WASHINGTON, D.C.—– Expressions 2007: Art
by DC Youth showcases
the artwork and community spirit of young people involved in the award-winning
Corcoran Gallery of Art ArtReach program. Corcoran ArtReach provides free after-school
and summer studio art classes and family workshops at three local community
centers: Latin American Youth Center, the Sitar Arts Center, and the Town Hall
Education Arts & Recreation Campus (THEARC).
“The Corcoran is premised on the idea that everyone can experience the
arts, and everyone deserves to do so. This exhibition showcases a vibrant display
of student work and exemplifies a truly unique dialogue between the Corcoran
and its surrounding community,” said Director and President Paul Greenhalgh.
Expressions 2007 marks the 15th anniversary of the Corcoran ArtReach program.
The students’ artwork represents their responses to the special exhibition,
Modernism: Designing a New World 1914–1939. Exploring such themes as
modern design, fashion, and architecture, the students’ lyrical silkscreen
prints, cyanotypes, black and white photographs, creative writing samples,
and models of modern dream homes reveal the creative breadth of our community.
ABOUT CORCORAN ARTREACH
Since its inception in 1992, Corcoran ArtReach has served thousands of students.
The program offers a unique, museum-based experience that provides D.C. youth
with the opportunity to discover their creative voices in the context of
art-making and art appreciation. Works from the Corcoran’s permanent
collection and special exhibitions provide the focus and inspiration for
a curriculum that is developed and taught by artists and art educators. Through
sequential activities, students use various media to produce a wide range
of individual and collaborative art projects. During multiple visits to the
Gallery, students learn to place their own creative efforts in a larger cultural
context. In partnership with three community art centers, ArtReach provides
a museum studio in the community through its free offerings of after-school
and summer studio art classes and family workshops. ArtReach aims to sustain
long-term relationships with underserved audiences and foster a life-long
love of the arts.
Corcoran ArtReach has received awards from the President’s Committee
on the Arts and Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, and The National
Multicultural Institute.
EXHIBITION ORGANIZATION AND SPONSORSHIP
Corcoran ArtReach extends special thanks to the following individual, corporate,
and foundation donors whose generous contributions have enabled the program
to serve more than 200 D.C. youth this year: Susan Spicer Angell; The Morris
and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation; Capital One; The D.C. Commission on the
Arts & Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment
for the Arts; Michael and Susie Gelman; Corina Higginson Trust; The Mark
and Carol Hyman Fund; The Mary and Daniel Loughran Foundation; National Cooperative
Bank; Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation; Weissberg Foundation;
and two anonymous donors.
ABOUT THE CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, a privately funded institution, was founded in
1869 as Washington’s first and largest non-federal museum of art. It
is known internationally for its distinguished collection of historical and
modern American art as well as contemporary art, photography, European painting,
sculpture and the decorative arts. Founded in 1890, the Corcoran College
of Art + Design is Washington’s only four-year college of art and design
offering BFA degrees in Photojournalism, Digital Media Design, Fine Art,
Graphic Design and Photography; AFA degrees in Digital Media Design, Fine
Art, Graphic Design and Photography; a five-year Bachelor of Fine Arts/Master
of Arts in Teaching (BFA/MAT); and a two-year Master of Arts (MA) in Interior
Design or History of Decorative Arts. The College’s Continuing Education
program offers part-time credit and non-credit classes for children and adults
and draws more than 2,500 participants each year.
The Corcoran Gallery of Art is located at 500 Seventeenth St. NW in Washington,
D.C. For more information, please call (202) 639-1700.
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Manager of Media Relations
(202) 639-1867,
kguiter@corcoran.org
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