Art Therapy Prescription for a healthier, happier YOU!

Time to trade in your weekly therapy session for some local arts and culture events happening this weekend. Here at Pink Line HQ, we know that attending arts and culture events can improve your physical and mental health so we've specially selected weekend picks that are sure to get you out of the box, or should we say out of the cubicle, and feeling healthier and happier in no time.

Warning: The Pink Line Team can only help you so much without a full analysis of your condition. For more art therapy, please self medicate by checking out our calendar!

DeanwoodxDesign

Jul 14, 2012 (All day) - Oct 31, 2012 (All day)

DeanwoodxDesign highlights one of the District’s earliest African American communities from a design perspective. During a four-month period (June 30-Oct. 31, 2012), DeanwoodxDesign will feature workshops, exhibitions, and cultural events that...

Selections from Combat Paper

Nov 1, 2012, 5:00pm - 8:00pm

A NEW EXHIBITION CURATED BY ARTIST JASON HUGHES AT THE STAMP GALLERY Opening Reception and Gallery Talk: Friday, November 2, 2012 5-8pm Veterans Week Kick-off Reception will be held on November 5, 2-5PM COLLEGE PARK—MD The Stamp Gallery at the...

Opening: "Divine Revelations: Passages from the Life of Our Lady by Carolina Mayorga"

Nov 2, 2012, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Divine Revelations is a series of photographic works in which Carolina Mayorga uses her own image to recreate Roman Catholic religious scenes inspired by masterpieces. For this project, the artist reconstructs iconic depictions of Virgin Mary in a...

Conventional Wisdom

Oct 12, 2012 (All day) - Nov 2, 2012 (All day)

Delicious Spectacle Presents Conventional Wisdom 10.12.2012 – 11.2.2012 Opening Reception: Friday October 12th, 6 - 10pm 1366 Quincy Street NW Washington DC 20011 RYAN BROWNING MICHAEL DOTSON CHRISTINE GRAY MATTHEW MANN ALI MILLER...

Parks and Passages: Inspirations from Berlin for Washington's Dupont Underground

Sep 13, 2012 (All day) - Nov 2, 2012 (All day)

Parks & Passages is an investigation of relics, ruins and reconstruction in the capital cities of Berlin and Washington, DC. This summer, Provisions Library sent an interdisciplinary team of Washington-based artists and researchers to Berlin to...

Shostakovich Festival

Nov 3, 2012, 8:00pm

This three-week festival— interpreting Shostakovich the man, Shostakovich the composer, and specific Shostakovich compositions—comprises three concerts at the National Gallery of Art, Dumbarton Concerts, and Georgetown University, as well as four...

Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann Exhibit Opening

Nov 3, 2012, 6:00pm - 8:30pm

Please join us for the Opening Reception of Katherine Mann's solo exhibition on Saturday, November 3rd 6:00 – 8:30pm. Katherine Mann’s paintings show how patterned, highly wrought, decorative elements coalesce from the chaos and contingency of an...

Project Dispatch Presents MAJORITY RULE

Nov 3, 2012, 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Project Dispatch needs YOU to help us choose our new artists members! We have selected 12 awesome artists from our open call to present their work in this exhibit. The goal of this show is to engage the audience by allowing YOU to vote on the...

D's Nails by Decoy

Nov 3, 2012, 7:00pm - 11:00pm

The Fridge Presents D's Nails by DECOY November 3 - 25 Opening Reception: Saturday, November 3, 7 - 11pm Artist Talk: Sunday, November 18, 2 - 4pm Manicures: 11/10, 11/17 and 11/24, 11 – 4pm, $30 (book online) DC street artist DECOY will be...

Shostakovich Festival

Nov 4, 2012, 6:30pm

PostClassical Ensemble conducted by Angel Gil-Ordóñez Program Shostakovich/Barshai: String Symphonies Op. 110a and Op. 118a Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues (George Vatchnadze, piano) _____ This three-week festival— interpreting Shostakovich the...

2012 DC Tweed Ride

Nov 4, 2012, 4:00pm - 10:00pm

Once again, the time has come for us to gather in our finest fall attire and pedal through our lovely city during the annual DC Tweed Ride. The tradition lives on, now in its fourth year, and this time we will be toasting to fall during our Bash at...