Join us in celebrating the inaugural run of CAH’s Black History Month exhibition, Legacy: Civil Rights at 60. We invite you to a closing reception in the gallery. This event features a panel discussion from 6:30 to 7:30 pm with Civil Rights leaders of today reflecting on the last six decades of direct action works since the 1964 passing of the Civil Rights Act.
This is an online meeting of a public body held in open session via Zoom. Members of the public are invited to observe the meeting live online on CAH’s YouTube channel.
This meeting is governed by the Open Meetings Act. Please address any questions or complaints about this meeting to the Office of Open Government at [email protected].
For more details click on the link below.
Capturing the Movement: DC Artists in Conversation
Thursday, February 8, 6-8 pm, Panel talk from 6:30-7:30
200 I (Eye) St Gallery SE, Washington DC, 20003
The 2024 DC Black History Film Festival is now a 2-Day Film Festival. Friday, Feb 9th at the Lincoln Theater in NW and Saturday, Feb 10th at Alamo Cinema Drafthouse in NE.
See the invite for a lineup of the films being screened and times.
February 9, 2024
Lincoln Theatre
1215 U Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
February 10, 2024
Alamo Cinema Drafthouse
630 Rhode Island Avenue NE
Washington, DC 20002
Click on the link below for more details and to RSVP.
The DC Black History Celebration Committee, African American Civil War Museum, and Westminster Presbyterian Church present Black History Month Kick-Off
Saturday
February 3, 2024
11 am - 2 pm
Westminster Presbyterian Church
400 I (Eye) Street SW
Washington, DC 20024
Keynote
Tom Porter
Former Executive Director of Martin L. King Center
More information available at dcblackhistory.org
As you may know, we've been hosting a series of community stakeholder meetings discussing the potential of bringing an international art fair/festival to Washington DC in 2025. We want to meet with individual artists from the community to discuss this opportunity and how it might impact their livelihood and their art.
Our next Art Week 2025 Community Stakeholder Meeting will be held at the Thurgood Marshall Center (1816 12th St NW) on February 1st from 6 to 8 pm.
This is an online meeting of a public body held in open session via Zoom. Members of the public are invited to observe the meeting live online on CAH’s YouTube channel.
You are cordially invited to a lecture jointly hosted by CAH and the Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ (CBUCC) that will be delivered by Reverend Dr. Courtney Pace author of the book, “Freedom Faith: The Womanist Vision of Prathia Hall.” The event will take place on Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 5 pm at the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, 200 I Street SE.
CAH is just jointly hosting the event that is part of the MLK weekend. The joint event with the Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ (CBUCC) is an official MLK Committee Event.
This is an online meeting of a public body held in open session via Zoom. Members of the public are invited to observe the meeting live online on CAH’s YouTube channel.
Join the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities in our 200 I St Gallery for a reception to celebrate our latest exhibition, Legacy: Civil Rights at 60. This juried exhibition commemorates the 60th anniversary of the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which aimed to prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.