Opening night and discussion Thursday April 3, 2025
There is no charge for this event.
Welcome: 6:30pm Drinks
Speakers: 7pm - 8:30pm
Exhibition runs from March 29 - April 30, 2025
The Wall of Women was curated to celebrate International Women’s Day and the female artists in L’Enfant Gallery’s collection. During the curation process, it became apparent how few women artists were represented and how many of the female portraits were naked. The wall became a powerful statement on the underrepresentation of women in the art world.
For Women’ History Month 2025, we brought the Wall of Woman into the public gallery space for all to see. We have invited a panel of artists, thinkers, and friends to sit in front of the art and discuss their work and the role of art as resistance.
The panel discussion will include Dr. Emerald Christopher, a Professor from Georgetown University; Dr. Natalia Kazaryan, a concert pianist and Assistant Professor of Piano from Howard University; Kelly Richman-Abdou an art historian, doctoral candidate and museum educator at The Philips Collection; Dr. Esha Sadr-Eshkevari, a multidisciplinary artist; TANSY an international burlesque star in New York City...
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Opening night Friday Jan 24, 2025, 5-9pm, till Sunday March 23rd 2025
Together with the Dawley family, we have brought together 40 paintings and prints to honour Joseph Dawley's career.
From his art student days at SMU to his success in Dallas as a master of realism depicting the 'wild west'; to his later works as a great American impressionist, developed as a reaction against early onset Parkinson's disease.
"Exhibition catalogue and price list is available prior to the event."
You are invited to attend a candle lit yoga class at L'Enfant Gallery.
RSVP to book a space. Please select either 6pm yoga class or 7:15pm yoga class. Please arrive at the front door of 1442 Wisconsin Ave NW and you will be directed upstairs. We do have a bathroom.
We will make it warm but it will not be hot, because the paintings are old. Class will be 60 minutes. Please bring your own mat, towel, and water. Please wear black. Please note we will have a photographer to capture the event. 6pm arrival for 6:15pm start with Katy. 7:15pm arrival for 7:30pm start with Alex.
You are very welcome to stay and look around the gallery until 9pm.
The party invitation read as follows:
Think of Dia de los Muertos where masks served to conceal the soul and appearance to transform the wearer into a mystical state to communicate with the supernatural.
Think of the Carnevale di Venezia pre 1797 when they thought covering one's face in public was a response to one of the most rigid class hierarchies in European history; you can be who ever you want to be when no one knows who you are.
Think of the 1926 novella Rhapsody: A Dream Novel who remind us:
"life and passion, beauty and adventure, are all around us. Disregard them and life is not worth living."