PAST: ART: It's the "First Friday in Dupont" Art Openings at the Foundry Gallery and other Dupont Galleries! FRI, Feb 3rd from 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Hillyer is open til 9:00pm, Free

It's another "First Friday in Dupont" which means that Art Galleries are Open Late!
Friday, February 3rd
6:00pm - 8:00pm 
Hillyer is open 'til 9:00pm
Free

Opening for the Feb Four Show at the Foundry
view and share  invite on facebook
On view Wednesday, February 1st - Sunday, February 26th

I suggest starting off at the Foundry Gallery, on the south side of Dupont Circle, next to Yola, and checking out their new Feb Four Show highlighting works by four new member artists, Linda Button, Lesley Clarke, Edward Bear Miller, and Peter Loge, who joined the Foundry Gallery in 2011. The artists’ works range from figurative oil painting, to mixed media on canvas, to conceptual assemblage.


From there, cross the circle and you can head over to WPA, located on Mass Ave between 20th & 21st, and then heading right on 21st and walking over to R St Galleries, with the last stop being Hillyer, where it usually feels like a bit of a party. Hillyer usually requests donations at the door and they are tucked back in an alley between the Phillips Collection buildings, walk back and turn right.

There isn't a website for the galleries in Dupont but if you start at WPA or Hillyer they may have an old map on hand, thought  some of which have moved or closed. If not, you can just follow the people to galleries along R St between 20th & 21st St mainly. There are a few galleries still along  Conn Ave I believe as well, between the Circle and Florida Ave.

From Hillyer email "First Friday Openings are a collaborative effort to strengthen arts and culture in the beautiful, multi-cultural neighborhood that is Dupont Circle. On the First Friday of every month galleries in our community open their doors to multitudes of art enthusiasts from all walks of life for simultaneous openings. We encourage all to join us for our openings and to circulate between our neighboring galleries, which host an ever-changing array of styles and media."

Additional Galleries:
Washington Project for the Arts
2023 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Hillyer
9 Hillyer Court NW
(between N Florida Ave & N 21st St)
Metro: Dupont Circle, Q St exit


The Foundry Gallery
1314 18th St, NW
Metro: Since the Dupont Circle South exit is closed for the next 8 months or so, I suggest that you either walk north on Conn from Farragut North or walk south from the Dupont Circle Q St exit. Closest access is by the 42 bus, take it to the stop closest to to N St and walk over to 18th St. The gallery is located on 18th St, south of the circle, between the Mass Ave and N St, next to Yola.