• Art & Flow Workshop: Journaling: A Creative Writing and Art-Making Workshop

    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 […]

  • Gallery Exhibit: “Landscapes” – CHAL Open Call Show

    (above - "Chincoteague Sunrise” - Photograph by Karin Edgett) | "Landscapes" - CHAL Open Call Show | Opening Reception: Saturday, April 5th, 5:30pm-7:00pm, CHAW Art Gallery The Capitol Hill Art League (CHAL) opens its annual Open Call Art Exhibition on April 1st at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) located at 547 7th Street, S.E. […]

  • Hill Havurah – CHAW Fundraiser

    Hill Havurah Fundraiser for Capitol Hill Arts Workshop Saturday, May 3, 2025 3:00 - 5:00 pm Capitol Hill Arts Workshop 545 7th St. SE, WDC Donation Page: https://capitolhillartsworkshop-bloom.kindful.com/?campaign=1351913 Suggested donation is $50 per family. All donations will be matched by Hill Havurah's Tikkun Olam Committee. Join us for food and fellowship at an art inspired […]

  • Art & Flow Workshop: Collage Chaos: Art in Motion

    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 presents “Beowulf: A Retelling”

    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 […]

  • “Landscapes” – Art Reception

    (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 CLOSED – Emancipation Day

    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.  

  • We Happy Few presents “Sanditon”

    SANDITON APRIL 24-26 at the CAPITOL HILL ARTS WORKSHOP Written by Jane Austen. Adapted for the stage by Kerry McGee & Rachel Dixon. Finished by you. Choose-your-own-adventure meets long-form improv meets Regency era England. Jane Austen started writing Sanditon, but never got a chance to finish it. Her fragment of a novel ends just after […]

  • CHAWbaret 19: Whatever the Weather, We’re in it Together!

    CHAWbaret 19: Whatever the Weather, We're in it Together! | Friday May 2nd - 8:00pm | Saturday, May 3rd - 8:00pm | CHAW Dance Studio | Join us on for an evening of songs and stories about seasons, weather, and other upheavals life throws our way.  Music direction by Barbara Schelstrate.  Directed by Dean Reichard. […]

  • Art & Flow Workshop: Pen & Ink Drawing

    Pen & Ink Drawing  Friday May 2nd - 10:00am-12:00noon Teaching Artist: Blas This challenge features drawing a fun image with water-based or India ink. Teaching Artist Blas Goncalves-Borrega will introduce you to a variety of traditional techniques using various pen nibs to create different types of lines. All materials are provided. We recommend an apron […]

  • Light Switch Dance Theater presents “Shorts” 2025

    "Shorts" Saturday, May 3rd, 2025 7:30pm Black Box Theater Capitol Hill Arts Workshop 545 7th St SE WDC Link for Tickets A series presented by Light Switch Dance Theatre at CHAW provides a safe and engaging space for artists to present completed works.

  • Sherman & Friends/Coil Project presents “Much Ado About Nothing”

    Much Ado About Nothing presented by Sherman & Friends and The Coil Project (co-production) $15/ticket, $10 for students and union members Tickets available at the door or online at: www.thecoilproject.org   SCHEDULE: Thursday 5/8 @ 7:30pm *masks required Friday 5/9 @ 7:30pm Saturday 5/10 @ 2:00pm Saturday 5/10 @ 7:30pm Thursday 5/15 @ 7:30pm Friday […]