Discover Washington, DC By Design

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DC is a creative’smost desired canvas �

An artist’s playground, where their imaginations wander and masterpieces come to life

A courageous space to be your true, authentic self, no matter your lived experience A mixture of politics, culture, art and history

What better place to be inspired as a creator –to manifest beautiful, thought-provoking and timeless art?

_ Charity Blackwell

DC-based spoken word artist and poet

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Index & Acknowledgements

All photographs by Robert Urteaga (@bobbywhooo)

unless otherwise noted

Cover and interior design by Amanda Henderson

Creative and editorial direction by Alex Gnafakis, Melissa Riley, Alli Johnson and Susan O'Keefe

Contributor: Charity Blackwell (@charityjoyceblackwell)

Printed in Washington, DC by Senoda, Inc.

Copyright © 2022 Destination DC washington.org

Cover: Washington National Cathedral cathedral.org

Photo by Alethea Merelos (@nothing_but__flowers)

Lincoln Memorial nps.gov/linc

National Museum of African American History and Culture nmaahc.si.edu

International Spy Museum spymuseum.org

Friendship Archway, Chinatown

The Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery npg.si.edu/visit/kogod-courtyard

Conrad Washington DC conradwashingtondc.com

U.S. Capitol Building aoc.gov

Library of Congress loc.gov

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library dclibrary.org/mlk

Union Station unionstationdc.com

Arena Stage arenastage.org

National Archives archives.gov

Photo by Kavone Martinez (@kmartinez___)

Southwest Neighborhood Library dclibrary.org/southwest

District of Columbia War Memorial nps.gov/nama/planyourvisit/dc-war-memorial.htm

Pendry Washington DC – The Wharf pendry.com/washington-dc

National Air and Space Museum airandspace.si.edu

Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge newfrederickdouglassbridge.com

Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America myfranciscan.org

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts kennedy-center.org

National Museum of the American Indian americanindian.si.edu

The Smithsonian American Art Museum's Luce Foundation Center americanart.si.edu/visit/saam/luce

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport — National Hall flyreagan.com

Photo © Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, 1 Aviation Circle, Washington, DC 20001

Smithsonian Institution Building (The Castle) si.edu/museums/smithsonian-institution-building 680 Maine Avenue SW wharfdc.com

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden hirshhorn.si.edu

Metro Center Station wmata.com

National Museum of American History americanhistory.si.edu

CityCenterDC citycenterdc.com

Photo by Alex Chin (@alexchin_photos)

National Building Museum nbm.org

Photo by Chuck Greeson (@chuckgreeson)

U.S. National Arboretum usna.usda.gov

Midtown Center carrprop.com/properties/midtown-center

The LINE DC thelinehotel.com/dc

National Gallery of Art nga.gov

Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood Library dclibrary.org/francis

Back Cover: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at the National Museum of Asian Art si.edu/museums/sackler-gallery

Photo by Robert A. Silverman (@rsilverman)