Then/Again: A Gallery Exhibition 30 Years Later
March 29, 2019 – April 28, 2019

Opening Reception: Friday, March 29, 7-9pm
Artist/Curator Talk & Closing Reception: Sunday, April 28, 5pm

Artists: David Emerick, Lida Husik, Jenny Jenkins, Sherwin Mark, Darrow Montgomery, Fredrick Nunley, Michael Platt, Beverly Ress, and Greg Staley Curators: Philip Barlow & Pat Goslee

Continuing the celebration of DCAC’s thirtieth anniversary, Then/Again remembers the “marathon opening” of DCAC on June 16, 1989. The Corcoran had cancelled the Mapplethorpe exhibition a week before, and there was a hope that this new venue would redress the grievances of a frustrated community of artists and provide a setting to show the diversity of artists working in the District. The idea struck a nerve and crowds waited in lines outside to experience the promise of the new organization. Then/Again includes contemporary work from nine of the sixteen artists from that first show, and recognizes how far both the artists and DCAC have come over the past thirty years.

Image: Greg Staley, Legend, 2016, 41”x 30”