Crit Club September
Crit Club - September 2026
Crit Club hosts free monthly meet-ups for DMV visual artists and creatives looking to expand their practice and receive thoughtful feedback.
Coordinated by Addie Moore @addiethenomad and Beth Ferraro @the.art.island. Sponsored by DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and Gallery Y.
Crit, short for critique, is a form of feedback standard in art school but is rarely practiced outside the classroom walls or beyond paywalls. We offer a safe, free space for creatives to talk about their work in a low-stakes, constructive environment. This gathering is intended for visual artists, but any creative is more than welcome to come and share. I (Addie) will have my iPad if you want to email me (addiethenomad@gmail.com) beforehand some images to share, or bring work in person (but this is so not required). This is mostly a practice of sharing and discussing our work in a constructive, supportive community. Here's a video on how to critique! We always use positive, specific, and productive language when speaking to others about their work! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZJDdfJHKxM
Limited capacity, please RSVP
Guest artist: Rashad Ali Muhammad
Rashad Ali Muhammad is a multidisciplinary artist of the African diaspora based in Maryland. His practice delves into the intersections of culture, ethnicity, spirituality, identity, and nature, celebrating the vastness of the human spirit. His work reinforces notions of authenticity, self-love, and connection, inviting viewers to engage in deeper understanding while addressing stereotypes and misconceptions faced by people of color and the queer community.
Muhammad works across mediums, allowing the subject matter and its demands to shape the form. No matter the medium, he brings a collagist's mindset: merging intention, investigation, and invention, dissecting established references and reassembling them into compelling new visions. His ongoing journey to expand emotional intelligence fuels his exploration of the intricacies of human experience and the expansive intersections that shape our lives.
The clarity and refinement of Muhammad's work reflect his formal education in graphic design and photography. In addition to his studio practice, he works as a creative director and graphic designer, where his contemporary artistic sensibilities and classic design training foster a whimsical and innovative approach. He is also the founder of DBISO, a lifestyle and fashion brand rooted in the same ethos of identity, culture, and intentional design. Muhammad is currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art at the Maryland Institute College of Art.
Muhammad was a resident artist at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, VA from 2022 to 2025. His work is held in institutional and private collections. He has completed public commissions across the Mid-Atlantic and beyond. He is a 2023 Art and Peacebuilding Fellow with the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University, and has served as a mentor in the Arts and Social Justice Fellowship Program at Strathmore with core partner Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. His artwork has received recognition from Contemporary Collage Magazine and the National Collage Society, and has appeared in Forbes, the Washington Post, NPR/WAMU, Academic Medicine, Kolaj Magazine, Create! Magazine, and British GQ.
Crit Club August
Crit Club - August 2026
Crit Club hosts free monthly meet-ups for DMV visual artists and creatives looking to expand their practice and receive thoughtful feedback.
Coordinated by Addie Moore @addiethenomad and Beth Ferraro @the.art.island. Sponsored by DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and Gallery Y.
Crit, short for critique, is a form of feedback standard in art school but is rarely practiced outside the classroom walls or beyond paywalls. We offer a safe, free space for creatives to talk about their work in a low-stakes, constructive environment. This gathering is intended for visual artists, but any creative is more than welcome to come and share. I (Addie) will have my iPad if you want to email me (addiethenomad@gmail.com) beforehand some images to share, or bring work in person (but this is so not required). This is mostly a practice of sharing and discussing our work in a constructive, supportive community. Here's a video on how to critique! We always use positive, specific, and productive language when speaking to others about their work! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZJDdfJHKxM
Guest artist: Jared Soares
Jared Soares photographs community and identity. Through portraiture and longform essays he examines how sets of people relate to each other often through the lens of sports and contemporary culture.
His fine art prints and books are held in the permanent collections of the Portland Art Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Sloane Art Library at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University.
Jared’s images intimately connect readers with subjects for clients such as adidas Originals, Adobe, Airbnb, The Atlantic, ELLE, The Fader, GQ, National Geographic, Nike, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Square, TIME and WIRED among others. His work has been recognized by the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize and he contributed to The Marshall Project’s 2020 investigation of K-9 units and the damage that police dogs inflict on Americans, the report earned the 2021 Pulitzer Prize, staff recognition for National Reporting and he was named a prizewinner of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery's triennial 2025 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition.
When he is not making photographs, he can be found kicking a soccer ball or walking his pet terrier, Holly.
Limited capacity, please RSVP
Crit Club JULY
Crit Club - JULY 2026 - FEild trip
Free monthly meet-up for DMV visual artists and creatives looking to expand their practice and receive thoughtful feedback.
Coordinated by Addie Moore @addiethenomad and Beth Ferraro @the.art.island. Sponsored by DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and Gallery Y.
Crit, short for critique, is a form of feedback standard in art school but is rarely practiced outside the classroom walls or beyond paywalls. We offer a safe, free space for creatives to talk about their work in a low-stakes, constructive environment. This gathering is intended for visual artists, but any creative is more than welcome to come and share. I (Addie) will have my iPad if you want to email me (addiethenomad@gmail.com) beforehand some images to share, or bring work in person (but this is so not required). This is mostly a practice of sharing and discussing our work in a constructive, supportive community. Here's a video on how to critique! We always use positive, specific, and productive language when speaking to others about their work! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZJDdfJHKxM
Limited capacity, please RSVP
Crit Club JUNE
Crit Club - JUne 2026
Guest artist: rania hassan
Free monthly meet-up for DMV visual artists and creatives looking to expand their practice and receive thoughtful feedback.
Coordinated by Addie Moore @addiethenomad and Beth Ferraro @the.art.island. Sponsored by DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and Gallery Y.
Crit, short for critique, is a form of feedback standard in art school but is rarely practiced outside the classroom walls or beyond paywalls. We offer a safe, free space for creatives to talk about their work in a low-stakes, constructive environment. This gathering is intended for visual artists, but any creative is more than welcome to come and share. I (Addie) will have my iPad if you want to email me (addiethenomad@gmail.com) beforehand some images to share, or bring work in person (but this is so not required). This is mostly a practice of sharing and discussing our work in a constructive, supportive community. Here's a video on how to critique! We always use positive, specific, and productive language when speaking to others about their work! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZJDdfJHKxM
Limited capacity, please RSVP
Crit Club
Crit Club
Gallery Y at the Anthony Bowen Branch YMCA
1325 W St NW, Washington, DC
Crit, short for critique, is a form of feedback standard in art school but is rarely practiced outside the classroom walls or beyond paywalls. We offer a safe, free space for creatives to talk about their work in a low-stakes, constructive environment. This gathering is intended for visual artists, but any creative is more than welcome to come and share. I (Addie) will have my iPad if you want to email me (addiethenomad@gmail.com) beforehand some images to share, or bring work in person (but this is so not required). This is mostly a practice of sharing and discussing our work in a constructive, supportive community. Here's a video on how to critique! We always use positive, specific, and productive language when speaking to others about their work! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZJDdfJHKxM
Limited capacity, please RSVP
Crit Club
Crit Club
Gallery Y at the Anthony Bowen Branch YMCA
1325 W St NW, Washington, DC
Crit, short for critique, is a form of feedback standard in art school but is rarely practiced outside the classroom walls or beyond paywalls. We offer a safe, free space for creatives to talk about their work in a low-stakes, constructive environment. This gathering is intended for visual artists, but any creative is more than welcome to come and share. I (Addie) will have my iPad if you want to email me (addiethenomad@gmail.com) beforehand some images to share, or bring work in person (but this is so not required). This is mostly a practice of sharing and discussing our work in a constructive, supportive community. Here's a video on how to critique! We always use positive, specific, and productive language when speaking to others about their work! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZJDdfJHKxM
Limited capacity, please RSVP
Bloom
Art Meets Nightlife. An immersive art and music experience celebrating cherry blossom season.
Art of Pink
Art Meets Nightlife
April 10 | 5 – 10 PM
Metropolitan Park (indoors + outdoors)
Step into an after-hours celebration in Metropolitan Park as it transforms into an indoor/outdoor art showcase. Guests can browse BLOOM, an exhibition featuring 50+ local artists showcasing cherry blossom inspired artwork, enjoy Japanese and pan-Asian bites from local vendors, and catch an exhilarating live mural showdown with Secret Walls. The Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington’s Innovation Studio and Amazon’s HQ2 lobbies will be open as interactive exhibition spaces. Guests are also encouraged to visit the surrounding Met Park restaurants for cherry-blossom specials, explore outdoor art installations, and enjoy the nighttime atmosphere of National Landing.
Free with RSVP. Please register to help us estimate attendance at this free event.
Art of Pink is produced by the National Landing BID in collaboration with USAN USAN and the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, with support from Amazon.
Crit Club
Crit Club
Gallery Y at the Anthony Bowen Branch YMCA
1325 W St NW, Washington, DC
Crit, short for critique, is a form of feedback standard in art school but is rarely practiced outside the classroom walls or beyond paywalls. We offer a safe, free space for creatives to talk about their work in a low-stakes, constructive environment. This gathering is intended for visual artists, but any creative is more than welcome to come and share. I (Addie) will have my iPad if you want to email me (addiethenomad@gmail.com) beforehand some images to share, or bring work in person (but this is so not required). This is mostly a practice of sharing and discussing our work in a constructive, supportive community. Here's a video on how to critique! We always use positive, specific, and productive language when speaking to others about their work! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZJDdfJHKxM
Limited capacity, please RSVP
Women Artists of the DMV
Women Artists of the DMV is a multi-venue exhibition showcasing the work of female artists in the greater Washington, DC region
Location: Artspiration 915 Toll House Ave, Frederick, MD 21701
Exhibition Dates: November 8-January 4
Reception: November 8, 2-6 pm
Participating Artists at Artspiration, Fredrick
Noelie Angevine, Diana Baird N'Diaye, Lisa Battle, Lynne Blake, Holly Buehler, Anne Calamuci, Pearl Chang, Greta Chapin McGill, Vicki Clarkson, Rachel Cross, Cheryl Dapsauski, Patricia de Poel Wilberg, Leanne Fink, Marcelle Fozard, Sarah Geitz, Tere Chiglino, Tere Chiglino, Jennifer Hope Hanes, Sofia Hart, Lorrie Herman, Amie Hoeber, Juliet Hossain, Margaret Huddy, Jo Israelson, Juliya Ivanilova, Pauline Jakobsberg, Mahnaz Kianifariz, Susan La Mont, Beckie Laughlin, June Linowitz, Andrea McCluskey, Barbara Muth, Christina Nations, Diana N'Diaye, Mame NDiaye, J C Orudjev, Annette Polan, Tinu Prakash, Atousa Raissyan, Constance Rankin, Kim T. Richards, Deborah Lovelace Richardson, Karlisima Rodas-Israel, Elayne Rogge, Tiara Safic-Martin, Maria Elena Sayan, Emily Shepardson, Ratha Soumphontphakdy, Darlein Stein, S. Manya Stoumen-Tolino, Jeanne Sullivan, Veronica Szalus, Kristin Thomas, Olga Tislina, Heidi Vatanka, Michelle Venable, Denise Wamaling, Emily Whiting, Deborah Winram, Vered Yanay, Shawn Yancy, Lis Zadravec, Alexandra Zealand, Annette Fortt, Carol Leadbetter, Jenny VanWormer, Archa Malhotra, Archa Malhotra, Carol Meisner Roethke, Kristina Penhoet, Elaine Qiu, Limor Dekel, Sallie Lowenstein, Sally Kauffman, Cristina E Marun, Linda Button, Carolee Jakes, Leanne Fortney, Rebecca Ogun, Mary Opasik, Cynthia Farrell Johnson, Sheryl Massaro, Trisha Gupta, Katherine Bramante, Karen Merkin, Christine Merry, Rebecca Powell, Cathy Hirsh, Louise Kennelly, Addie Moore, Melinda Lowy, Maggie Grace, Lesley Clarke, Doriane Mercedes, Michele Banks, Sara Niles, Dani Issing, Jackquelyn Foster, Erika Cleveland, Christine Ryan, Kimberley Bursic, Yoshiko Ratliff, Angelica Johnson, Paula Rubin-Wexler, Shannon Brownlee, Rowena Federico Finn, Tatyana Shramko, Sydnea Lewis, Precious Burger, Katerina Linde Kogan, Vivian Cavalieri, Wendy Smith, Alice Kresse, Kara Kozimor Holman, Maureen Minara, Sandra Davis, Olha Onyshko, Amy Bandel, Jennifer Sakai, Marcia Bhorjee, Emily Strulson
Crit Club
Crit Club is held every last Thursday of the month*
Gallery Y at the Anthony Bowen Branch YMCA
1325 W St NW, Washington, DC
Crit, short for critique, is a form of feedback standard in art school but is rarely practiced outside the classroom walls or beyond paywalls. We offer a safe, free space for creatives to talk about their work in a low-stakes, constructive environment. This gathering is intended for visual artists, but any creative is more than welcome to come and share. I (Addie) will have my iPad if you want to email me (addiethenomad@gmail.com) beforehand some images to share, or bring work in person (but this is so not required). This is mostly a practice of sharing and discussing our work in a constructive, supportive community. Here's a video on how to critique! We always use positive, specific, and productive language when speaking to others about their work! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZJDdfJHKxM
Limited capacity, please RSVP
*Please note we will take November and December off for the holidays.
Crit Club
Crit Club is held every last Thursday of the month
Gallery Y at the Anthony Bowen Branch YMCA
1325 W St NW, Washington, DC
Crit, short for critique, is a form of feedback standard in art school but is rarely practiced outside the classroom walls or beyond paywalls. We offer a safe, free space for creatives to talk about their work in a low-stakes, constructive environment. This gathering is intended for visual artists, but any creative is more than welcome to come and share. I (Addie) will have my iPad if you want to email me (addiethenomad@gmail.com) beforehand some images to share, or bring work in person (but this is so not required). This is mostly a practice of sharing and discussing our work in a constructive, supportive community. Here's a video on how to critique! We always use positive, specific, and productive language when speaking to others about their work! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZJDdfJHKxM
Limited capacity, please RSVP
Craft and Memory Art Workshop
Memory Landscapes by Addie Moore
Homme Gallery, 2000 L St NW
RSVP not required.
Welcome to an art workshop at Memory Landscapes, an exhibition by Addie Moore at HOMME Gallery.
All ages welcome to this come-and-go workshop exploring clay and paper-mache techniques to create small artworks about our memories of home.
September 19-28, 2025
Gallery Hours: Saturday & Sunday, 12 - 5 PM or by appointment.
Through large-scale paper-mache, ceramic sculpture, and drawings, Addie explores the idea of home and belonging. This body of work speaks to the journey we all take to find our own way. It touches on moments passed, missed, or misremembered, reflecting on the spaces we can never return but will always long for. In an attempt to resemble safety and belonging based on these memories, we look for our worth in others' eyes and try to enter that room without ever having been given the key.
This project was funded by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Memory Landscapes
Memory Landscapes by Addie Moore
Homme Gallery, 2000 L St NW
Gallery Hours
Saturday and Sunday, 12-5 PM
Opening Reception
September 19, 6-8 PM
Memory and Craft Workshop
September 20, 12-5 PM
All ages welcome to this come-and-go workshop exploring clay and paper-mache techniques to create small artworks about our memories of home.
Through large-scale paper-mache, ceramic sculpture, and drawings, Addie explores the idea of home and belonging. This body of work speaks to the journey we all take to find our own way. It touches on moments passed, missed, or misremembered, reflecting on the spaces we can never return but will always long for. In an attempt to resemble safety and belonging based on these memories, we look for our worth in others' eyes and try to enter that room without ever having been given the key.
Addie Moore is an interdisciplinary illustrator living in Washington, DC. Her practice is an act of play and personal reflection, often like a diary recording experiences and landscapes of anxiety and personal struggles with memory, anxiety, emotional recovery, neurodivergence, and escapism. Through layering, color, and image, she harnesses emotion and distorts memory, inviting the viewers to reflect on the complexities of the human experience through ceramic, mixed media, paper-mache, and digital processes.
This project was funded by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
Opening reception - Memory Landscapes by Addie Moore
Memory Landscapes by Addie Moore
Homme Gallery, 2000 L St NW
RSVP not required.
Gallery Hours
Saturday and Sunday, 12-5 PM
Opening Reception
September 19, 6-8 PM
Memory and Craft Workshop
September 20, 12-5 PM
All ages welcome to this come-and-go workshop exploring clay and paper-mache techniques to create small artworks about our memories of home.
Through large-scale paper-mache, ceramic sculpture, and drawings, Addie explores the idea of home and belonging. This body of work speaks to the journey we all take to find our own way. It touches on moments passed, missed, or misremembered, reflecting on the spaces we can never return but will always long for. In an attempt to resemble safety and belonging based on these memories, we look for our worth in others' eyes and try to enter that room without ever having been given the key.
Addie Moore is an interdisciplinary illustrator living in Washington, DC. Her practice is an act of play and personal reflection, often like a diary recording experiences and landscapes of anxiety and personal struggles with memory, anxiety, emotional recovery, neurodivergence, and escapism. Through layering, color, and image, she harnesses emotion and distorts memory, inviting the viewers to reflect on the complexities of the human experience through ceramic, mixed media, paper-mache, and digital processes.
This project was funded by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
Artist Talk - Handle With Care at Gallery Y
Join artists Abdulrahman Naanseh, Adam Chamy, and Addie Moore in conversation about their work featured in Handle with Care, curated by Beth Ferraro. The discussion will explore themes of fragility, resilience, and the role of care in both artistic practice and community. The artists will reflect on their processes, share the stories behind their work, and invite dialogue with the audience.
Following the talk, poet Nathan Blansett will present original poetry created in response to the exhibition and the works on view.
Gallery Y
1325 W Street NW
Washington, DC
theartisland.dc@gmail.com
https://www.ymcaanthonyboweneventspacedc.com/galleryy
RSVP is not required
Crit Club
Crit, short for critique, is a form of feedback standard in art school but is rarely practiced outside the classroom walls or beyond paywalls. We offer a safe, free space for creatives to talk about their work in a low-stakes, constructive environment. This gathering is intended for visual artists, but any creative is more than welcome to come and share. I (Addie) will have my iPad if you want to email me (addiethenomad@gmail.com) beforehand some images to share, or bring work in person (but this is so not required). This is mostly a practice of sharing and discussing our work in a constructive, supportive community. Here's a video on how to critique! We always use positive, specific, and productive language when speaking to others about their work! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZJDdfJHKxM
Crit Club
Crit, short for critique, is a form of feedback standard in art school but is rarely practiced outside the classroom walls or beyond paywalls. We offer a safe, free space for creatives to talk about their work in a low-stakes, constructive environment. This gathering is intended for visual artists, but any creative is more than welcome to come and share. I (Addie) will have my iPad if you want to email me (addiethenomad@gmail.com) beforehand some images to share, or bring work in person (but this is so not required). This is mostly a practice of sharing and discussing our work in a constructive, supportive community. Here's a video on how to critique! We always use positive, specific, and productive language when speaking to others about their work! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZJDdfJHKxM
Handle With Care at Gallery Y
The three artists in Handle with Care—Abdulrahman Naanseh, Adam Chamy, and Addie Moore—explore resilience through powerful, deeply personal work. Themes of anxiety, isolation, insomnia, displacement, and fear—often quietly endured—are brought into the open. This exhibit is a reminder that these challenges are more common than we think. It also affirms that through community and creative expression, we can find strength, healing, and connection.
Gallery Y
1325 W Street NW
Washington, DC
theartisland.dc@gmail.com
https://www.ymcaanthonyboweneventspacedc.com/galleryy
Hours
Monday-Thursday, Friday: 7 am – 9 pm
Saturday and Sunday 7 am – 7 pm & by appointment.
Crit Club
Crit, short for critique, is a form of feedback standard in art school but is rarely practiced outside the classroom walls or beyond paywalls. We offer a safe, free space for creatives to talk about their work in a low-stakes, constructive environment. This gathering is intended for visual artists, but any creative is more than welcome to come and share. I (Addie) will have my iPad if you want to email me (addiethenomad@gmail.com) beforehand some images to share, or bring work in person (but this is so not required). This is mostly a practice of sharing and discussing our work in a constructive, supportive community. Here's a video on how to critique! We always use positive, specific, and productive language when speaking to others about their work! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZJDdfJHKxM
Crit Club
Crit Club hosts the art community by engaging in conversation about the development of work and life as an artist. Hosted every last Thursday of the month from 6:30 - 8:30 pm., artists are asked to bring physical art, sketches, or digital images of what they’re exploring in their art practice. Creatives of all experience levels are encouraged to join for constructive feedback and to build community. Crit, short for critique, is a form of feedback standard in university art education but is rarely practiced outside the classroom walls or beyond paywalls. Crit Club offers a safe, free space for creatives to speak about their work in a low-stakes, constructive environment, creating opportunities to work through conceptual ideas before interactions in professional settings such as exhibitions and studio visits.
SHE: dc opening reception
Join us for the opening night for the largest women and non-binary people only art show in DMV. Tickets are limited so act fast — purchase here. This year the party is progressive--- visit both galleries! Attendance cost is a donation and includes a welcome drink from Serenata at La Cosecha or from the bar at the SHE:DC Annex. Drinks are available for purchase at the SHE:DC Annex.
Gallery 1: La Cosecha, 1280 4th Street NE
Gallery 2: SHE:DC ANNEX STORE + GALLERY, 1325 5th St NE, SUITE B