DC Art Now 2026
FY 2026 Art Bank Program Finalist Exhibition
September 10 - December 11, 2026
Eye Street Gallery
200 I Street SE, 20003
Gallery Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 6:00 pm
In support of local visual artists and District art nonprofit organizations, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities acquires fine art from artists living and working across the metropolitan region. The ongoing and annual acquisition of art becomes a part of the Art Bank Collection and is then loaned to District Government agencies for display in public areas and offices of government buildings. The Art Bank Collection, which started in 1986, has over 3,000 artworks.
DC Art Now 2026 is an annual exhibition of selected work by finalists for the FY27 Art Bank Program grant. It features many of the most exciting emerging and established artists working in the DC metropolitan region today. Stop by our Eye Street Gallery and see DC come to life through photography, sculpture, painting, printmaking, textiles, and more! The gallery is free and open to the public Monday to Friday, 9 am to 6:00 pm.
Join us for a reception celebrating all Art Bank finalists and the 40th anniversary of the Art Bank Collection on Thursday, September 10 from 6 to 8 pm.
Installed in the gallery are the works of: Alanna Fields, Anne C. Smith, Brandon J. Donahue-Shipp, Chee Keong Kung, Cianne Fragione, Claudia “Aziza” Gibson-Hunter, Colletta "Coco" Paylor, Dany Green, Dawn Whitmore, Death by Narwhals, Ei Myat Noe Khin, Elizabeth Casqueiro, Emon Surakitkoson, Farrah Skeiky, Gavin Glakas, Hana Inhee Yang, Heruy Aregawi Gebremariam, Hoesy Corona, Holly Harris, Jacqueline Bryant Campbell, James Troderman, Jarvis Grant, Joanne S. Kent, Judith Southerland, Kat Thompson, Katie Pumphrey, Larry W. Cook, Linn Meyers, Margery Goldberg, Matthew Malone, Maurice Ivory Wilson, Michael Enn Sirvet, Michele Montalbano, Michelle Lisa Herman, Milora Lipscomb, Mira Hecht, Neville Barbour, Olivia Bruce, Paloma Vianey, Paul Gordon Emerson, Prescott Lassman, Ramin Etemadi-Bozorg, Rania Hassan, Rashin Kheiriyeh, Redeat Wondemu, Roderick Turner, Sally Veach, Samantha Van Heest, Saya Behnam, Sookkyung Park, Susan Goldman, Susana Raab, Tea Okropiridze, Tim Tate, Valerie Theberge, Vugar Guliyev, Werllayne Nunes, and Wilfredo Valladares.
Our virtual gallery will display finalist artworks that were unable to be installed in our physical gallery, either due to space constraints or installation requirements.
Explore all works in our Art Bank collection through our Emuseum