Events

CHAW is Closed today, Tuesday 1/7 due to the snow storm. All classes, lessons and activities are cancelled. The building will reopen when DCPS reopens.

CHAW will be closed on Monday January 20th in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We will reopen on Tuesday January 21st.

Residency Workshop: "Postcards from Summer" - Yewande Kotun Davis | Saturday, January 25, 2025 - 10:00am-12:00 noon | Register by calling 202.547.6839. Space is limited | “Postcards from Summer” is an interactive workshop for all ages where participants will create their own “postcards” from an imagined or remembered location that brings them peace or joy.  […]

Art Reception for "Feels Like Summer" by Yewande Kotun Davis (2025 CHAW Resident Artist)   | Saturday February 15th, 5:30pm-7:00pm, in the Gallery | Free and Open to the public | Light refreshments provided.   | Biography: Yewande is an American Nigerian visual artist, curator, and social practitioner using her creative practice as a means […]

CHAW will be closed on Monday February 17th in observance of Presidents' Day. All classes and lessons are canceled. We will reopen tomorrow, Tuesday February 18th. Note: CHAW will be open in the evening for a staged reading in the Black Box Theater (at 6:30pm)

Greg Skrtic: Retrospective 1999-2024 On Display February 24th through March 22nd, 2025 Capitol Hill Arts Workshop Art Gallery 545 7th St SE Washington DC 20003 Reception: Saturday March 1st, 2025, 5:30pm-7:00pm Note from Greg: The work included in this is indicative of my creative journey over the last 25 years. It represents a major shift […]

Journaling: A Creative Writing and Art-Making Workshop Friday, March 21 - 10:00am-12:00noon Teaching Artist: Nancy After creating short prose and poetry vignettes about recent thoughts, feelings and experiences, we'll incorporate 3-4 into a blank journal that we'll decorate with colorful pens, papers, ribbons, beads and so on, with plenty of blank pages for recording future […]

Collage Chaos: Art in Motion Friday, April 4th - 10:00am-12:00noon Teaching Artist: Khadija Unleash your creativity in a dynamic 2-hour session led by surreal collage artist Khadija Jahmila. Begin by crafting your own 2D hand-cut paper collage, and then experience the thrill of artistic exchange as you swap and modify your work with fellow participants. […]

Taffety Punk Theatre Company presents Beowulf A Retelling April 4-19 at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop 545 7th Street SE WDC 20003 www.taffetypunk.com Taffety Punk brings you the story of Beowulf as it was meant to be told - in the mead hall. Like the bards of old, Marcus Kyd narrates this heroic saga in […]

(above: "Windswept" - Acrylic painting by Michele Frantz) "Landscapes" | Reception: Saturday April 5th, 5:30pm-7:00pm | Open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided. | The Capitol Hill Art League (CHAL), a program of CHAW, is holding its 14th Annual "Open Call" art competition for artists throughout the DMV as well as Pennsylvania, Delaware […]

CHAW will be closed on Wednesday April 16th in observance of Emancipation Day. All classes and lessons are canceled. We will reopen on Thursday, April 17th.