Duke Ellington School of the Arts celebrated its 50th anniversary with an exhibition featuring works by current and former students and teachers, highlighting the legacy of the institution and its commitment to providing transformative education and access to the arts.

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Folger Theatre is opening its 2024-2025 season with a production of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," directed by Raymond O. Caldwell, which situates the world's most famous romantic tragedy in a politically fraught version of the District.

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Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. Office of Cable, Television, Film, Music and Entertainment are celebrating the District's creative community with the 39th annual Mayor's Arts Awards and 202Creates month, which will feature a variety of events and performances from local artists.

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Taylor Banks, a rising senior at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, is participating in the Bloomberg Arts Internship program at Sitar Arts Center, where she is learning essential workplace skills and working on mural art projects.

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The 39th annual Mayor's Arts Awards is inviting the public to nominate creative talents in 14 categories, celebrating the District's strong arts scene and encouraging residents to recognize artistic excellence in Washington, D.C.

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The Phillips Collection presents "Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage," the first major museum exhibition dedicated to contemporary collage reflecting the breadth and complexity of Black identity and experiences in the United States, featuring 49 Black artists and nearly 60 collages.

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Augusta Savage, a renowned African American sculptor and arts educator, made a significant impact by mentoring other emerging creatives, and her most renowned sculpture, "Life Every Voice and Sing," was created for the 1939 World's Fair in Flushing, New York.

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The Atlas Performing Arts Center in northeast D.C. has announced its 2024-2025 fall season, featuring performances from Akua Allrich, Christopher Prince, Black Leaves Dance Company, and more, as well as a lineup of theater, dance, and music from Resident Arts Partners, Mosaic Theater, Visionaries of the Creative Arts, and Capital City Symphony.

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Nicole Wandera, a Kenyan-born artist and mother, has found art to be a form of therapy for her and is one of nine artists whose work will be featured in the world premiere of the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington's "Portraits: An Exploration of Sexual, Gender, Racial, and Cultural Identity" at the Kennedy Center.

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Chidi Ononuju, founder of the Africa World Art Gallery in Northwest D.C., is expanding his mission to include white women artists, in an effort to promote inclusiveness and diversity in the art world.

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