FRIDAY, SEPT 23

6pm – 10pm
Anacostia Drive Thru Art Gallery
Created by local artists in partnership with the Anacostia BID and Busboys and Poets, the Art All Night Drive-Thru Art Gallery brings the Anacostia business corridors to life with an eclectic collection of artistic installations and original work.

Follow the CURATED MAP of artwork and businesses throughout the streets of Anacostia. The artistic installations will begin on the corner of Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, U Street, and Shannon Place.

Visitors are invited to travel by car, bike, moped, or pedicab to fully immerse themselves in this journey into artistic and creative expression!

Shannon Place, SE

6pm – 11pm
Love, Hope, Art Pop Up Gallery curated by renowned artist Luis Peralta

2008 MLK. Jr., Ave., SE

6pm – 10pm
Honfluer Gallery

Color + Form = Blackstraction
Featuring Artists
Aziza Claudia Gibson Hunter
Gail Shaw-Clemons
Adjoa J. Burrowes
Sheila Crider
& Curated by Terence Nicholson
Four women drawn together by abstraction merge decades of creating in parallel universes into a unified vision. Women Of An Undetermined Age synthesize the improvisation, the spirit, the spontaneity, the rhythm, and the experience of being Black in two and three dimensions.

6pm – 11pm
Woven Thread 2.0 Pop Up Showing
WOVEN THREAD 2.0 is an artistic celebration organized by the Anacostia Business Improvement District, area artists, and exhibit curator, Luis Del Valle. This exhibition honors the rich tapestry of American culture, through a showing of paintings, drawings, and photographs created by artists who represent the cultural diversity of our nation. With bold colors, heavy textures, loose movement, and complex subject matter refine the types of symbolism in a way that provides literal interpretations to the viewer. The allegories, metaphors, similes, archetype and even the myths embedded in each piece shows the common story and woven ethnicities that bonds multi cultures, and creates the fabric of America. 

Woven Thread 2.0 is a hopeful reflection and unique celebration of the universal language of art. This exhibition is an extension of the Woven Thread exhibition, that is currently on display at the Anacostia Arts Center. 

Del Valle as a public artist, focuses on building, maintaining and supporting communities through the arts. He believes that artistic development is a critical element in community development. The arts facilitate improvement in quality of life by providing tools to modify behaviors. Art directs identity consciousness through self-awareness and expression, grounded in reflection and representation, and community consciousness through conversation and friendly debate, grounded in understanding and change. It is this philosophy that is, “Love, Hope, and Art”.

Project Create Arts Center: 2208 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE

Neon Art Demonstrations with renowned artist Craig Kraft 
RSVP Required!1239 Good Hope Road, SE
Don’t miss the opportunity to witness Craig Kraft create Neon Art at Kraft Studio in the heart of Historic Anacostia.

Over the past 35 years Craig Kraft has gained national recognition in creating original works of art that advance the techniques he has developed while working with drawn neon lines and sculptural light volumes surrounding the figure, holographic style lit negative body casts sited on buildings around the world, to monumental outdoor rolled aluminum and neon sculptures.

Light sculptures have both a sense of newness and energy and they are about the future as much as the present. There is also an element of marking, which the crossing of colored lines against one another generates. The effect of the sculpture is to mark importance, not just of location but also significance. The sculptural mark of light resonates in the collective memory

6pm – 11pm
Instagramable moments! throughout Historic Anacostia
Keep an eye out for opportunities for Instagrammable Moments throughout the Historic Anacostia business corridor. Experience the Arts and Culture showcased during Anacostia Art All Night, strike a pose in giant picture frames, in front of murals that are easy to find through our ARTTOGOGO.org, and as you are visiting galleries, restaurants and more…

Throughout Historic Anacostia business corridors

7pm – 11pm
Art Chill
Take a seat in an Adirondack chair, bring your blanket or your favorite outdoor seating and see artwork from DC artists on a huge screen that has been curated to music.

1234 Good Hope Rd., SE

7pm – 9:15pm
Saki and Soul Food Pairing at Check-It’s Secret Garden
RSVP Required!
Yes! Sake and Soul Food! Come and experience a delightful paring of delicious soul food and sakes. See how these two cultures collided and yummy has been created.

The Secret Garden - 1920 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE

9:00pm – 12midnight
Silent GoGo at Check-it
RSVP Required!
This event is anything but quiet… It’s a Silent GoGo! Dance music listened to on wireless headphones. Listen to the beat and get “In the Pocket.” Have Fun and celebrate Art All Night 2022!

7pm – 2am
Anacostia Art Center
Afro House, an Art All Night experience, is a celebration of all things Black. Join us for a night of Theater, a Black market place and a midnight cypher complete with an Afrobeats lounge. Our collaborators include DJ RBI, DJ Artis, The Essential Theater, and Status Apparel's Black Marketplace.

6pm – 10pm
Paint and Sip at Busboys and Poets

Sit back and paint your masterpiece.  Busboys and Poets Anacostia are putting out the canvas and the paint to do it.  Join us for an evening of art, creativity, and fun.

2004 MLK Ave., SE

6pm
Second Line Band will start the evening with an Artist Helping Artist musical walk
ANACOSTIA ART ALL NIGHT HAS A 2ND LINE BAND that will be parading down Good Hope Rd. to the Big Chair on Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE.  Each year, our local artists raise money for struggling artists and organizations that’s mission is to support artists.  Join the parade and show your support for creatives!  We will meet at the Anacostia Library and dance our way to the BIG Chair on MLK

1800 Good Hope Rd., SE to MLK Ave., SE (Big Chair)

6pm – 11pm
Free Pedicab rides make stops at Anacostia Art All Night activations
Throughout Historic Anacostia

6pm - 10pm
Live visual art

Visual Artists will be creating art from what they see and hear throughout the evening.  They will also showcase other works of art too.  Be sure to check them out.

Throughout the Historic Anacostia business

6pm - 10pm
Live street music

As you stroll through Historic Anacostia, listen to the many live street musicians that will be out to serenade your shopping and Art All Night experience.

Throughout the business corridor

6pm - 10pm
Big Chair “ART All Night” Information PopUp
Stop by the Big Chair for Anacostia Art All Night information

SATURDAY, SEPT 24

11:30am – 2pm
RSVP Required!
Artists (visual artists, DJs, poets, dancers, etc.) come together to talk art and enjoy good food at Busboys and Poets

2004 MLK Ave., SE

6pm – 10pm
Honfluer Gallery

Color + Form = Blackstraction
Featuring Artists
Aziza Claudia Gibson Hunter
Gail Shaw-Clemons
Adjoa J. Burrowes
Sheila Crider
& Curated by Terence Nicholson
Four women drawn together by abstraction merge decades of creating in parallel universes into a unified vision. Women Of An Undetermined Age synthesize the improvisation, the spirit, the spontaneity, the rhythm, and the experience of being Black in two and three dimensions.