Art Exhibition / Music
April 19th – 29th
Open Daily 1 – 7pm
Evening Programming Nightly
Grand Opening April 20th 8pm- 2am
See Schedule Below for specific programing details.
Artists
Programming
Thursday, April 19th
7PM – 11PM
Capitol Pecha Kucha
PechaKucha Night was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. It has turned into a massive celebration, with events happening in hundreds of cities around the world, inspiring creatives worldwide. Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of “chit chat”, it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds. It’s a format that makes presentations concise, and keeps things moving at a rapid pace.
Ticketed Admission.
Friday, April 20th
8PM – 2AM
Water Street Project Grand Opening
The Water Street Project opening, sponsored by Honest Tea, showcases the core collaborators of this project “the Artists.” The Water Street Project includes murals and installations by artists Kelly Towles, Brandon Hill, James Kerns, Dafna Steinberg, Kate Campagna, Maggie O’Neill, James Meade, Paul Mericle, Billy Mode, Gaia, Gregg Deal, Jacqueline Levine, Drew Storm Graham, Tariq Tucker, and Hamilton Riley . Evening Programming will include special music performances by Typefighter, Lightfoot, Cold Fronts, and Ugly Purple Sweater. Closing out the evening we have special performances by DJ Buster and Lanex bringing you the “Forever young” party from midnight on!
This event is free and open to public
Saturday, April 21st
8PM – 2AM
Listen Local First presents Record Store Day Showcase
Chris Naoum and Rene Moffatt co-created Listen Local First DC, as a local music initiative devoted to building awareness and creating opportunities for LOCAL MUSICIANS and venues in order to raise the profile of DC’s local music scene. LLF partners with local musicians, local arts organizations, local venues and locally owned businesses to create performance opportunities and new avenues for local music exploration. Riffling through their artist rolodex, LLF presents acts Les Rhinoceros, Young Rapids, Shark week, Akshan, and Silver Liners at the Water Street Project space.
This event is free and open to public
Sunday, April 22nd
11AM – 4PM
Eco Art + Design Depot
In celebration of Earth Day, Benevolent Media and SCRAP DC present an afternoon of eco-conscious art and design, featuring a pop-up marketplace of local vendors and interactive workshops led by teaching artists dedicated to inspiring “creative reuse” and environmentally sustainable behavior.
This event is free and open to public
Wednesday, April 25th
6PM -10PM
Tech Cocktail is a media company that covers the latest tech innovations across the globe. Tech Cocktail has been hosting mixer events and writing about technology start-ups and entrepreneurs across the country with the focus of helping to amplify the local technology signal since 2006. They have hosted large events in Chicago, D.C., NY, San Francisco, Boston, Boulder, San Diego, Detroit, Boise, Austin, Barcelona and more.
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Thursday, April 26th
6PM-10PM
In an homage to the DC speakeasies of the past and present, stylist Elise Peterson and photographer Kate Warren of GoKateShoot bring you The WW Club, an event to celebrate menswear and the ladies that love a dapper man. Featuring a whiskey tasting, burlesque performances by the titillating Cherrie Sweetbottom, and a curated styling boutique with pieces from Federal, Hugh & Crye, It’s Vintage Darling, and Dr. K’s Vintage, this speakeasy will get you all hot and bothered. What does WW stand for? Come and find out. Get dressed, and let The WW Club tease you a little bit, DC. Featuring It’s Vintage Darling, Federal, Ginger Root Design, Dr. K’s, The Good Kin LLC, and Prepster Punk.
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95 Live
Commonwealth Sneaker Boutique, has been a pillar of the sneaker / streetwear community in DC for some time now. Original concept 95 Live is a platform that has connected a plethora of DJs and musical acts to the District. We plan to host this for one special night featuring music by DJs Harry Hotter and Jerome Baker III.
This event is Free Open to Public
Friday, April 27th
10PM-2AM
All Things Go Showcase
Local dudes at All Things Go, team up with this project presenting a dynamic lineup of music for the evening. ATG is a music, news, and culture website based here in Washington, DC. Their aim as they put it “is to be the filter for the many great (inter)national music happenings for a general DC audience, while maintaining relevance to the outside world.” ATG brings Penguin Prison to the District for an notable DJ set. Also Nico’s Gun, and Lightwaves cap off the night.
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Saturday, April 28th
Special Event hosted by the Popal Group, owners of Napoleon Cafe + Cafe Bonaparte and Alliance Française
This event is Free and open to Public
Sunday, April 29th
1PM- 6PM
SHAM
Founded by a group of artistically minded native Washingtonians, local culture collective SHAM is fast becoming a homegrown favorite, creating and hosting multimedia art events which feature some of the District’s most innovative and cutting edge musicians, designers, artist, and creatives. No small feat, SHAM actively promotes entrepreneurship through their coordination of independent retail pop-ups with past participants selling everything from Men’s and Women’s vintage fashion and streetwear to artisanal cupcakes. Sunday, April 29th will be no exception.
This event is free and open to public
7PM-12AM
THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT x MDLN
DC based collective MDLN Ventures presents the NYC’s The Romantic Movement, a collaborative effort between a most diverse and talented cache of artists and style purveyors. The Romantic Movement, comprised of the sartorially minded Joshua Kissi and Travis Gumbs of style/culture based blog Street Etiquette and Jesse Boykins III, Mara Hruby, Joekenneth Museau, Joshua Bennett, and Melo – X, offers a smooth blend of contemporary soul, spoken word, hip-hop and jazz in a manner both reflective and progressive, engaging to not only your ears, but also your eyes. The Romantic Movement’s former iteration can be found HERE.
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About The Project
The Water St. Project Space is a temporary art gallery / creative space located at 3401 Water Street NW in the Georgetown, Washington DC. It is the newest creative concept by No Kings Collective and plans to be a premier cultural anchor for 11 days showcasing original works of 15 featured artist. The Water St. Project will be a transformative environment, one that will cater to the curiosities of the novice and the experienced onlooker. At its core, this project is about “Ideas”, more specifically ideas that are indicative of how art is introduced and consumed in the future. How we create and consume art is changing rapidly, with improvements in communication and technology being the expeditor. We live in an era were using a simple iphone an artist can be his own gallery and a musician can be his own record label. The interrelated rate of improved technology and communications, means that we are reaching our relative “Tipping Points” faster. Creative’s thrive in this new medium were ideas in the arts can be a powerful advertising tool and can be actualized faster than ever before. Collaborations between groups and people that would have never met in previous times, create new and innovative projects by the hour. This project is one of those rare collaborations and is truly the some of its parts, drawing from various collaborative projects of 20+ musicians, 15 artists, 1 comedian, 9 collectives.
This project exhibition that will run from April 19th – 29th. Open to the Public daily between 1 and 7, with special evening programming (hyperlink schedule). In addition, special guest artists within the fine art scene and emergent musical acts will be included throughout the duration of the exhibition.
The Backstory
In the past few months The Popal Group, owners of Cafe Bonaparte and Napoleon Bistro, linked up with us at No Kings Collective to create this forward thinking concept, of art, culinary and culture. A few sketches, drafts and handshakes later we conjured up the Water Street Project. Though the project in itself is a series of collaborations in various disciplines, ultimately the collaboration between an arts collective and the restaurant groups is extremely unique.
Featured talent in this projects are excellent examples of being multifaceted individuals. NKC is a big believer in this concept. Another early believer in this style of thinking is the late Bruce Lee. Long Before MMA “Mixed Martial Art” was well understood nomenclature, Mr. Lee was pushing the idea that mastery in multiple styles trumped any one “master” style. He encapsulated this concept by saying that one should be like water, implying that water is a substance that can become whatever it is put into. By happy coincidence our Bruce Lee quote of inspiration and actual street location are one in the same. See Something new, Learn Something new……. Be Like Water.
Location
3401 Water Street NW, Washington DC
Circulator accessible: Union Station – Georgetown
Street Parking Available
Sponsors
