIC ART TOURS SHOWCASE THE ART COLLECTION AT THE WALTER E. WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER

The Walter E. Washington Convention Center presents quarterly free public art tours featuring Regional and internationally recognized artists

WHAT:                 The Walter E. Washington Convention Center is home to the best kept secret in the nation’s capital – “Art at the Center,” free curator-led art tours. The diverse $4 million art collection is the largest in any convention center and the largest public art collection in the District outside of a museum with more than 130 works of art.  With works of art by both local and international artists, the collection of site-specific sculpture, painting and photography brings a sense of human scale to the Convention Center.

COLLECTION: Highlights include

-       Washington, DC’s sculpture Jim Sanborn – Lingua “Spoken Work” (2003)

-       West Coast political artist and photographer, Carrie Mae Weems – “The Armstrong Triptych with Bugle Boys” (2002)

-       Internationally acclaimed artist, Sol LeWitt – “Wall Drawing #1103 (2003)

-       And don’t miss the “Shaw Wall” which celebrates the historic Shaw community, one of the District’s oldest African American neighborhoods and home to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. 

WHEN:                 Tuesday, October 1*                      6:30 -8:00 pm

                        *Artists discussing their work during this tour are:

Billy Colbert – The Spirit of Sunday in Shaw, 2003

Naomie Kremer – Two to One, 2000

Foon Sham – Rock in Volyage, 2001

WHERE:               Grand Lobby – Walter E. Washington Convention Center

                                801 Mount Vernon Place, NW

                                Washington, DC 20001

*Use the 9^th Street and Mount Vernon Place entrance

RSVP:    Participants must RSVP at community@eventsdc.com or 202.249.3200

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Theresa DuBois
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Office of the General Counsel
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801 Mount Vernon Place NW
Washington, DC 20001

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