Art Tour at the Convention Center - May 30 or Aug 22 or Oct 1

“ART AT THE CENTER” 2013 QUARTERLY PUBLIC ART TOURS SHOWCASE $4 MILLION ART COLLECTION AT THE WALTER E. WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER

The Walter E. Washington Convention Center presents quarterly free public art tours featuring Washingtonian 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.

Highlights include:

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

-       West Coast political artist and photographer, Carrie Wae 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:                 Thursday, May 30                  6:30 pm

Thursday, August 22                       6:30 pm

Tuesday, October 1                         6:30 pm

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