Art events in the DMV
58 upcoming. Art across the DMV: gallery openings, art festivals, exhibitions, public art and maker markets. DC, Maryland, Northern Virginia.
TomorrowSaturday, October 17
12 to 5pm, through Oct 18
Pyramid Atlantic Art CenterFour-day printmaking festival at Pyramid Atlantic in Hyattsville: screenprinting and woodcut demos, the Outlaw Printmakers MMXXVI exhibition opening with live rock and roll, a free Saturday print fair with 15 printmakers, and hands-on printmaking demos. Thursday evening workshops are ticketed; the Friday reception and Saturday fair are free.
1 to 6pm, through Oct 18
Waverly Street GallerySolo paintings by Pat Silbert celebrating the Potomac River and the sacred value of the natural world. The work responds to Robert Macfarlane's book Is a River Alive with an emphatic yes. At the member-run Waverly Street Gallery in downtown Bethesda; reception Friday, October 2. Gallery open Thursday through Sunday, 1 to 6 pm.
2 to 3pmFree
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts CenterOne-time gallery talk on Norman S. Carr's fall exhibition of urban street photographs, part of the AU Museum's fall 2026 season. Free; galleries open 11am-4pm.
3 to 6pm
CreeMos GalleryOne-evening event at CreeMos Gallery in Takoma Park pairing The Next Chapter: Art from Vietnam, an exhibition of Vietnamese art and culture, with a meditative sound bath and a Vietnamese dinner. Saturday, October 17, 3 to 6 pm. Ages 18 and up.
10am to 5:30pm, through Dec 24Free
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture GardenA long-overdue survey of American abstract photographer Carlotta Corpron (1901-1988), whose experiments with light, form, and photographic technology helped establish photography as fine art. The show traces six bodies of work made in Texas from the late 1930s to the early 1950s, from nature studies to light drawings, anchored by 48 recent gifts from collector Herbert Lust.
SundayOctober 18
12 to 4pm, through Oct 19
Sandy Spring MuseumTenth annual outdoor sculpture exhibition on Sandy Spring Museum's seven acres, organized with the Washington Sculptors Group. Seventeen sculptors place work in dialogue with the landscape, juried by curator Maria Gabriela Mizes.
12 to 4pm, through Oct 19
Sandy Spring MuseumTextile works by artist Kianga Jinaki, from dolls and quilts to layered collages with beads, buttons and cowrie shells, tracing her lifelong conversation with cloth. Reception Sunday, October 11, 2 to 4 pm, opening with a percussion performance by MORE THAN A DRUM. At Sandy Spring Museum.
12 to 4pm, through Oct 19
Sandy Spring MuseumExhibition by the Weavers Guild of Greater Baltimore tracing weaving's role in American life, from early domestic craft to contemporary art. Historical coverlets and overshot patterns meet modern fibers and experimental techniques, timed to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. At Sandy Spring Museum.
MondayOctober 19
10am to 5pm, through Oct 22Free
Middle East InstituteOne of the first US exhibitions devoted exclusively to modern and contemporary Egyptian art, with more than 40 works tracing nearly a century of Egyptian art. Pioneering modernists like Mahmoud Said and Inji Efflatoun appear alongside contemporary artists including Youssef Nabil, many shown in the US for the first time. Free at the Middle East Institute's Dupont Circle gallery.
SaturdayOctober 24
11am to 3pmFree
Torpedo Factory Art CenterThe Torpedo Factory's annual hands-on art day for kids and families. Professional artists lead projects across three floors, from clay and printmaking to fiber art and collaborative builds, with live music and demonstrations. Free, in its 32nd year.
All day, through Jan 24
The Phillips CollectionThe first exhibition to examine how friendship and shared summers on Cape Ann, Massachusetts, shaped Milton Avery, Adolph Gottlieb, and Mark Rothko. About 90 paintings, watercolors, drawings, and sketches from the 1920s to the mid-1960s trace four decades of artistic exchange; many works have never been on public view. Organized with the Cape Ann Museum.
SundayOctober 25
1 to 6pm, one of 16 dates
Waverly Street GallerySolo show by Noreene Janus built on a saturated palette of red, yellow, orange and blue. The paintings urge viewers to live life to the fullest through fearless color. Reception Friday, October 30, at the member-run Waverly Street Gallery in downtown Bethesda. Gallery open Thursday through Sunday, 1 to 6 pm.
TuesdayOctober 27
All day, through Dec 20
BlackRock Center for the ArtsSolo photography exhibition by Washington, DC artist Dean Kessmann, exploring the tension between abstraction and representation, objects and digital information. The series captures quotidian DC-area moments that feel untethered from reality. Artist reception December 5 (time not published) at BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown.
SaturdayOctober 31
All day, through Nov 1Free
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture GardenThe Hirshhorn's 1.3-acre sunken sculpture garden reopens after a major revitalization, with some 60 sculptures in a landscape redesigned by Hiroshi Sugimoto. Highlights include the 28-foot pool sculpture Eight by Elmgreen and Dragset and Yoshitomo Nara's new monumental series on the West Lawn. Opening weekend brings free public programs.
10am to 5:30pm, through Dec 24Free
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture GardenThree monumental new sculptures by Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara take over the Hirshhorn's West Lawn in an outdoor installation timed to the sculpture garden's reopening. Sentinels of Stillness places Nara's unmistakable large-headed figures in dialogue with the museum's modern sculpture collection.
TuesdayNovember 3
All day, through Nov 30
BlackRock Center for the ArtsPhoto exhibition from the Montgomery County Lynching Memorial Project documenting the nearly erased history of three lynchings in Montgomery County (1880, 1880 and 1896). The show also traces the community process of engagement, reconciliation and healing. At BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown, November 3 through 30.
FridayNovember 6
12 to 9pm, through Nov 8
Gallery BGroup show putting four artists in dialogue across the line between realism and abstraction. Realistic figures dissolve into abstract grounds while bold brushwork and texture carry feeling rather than literal detail. Presented in downtown Bethesda by the Bethesda Urban Partnership. Opening reception Friday, November 6, 6 to 9 pm; gallery open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, 12 to 5 pm.
SaturdayNovember 7
All day, through Dec 24Free
National Gallery of ArtSome 70 early photographs of and by Black Americans, drawn from the 19th and early 20th centuries, chart how portrait photography became a tool of identity, resilience, and self-representation. The exhibition traces the evolving understanding of the medium among African Americans across a century of change.
ThursdayNovember 12
6 to 8pmFree
Eastern Market North HallKickoff party for Pottery on the Hill with live demos by the visiting potters the night before the show opens. Free, at Eastern Market's North Hall on Capitol Hill.
FridayNovember 13
6:30 to 8:30pm$45
Hill Center at the Old Naval HospitalTicketed opening-night preview of the annual functional pottery show and sale, with first pick of works from about 20 leading ceramic artists nationwide. Hors d'oeuvres, wine, and beer included; the first 100 arrivals get a free handmade cup by potter Dan Finnegan.
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