Art All Night Long
If you have trouble sleeping, we’ve found a creative way to keep you busy this Saturday night! In its inaugural year, Art All Night: Nuit Blanche DC will explore and celebrate contemporary art by bringing the community together for a cultural experience. And all for FREE!
Inspired by the French Nuit Blanche (All-Nighter), Art All Night will transform the city into an art gallery, re-imagining public spaces for art installations, performances, and block parties. The celebration is described as a “collaborative, unprecedented mash-up…that the city has been craving” and will feature 20 venues, 11 cultural partners, over 40 visual arts, a fashion show, a poetry slam, live musical performances, and so much more!
With this inaugural festival DC joins a global network of Nuit Blanche arts events that started in Paris in 2002 and has captivated audiences from Toronto to Tel Aviv. You won’t want to miss out!
What: Art All Night: Nuit Blanche DC
When: September 24, 2011 | 7:00 p.m. – 3:00 a.m.
Where: From Shaw to Chinatown, 7th and 9th Streets, NW
Who: The entire DC community — anyone interested in arts, music, fashion, community, or helping to improve the Shaw neighborhood!
What’s Next? The event is FREE, so no tickets are necessary. Learn more about the event online and stay awake long enough to enjoy the action!
Art All Night: Nuit Blanche DC is presented by Shaw Main Streets, Inc., a commercial revitalization and historic preservation non-profit organization serving the Shaw neighborhood that is immediately north of Chinatown/Gallery Place. The event is supported by a Festivals DC grant from the DC Commission on the Art and Humanities.
Category: ARTS EVENTS, CULTURAL EVENTS, ENTERTAINMENT, FESTIVALS, MORE EVENTS, NEW EVENTS, THE ARTS
