At DCTRENDING, we are committed to DC’s arts and culture communities — small and large. As a way to support and serve our city, we wanted to check in to connect and share updates on the arts and culture in the district. As you may know, most, if not all arts and culture institutions, galleries, theaters, performance halls, and more have closed until further notice due to the COVID-19 crisis. 

Right now, artists and arts organizations need our support.

 So, we’re starting a new blog. Each week, we’ll share ways you can continue to support local arts, learn about innovative new programs started-up during quarantine, check out online programming, and learn about local artists. 

Here’s how art and culture in DC are redefining themselves virtually.

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

“Artists in Quarantine” Video Diary Series. A Living Archive by Nearly 100 International Artists  

“Artists in Quarantine,” an ambitious global initiative launched by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden to capture the responses of contemporary international artists to the COVID-19 pandemic in their own voices and to spark the ongoing investigation of the monthslong quarantine on almost 100 fellow artists. This growing archive has been released as a series of short, diary-style videos across the museum’s social-media channels and website. It will become part of the Hirshhorn’srecord of the impact of the global pandemic on artists, their art-making practices and their views of the world.

Artist diaries will be released on a twice-weekly basis through the Hirshhorn’s Instagram (@hirshhorn) and YouTube channels and posted on the museum’s website as part of #HirshhornInsideOut.

“Artists in Quarantine” is part of #HirshhornInsideOut, an ongoing effort to share the Hirshhorn’s artworks, expertise, and public programming at a time when the Museum’s campus is temporarily closed.

National Museum of Women in the Arts

The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) is announcing a new portal NMWA @ Home. Visitors can explore the work of great women artists with links to online exhibitions, collections, artist profiles, talks, and news as well as podcast and video recommendations and more.

INSTAGRAM @WomeninTheArts

TWITTER @WomeninTheArts

National Geographic Museum

The National Geographic Museum is continuing to celebrate Jane Goodall this April with a new documentary released by the National Geographic Channel commenorating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day with “Jane Goodall: The Hope.” It premieres April 22, at 9/8c on Nat Geo, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo MUNDO, Disney+ and Hulu. 

In celebration of Jane Goodall’s 86th birthday, a virtual tour of our "Becoming Jane: The Evolution of Dr. Jane Goodall" exhibition that contains 360-degree videos was released.  

INSTAGRAM @NatGeoMuseum

TWITTER @NatGeoMuseum

WOOLLY MAMMOTH THEATER

One of the biggest changes at Woolly Mammoth Theatre has been moving their spring gala to an online virtual party/fundraiser. Next week on April 20th starting at 7:30PM, Woolly will be hosting our Progressive Party (formerly our in-person Gala) free and online. The evening will be full of special performances, an auction, and sneak peeks into Season 41. I hope you can join us virtually! You can register for free at Bit.ly/WoollyParty.

INSTAGRAM @woollymammothtc

TWITTER @woollymammothtc