Our Exhibits & Curatorial Activities
Current Exhibitions:
Transmutación
Screen Prints and Screen Printed Monoprints by Nando Alvarez
in conversation with poems by Sami Mranda
Transmutación is an exhibit of screen prints and screenprinted monoprints by artist Nando Alvarez that are filled with a beautiful tension and provide the viewer with a moment to wonder about the stories that inhabit them. The traditional screenprints use colors reminiscent of chicha posters and are paired with poems by poet Sami Miranda that use the layout of those posters to create poems in conversation with Alvarez’s work. Alvarez’s screenprinted monoprints are layered and beautifully rendered.
Transmutación will run through the end of April at the American Poetry Museum and the opening Reception will take place Saturday March 23rd at 4pm.
Previous Exhibits:
Desepe De Vargas Paintings and Drawings
Vision y Sonido Sight and Sound
Tres Raices Arts Collective: Francisco Rosario, Virginia Robles Villalba, Wilfredo Valladares, Desepe de Vargas, Lazaro Batista, Ana Melendez, Sami Miranda
Chromatic Distortion
Work by Jin Lee, Kristy Martin and David Friedheim
Ancestral Journey - Dominique Hughes
Paintings and Collage by Dominique Hughes
Entity/identity - MArisa Evangelista and Wayson Jones
Paintings by Marisa Evangelista and Wayson Jones
Spanish Joe Remembers - Sami MIranda
An exhibit of prints, embroidery and paintings that document the life of bass player Pepe Gonzalez
Spiritual Talismans - George H. Smith/SHomari The Artist Through October 2021
An exhibition of prints and sculptural work by George H. Smith/Shomari the Artist
Entre/In-Between: Work By Tres Raices Arts Collective - Marta Perez Garcia, Lazaro Batista, Rafael Rodriguez, Francisco ROsario, Wilfredo Valladares and Sami Miranda Through August, 2021
An exhibition of paintings, sculpture and embroidery by members of the Tres Raices Arts Collective.
Attack/Decay: By Francisco ROsario Through May 2021
An exhibition of sculpture by Francisco Rosario working in wood and metal, utilizing modern and traditional techniques of the building trades and observing the tensions between both the materials and the processes. Curated by Wilfredo Valladares.
WOmxn: By ZoE Y. Valladares Through March 2021
This exhibit combines photographs, coding and recordings that looked at the shared experiences of women, their hardships and their ability to overcome. Examining the culture of women enduring the external forces that look to break them down. Curated by Wilfredo Valladares.
ELLA: Photos by Helen Criales Through February 2021
The series Ella (She in Spanish) explores the women's experience from the perspective of the mother-daughter relationship. Throughout the series, I assume the role of self and mother to create self – portraits of our experiences as women. By exploring the mother-daughter relationship, I am able to reflect upon how my mother’s experiences and identity affect my own sense of self and idiosyncrasies. Curated by Sami Miranda.
AfroFuturism Symbology: Afropop in the age of Covid 19: Through January 2021
The exhibition features the work of artist JMCrooms, this exhibit asks for audience participation by collecting their responses and then adding those responses to the layout of the exhibit this will cause the exhibit to shift continuously throughout the time it hangs in our gallery. Curated by Sami Miranda
Kindling: Paintings By TEDDY JOHNSON: Through APril 2020
Teddy Johnson is a Virginia born artist based in Baltimore MD. Teddy's paintings play with the traditions of Western Art to explore storytelling, history, perception, and culture. He has had solo shows in MD, VA, GA, and NYC. He has a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, a MFA from The Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia, and two semesters of study in Cortona, Italy. He is an assistant professor of Painting, Drawing, 2-D Design and the director of the CADE Gallery at Anne Arundel Community College. The exhibition is curated by Jon West-Bey.
FEEDBACK: A COnversation Between Two CiTies: Through February 2020
The exhibition features the work of Madrid based artists in conversation with DC area artists. Madrid based artists include: Julio Cubillos, Natalia Garcia Vilas, Luz Fumaneri, B.E.R, enllama, Rosa Guardia, Jose Teniente Torres, Manu Ramirez Valle, Guillermo J. Bueno. DC Area artists include: Madison Bolls, Marta Staudinger, Sami Miranda, Annie Broderick, Cheryl Edwards, Jordan Labbe, Lazaro Batista, Electra Bolotas. Curated by Sami Miranda and Julio Cubillos.
Gathering: Through November 5th, 2019
The exhibition features the work of artists who currently have studios in the Monroe Street Market Artswalk. The art on display is representative of the diverse styles and media used by these artists and include prints, paintings, photographs and sculpture. The artists on exhibit are Bonita Bing, George Tolbert, Maroulla, Cedric Baker, Sami Miranda, Cheryl Edwards, Marta Staudinger, Michael B. Pierce, Lisa Farrell and Sue Wrbican. Curated by Sami Miranda.
Lo Material/The Necessary Material II: Through JULy 2019
An exhibition featuring members of the Tres Raices Arts Collective. Francisco Rosario, Wilfredo Valladares, Sami Miranda, Lazaro Batista Curated by Sami Miranda and Wilfredo Valladares.
Microcosm - Macrocosm: 2019
An exhibit of prints from the International Print Exchange Programme, representing 40 printmakers from across the globe. The opening for this exhibit included a poetry reading by Sami Miranda, with music by Pepe Gonzalez, Taimoor Saeedi and Deepak Ram.
(this was an exhibit in collaboration with Cheryl Edwards Studio)
Kingdom - DrAWINGS by Elijah D. Prince: 2019
This exhibition features the ink drawings of Elijah D. Prince. Curated by Sami Miranda.
Proximity - Work by Iman Abdul Ali: 2019
This exhibition features the work of artist Iman Abdul Ali Curated by Sami Miranda.
Time Fragments - Paintings BY Lindsay McCulloch: Through January 2019
This exhibition features the work of painter Lindsay McCulloch curated by Jon West Bey.
Jeffrey John Fearing: A Brief Retrospective and Brandon D. Johnson: A Matter of Perspective: 2019
This exhibit features the photographs of Jeffrey John Fearing and Brandon D. Johnson. Curated by Sami Miranda.
Lo Material/The Necessary: Through August 2018
An exhibition featuring members of the Tres Raices Arts Collective. Francisco Rosario, Wilfredo Valladares, Sami Miranda, Lazaro Batista and Marta Perez Garcia. Curated by Sami Miranda.
Khalid Thompson: Through June 2018
An exbibit of the work of Khalid Thompson. Curated by Jon West Bey
Electra Bolotas: November 2017
An exhibition featuring the work of DC artist and Arts Educator Electra Bolotas. Curated by Sami Miranda.
Paper Dolls: The Art of Ulysses Marshall, 2012
The exhibition was in partnership with the Prince George’s African American Museum and was co-curated by Fred Joiner and Jon West-Bey, then Curator of the American Poetry Museum. Visitors were encouraged to create their own poetry in response to the artwork. Programs associated with the exhibition included poetry reading series, lecture and artist talk, events for kids, and much more.
Girl For Sale Exhibition, 2011. Girl for Sale is a collaborative virtual outreach exhibition about girl trafficking that interrogates and responds to the issues through poetry, art and education. It is about outrage, survival and prevention. This co-production of Girl Museum and the American Poetry Museum, launched on 31 March 2011, and continued to expand over a three-year time frame, incorporating contributions from the public and new partnerships.
Broken down into two main categories, this exhibition looks at Words and Images produced as a reaction to or examination of this complicated and distressing global issue.
DC Writer’s Houses Project. DC Writer’s Houses Project documents the homes of literary authors who once lived in the greater Washington, DC region. We wanted to honor the widest range of literary authors possible, including authors of different backgrounds, writing styles, and influences. We include novelists, poets, playwrights, and memoirists We have tried hard to include authors from a range of time periods, from the city’s founding in 1800 through the present.
Beats to the Rhyme Exhibition. Beats to the Rhyme Exhibition is an exhibition that explores the shared influences of hip hop music and culture and spoken word poetry. The exhibition was co curated by Nick Schoneberg of Words Beats and Life, a nonprofit dedicated to hip hop based educational programming.