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 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

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 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.

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, 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, 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, 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