Anacostia Community Museum
1901 Fort Place, SE
Washington, DC
The District of Columbia Art Association (DCAA) is a group of artists in metropolitan Washington, DC dedicated to ensuring that art continues to be a creative, living force in their communities. Originally known as the DC Art Education Association, DCAA’s membership and the scope of its involvement in the community have grown continuously since its founding by public school art teachers in 1961. Programs and projects sponsored by DCAA provide scholarships to aspiring art students, financial grants to the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, awards of recognition to fine arts students at Howard University, and stipends for individual study of art.
This Sixth Exhibition of the DC Art Association features works by DCAA artists Harrison E. Benton, Jr., Bernard W. Brooks, Freeman A. Bussey, Jr., Juanita Cribb, Juette Johnson Day, Benjamin L. Franklin, Gloria T. Freeman, Leroy Gaskin, Patricia Parker Giles,Joseph Holston, Lois Mailou Jones, Patricia Mattison Landry, Edith I. Martin, Corinne Mitchell, Uzikee Allen Nelson, Delilah W. Pierce, Georgette Seabrooke Powell, Peter L. Robinson, Jr., Kenn Simpson, James Lesesne Wells, and Bertie Wiggs. Student artwork from Our Lady of Perpetual Help and Wilkinson Elementary School is also on view.
The jurors for this exhibition are: David Driskell, Professor of Art, University of Maryland; John N. Robinson, Anacostia artist and DC Arts and Humanities Commissioner; and Joshua Taylor, Director, National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution.
