2025: SUMMER IN THE CITY

A Pop-Up Exhibition created and managed by Touchstone’s 2025 Summer Bloomberg Arts Interns (BAI) featuring 10” x 10” artworks made by 32 area high school students.

TFA provided funds to purchase art supplies for students who wished to participate but did not have materials. The BAI team created 30 art kits, fliers, graphics, a web page, and more.

2025: ECHOES OF TOMORROW STUDENT ART SHOW

Echoes of Tomorrow explored the connections between the memory and anticipation of artistic expression; how we can see the future within our present art, blending foresight with nostalgia.

Jurors Jonathan Fuentes (TFA 2025-26), Cathleen Gavin, and Charmaine Mapp selected artworks by more than 20 local student artists ages 14-22.

2025: DISTRICT 51 TEEN NIGHT & GO-GO NIGHT

Teen Night: An evening with activities for art lovers 14-19, including button making, a scavenger hunt, open mic poetry, and more.

Go-Go Night: In collaboration with the Go-Go Museum, this event held late hours and was held alongside the District 51 Art Show, highlighting 51 of the incredible living and working artists who have shaped, inspired, and impacted the dynamic DC cultural scene.

2024: BRINGING CONGO TO THE HEART OF AMERICA: UNEARTHING CONGO’S TRUE COLORS

An exhibition of six Congolese artists, in partnership with Moyi Arts Concept. Established in 2022 by Senior Congolese Diplomat and Georgetown University alumni Sarah Marie-Chantal Andely, Moyi Arts Concept presents Congolese fine arts and crafts to the world.

2024: ASHLEY JAYE WILLIAMS SOLO EXHIBITION

The Jaye Williams Product Line For Men by Ashley Jaye Williams is a collection of works that explores objectification and capitalism through sculpture, paintings, and video. Extrapolated from the artist's own negative lexicon of life experiences, these sculptures and paintings are reimaginings of the gender, beauty, and social standards that constrain women.

Ashley Jaye Williams is a multidisciplinary artist working and living in Washington, DC.

2024: TERESA OAXACA SOLO EXHIBITION

This collection of oil paintings by artist Teresa Oaxaca delves into the captivating realms of mythology, ancestral belief systems, and the intricate relationship between humanity and the natural world. Through sophisticated details, rich colors, and a high decorative style, viewers are invited to immerse themselves in a visual narrative that evokes a sense of wonder and contemplation.

2023/24: SANAH BROWN-BOWERS SOLO EXHIBITION

Sanah Brown-Bowers artistic endeavors are an exploration of the concept of family. Employing acrylic, oil, pray paints, paper collage, typography, assemblage art, LED lighting, film, video, and sound, she creates her “family altars.” These altars offer a contemplative space for viewers to connect with their own childhood recollections. Central to the concept of the family altar is the conviction that every life story carries significance, and the narratives of the living are equally deserving of being heard.

2023: PERSIAN PERSPECTIVES: CELEBRATING IRANIAN WOMEN ARTISTS OF DC

This survey exhibition features works from artists Parinaz Ziai Bahadori, Saya Behnam, Katty Biglari, Roya Chadab, Setareh Pourrajabi, and Maryam Rassapour. Viewers are invited to experience selections from the vibrant and diverse world of contemporary Iranian artists working in the Washington, DC area—honoring the powerful voices and narratives of these women.

Through their work, participating artists reveal how their heritage, experiences, and cultural background have shaped their artistic careers.