ANACOSTIA UNMAPPED
ANACOSTIA UNMAPPED 2.0 EXHIBITION
Anacostia Unmapped, the most popular local production on NPR in 2016, is a dynamic radio documentary series that is brought to life vividly in living color. The central work surrounds the PRNDI Award winning commentary: The Lion and the Map that launched the NPR radio documentary and brought to life by an illustrator in the form of a social art short film animation.
Anacostia Unmapped 2.0 exhibition extends the radio documentary into a mixed media and multimedia art exhibit like no other. This groundbreaking work further explores Anacostia through picturesque images by the collective Anacostia and DC artists who have captured, described and conveyed a sense of a historical time periods in Anacostia. Through narration, poetry, photographs, paintings, a short film animation. Each installation encourages the viewer to reflect on the importance of honoring everyone’s story and the impact of art and culture on our lives. #anacostiaunmapped2
The Artists
Anacostia Unmapped 2.0 features the work of artists: Kymone Freeman, V. Kuroji Patrick, Katie Davis, John Johnson, Daniel Nathan, Sheila Crider, Kenadi Johnson, Yetunde Mondie Sapp, Melani Douglass, Aniekan Udofia, Demont Peekaso Pinder, and Anacostia Watershed Society.
Anacostia Unmapped 2.0 Artist Talk
August 16, 2018, 6 pm – 8pm
Join Katea Stitt, Program Director of WPFW 89.3FM and Zoma Wallace, Curator of the CAH Gallery, as they facilitates a discussion with the artists and curator of Anacostia Unmapped 2.0 Exhibition. They will talk about the work and creative process from design to installation, along with the collaboration with Anacostia Unmapped: Karen R. Baker, Kymone Freeman, V. Kuroji Patrick, Katie Davis, John Johnson, Daniel Nathan, Sheila Crider, Kenadi Johnson, Yetunde Mondie Sapp, Melani Douglass, Aniekan Udofia, Demont Peekaso Pinder, and Anacostia Watershed Society.
On August 9, 2018, Anacostia Unmapped 2.0 held a private Opening Reception with the artists, partners, sponsors and community.
Thanks to our Opening Reception Partner: Building Bridges Across the River [11th Street Bridge Park & I-CAN @ THEARC Theater]. BBAR’s partnership with Anacostia Unmapped 2.0 is supported by The Kresge Foundation
The Exhibit Hours
CAH Gallery [DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities]
200 I Street, SE Washington, DC 20003
August 6 – September 14, 2018
Public Viewing:
Monday – Friday from 9 AM – 6 PM
The Curator
Karen R Baker is the curator for the Anacostia Unmapped 2.0 Exhibition through a grant awarded by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
Anacostia Unmapped 2.0 Partners
Anacostia Unmapped 2.0 is a project supported by DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, which receives support from the District of Columbia and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Special thanks to our partners: We Act Radio, WPFW 89.3, Washington Informer, DC Office of Chief Technology Officer, Year of Anacostia, 202 Creates and the Menkiti Group.
Thanks to our Opening Reception Partner:Building Bridges Across the River [11th Street Bridge Park & I-CAN @ THEARC Theater]. BBAR’s partnership with Anacostia Unmapped 2.0 is supported by The Kresge Foundation.
Thanks to our Closing Reception Partner: The Menkiti Group
ANACOSTIA UNMAPPED 2.0
"Until the lions have their own historians, the tales of the hunt will continue to glorify the hunters."
-African Proverb