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2025 - 2026
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Ritual Across Time: Lorraine O’Grady’s Miscegenated Family Album and Egyptology
November 12, 2025Wednesday, November 12 12:30 - 2:00 PM Lucille M. and Richard F. X. Spagnuolo Gallery Light refreshments will be served. Join Guest Curator Donna Honarpisheh and Georgetown professor Lingxin Zhang... -
Lunch and Learn with Artist Jordan Weber
October 28, 2025Join us for a Lunch and Learn program featuring Jordan Weber discussing his sculpture-making process. Tuesday, October 28 | 12 - 1:30 PM | Maria & Alberto de la Cruz... -
Art in Remediating Environmental, Social, and Health Injustices
Panel discussion featuring Jordan Weber, Nikole Hannah-Jones, and Dr. Amani Morrison October 27, 2025Join Georgetown University Art Galleries for a panel discussion on the role of the humanities as a tool to address health injustice and democracy. This conversation will feature experts across... -
Opening Reception: Fall 2025 Exhibitions
McArthur Binion and Lorraine O'Grady September 19, 2025Join us on Friday, September 19th from 6:00 - 8:00 pm to celebrate McArthur Binion: Notes on Form (Intimate Structures) and Lorraine O’Grady: Miscegenated Family Album . Enjoy light refreshments...
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2024 - 2025
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Let’s sing, Let’s dance
A Performance by Sheldon Scott April 9, 2025Wednesday, April 9 | 5:30 - 7:30 PM Join Georgetown University Art Galleries for a special meditative performance by renowned artist Sheldon Scott (b. 1976, Pawley’s Island, SC) inside the... -
A Conversation on Hung Liu: Happy and Gay & Exhibition Catalogue Launch
Featuring panelists Dr. Mia Yinxing Liu, Dr. Ying-chen Peng, and Jeff Kelley March 18, 2025Moderated by Dr. Dorothy Moss Tuesday, March 18 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM Join Georgetown University Art Galleries for a panel discussion on Hung Liu: Happy and Gay, currently on... -
Great Women Writers
Bilingual Lightning Readings March 27, 2025Thursday, March 27 | 6:15 - 8:00 PM In celebration of Women's History Month, Georgetown University Art Galleries will host an evening of bilingual lightning readings of women's writing from... -
Spring 2025 Exhibitions Opening Reception
January 17, 2025Join Georgetown University Art Galleries on Friday, January 17th from 6-8 pm for an Opening Reception to celebrate our Spring 2025 exhibitions: Hung Liu: Happy and Gay and &Loving: Photography... -
Fall 2024 Closing Reception with Michael Rakowitz
In-Gallery Book Reading and Conversation with the Artist December 3, 2024In-Gallery Book Reading and Conversation with the Artist December 3, 2024 | 6:00–8:00 PM de la Cruz Art Gallery Refreshments sponsored by Falafel, Inc. Join us and artist Michael Rakowitz... -
Cookbook Club at Bold Fork Books with Michael Rakowitz
December 4, 2024December 4, 2024 | 7:00 PM Bold Fork Books | 3064 Mt. Pleasant St. NW Join Bold Fork Books and artist Michael Rakowitz for an intimate program where participants are... -
Having It All; The Politics of Parenthood
A Durational Performance by Emma Jaster November 14, 2024November 14, 2024 | 12:00–2:00 PM Spagnuolo Gallery Presented in partnership with the Laboratory for Global Performance & Politics at Georgetown University, in conjunction with Alex McQuilkin: That Hand-Touch Sensibility... -
We Should Talk: Around the Table
Philippa Pham Hughes in collaboration with Thu Anh Nguyen September 27, 2024As part of the social convenings for the Around the Table exhibition, social practice artist Philippa Pham Hughes has organized three intimate and invitation-only conversations around meals, centered on featured...
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2023 - 2024
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2024 Senior art majors exhibition opening reception
April 18, 2024April 18, 2023 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. Join us for the opening of the 2024 Senior Art Majors Exhibition, celebrating this year’s graduating class of studio art majors. Refreshments will... -
Great Women Writers
March 21, 2024March 21, 2024 6:15 - 8:15 P.M. de la Cruz Art Gallery Great Women Writers is an evening of bilingual lightning readings of women’s writing from across the globe. Texts... -
Kara Walker Exhibitions Closing Reception
December 3, 2023December 3, 2023 4:00-6:00 pm De la Cruz Art & Spagnuolo Art Galleries Join us for live performances to commemorate the last day of the Kara Walker exhibitions. Presented in... -
Day With(out) Art 2023: Everyone I Know Is Sick
December 1, 2023December 1, 2023 Virtual streaming The Georgetown University Art Galleries are proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2023 by presenting Everyone I Know Is Sick ,... -
Insurgent Black Ecologies: Woods, Water, and Rebellion in the Great Dismal Swamp
November 8, 2023November 8, 2023 5:30pm De la Cruz Art Gallery Join Dr. Kathryn Benjamin Golden in conversation with Dr. Melanie White. Presented in partnership with the “Creative Placemaking, Black Restorative Ecologies,... -
Identity, Trauma, and Reconciliation: A Conversation with Descendants.
October 10, 2023October 10, 2023 6:30 P.M. Maria & Alberto de La Cruz Art Gallery and virtual live-stream Join documentary filmmaker and founder of History Before Us , Frederick Murphy, for a... -
Georgetown Art All Night
September 29, 2023September 29, 2023 6:00 - 9:00 P.M. De la Cruz & Spagnuolo Art Galleries Experience a late night in the Galleries and visit other Georgetown studios and galleries open after... -
Cookies with the Curator
September 22, 2023September 22, 2023 2:00 - 3:00 P.M. Maria and Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery Experience a curator-led tour of the Kara Walker exhibitions by Dr. Katie Geha! Cookies from... -
Kara Walker Exhibitions Opening Reception
September 21, 2023September 21, 2023 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. De la Cruz & Spagnuolo Art Galleries Join us to celebrate the opening of our Fall exhibitions, Kara Walker: Back of Hand and...
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2022 - 2023
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The Green Fuse: Heather Ackroyd
March 30, 2023March 30, 2023 6:00 P.M. Maria and Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery Artist-activists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey (British, b.1959/1959) create works that intersect art, activism, architecture, biology, ecology,... -
Great Women Writers
March 23, 2023March 23, 2023 6:00 P.M. Maria and Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery In celebration of Women’s History Month, please join us for 'Great Women Writers,' an evening of bilingual... -
Elizabeth M Webb & Andrew Davenport
March 16, 2023March 16, 2023 6:00 P.M. Maria and Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery Join Spagnuolo Gallery exhibiting artist Webb and Georgetown Ph.D. Candidate/Monticello Historian Davenport for a film screening and... -
Rebecca Rutstein
March 2, 2023March 2, 2023 6:00 P.M. Maria and Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery Rebecca Rutstein works at the intersection of art, science, and technology. For over twenty years she has... -
Baseera Khan: Opening Reception and Performance
January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery Join us to celebrate the opening of our spring exhibition, Baseera Khan: Cloak and Dagger.... -
Baseera Khan and Mecca Jamilah Sullivan
February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 4:30 P.M. Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery Join artist Baseera Khan and author Mecca Jamilah Sullivan for a conversation about American identity, gender, artistry,... -
Open Mic Night with Bossier
December 8, 2022December 8, 2022 7:30 P.M. Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery Join the student-run publication Bossier for their annual Open Mic Night! Bossier is Georgetown's intersectional feminist 'zine.... -
Day With(out) Art 2022: Being & Belonging
December 1, 2022December 1, 2022 5:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. Spagnuolo Art Gallery Georgetown and Visual AIDS invite you to join us in marking Day With(out) Art 2022 with a free screening... -
In Dialogue: Adéla Babanová and Milena Kalinovska
November 3, 2022November 3, 2022 6:00 P.M. Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery Guest Curator Milena Kalinovska and Prague-based artist/filmmaker Adéla Babanová in conversation followed by a discussion led by... -
Tania Bruguera & Fazal Sheikh in dialogue: Picturing Displacement
October 27, 2022October 27, 2022 3:30 P.M. Virtual Tania Bruguera is a politically-motivated performance artist; her work is rooted in an examination of the social, cultural, and economic experience of being Cuban.... -
Amanda Williams
October 20, 2022October 20, 2022 6:00 P.M. Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery Join us for a lecture by this celebrated Chicago-based artist and architect. Williams' (b. 1974, Evanston, IL)... -
Exhibition Opening Reception for Mary Kelly: To Witness the Future
September 23, 2022September 23, 2022 6:00 - 10:30 P.M. Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery Join us for the public Opening Reception celebrating Mary Kelly: To Witness the Future. This... -
Artist-led student tour with Mary Kelly
September 23, 2022September 23, 2022 2:00 P.M. Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery Legendary art educator Mary Kelly will host a casual tour and conversation for GU students & faculty...
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2021 - 2022
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Carnivalesque panel
April 7, 2022April 7, 2022 6:00 - 7:00 P.M. Zoom webinar Georgetown Professor Toni-Lee Sangastiano’s artwork makes visible the people and spaces of the carnival, celebrating them in all of their wonder,... -
Film Screening & Public Dialogue. Punk the Capital
April 3, 2022April 3, 2022 2:00 - 4:00 P.M. Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery Watch rare footage from the documentary Punk the Capital and a short film on the... -
PUBLIC DIALOGUE: Ian Bourland on Rotimi Fani-Kayode
March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 6:00 P.M. Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery Join Georgetown University art history professor Dr. Ian Bourland for a dialogue about the influence and legacy... -
Queer Student-Led Exhibition Tour
March 25, 2022March 25, 2022 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery Join recent Georgetown U. alumnus Madalyn Shaw (she/they, ’21) and current student Leah Miller (she/they,... -
Spanish Language Exhibition Tour of Teresita Fernández: Dark Earth
December 5, 2021December 5, 2021 2:00 P.M. Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery Tour the exhibition Teresita Fernández: Dark Earth led in Spanish by Georgetown Art & Museum Studies student... -
Be Seen AND Heard - Conversations With American Women Artists: Teresita Fernández & Cecilia Vicuña
November 11, 2021November 11, 2021 6:00 P.M. Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery On the occasion of the exhibition, Teresita Fernández: Dark Earth GU Art Galleries presented an intimate conversation... -
Day With(out) Art 2021: ENDURING CARE
December 1, 2021December 1, 2021 Virtual In honor of late artist and Georgetown alumnus Rotimi Fani-Kayode (subject of our spring ’22 exhibition), the GU Art Galleries are partnering with Visual AIDS to... -
Cookies with the Curator
October 14, 2021October 14, 2021 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery Chat with our Founding Director/Chief Curator Al Miner about the new exhibition, Teresita Fernández: Dark...
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What does it mean to be American?
April 28, 2021April 28, 2021 5:30 P.M. Looking for America brings people together from across the political spectrum and the country to explore what it means to be American in a deeply... -
TRANSMISSIONS: video screening considering the impact of HIV and AIDS beyond the United States
December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Virtual In honor of late artist and Georgetown alumnus Rotimi Fani-Kayode, the GU Art Galleries are proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2020... -
Plan Your Vote!
November 1, 2020November 1, 2020 - November 3, 2020 We’re supporting PLAN YOUR VOTE, a 2020 artist initiative that harnesses the power of art to promote and empower citizens to exercise their... -
Public Dialogue Webinar: COVID-19's Impact on the Art World
October 29, 2020October 29, 2020 How has COVID-19 impacted the art world? Hear how a collector, curator, art dealer, and auction house dealer have responded to the moment. Watch the webinar here.... -
Chemi Rosado-Seijo and Ben Ashworth In Dialogue
January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 6:00 - 7:00 P.M. Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery -
Film Screening: Waste Land
December 4, 2019December 4, 2019 6:30 P.M. Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery See Lucy Walker’s award-winning documentary film about a unique collaboration between a renowned contemporary photographer (Vik Muniz)... -
Sculpture Workshop with Visiting Artist Chemi Rosado-Seijo
November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 6:00 - 7:30 P.M. Walsh Building room 295: 1221 36th St NW Puerto Rican artist Chemi Rosado-Seijo is best known for orchestrating urban interventions with community partners.... -
Opening Reception: Design Transfigured/Waste Reimagined
October 2, 2019October 2, 2019 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery and Lucille M. & Richard F.X. Spagnuolo Art Gallery -
Open House with Art-Making & Drop-In Tours
November 8, 2019November 8, 2019 2:00 - 6:00 P.M. Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery Engage with the current exhibition, Design Transfigured/Waste Reimagined. Make an impact yourself by creating a... -
SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE IN JORDAN WITH AMMAR KHAMMASH
November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 6:00- 7:00 P.M. Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery A Public Dialogue on Sustainable Architecture led by the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies’ Sakka... -
Design Transfigured/Waste Reimagined Panel Discussion
October 3, 2019October 3, 2019 6:00 P.M. Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery Three exhibiting designers and the exhibition curator discuss themes in the exhibition including the intersection of creativity... -
Salon Concert with Somi
April 12, 2019April 12, 2019 4:00 - 4:45 P.M. Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery While in residence on Georgetown’s campus, world-renowned vocalist and songwriter, Somi will perform a salon-style... -
Interactive Performance Art Event
April 11, 2019April 11, 2019 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery Sherrill Roland: The Jumpsuit Project (Day 2) The Jumpsuit Project DC walk begins in the... -
Interactive Performance Art Event
April 10, 2019April 10, 2019 10:30 A.M. - 3:30 P.M. Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery Sherrill Roland: The Jumpsuit Project (Day 1) Roland spent 10.5 months in a DC... -
Public Dialogue with Glenn Ligon and Steven Nelson
April 1, 2019April 1, 2019 6:30 P.M. Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery Hear internationally acclaimed artist Glenn Ligon in conversation with distinguished art historian Dr. Steven Nelson, Andrew W.... -
Artist's Talk with Georgie Friedman
February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 Artist’s talk was followed by a reception in the Nora Cooney Marra Memorial Atrium of the Walsh Building and the Spagnuolo Art Gallery. -
Public Dialogue with Artist Adrienne Gaither & Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins
February 19, 2019February 19, 2019 “ON DIGNITY: Policy & Art” Join us for the DC Inaugural event of the Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security and Conflict Transformation (WCAPS) Art Forum. Adrienne... -
Film Screening: I Am Not Your Negro
February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 Raoul Peck’s experimental documentary film I Am Not Your Negro (2017) builds upon James Baldwin’s unfinished book, Remember This House (1979), a consideration of America’s history of... -
Talk with Dr. Jennifer DeVere Brody
January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 “Free Form: Art, Activism and Racial Justice” Dr. Jennifer DeVere Brody is a Professor of Theater and Performance Studies at Stanford University. Her research and teaching focus... -
Public Opening Reception with Glenn Ligon
January 24, 2019January 24, 2019 6:00 P.M. Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery -
Jake Blount in Concert
November 8, 2018November 8, 2018 Local fiddler, banjoist, singer, and scholar Jake Blount played tunes by Choctaw fiddler William H. Stepp and Cherokee fiddlers Manco Sneed and Osey Helton. -
Artist Talk with Beth Katleman
October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 Brooklyn-based artist Beth Katleman scours Ebay, flea markets, and specialty shops for mass-produced items she later casts in porcelain to create fantastical installations. Katleman discussed her influences... -
Public Dialogue with artist Jefferey Gibson
September 28, 2018September 28, 2018 Choctaw-Cherokee artist Jeffrey Gibson appeared on stage with Paul Chaat Smith ̶ Comanche author, essayist, and Associate Curator at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American... -
Jeffery Gibson: Public Opening Reception and Performance
September 27, 2018September 27, 2018 The Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery’s inaugural exhibition, Jeffrey Gibson: DON’T MAKE ME OVER, opened on September 27, 2018. At 6:30pm, the artist premiered... -
Interactive Performance Art Event
August 29, 2018August 29, 2018 - August 30, 2018 Rob Pruitt’s Flea Market is based on a real flea market, where diverse vendors come together to sell their various wares at affordable... -
Public Dialogue with Wangechi Mutu
November 8, 2017November 8, 2017 Dialogues on Being Human: The Intersections of Art, Health, and Dignity with Wangechi Mutu
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LOCATION 3535 Prospect St. NW Washington, DC 20007 |
CONTACT US Email: guartgalleries@georgetown.edu Telephone: (202)-687-8039 |
HOURS OF OPERATION Wednesdays - Saturdays 10:00 am - 6: 00 pm Sundays 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
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3535 Prospect St. NW
Washington, DC 20007
CONTACT US
Email: guartgalleries@georgetown.edu
Telephone: (202)-687-8039
HOURS OF OPERATION
Wednesdays - Saturdays 10:00 am - 6: 00 pm
Sundays 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Thanksgiving Holiday Hours
In observance of Thanksgiving, the Georgetown University Art Galleries will be closed from November 26th - November 28th, 2025.
The Galleries will reopen with regular hours on November 29th and November 30th, 2025.