Free Summer Saturdays

Join the Corcoran on Saturdays this summer for Gallery tours, workshops, demonstrations, and performances! Enjoy our summer exhibitions and programming free of admission Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. Special programs—many of which feature staff, faculty, and students—have been planned to celebrate the Corcoran’s collection and the temporary exhibitions Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change and Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration. New activities will be added regularly, so please check back frequently for the most up-to-date calendar of events. Programs are free and no pre-registration is required unless otherwise noted.

Every Saturday: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Chalk Drawings Corcoran alumn, Randolph Williams, recreates highlights from the Corcoran’s collections with chalk on the corner of 17th Street and New York Avenue.

12 p.m. and 3 p.m. Highlights Tours Join one of the Corcoran’s trained docents on a tour through the collection and temporary exhibitions.

Saturday, September 4
12 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Sketching in the Atrium
Join us for sketching from a life model. All materials are provided.

11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
Songs of Americana: Washington Revels Celebrate Historic American Art
To complement the Corcoran’s Collection of Historic American Art, the Washington Revels present a program celebrating the songs and traditions of early American life. Washington Revels have been a Washington area institution for over 25 years, dedicated to reviving and celebrating cultural traditions–music, dance, storytelling, drama, and ritual–that have bound communities together over the ages and across the globe.