Sunday, October 28, 2017, 11 A.M.
Featuring major works by artists Ja’Tovia Gary, Delphine Fawundu, and Dana Birnbaum, the Hirshhorn will host a day-long screening of video and film by feminist artists and filmmakers, from the 1970s to today.  Part of a partnership with the National Museum for Women in the Arts, in conjunction with the Now Be Here project, Count/Recount celebrates women video artists who use narrative to complicate and deepen our understanding of representation, highlighting works by artists of varying generations and cultures who depict scenarios and ideas through the lens of feminism.  The videos included were selected by Carmen Hermo, assistant curator, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum.

Wednesday, October 21, 2017, 1 P.M.
This Open Hours program discusses the power of family-inclusive activism. Join artist-activist mothers and supporters for a roundtable discussion about creating balance while advocating for the community, getting family involved in current movements and mothering from the front line. Hosted by Melani Douglass, Ellen Gee, and Zabrina Harris.

Wednesday, October 25, 2017, 5:00 P.M.
Join us at the Falvey Hall auditorium at the Maryland Institute College of Art to hear Njideka Akunyili Crosby, winner of the 2017 MacArthur Genius Fellowship, talk about her new suite of works on view at the BMA with BMA Senior Curator Kristen Hileman.

Saturday, October. 28, 2017, 4 P.M.
Sandy Huckleberry’s performance, which contemplates current social and political events, incorporates the history of the museum’s building, along with the artist’s personal experiences as a woman.

Tuesday, October 17, 2017, 12 P.M
This was part of the Now Be Here: Now Let’s Talk programming where we pointed towards women-identifying events happening in the two weeks around the Now Be Here: #4 DC/MA/VA photograph and artist resource fair event. Artist Carrie Mae Weems will present a lecture and book signing, held in conjunction with the installation of the “Kitchen Table Series” at the National Gallery of Art and the performance “Grace Notes: Reflections for Now” at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Saturday, October 21, 2017, 4 P.M
Attendees are invited to bring one book of choice to be photographed on site by DC-based artist Nakeya Brown. You will leave with a free image of your book. Brown will later commemorate the session by collecting the portraits into a ‘zine, which will join the other books in her exhibition Nakeya Brown: Stage Names. This photo-session is part of Now Be Here DC, a citywide celebration of female and female-identifying artists in the region.