Date and Times:
September 12, 2009
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Art Market Preview will take place on the F Street sidewalk in front of the National Portrait Gallery on Thursday and Friday, September 10 and 11, from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Location:
Penn Quarter, Washington, DC.
Outdoor Festival - F St. between 6th and 9th Sts. and on 8th St. NW, between E & F Sts.
The Neighborhood Showcase extends from 14th to 3rd Sts. NW and from Pennsylvania Ave. NW to New York Avenue and Mt. Vernon Square.
See a map of Penn Quarter
Metro Stations Closest to Penn Quarter: Gallery Place/Chinatown, Archives/Navy Memorial
Arts on Foot Festival Highlights
Art MarketCeramics, photographs, paintings, jewelry, and other crafts.
A preview on Thursday and Friday, September 10 and 11, from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. will allow an early opportunity to shop, enjoy live music and food-on-the-go. The Art Market will be set up on the F Street sidewalk in front of the National Portrait Gallery.
Live Performances – Outdoor Stages
F St between 6th and 7th.Sts. - City/Dance Ensemble, Synetic Theater, Metro Stage, CariTango, Old Lore Dance, Dizzy Miss Lizzie Roadside Review, African Continuum Theater, Metropolitan Youth Tap Ensemble, and Doug Everton’s Wayward Street Band (Vintage Americana)
F and 8th Street - Sweater Set, Anil Rock, On a Sensual Note, Kamel Zennia Band, Zekiah Swamp Cats.
Children's Activities
Design a costume or set for a play; face paint; join roving dancers; make a holiday ornament, a cipher wheel, a mask, a collage, a puppet, a police badge, or a colonial hat; decorate the Washington Monument, the Capitol, a lunch bag, or an airmail card; paint with acrylics, or screen print a T-shirt.
Guided Tours
Goethe-Institut - Local architects and artists
The Historical Society - Quilts for Obama
The National Building Museum – Exhibit on green communities
Washington Convention Center – Art collection
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company - backstage tour
Films, Concerts and More
Navy Memorial Heritage Center - free family films from the DC Shorts Film Festival
National Gallery of Art - Alain Renais films (adult themes)
First Trinity Lutheran Church - concerts
Washington Improv Theater - workshop
Flashpoint - selections from the upcoming Reel Affirmations Film Festival
Harman Hall – performance of The Taming of the Shrew
Neighborhood Showcase – Open Artist Studios
Visit dozens of artist studios, meet the artists, and see some of them at work. Wander through the studios on F Street, NW between 9th and 10th Sts.
Food and Wine
SAMPLINGS
Along F Street between 6th and 7th and on 8th Street near E, samples of cuisine from over 30 Downtown restaurants will be available at nominal prices. Select from Asian, Pan-Asian, Tex-Mex, Nuevo Latino, Greek and Middle Eastern, Contemporary Indian and Indian-Fusion, Mexican and Mexican-Asian, and American. The following restaurants are participating: 701 Restaurant, Agraria Farmers & Fishers, Asia Nine Bar & Lounge, Austin Grill, Café Atlántico, Clyde’s of Gallery Place, Co Co. Sala, District ChopHouse, Fire & Sage, Gordon Biersch, indebleu, J&G Steakhouse, La Tasca, Oya, Perry’s Adams Morgan, Poste Moderne Brasserie, Rasika, Restaurant Marvin, Rosa Mexicano, Sei, Teaism, The Source, Zaytinya, Zengo, and the shop, Cowgirl Creamery
WORLD MARKET WINE AREA
On F Street by Harman Hall, numerous vineyards are offering samples and sommeliers will conduct wine seminars all day for a one-time entry fee.
COOKING AS ART CHEF DEMONSTRATIONS
11:00 – 11:30 - Zaytinya’s Mike Isabella
11:40 – 12:10 – Occidental's Rodney Scruggs
12:20 – 12:50 - Sei’s Noriaki “Nori” Yasutake
1:00 – 1:30 - 701 Restaurant’s Adam Longworth
1:40 – 2:10 - The Source’s Scott Drewno
2:20 – 2:50 - Proof’s Haider Karoum
3:00 – 3:30 - Indebleu’s Michael Hartzer
3:40 – 4:10 - J&G Steakhouse’s Philippe Reininger
4:20 – 4:50 -minibar by José Andrés’ Ryan Moore
Official Website
artsonfoot.org
