The CHAW gallery features a range of professional and student artists in shows and residencies throughout the year. The gallery showcases work by community members, as well as established and emerging local visual artists. 

CHAW’s gallery is home to the Capitol Hill Art League, a consortium of emerging and professional artists who showcase, and sell member work, offer professional development and outside showing opportunities. 

GALLERY HOURS

Monday-Thursday: 10am-3pm

Monday-Thursday Evening Hours: 6pm-9pm

Friday: 10am-6pm

Saturday: 10am-3pm

CHAW is closed on Sundays, and on all Federal/DC holidays

THE CHAW GALLERY RESIDENCY PROGRAM IS MADE POSSIBLE BY TED COLTMAN IN MEMORY OF J. WADE CAREY

Past Residencies:

Pink Cycle- Life of a Fly by Carolina Mayorga (2016)

Botanica Magnifica by Pam Rogers (2017)

Shadow and Light by Kate Fleming (2018)

Circle Story by Lenora Yerkes (2019)

Fever Dream by MK Bailey (2020)

Inversion/Submersion by Billy Friebele (2022)

Atelier Noir by Selena Jackson (2023)

Cotton Flower by Paula Mans (2024)

Feels Like Summer by Yewande Kotun Davis (2025)

In Plain Sight by Khadija Jahmila (2026)

To learn more:

The Capitol Hill Art League (CHAL) invites local artists of all mediums and levels to join our membership at: www.caphillartleague.org. Our season runs Jan 1st – Dec 31.

CHAL is a visual arts program of the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop.

The CHAW gallery is proud to present In Plain Sight, a solo exhibit by our 2026 Artist-

in-Residence, Khadija Jahmila.

Jahmila merges speculative narratives with historical ephemera to explore the

intersections of surrealism and cultural memory. Through hand-cut paper collage, she

transforms discarded print into layered environments that celebrate Black beauty, joy,

and brilliance. Rooted in her Afro-Caribbean lineage, Jahmila’s work rejects imposed

limits, framing the diaspora as a blueprint for all things great while expanding how

Blackness is envisioned. Her practice has recently grown to include compositions on

wood and metal street signs alongside her foundational work on paper.

With her umbilical cord buried in St. Croix, Jahmila’s imagination is fueled by the

music, movement, and pulse of the island’s streets. She maps memory through the

objects and stories she carries, weaving everyday motifs and cultural icons into hidden

object compositions. Using precision blades, she assembles these elements into textured

environments that amplify humanity and defy expectation.

Jahmila explores how identity is assembled, edited, and archived through these surreal

landscapes. Each piece serves as a mosaic of pop culture and ancestral history, creating

a record of moments that must never be forgotten. Through her practice, she reveals

how culture is carried and revealed, inviting viewers to slow down and notice the

brilliance often overlooked. Her work ultimately functions as a profound reflection on

the construction of the self, inviting a deeper consideration of how we preserve our

shared legacies.

Image Credit: “ I Don’t Want to Grow Up”, Khadija Jahmila