First Friday ArtWalk: Dupont Circle

The Dupont Underground will be open to visit this versatile and ever-changing space where the public can create, interact with, and deepen its cultural knowledge. In addition to its own curated programming, Dupont Underground provides event and exhibition space for partnering organizations, collaborating with galleries, art spaces, and artists. It provides a local nexus to develop collaborations with innovative cultural institutions around the world. The Dupont Underground entrance is on the north side of the Circle – behind Starbucks. Go down the red entrance.

The Heurich House Museum is celebrating the opening of Good Fortunes on Friday, May 3rd during Dupont First Friday! This May, during AAPI Heritage month, artist Xena Ni will transform the Heurich House Museum into a portal to the future with her interactive art installation, “Good Fortunes.” Travel to the future with visionary Asian Americans and return with reasons for hope in the present. The museum will be open to explore the new exhibit in the house and shop the AAPI Mini Markt and taste beer from Asian-Owned local brewery, Lost Generation. RSVP is requested for the open house. Learn more here. Good Fortunes is the second installment of the We Should Talk series, a participatory installation that invites you to join visionary Asian American womxn in imagining and shaping the future, created by Philippa Pham Hughes, Adele Yiseol Kenworthy, and Xena Ni. The museum’s biergarten, 1921, will also be open from 4:00-8:00 p.m. The Heurich House Museum is located at 1307 New Hampshire Avenue, NW.

IA&A at Hillyer presents Newly Selected Artists: Julieta Tetelbaum and her installation “Black Chalk Intimacy” and Khánh Lê’ and his exhibition “From this Moment.” Ongoing Exhibition: Contemporary Echoes: Rediscovering Italian Art from 1950-1980, works from the BFF Collection. IA&A at Hillyer is Dupont Circle’s largest nonprofit gallery, located in a carriage house at 9 Hillyer Court, NW – behind the Phillips Collection. To learn more, visit www.athillyer.org.

Interior Matter is thrilled to invite you to an event designed to unlock your inner art collector: Art Smart (#IMArtSmart). Art Smart is the perfect platform to elevate your knowledge and confidence when it comes to navigating the art world. Whether you're a seasoned collector or just starting out, this event offers valuable insights for anyone. You will learn key principles to discern and appreciate artistic value, explore the unique characteristics of various artistic mediums, and discover strategies and tips for acquiring and curating art. RSVP here for a reserved seat or a "pop-in" ticket: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/become-art-smart-with-interior-matter-imartsmart-tickets-877471369487?aff=oddtdtcreator. Interior Matter is located at 1724 20^th Street, NW on Friday, May 3^rd from 3:00-5:30 p.m. – right before the art walk.

Studio Gallery presents four brand new exhibits this April by local artists. On our upper level, “The Promise of Dawn” by Thierry Guillemin is on display. Guillemin's serene paintings are paired with soundscapes by Jim Metzner in this solo exhibit curated by Gaby Mizes. On our lower level, view “The Colors of Fruit” by Elizabeth McNeil Harris and “TEARS ENOUGH TO DROWN ME BUT I SWIM” by Iza Thomas, curated by Gaby Mizes. The “Colors of Fruit” features drawings and musings on the beauty of familiar (and delicious) objects, while “TEARS ENOUGH TO DROWN ME BUT I SWIM” reflects on women's resiliency and strength through magical realism paintings. In the Garden Gallery, view “Woman/Artist,” a Studio Gallery Staff Show featuring director Halley Sun Stubis, Curator and Fellows Manager Atiya Dorsey, and former gallery associates Lydia Embry and Samantha Van Heest. “Woman/Artist” explores the role of womanhood (and by extension, girlhood) in the artists' identities and ways of creation.  Studio Gallery is an art cooperative located at 2108 R Street NW.

The Washington Center of the ADA Art Gallery, an extension of ADA University’s Art Program, welcomes their Spring 2024 exhibition by Azerbaijani Artist, Elnur Babayev, photo exhibition, “Moments of the Past.” Elnur captures inspiration from Azerbaijan’s historical sites in Baku, Gobustan, and Absheron. Baku, with its rich history and architectural wonders, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan. The Washington Center of ADA University is a 501 (c) 3 organization aiming to promote social, fraternal, and networking opportunities, facilitate education activities, and advance cultural ties between the United States and Azerbaijan. You can find the Washington Center of the ADA Art Gallery at 1627 21st Street, NW on Gallery Row.

Join the Washington Studio School where art meets innovation. Explore the whimsical and illusionary artworks of Hsin-Hsi Chen and craft your own inspired artwork, turning your two-dimensional drawing into a three-dimensional sculpture. Also, check out the newly debuted nano-gallery space “Inglenook Gallery,” featuring “Housewarming” by Mike O’Brien, right in the historic lobby fireplace! The Washington Studio School is located at 2129 S Street NW. You can sign up for classes too!

The Woman’s National Democratic Club is proud to exhibit Cymn Wong’s “Poesy Spectrum Flow.” The exhibition shows Wong’s unique aesthetic of painting: a fusion of fluidity and freedom of abstract expressionism with the contemplative practice of Zen calligraphy, which integrates free energetic and still-dynamic brush strokes. Wong, a mixed-media artist and bilingual poet, grew up in Hong Kong and was named Chosen Artists for Winning Entry at the Contemporary Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibitions in 1994, 1996, and 1998. She was also awarded the Grand Prize at the Ideco International Painting Award in Spain in 1997. Her artwork and English poetry anthologies “Fire on the Zen” (2021) and “Poesy Spectrum Flow” (2024) were recently archived by the Library of Congress under The Poet and the Poem. A cash bar will be available from 6:00 p.m. The Woman’s National Democratic Club is located at 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW.