Spaces that showcase beauty and creativity

The Walter E. Washington Convention Center is home to the best kept secret in the nation’s capital — “Art at the Center,” free curator-led public art tours. The diverse $4 million art collection is the largest in any convention center and one of the largest public art collection in the District outside of a museum with more than 130 works of art. With works of art by both local and international artists, the collection of site-specific sculpture, painting and photography brings a sense of human scale to the Convention Center.
 

Art at the Center - Free Public Art Tours

2019 PUBLIC ART TOUR DATES
Check-in for art tours is at 6:15 p.m.
Tours will begin at 6:30 p.m. promptly. No admittance after 6:45 p.m.
 
Tuesday, February 19
Friday, June 14
Tuesday, July 30
Monday, November 18

Tour participants must RSVP at community@eventsdc.com or 202.249.3200

Art Highlights Include:

West Coast political artist and photographer, Carrie Mae Weems – “The Armstrong Triptych with Bugle Boys” (2002)

Washington, DC’s sculptor Jim Sanborn – Lingua “Spoken Word” (2003)

Internationally acclaimed artist, Sol LeWitt – “Wall Drawing #1103” (2003)

And don’t miss the “Shaw Wall” which celebrates the historic Shaw community, one of the District’s oldest African American neighborhoods and home to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.