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Public Art Tour: Transformer Gallery
Transformer is a Washington, DC based 501(c)3 artist-centered, non-profit visual arts organization. Founded in June 2002 by artists & arts organizers, Transformer’s mission is to connect, elevate, and serve a diversity of emerging artists and…
Public Art Tour: Washington Project for the Arts
Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) is a platform for collaborative and experimental artist-organized projects, dialogue, and advocacy. Artists curate and organize all of the programming—as an extension of their own intellectual research. Their…
Public Art Tour: Together Mural
The Together Mural reclaims the U.S. Capitol Building as a symbol for democracy, equity, and unity. It is a celebration of peaceful protest and illustrates the resilience of the human spirt. Ivory silhouette figures at the foreground recognize…
Public Art Tour: Let's Paint the Street
Let’s Paint the Streets is a collaborative project of the Logan Circle Community Association and Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 2F to beautify 14th Street NW from Thomas Circle to U Street with murals. The project collaborates with local…
Public Art Tour: The Torch
This is the story of torchbearers whoilluminate the way. In this mural, Harriet Tubman holds thetorch for (R-L) President Barack and Michelle Obama,Prince, Muhammed Ali, Go-Go Legend Chuck Brown,Singer Roberta Flack, Radio Personalities Donnie…
Public Art Tour: District Denizens
The curb extension art at the intersection of 15th Street & Swann Street NW features wildlife native to DC. All animals featured here are increasingly vulnerable to climate change, pollution, and habitat destruction. These illustrations aim to…
Public Art Tour: Capital Stars
The lives of Benjamin Banneker and Phillis Wheatley (Peters), two understated contributors to the foundations of our Nation’s Capital, are the inspiration for "Capital Stars." Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806) was a self-taught mathematician,…
Public Art Tour: Soundwaves of Shirley Horn
Inspired by how DC's music history serves as a solid foundation for today's arts and entertainment culture, "Soundwaves of Shirley Horn" honors a musical legacy local from this neighborhood. Famous jazz musician Shirley Horn (1934-2005) was a…
Public Art Tour: Boogie Down DC
The creation of go-go music has been traced back to one night in The Maverick Room when Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers decided to continue playing percussion between songs so that the crowd never stopped dancing. Through the Color the Curb grant…
Public Art Tour: DC Jazz Heroes
Located on the side of what was once “Frank Holiday’s Pool Room” (where Duke Ellington was known to frequent in the early 1900’s), this wall features from left to right: the “Queen of Gospel” Mahalia Jackson, Composer/Musician Duke Ellington,…