Results tagged “murals”

              

What's not to like about a new mural? That's why we were so delighted upon learning about Mural Jam, the "capital's largest public art event," held yesterday at the Rhode Island Avenue Shopping Center. Sponsored by Albus Cavus, D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and the Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program, local muralists have been mentoring kids over the past couple months in developing and designing public art -- and the results are pretty cool. DCist photo contributor Holly Le was on the scene yesterday to to document the creation and unveiling of the new art at 680 Rhode Island Avenue NE.

It is likely that most people, including Washingtonians, think about the Department of the Interior rarely, if ever. In fact, the most common response to the sex and drugs scandal that rocked DOI's Minerals Management Service last fall was probably surprise that something interesting could actually happen in the Interior Department. While those nefarious activities were happening mostly in the Denver headquarters, DOI's main location here in Washington is in an enormous building at 18th and C Streets NW that is well worth a visit. It was the first fruit of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's attempt to revive the failing American economy through massive federal spending on infrastructure. If this sounds familiar, and not in a good way, consider just this part of FDR's New Deal.

      

Saturday night from 9 p.m. to midnight, the vacant space beneath Union Row condominiums on 14th Street will be alive with art and music commemorating the life of Harlem renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston. Why Hurston? The author and folklorist was born in Eatonville, Florida, and the murals will decorate the forthcoming Eatonville restaurant—owned by Andy Shallal of Busboys and Poets. Artist Chanel Compton waitresses at Busboys, and asked Shallal if he knew of any empty buildings where she could throw an art event. Shallal offered up Eatonville, which is still under construction, currently interviewing chefs, and preparing to open in a couple of months.