Thank you @dcpubliclibrary for featuring Plain Sight in their “D.I.Y. in the District” exhibition at MLK Library! We’re honored to be included in the multitudes of incredible art spaces in DC, past and present. The exhibition is on view through December 7, 2025 ✨ — Artist-run. Homegrown. Non-commercial. Multimedia. Experimental. A D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself) art space is usually all of these things - and yet no single definition applies to all. Produced in collaboration with @rhizome_dc and other partners, this exhibit transforms the Great Hall of MLK Library into a celebration of the artist-run and D.I.Y. arts scene in the District from circa 1970 through the present day. Through examples such as d.c. space (1977-1991) and Rhizome (2016-present), this dynamic installation highlights the vital role that non-mainstream art spaces play in the larger arts world and our city. This exhibition is produced by the DC Public Library Exhibits team in collaboration with Rhizome DC and many partners. It celebrates the artist-run and D.I.Y. arts scene from around 1970 to the present day. It is a tribute to DC Public Library archivist Ray Barker (1969-2024) who conducted a series of more than thirty oral histories of D.C. Art Spaces on behalf of the library, now preserved online in DigDC. Read on below to explore the exhibit and discover artist-driven programming throughout the fall.

Over the last few years, Julia Chon (@kimchi.juice ) has been painting a collection of 54 onggi. Used to ferment foods such as kimchi, onggi can be found in the countryside of Korea, on the balconies of apartments, and at the heart of the Korean and Korean diasporic home. Julia’s undertaking of painting 54 of these vessels is an homage to the number of years her family has lived in the U.S. since immigrating in 1970. 📲 click link in bio to read more about this ongoing project, and stop by Plain Sight (@plainsightdc ) day or night now through June 20th to see “Memory Garden.” This exhibition is presented in partnership with The Nicholson Project (@thenicholsonproject ) as Julia’s culminating project from her 2024 Artist Residency. — ID: maroon ceramic pot painted with a rooster motif.

Meet our exhibiting artist Julia Chon (@kimchi.juice ) whose exhibition 𝑴𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝑮𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏 is on view now through June 20th! This past fall Julia was an artist-in-residence at @thenicholsonproject and this exhibition is her culminating project from her residency. Read more below 👇🏾 Julia Chon, also known by her artist name Kimchi Juice, is a Washington DC-based artist and muralist. Julia’s work focuses on honoring her Korean heritage. Most recently, she creates Korean Earthenware sculptures representative of traditional kimchi pots. One of her first kimchi pots was acquired into the Smithsonian (@smithsonianacmin ) permanent art collection in 2022. Julia’s work explores the relationship between cultural tradition and its effects on generational identity and the decisions Asian Americans make to form their identities. With a prominent Korean aesthetic in each piece, Julia merges her ancestry and traditions with the contemporary to convey the nuances of the Korean diaspora. As Chon’s work makes its way from canvas to large-scale murals, these intimate portraits take center stage in an urban environment. Her murals can be found internationally and her work has been exhibited in solo and group shows in Washington DC, Los Angeles, CA and Miami, FL. Julia’s clients and collaborations include NASA (@nasa ), Apple (@apple ), the Korean Cultural Center (@koreaculturedc ), and the Phillips Collection, among others. Julia was featured in the HBO docuseries “Take Out with Lisa Ling.”

𝑷𝑳𝑨𝑰𝑵 𝑺𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑻 𝑰𝑺 𝑩𝑨𝑪𝑲 ::: After a two year hiatus, we are thrilled to present 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙂𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙣 by 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗻 (@kimchi.juice ) presented in partnership with The Nicholson Project (@thenicholsonproject ), on view now through June 20, 2025. — Julia Chon’s 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙂𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙣 features a selection from her ongoing series of hand-painted onggi—traditional Korean earthenware vessels. Julia is working toward creating 54 of these vessels reflecting her family’s 54 years in the U.S. since immigrating in 1970. Each vessel holds forgotten stories, personal histories, and emotions tied to the immigrant journey. This exhibition is presented in collaboration with The Nicholson Project, a nonprofit dedicated to artist support and cultural development in Washington, DC. Julia Chon served as an artist-in-residence with The Nicholson Project from October 9 to December 17, 2024; 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙂𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙣 is the culminating body of work created during her residency.

And that’s a wrap (for now) for Plain Sight as we say goodbye to 3218 Georgia Avenue! We have loved every minute of transforming this closed up storefront to a place where anyone could access contemporary art. This was a labor of love for us and we are eternally grateful to the artists who we had the privilege of exhibiting their artwork, and to each of our collaborators and supporters. And to the neighborhood of Park View, thank you. Stay tuned for what’s next for Plain Sight 🖤 Thank you to each of our exhibiting artists: Halim A. Flowers (@halimflowers ) Nara Park (@nara__park ) Lee Nowell-Wilson (@leenowellwilson ) Ada Pinkston (@apinkstone ) Alanna Reeves (@alanna_thee_scallion ) Absurdly Well (@absurdlywell ) Hoesy Corona (@hoesycorona ) Michael Thron (@mrthron ) Michal Gavish (@michalgavish ) Julie Wills (@juliewillsart ) MK Bailey (@mk.bailey ) Antonio McAfee (@antonio_emca ) Emily Fussner (@emilyfussner ) Stephanie Williams (@steph.j.williams ) Lionel Frazier White III (@black_ebb_art ) Sobia Ahmad (@sobia.ahmad.art ) Thank you to everyone who supported Plain Sight: Zuckerman Georgia Shelton Zuckerman Eric Zuckerman Peter Kossiaras Le Whit (@le.whit ) Corey Kingston (@coreykingston ) Rashida Brown Michael Wray Kent C. Boese Darren Jones Bradford Grant Salsa With Silvia (@salsawithsilvia ) St. Vincent Wine (@stvincentwine ) DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (@thedcarts ) Alissa Maru (@alissa_maru ) SoCo Contracting Sonni Nucci Mackenzie Freddie Pacheco Elmer Rosendo Sonny's Pizza (@sonnyspizzadc ) Doubles (@doublesdc ) Max Zuckerman (@moosejawl ) Ben Heller (@Benheller1 ) Kevin Nance (@kevinmnance ) Homme DC (@homme_dc ) Korean Cultural Center (@koreaculturedc ) Ji-Young Yun (@yun_ji_young_ ) MILKED (@milkedmag ) Darin Michelle Gilliam (@darinmichelle ) EU National Institutes for Culture (@eunic_dc ) Sandra Pires (@piressandra1 )

ON VIEW NOW THROUGH JAN 23–When Sobia Ahmad (@sobia.ahmad.art ) read “A Night Journey” by French author Laurie Agusti, the themes of moving through darkness and fear of "the other" or "the unknown" reminded her of both a spiritual and a socio-political journey—of encountering one's own self and encountering those different from us. Inspired by this idea of light and darkness, Islamic mysticism, and recurrent dreams about Ahmad's grandfather’s rice fields, this series of weavings was created as a way to approach and access ancestral mythic imagination through contemplative rituals of prayer and repetition. This particular weaving is made from paper dyed in India ink and is the length of the artist's body, evoking a prayer rug, a dream space, and inherited memories. In her dreams, Ahmad often visit her grandfather’s rice fields in Pakistan, where she was born, and the courtyard of her childhood home. The title of the work, In the Light and the Darkness of the Self and of the Other, is a reference to Etel Adnan's poetry. — This exhibitions is part of 𝘼 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚: 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙇𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙧𝙩, a series of short exhibitions featuring eleven visual artists from the Washington, DC region who are creating work in response to eleven books by European writers, as part of the 2021 #EuropeReadr project, presented in collaboration with the EU National Institutes of Culture in Washington, DC (@eunic_dc ) and the EU Delegation to the United States (@euintheus ). Sobia’s exhibition is presented in collaboration with Alliance Françe DC (@afwashington_dc ) in response to French illustrator Laurie Agusti’s (@laurie.agusti.derimay ) book “A Night Journey” published by @biscoto_editions ✨

Working in collaboration with students from Cornerstone Schools of Washington, DC, and inspired by the communities from around the world depicted by Flemish author Ann De Bode (@anndebode ) in her picture book My Street, artist-educator Lionel Frazier White III (@black_ebb_art ) worked inter-departmentally to lead students to canonize their neighborhoods, capturing the locations’ importance and heart through the students’ eyes and imaginations. Then, using the students’ words as his medium, Frazier created a collage response to his hometown of Washington, DC. On view now through Jan 23rd. 📲link in bio to learn more. — This exhibitions is a part of 𝘼 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚: 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙇𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙧𝙩, a series of short exhibitions featuring eleven visual artists from the Washington, DC region who are creating work in response to eleven books by European writers, as part of the 2021 #EuropeReadr project, presented in collaboration with the EU National Institutes of Culture in Washington, DC (@eunic_dc ) and the EU Delegation to the United States (@euintheus ). Lionel’s exhibition is presented in collaboration with @flandersintheusa

NEW ✨ on view now through January 23rd are the last two exhibitions from our Window to Europe series, featuring exhibitions by Sobia Ahmad (@sobia.ahmad.art ) in response to “A Night Journey” by French author and illustrator Laurie Agusti (@laurie.agusti.derimay ) + Lionel Frazier White III (@black_ebb_art ) in response to “My Street” by Flemish author Ann de Bode (@anndebode ). — These exhibitions are a part of 𝘼 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚: 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙇𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙧𝙩, a series of short exhibitions featuring eleven visual artists from the Washington, DC region who are creating work in response to eleven books by European writers, as part of the 2021 #EuropeReadr project, presented in collaboration with the EU National Institutes of Culture in Washington, DC (@eunic_dc ) and the EU Delegation to the United States (@euintheus ). Sobia’s exhibition is presented in collaboration with @afwashington_dc and Lionel’s exhibition in collaboration with @flandersintheusa .

Sad to say goodbye to these works by Stephanie Williams (@steph.j.williams ) and Antonio McAfee (@antonio_emca ), which looked oh so beautiful in the snow this week. - We’re social distancing throughout our next install, so your peak behind the scenes may be a little lighter than usual but expect a big reveal on Friday. 🪄✨ - Stay tuned for our final pair of exhibitions in our @eunic_dc collaboration. While we’re staying safe, we cannot wait to finish this project with these two exceptional installations. Coming soon….

The difference between being a body and having a body is that being a body is in direct conversation with one’s physical presence—to shift weight, to breath, to sense—and having a body implies that our bodies stand for some larger context in direct conversation with culture, sometimes becoming a symbolic political object. On a basic scale, COVID-19 called attention to the limitations of our physical bodies: to touch, to breath, to see. On a more complex level, it highlighted social inequity: the violence shown against black communities highlights that there is a difference existing in a body so steeped in politics. Stephanie Williams' (@steph.j.williams ) has drawn inspiration from the illustrations in Fridolin Franse Frisiert by Michael Roher, and their ability to communicate the oneness of the individual and the multitude of experiences contained within simultaneously. Williams' is drawn to work that requires care in the form of an accumulation of small intimate gestures, in this case, in the form of a stitch and another stitch and another…emphasizing the seaming together of appliquéd, sewn, silver meaty pieces hung and displayed for visual consumption. The bodies are abstracted, showing small visual resemblances to an orifice here and a protuberance there but never replicating a body exactly. In the abstraction, she is able to contemplate—to hand sew, stitch by stitch—the unfolding of the past year, what politics are steeped within so many of our bodies, an act that contemplates in its satire the ridiculousness of judging literal meat. — This exhibition is part of 𝘼 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚: 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙇𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙧𝙩, a series of short exhibitions featuring eleven visual artists from the Washington, DC region who are creating work in response to eleven books by European writers, as part of the 2021 #EuropeReadr project, presented in collaboration with the EU National Institutes of Culture in Washington, DC (@eunic_dc ) and the EU Delegation to the United States (@euintheus ). Stephanie’s exhibition is supported by the Austrian Cultural Forum (@acfwashington ). @europereadr #MichaelRoher #stephaniejwilliams

NEW ✨ today we opened a new exhibition by artist Stephanie Williams (@steph.j.williams ), on view through Jan. 4, 2022. Williams has drawn inspiration from the illustrations in “Fridolin Franse Frisiert” by Austrian writer Michael Roher, and their ability to communicate the oneness of the individual and the multitude of experiences contained within simultaneously. Learn more on our website (📲 link in bio) and stop by to see the work yourself, day or night. Also on view, Antonio McAfee’s (@antonio_emca ) exhibition has been extended through Jan. 3rd. — This exhibition is part of 𝘼 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚: 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙇𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙧𝙩, a series of short exhibitions featuring eleven visual artists from the Washington, DC region who are creating work in response to eleven books by European writers, as part of the 2021 #EuropeReadr project, presented in collaboration with the EU National Institutes of Culture in Washington, DC (@eunic_dc ) and the EU Delegation to the United States (@euintheus ). Stephanie’s exhibition is supported by the Austrian Cultural Forum (@acfwashington ). #michaelroher @europereadr @czechembassydc #mareksindelka

Less than 24 hours to view Emily Fussner’s (@emilyfussner ) glowing installation, with saturated, colorful shadows that change from day to night, reflecting an excerpt from a poem by Italian writer #TizianoFratus onto the walls and forest floor (created from a large photograph Emily took on a recent hike in Orvieto, Italy. — This exhibition is part of 𝘼 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚: 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙇𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙧𝙩, a series of short exhibitions featuring eleven visual artists from the Washington, DC region who are creating work in response to eleven books by European writers, as part of the 2021 #EuropeReadr project, presented in collaboration with the EU National Institutes of Culture in Washington, DC (@eunic_dc ) and the EU Delegation to the United States (@euintheus ). Emily’s exhibition was presented in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute (@italyinus ) 🇮🇹. — @europereadr