Studio Sessions at Met Park

Join us on the first and third Thursday in May + June, for a relaxed, creatively charged series. Each week features a local artist that will share an activity related to their own practice. Expect new materials, techniques, and ideas each week.

Music from Jazz@Met Park and curated by DC Jazz Fest

May 7: Artist Spotlight: -- Even Colors Dance: Synesthetic Watercolor Painting // Musical artists: The JoGo Project / Jazz Meets Go-Go

May 21: Artist Spotlight: -- Paper Garden Postcard Collage // Musical artists: Joe Brotherton / New Orleans

June 4: Artist Spotlight: -- Stitching Systems: Mapping Home // Musical artists: Eric Byrd Trio / Acoustic Jazz Piano / Vocals

June 18: Artist Spotlight: -- Day Inking with JD: Screenprints and Brain Vacation Collaging // Musical artists: José Luiz Martins / Brazilian Jazz

Free to attend. No experience required. All supplies are provided.

Location: Held on the "central green" at Metropolitan Park

Info: Join painter and mixed media artist David Ignacio as he leads automatic and abstract painting, using watercolors and resist techniques.

Info: Join collage artist Jaqui Falkenheim and create a collage of flowers on a postcard. Send your postcard to a loved one!

Info: Join artist Lauren Crawford to stitch a simple path that reflects your daily movement in your home. Explore how we move through shared spaces together.

Info: Join muralist, screen printer, and collage artist, JD Deardourff, to screen print a tote bag and take a brain vacation while you collage a color-bursting postcard.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Metropolitan Park, South Fern Street, Arlington, United States

Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.

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