Coming in December, the COIL Project’s Strange Tales VI. Join our spectral host, the Spirit of Holidays Yet to Be, for four original tales of the bizarre and macabre... Set in […]

CHAW is closed Saturday, December 21st through Wednesday, January 1st for Winter Break. We will reopen Thursday, January 2nd.

Feels Like Summer 2025 CHAW Resident Artist - Yewande Kotun Davis January 3rd - February 22nd, 2025 CHAW Art Gallery   Yewande will use her time as the 2025 CHAW Resident Artist to develop a new body of work, titled “Feels Like Summer.” Inspired by the work of authors, Nayyirah Waheed, Tricia Hersey, and EbonyJanice […]

Join us from 6:30-9:30 pm; work on drawings or paintings in front of a live model in a session without formal instruction, facilitated by local teaching artists. $15/pp. You can pay in advance with a credit card. If you want to pay in person, you must bring exact cash. Bring your own drawing materials. Easels available, first come […]

Join us from 6:30-9:30 pm; work on drawings or paintings in front of a live model in a session without formal instruction, facilitated by local teaching artists. $15/pp. You can pay in advance with a credit card. If you want to pay in person, you must bring exact cash. Bring your own drawing materials. Easels available, first come […]

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.  […]

Join us from 6:30-9:30 pm; work on drawings or paintings in front of a live model in a session without formal instruction, facilitated by local teaching artists. $15/pp. You can pay in advance with a credit card. If you want to pay in person, you must bring exact cash. Bring your own drawing materials. Easels available, first come […]

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 […]

Join us from 6:30-9:30 pm; work on drawings or paintings in front of a live model in a session without formal instruction, facilitated by local teaching artists. $15/pp. You can pay in advance with a credit card. If you want to pay in person, you must bring exact cash. Bring your own drawing materials. Easels available, first come […]

Join us from 6:30-9:30 pm; work on drawings or paintings in front of a live model in a session without formal instruction, facilitated by local teaching artists. $15/pp. You can pay in advance with a credit card. If you want to pay in person, you must bring exact cash. Bring your own drawing materials. Easels available, first come […]

(above - "Spring in DC"  by Addie Moore | 2024 Open Call First Place Award) "Landscapes" - CHAL Open Call Show | Opening Reception: Saturday, April 5th, 5:30pm-7:00pm, CHAW Art Gallery | The Capitol Hill Art League (CHAL), a program of CHAW, is holding its 14th Annual "Open Call" art competition for artists throughout the […]