Events and Exhibits September 2024

An occasional column by Karen Finkelman

National Gallery of Art
4th St. & Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC
10:00 Am – 5:00 PM
www.nga.gov

Gordon Parks: Camera Portraits from the Corcoran Collection – July 14, 2024 – Jan. 12, 2025. West Building, Ground Floor – Gallery G22
The exhibition presents 25 portrait images Parks made between 1941 and 1970, speaking to larger stories of the civil rights movement, the African American experience and American culture.

In the Library: Life in the Impressionists’ Paris – Sept. 4, 2024 – Jan., 17, 2025
A selection of approximately 40 photographs and prints representing a period of social, cultural, industrial and political change in Paris.

National Archves Museum
700 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC
www.archivesfoundation.org

Power and Light: Russell Lee’s Coal Survey – March 16, 2024 – July 7, 2025
The exhibit features a collection of photographs that explore the under-researched and never-before-exhibited images of those who helped build our nation post-WWII.

Multiple Exposures Gallery

The Torpedo Factory Art Center, Studio 312
105 Union St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
www.multipleexposuresgallery.com
Mon-Sun 11 am – 5 pm

Off-Broadway: Grit and Grandeur, by Van Pulley – Aug. 27 – Oct. 6
A solo exhibition captures the excitement, life and drama of New York City’s “theater of the streets.”

Previous photographic exhibits may be viewed online at www.multipleexposuresgallery.com under Exhibitions – Virtual Galleries.

Glen Echo Photoworks

7300 MacArthur Blvd.
Glen Echo, MD
www.glenechophotoworks.org
Gallery Hours: Saturday 1-4 PM

Current Online Gallery Exhibits include:

Lewis Schrager – Significant Insignificance
Summer School – Student Exhibit (check out the images by Maude Svvenson)
Good Sports

Past Exhibits may also be viewed online under Galleries

Library of Congress

10 First St. SE
Washington, DC. 20540
https://www.loc.gov
Tues-Sat. 10 am – 5 pm

Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America’s Library, through Fall 2024
“Four hundred images from 1839 to the present day, selected from the library’s collection of 14 million photographs, trace the medium’s evolution from daguerreotypes to digital images with an emphasis on the range of subjects in the collection and moments in history described as glorious, gut-wrenching and more.”

Free-timed tickets are required to visit the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building. Visit the website to obtain tickets.

National Portrait Gallery

Eighth & G Streets
Washington, DC 20001
www.npg.si.edu
Mon-Sun. 11:30 am – 7:00 pm

Picturing the Presidents: Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes
May 31-2024 – June 8, 2025
To mark the 2024 presidential election year, this exhibit features some of the earliest photographic images of the eleven men who attained the nation’s highest office.

Star Power: Photographs from Hollywood’s Golden Age, by George Hurrell –
March 1 – January 4, 2026
The preeminent photographer created timeless images of Hollywood’s most glamorous icons of the 1930s and 1940s.

Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris 1900-1939 – April 26-Feb. 23, 2025
“Through portraiture and biography, “Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900–1939” illuminates the accomplishments of sixty convention-defying women who crossed the Atlantic to pursue personal and professional aspirations in the vibrant cultural milieu of Paris. As foreigners in a cosmopolitan city, these “exiles” escaped the constraints that limited them at home.”

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

1050 Independence Ave. SW
Washington, DC
Mon-Sun. 10:00 am – 5:30 pm
https://www.si.edu/museums/sackler-gallery

Park Chan-Kyong: Gathering – Oct. 7, 2023 – Oct. 14, 2024
Seoul-based artist, Park Chan-Kyong explores the complex history of modern Korea, tracing tradition, history, and disaster in contemporary society through his photographs.

National Museum of African American History & Culture
1400 Constitution Ave, NW
Washigton, DC 20560
Mon: 12:00PM – 5:30 PM; Tues – Sun. 10:00AM – 5:30PM
Free Timed-Entry Passes Required

Forces for Change: Mary McLeod and Black Women’s Activism
July 19, 2024 – Ongoing

Featuring 75 images, artifacts and multimedia film, the exhibit illuminates connections across time to Black women changemakers who continue Mary McLeod Bethune’s social justice legacy.

Washington Post

Here is a link to the online Washington Post’s lists of D.C., Maryland, and Virginia photography-related exhibits and museums. The various photography-related exhibits appear in different parts of the online paper, making a simple search or link unreliable. You can search within:

Photography section: Photography
Going Out Guide: Going Out Guide
Art Section: Art

Events

  • Maryland State Fair – Sept. 2 and Sept. 5 – 8
    2200 York Road, Lutherville-Timonium, MD
    www.marylandstatefair.com
  • The Great Frederick Fair – Sept. 13 – 21
    797 East Patrick St., Frederick, MD
    Senior Citizen Days – 65+ are Free. Set. 16 – Sept. 18. 9AM-3PM
    www.thegreatfrederickfair.com
  • Maryland Renaissance Festival – Sept., 1, 2 and Sat/Sun through October 20
    Monday, Sept. 2 Seniors 62+ are admitted Free
    1821 Crownsville Rd., Annapolis, MD
    www.rennfest.com
  • Gardens of Glass: The Art of Craig Mitchell Smith June 8 – Oct. 13, 2024
    Museum of the Shenandoah Valley Tues – Sun., 10 AM – 5 PM
    901 Amherst St.
    Winchester, Virginia 22601
    Save 20% by purchasing tickets online
    Explore the seven-acre museum gardens and discover more than 30 larger-than-life glass sculptures of flowers, insects, and more! Highlights include a chandelier of 600 autumn-colored glass leaves, suspended from a maple tree, a 16-foot-tall stainless steel dandelion topped with an iridescent glass puffball and a sculpture inspired by apple blossoms.
  • DC State Fair – Sept. 7, 10 AM – 5 PM
    Franklin Park, Downtown Washington, DC
    1332 I Street NW
    www.dcstatefair.org
  • AdMo Day (Adams Morgan Day) – Sept. 8
    18th St., NW between Florida Ave. and Columbia Rd.
    Longest longest-running neighborhood festival in the District has been around for more than 40 years. www.admoday.com
  • Dulles Day Plane Pull, Dulles Airport, Sept. 14. 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM
    Festival and Plane Pull with a car show, live music, exhibits, aircraft displays and teams pulling a 164,000+ airbus. Free parking and admission. Participation in the rope pull supports Special Olympics Virginia athletes
    www.specialolympicsva.org
  • Colonial Market & Fair, Mount Vernon, Sept. 14-15 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
    Colonial artisans in a traditional market setting.
    www.mountvernon.org
  • Baltimore Comic-Con, September 20-22, 2024 Fri., 1 PM-7 PM, Sat., 10 AM-7 PM, Sun., 10 AM – 5 PM
    Baltimore Convention Center
    One West Pratt Street
    Baltimore, MD
    Visit website to view the Cosplay event schedule, contests and ticket info.
    www.baltimorecomiccon.com
  • Cars at the Capital – Sept. 19-24
    Washington, DC – National Mall – between the Smithsonian Nat’l Museum of American History and the USDA Bldg. – Free
    https://driversfoundation.org/cars-at-the-capitalhttps://driversfoundation.org/cars-at-the-capitol
    Two Iconic vehicles are added to the National Historic Vehicle Register and are exhibited in a beautifully displayed lit glass enclosure one at a time.
    Beatnik Bandit –Thurs., Sept. 19 (exhibit opens at 7:00PM) – Sun., Sept. 22
    Dodge Deora – Sun., Sept. 22 – Tues., Sept. 24 (exhibit concludes at12:00PM)
    Family Day – Sunday, Sept. 22 – Noon – 4:00PM (Both cars on display + activities for all ages)
  • H Street Festival – Sept. 21, 12 PM – 7 PM
    H Street between 3rd & 14th St. NE
    The most anticipated and highly attended festivals in Washington, DC. The festival is 12 blocks long, has 15 diversely themed staging areas and has grown to 150,000 participants.
    www.hstreetfestival.org
  • DC Cosplay Photo Shoot, Sept. 22 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Dupont Underground
    19 Dupont Circle NW
    Washington, DC
    www.dupontunderground.org
    Calling all cosplayers and photographers! DC Cosplay Photo Shoots is hosting an event for photographers to photograph cosplayers and their amazing costumes in a unique underground setting. Entrance to the Underground is free, but tickets are required to attend the event. Tickets are available through DC Cosplay https://dccosplayphotoshoots.thundertix.com/events/233850
  • Free Entrance to National Parks, Sept. 28