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Phillips@THEARC Crochet Circle
Crochet Circle at Phillips@THEARC

Spinning a Yarn

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Art and Wellness
Circular painting with colorful abstract shapes

Guided Meditation + Artist Talk

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5-Week Virtual Educator Course
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Powered by Artists: Connecting Art & Writing

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Special Exhibition
Sam Gilliam, April, 1971

Breaking It Down: Conversations from the Vault

Community Exhibition
Collage of different floral and colorful fabrics and buttons

Creative Aging

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Phillips@THEARC Exhibition
Collage of three artworks by CARD fellows

Three Lines

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Art and Wellness
Circular painting with colorful abstract shapes

Guided Meditation + Artist Talk

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Phillips after 5
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Cozy, Crafty, Comfy

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Drop-in Family Program
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The Phillips Plays

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Collage of select 2024-25 Phillips Music performers

Phillips Music Returns

Presenting the 2024-25 Season of Phillips Music

Collage of 6 artworks

Reexamining Our Permanent Collection

Seeing U.S. Research Project

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Spotlight Talks

Daily 15-min talks at 1 and 1:30 pm

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Arts and culture on demand

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On the Experiment Station

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Education & Community Engagement
A room with colorful walls and a couch

Introducing Our New Welcome Gallery

Exhibitions & Events, From the Archives
Music Room with original Tack installation

Time Capsule: Augustus Vincent Tack

People & Community
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Meet Our New Curator of Global Contemporary Art Tie Jojima

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Rush Baker's View from Charleston Harbor painting

The Phillips Collects: Rush Baker IV

Education & Community Engagement
Dwayne Lawson-Brown leading a crochet workshop at Phillips@THEARC

Crocheting Art with the Crochet Kingpin

Exhibitions & Events
Amber Roles Gordon Reinos Ancestrales

Collaging With...Amber Robles-Gordon

People & Community
Group photo of summer 2024 interns by THEARC mural

Meet Our Summer 2024 Interns

Exhibitions & Events
Workshop at Baltimore Museum at Lexington Market

Curating a Black Collagists Community

Director's Desk
Installation photograph of Ebony G. Patterson artwork

A Multiplicity of Art and Events

In the News

Black and white pencil caricature drawing with text overlay that reads 'The Art of Politics, Kyra Phillips, ABC News'
Three people standing and holding string instruments. Text overlay reads 'Your Guide to the Phillips Collection's Fall Concert Calendar, Michael McCarthy, DC Modern Luxury'
Multicolored collage of magazine clippings. Text overlay reads 'One Fine Show: Multiplicity at The Phillips Collection, Dan Duray, Observer'
Two drum majors in blue uniform against an orange and tan collaged background. Text overlay reads 'A Sweeping Look at the Inventive Vibrant Art of Collage, Mark Jenkins, The Washington Post'
A collage of black figures balancing and climbing up tree brances. Text overlay reads: 'The Phillips Collection Looks at Blackness in Contemporary American Collage, Stephen Wozniak, Observer'
Photography of a blue sky and white clouds. A blue sea with three small boats. Text overlay reads "A Window into Joel Meyerowitz | The Phillips Collection, Fiona Perkocha, Musee Magazine'
An art gallery with multicolored collage hang on the wall. Text overlay reads "A Major Survey of Black Collage Art Proves That Print Isn't Dead, Alex Greenberger, ARTNEWS"
Photo of a woman holding and pointing at a picture to a group of children. Text overlay reads 'Meet the Docents: How to Introduce 5th Graders to Complex Topics in Fine Art, Elliot Williams, WAMU'
Painting of a nude woman reclining on a bed, next to a window overlooking a river. Text overlay reads 'Everything Changed for Matisse After He Painted This Nude, Sebastian Smee, The Washington Post."
Person cleans a landscape painting with a cotton swab. Text overlay reads, 'Up Close with Paul Cezanne Review: News Perspectives on a Provencal Master, Mary Tompkins Lewis, The Wall Street Journal'
Installation image of Bonnard's Worlds. Text overlay reads, 'Pierre Bonnard's Dazzling World of Color at the Phillips Collection | Around Town Best Bets, Philippa Hughes, WETA PBS'
Installation image of drawings hung against a cream colored wall. Text overlay reads Bernardí Roig: el artista que decapitó a Goya, Borja Hermoso, El País
An abstract painting of a garden with text overlay that reads "Adventures of the Optic Nerve: Enjoy a Visual Feast of Looking in Bonnard's Worlds, Stephanie Rudig, Washington City Paper"
Painting of a woman and dog sitting at a red and white checkered table. Text overlay reads "How and Why to Look at Pierre Bonnard, One of the Great Modern Painters, Sebastian Smee, The Washington Post"
Drawing of a woman playing in the water with text overlay. Caption reads "'Interior Lives' at Phillips@THEARC Explores The Black Femme Experience During Women's Month" Andrew S. Jacobson The Washington Informer
Painting showing green trees and blue pool and sky with text overlaid reading: The Repetitive Power of Jennifer Bartlett, Master of the '80s Art World Kriston Capps The Washington Post
Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party, Capturing the Height of the Summer Leisure / Hesper Cane / Widewalls
Young artists head to The White House to learn about renowned migration series Jay Korff ABC7
Text in front of black and white collage reads, "The Phillips Collection Showcases "African Modernism in America, 1947-67" Peter Winant WETA
Alone in a Room with Rothko. Adam Rathe. Town & Country
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‘Pour, Tear, Carve’ connects Phillips Collection to present and past
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Centennial Commissions

Wesley Clark

Victor Ekpuk

Nekisha Durrett

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