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.

Saturday, October 21, 2017 1 P.M.

A series of invited female artists tell rehearsed short stories shedding light on their specific experiences as women in the art world.

Friday, October 27, 2017, 12 P.M.
Curator Dorothy Moss will lead a tour of One Life: Sylvia Plath in celebration of Plath’s birthday.

Wednesday, October 18, 2017, 5:30 P.M.
Walk through the exhibition Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) and discuss the imagery with Sarah Newman, The James Dicke Curator of Contemporary Art.

Thursday, October 19, 2019, 8 P.M.
Visual artist Carrie Mae Weems and other artists offer a provocative performance of music, song, text, spoken word and video projection that explores the implications of race and violence in communities across America. This program is held in conjunction with the installation of the “Kitchen Table Series” at the National Gallery of Art.