OUT OF CHAOS features artists who transformed years of street art experience into powerful careers in contemporary visual art.

The 4th Annual ANACOSTIA Shorts Contest Film Festival organized by Adele Robey and the Open Road Film Festival is a three-day film event celebrating emerging filmmakers from the DMV and beyond. Featuring in-person screenings, filmmaker Q&As, and a virtual showcase, the festival highlights powerful short films from local, national, and international creators while fostering connection between artists and audiences.

We Remember In Pattern is how our ancestors read the stars, weavers held entire cosmologies in counted thread, and a community knew itself by the cloth it wore. It is the animating force behind all three practices represented in this exhibition across tapestry, textile, and paper featuring artists:

• Diarra Bousso (@thediarrablu) - Senegal
• Hadiya Williams (@blackpepperpaperieco) - Washington DC
• Tabria Williford (@tawathreads) - Austin, TX
• Curated by Anika Hobbs (@nubianhueman | Valley Place Arts Collaborative)

More information to come.

OFFLINE: Tracing the Source is an exhibition featuring the work of Hadiya Williams, curated by Anika Hobbs, that explores how ancestral knowledge and evolving technologies intersect in contemporary creative practice. Moving across paper, AI, clay, and print, Williams’ work reveals how tradition, authorship, and innovation can exist together. The exhibition invites viewers to consider how memory and lineage continue to shape the work we make today.

The Prescription is HOME: A Manifesto is an immersive visual arts exhibition by Melani N. Douglass at Mason Exhibitions Arlington, on view January 23–April 18, 2026. Blending participatory installation, photography, and community storytelling, the exhibition explores home as a site of healing, cultural preservation, and collective care. Visitors are invited to contribute artifacts, memories, and reflections, helping build a living archive that honors family, ritual, and intergenerational resilience while reimagining home as a powerful space for connection and social transformation.

In No Certain Order brings together assemblages, video works, mixed-media pieces on Plexiglas, unconventional substrates, and traditional canvases. The exhibition highlights Nicholson’s ongoing exploration of materiality, process, and risk—pushing into new media while remaining deeply rooted in the rawness that defines his practice.

Opening Event December 13, 2025 from 6PM - 8PM. Free & open to the public. Space is limited.

WOVEN THREAD: An art exhibition uniting Latino & African-American diaspora through contemporary portraiture and abstract expressionism curated by Luis Del Valle. Participating Artists: Asha Elana Casey, BUCK, Carmen Torruella- Quander, David “Dez” Zamrano, Gloria V. Tarasca, Janathel Shaw, Julee Dickerson Thompson, Levi Robinson, Lamar Whidbee, Luis Del Valle, Mas Paz, Pepe Piedra, Preli A. William

Opening Event November 1, 2025 from 6PM - 8PM. Free & open to the public. Space is limited. Click More Information to RSVP.

TAXILANDIA ANACOSTIA - DISCUSSIONS ON NEIGHBORHOOD GENTRIFICATION - FEB 28, MARCH 1, 2.

Brooklyn-based artist Modesto Flako Jimenez is bringing his acclaimed show, Taxilandia (@taxilandia_ ), to Washington, DC! Join us for important discussions about the revitalization of Anacostia and the potential for gentrification, featuring the voices of local creatives and residents @melanindouglass (Family Arts Museum), John Johnson (@verbalgymnastics), and JaySun (@n8vsn; History of the Drum). These engaging conversations will highlight the experiences of those who live in the neighborhood and the impact these changes may have on their community.

$10 General Admission $5 Seniors and Teens

Melani N. Douglass - Feb 28th
John Johnson - March 1
JaySun - March 2

Tickets: https://www.taxilandia.com/anacostiaexperience