Chakaia Booker. Take Out, 2008. On view in the New York Avenue Sculpture Project

>> Thursday is International Women’s Day. To celebrate, join the National Museum of Women in the Arts for the dedication of Chakaia Booker’s New York Avenue Sculpture Project. This is the second installation of the only public art space solely dedicated to women artists. Four large-scale sculptures will be installed, including a piece that Booker is creating specifically for its site on New York Avenue NW. RSVP [@] nmwa.org. 10 a.m. to 3p.m.

>> With Every Fiber of My Being exhibits work by mixed media artist Amber Robles-Gordon, opening at the Honfleur Gallery on Friday. The show highlights textile assemblages on canvas, found objects and other sculptural forms. Opening reception at 7 p.m.

>> On Friday, D.C. artist Helen Zughaib presents new work in new media in her first solo exhibition at The Jerusalem Fund Gallery. Zughaib’s new work has expanded to include collage and mixed media to express her feelings on the Arab Spring. Thoughts on the Spring opening reception at 6 p.m.

>> It’s Second Thursday Art Night, at the Torpedo Factory. Minds Wide Open: Virginia Celebrates Children and the Arts with an evening of gallery receptions, fun activities, live music by local teen Keira Moran, and much more. From 7 to 9 p.m.

>> The National Gallery of Art continues its film series of all existing works by famed French director Robert Bresson. Saturday at 4:30 p.m., the NGA presents Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne. The collection continues Sunday at 4:30 p.m. with Diary of a Country Priest, an adaptation of religious fiction writer Georges Bernanos’s 1936 Le Journal d’un Curé de Campagne.

Art Notes

• The Capitol Hill Art League presents an all-media juried exhibit entitled Do Your Own Thing, opening Saturday, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop.
• Studio Gallery hosts an artist reception on Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m. Enjoy current exhibits; These Women, Cyros and Unrealities.
• Points of Reference opens in National Harbor. This section of new snapshots and sketches by James Walker will be on view at the Mayorga Coffee Shop, in conjunction with Art Whino. Opening Saturday from 2 to 4p.m.
• Do you like to paint? Do you like to drink? Now you can do it at the same time. ArtJamz opens a permanent retail location this Friday. Sessions start at $65.
• Gallery B opens, Mind’s Eye: A Vision of Contemporary Art, featuring contemporary paintings by Annapolis artist John Bodkin. Opening reception, Friday from 6 to 9 p.m.