Begun by partners Sylvia Ripley and Christopher Addison in 1981 in a large, historic carriage house in Dupont Circle, the gallery expanded to its present location on Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown in 2002. During its 40 continuous years in business, the gallery has exhibited local, national and international talent, shepherding emerging artists and highlighting established ones. Exhibitions of prints, photographs, sculpture and painting have been mounted in the gallerys spaces. The present Georgetown location brings principal, Christopher Addison, back to his childhood neighborhood. The building the gallery is presently housed in was first a business sewing and making uniforms, then a Russian Ballet Studio, then an Asian Antiques shop, with dark, velvet curtains in the windows, after that, for decades, it was a design studio and finally, it was a real estate office before the gallery moved in. Reputedly, during the 1960s, an illegal gambling business was run out of the basement. That claim is made more substantial with the more than 100, now disconnected, phone lines coming into the buildin

The African Union (AU) is a continental body consisting of the 55 member states that make up the countries of the African Continent. It was officially launched in 2002 as a successor to the Organization of African Unity (OAU). The mandate of the African Union Mission to the United States is to develop, maintain, undertake resource mobilization, and consolidate constructive and productive institutional relationships between the African Diaspora, the Bretton Woods Institutions, as well as the U.S. universities, and the private sector.

Calloway Fine Art will be highlighting local DC creatives-- 5 gallery artists and 3 guest artists for Georgetown’s Art All Night. The downstairs gallery will be an artists’ reception starting at 5pm with local artists Robin Davisson, Malini Vira, Madeleine Sargent, Brian Story, Natnael Mekuria, and Colton Teri. There will be a live portrait painting demonstration by Maud Taber-Thomas in the window of the store from 7-8pm. From 8-9pm local DJ Soso Tharpa will be playing in front of the gallery. The upstairs gallery will display a dynamic “Color Wheel” exhibition featuring a curated selection of CFAC artists’ artworks.

Washington Printmakers Gallery is the greater DC metro area's primary source for contemporary fine art prints and photographs. It was founded by local printmakers artists in 1985. It has a membership of exceptional local and national printmakers, photographers, and book artists. The gallery has a full calendar of juried shows, group and solo exhibitions.

This Fall, the Washington Print Foundation and Washington Printmakers Gallery will launch an outdoor Art exhibit "Georgetown Celebrates Art'' on Wisconsin Ave. Visit the Gallery to ask more about the project.

The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts provides a structured immersive program that encourages collaboration, imagination, and innovation geared toward training the next generation of professional actors. Instructors at NCDA help foster and sustain a creative working environment that is respectful and nurturing of each person’s creativity and individuality. Our ART ALL NIGHT installation will showcase all the different aspect of our training.

Georgetown Lutheran Church, founded 1769 and still vibrant today, enjoys opening our doors for community events, inviting you to our historic church and colorful gardens. Georgetown Lutheran would love to welcome you to worship at 10am Sundays, service projects, or simply to take some moments to appreciate our (volunteer tended) garden - all are welcome here!

The Jackson Art Center is studio space for more than 40 local artists. They work in the former classrooms of the historic Jackson School in Georgetown that were converted to art space in the 1980s.

Jackson artists work in oil, watercolor, acrylic, pencil, pastel, photography, sculpture, ceramics, textiles and more.

Founded by Stacey Price of People Make Place and Michael Babin of Neighborhood Restaurant Group, Shop Made in DC is a retail initiative with a mission to grow DC's makers and artists. As the first store dedicated to only Made in DC products, shops are home to over 200 makers and nearly 5,000 MADE IN DC products including apothecary, apparel, art, furniture, jewelry, home decor and stationery.