SPECIAL EVENTS
and PUBLIC programs

Past Events

First Friday: Feb. 3rd Opening Reception

Mark your Calendars: Faculty Exhibition 2023 Opening Reception! Friday, February 3rd, 6pm - 8pm Faculty Exhibition 2023 is up and looking...

Third Thursday January-ArtWalk Dupont

Mark your Calendars: Faculty Exhibition Opening and January Third Thursday-Art Walk Dupont Faculty Exhibition Opening! Join us for the...

Third Thursday November-Art Walk Dupont

Mark your Calendars: Its November Third Thursday Art Walk Dupont Join us during Art Walk Dupont for the closing reception of Master...

Artists in Conversation: Viewpoint from the Model Stand

Do not miss this opportunity to hear the lively conversation between D.C. Art Model Collective artist models Jalene, Sheba and Sarah,...

Third Thursday October-Art Walk Dupont

Mark your Calendars: Third Thursdays and Art Walk Dupont returns to WSS! Join us during Art Walk Dupont and immerse yourself in a...

Sharapat Kessler: Flights in Dreams and Reality

The exhibition features the drawings and collages of Master Certificate graduate Sharapat Kessler. Sharapat Kessler: Flights in Dreams...

Painting Demo with Erin Raedeke: Setting up and Embarking on a Still Life Painting

Painting Demo with Erin Raedeke: Setting up and Embarking on a Still Life Painting Artist and WSS faculty member Erin Raedeke provides a...

PAINTING, POWER & PRESENCE: A Recontextualization for Painters, Creatives and Collectors

WITH JORDAN WOLFSON THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 7:30 pm EST live via Zoom WSS is pleased to welcome, for the first time, contemporary artist and...

Artists in Conversation: Deborah Kahn and Susan Yanero

On Wednesday, June 9, painters, teachers and long-time friends, Deborah Kahn and Susan Yanero shared their inspirations, life stories,...

Create by the Creek

SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 10 am to 4 pm WSS is pleased to partner once again with the Friends of Peirce Mill for this day-long program that...

Artists in Conversation: Susan Yanero and Deborah Kahn

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 6:30 - 8 PM EST LIVE VIA ZOOM WSS is thrilled to announce the next iteration in our Artists in Conversation series,...

The Painter must never be the connoisseur: visiting artist talk with Jennifer Pochinski

Thursday, March 31 at 6:00 pm EST - Live-streamed from WSS WSS is thrilled to host Jennifer Pochinski for a live artist talk on Thursday,...

SUSAN YANERO: PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS

The exhibition will feature new paintings and drawings created by the artist during the past two years of pandemic isolation. SUSAN...

Lex Marie and Melvin Nesbitt Jr.: A Sense of Nostalgia

WSS is thrilled to bring together DC-based artists Lex Marie and Melvin Nesbitt Jr. for the next installment of our Artist in...

Art All Night: Made in DC

Washington Studio School is pleased to participate again in Art All Night: Made in DC. Saturday, September 25, 7 pm-midnight **Proof of...

Artists in Conversation: Mojdeh Rezaeipour x Latrelle Rostant

WSS is pleased to bring together two phenomenal artists, Mojdeh Rezaipour and Latrelle Rostant for the next installment of our Artists in...

Free Virtual Drop-In Figure Drawing Session

Monday, May 24, 2021 from 7 to 9 pm EST Out of gratitude for our loyal community, and as a welcome for those who may be newly discovering...

2nd Saturday Model Extravaganza with DC Art Model Collective

WSS is pleased to collaboratively host the DC Art Model Collective's (DCAMC) monthly Model Extravaganza. Saturday, December 11, from 3 to...