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.
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.
See the DC Art Now virtual gallery
Due to gallery capacity, the artworks installed in DC Art Now represent less than half of the finalist works being considered for permanent acquisition through the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities FY27 Art Bank Grant program. View an additional 79 artists’ works here by: Adjoa Jackson Burrowes, Allison Shelley, Amanda Lucidon, Amanda Sauer, Amber Robles-Gordon, Andi Cullins, André Chung, Andrew Kastner, Andrew Z Glickman, Ann Stoddard, Anne Bouie, Ashley Jaye Williams, Auguster D. Williams Jr, Betsy Packard, Brian Michael Dunn, C.S. Corbin, Caitlin Teal Price, Caroline Gutman, Catherine Kleeman, Chawky Frenn, Cheryl Edwards, Chinedu Felix Osuchukwu, Christina Lely Constantinople, Craig Cahoon, Curran Hatleberg, Curtis Woody, Darlene R. Taylor, Dean Kessmann, Delna Dastur, Dora Patin, Erin Friedman, Esha Sadr, Flore de Preneuf, Frank Day, Gaylia Wagner, Geancarlos Martinez, George Tkabladze, Guayarmina Fernandez, Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, Hillary Steel, Ira Tattelman, James Stephen Terrell, Jamila Rahimi, Janathel Shaw, Jeremiah Foxwell, Joey Manlapaz, Joshua Cogan, Jun Lee, Karen Ruckman, Kyle Hackett, Lex Marie, Life Pieces To Masterpieces, Lillian Bayley Hoover, Luigino Palu, Marcel Taylor, Maremi Andreozzi, Margaret Dowell, Marie B. Gauthiez, Mark Kelner, Matthew Mann, Maurice Ivory Wilson, Michael Janis, Michael Moses El, Pedro Ledesma III, Philip Shaheen, Phylicia Ghee, Rachael Bohlander, Raymond Lewis, Rebecca Perez, Rebecca Ravenal, Rose Jaffe, Sally Canzoneri, Sally Kauffman, Sharon Winget, Steven Stichter, Toni Lane, Yetunde Sapp, Ying Zhu, and Yoshiko Ratliff.
Explore all works in our Art Bank collection through our Emuseum