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40th Annual Mayor’s Arts Awards

Residency Program

40th Annual Mayor’s Arts Awards

Residency Program

40th Annual Mayor’s Arts Awards

Residency Program

SUMMER 2022 Residency COHORT

AMARU

Musician, Performing Artist + Songwriter

Myra Butler

No Limitation$z

Arcynta Childs

Homegirl Media

Anastasia Johnson

A.J. Collabs

Angel Moore

JWM Creations 202/Divine Concepts 202

Tamara “Tee” Wright

Fashion At Ms.Tee

Andre Bell

Motivated Elevation LLC

Lakeya Callaway

Underground Stone

Josef Hapli

Ether/Waitless

Aaron Landrum

Explorations of Black Masculinity

Melissa Quick

Creative Directress

Quatae Boone

Hypnosis By Quatae

James Carr

R-N-B Entertainment

Alexis Howard

Etta Grove Footwear

Mahadi Lawal

bigFACTS.inc

Russell Taylor

Soulversations

Selina Brown

The STAND Foundation

Yi Chen

C35 Films

Kenyarda Howard

Yarde Noir Enterpises, LLC

Jona Monét Wigfall

Jona Monet

Joy Thomas

Joy Behind the Lens, LLC

Come see @camblkalley and @elpedronight and MUCH MORE...TONIGHT 6-10p at our #202Creates Month Kickoff @eaton.dc #gogo #dance #dc #acreativedc

Another batch of the best and brightest! We feel so lucky to know all of our superstar residents who are doing BIG THINGS in our city. Get to know them and show some love with your follow!

These four Fall residents...sheesh. Artists, musicians, activists, actors, business owners, PR mavens — this list goes on. You’ll want to meet them. Trust us. •
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#202creates #mydccool #acreativedc #dc #entertaindc #bythi

As promised, here are three more of our fabulous Fall Residents!
Check out @introducingsmokeystevens @brownbelle and @justin__franks and show some love ❤️ #202creates #washingtondc #acreativedc #mydccool #202 #creatives #entrepreneurs

They’re here! Our Fall 2019 Residents have started their 3-month journey and we couldn’t be more excited! •
Every day this week we’ll introduce you to the creative entrepreneurs who are here to take their creative businesses an

Hump day calls for stopping to smell the roses. 📸: @othellobanaci
#202creates #acreativedc #photography #mydccool #bythings #flowers #202 #washingtondc #create

It’s almost Friday...toss that hair!
#202creates #acreativedc #photography #mydccool #bythings #creativehandsdc #washingtondc #202 #art
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📸 @jarrett.hendrix

Ducks + dancing + life-size bingo= #summerwin •
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#202creates #mydccool #acreativedc #bythings #art #bingo #washingtondc #202 #summer #dcrooftop #unionmarketdc

Summertime cool 😎 •
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#202Creates #mycooldc #thedistrict #localdc #photography #202 #acreativedc #visitdc #bythings #summerindc

See you at #202Creates Community Building Day this Thursday, 7/25! We’ll be tackling how to write a successful grant proposal, how to access international markets, and the art of rebranding - when should you do it and how to go about it the rig

Community Building Day is THIS Thursday, July 25 from 10a-4p. Get inspired with your fellow creatives, enjoy lunch from #artdrenalinecafe, and learn how you can access new markets and reach more people! Reach out or visit the link in our bio for more

There are just three days left for you to participate in the first-ever DC Music Census! Here are three ways you can help:
1) if you started filling the census out & didn't finish, please go back and finish
2) if you haven't filled it out yet, pl

🎙NEW PODCAST EPISODE🎙Allow us to introduce you to Haywood Turnipseed, Jr. (@woodyseed) - the man with the iconic laugh, who brings the jokes and strives to build up others and his community as he does it. Haywood, a DC resident and founder of @Atta

Happy FriYAY! 🌞
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🎨 from the #202Creates feed by @crisclapplogan

We have 7 D A Y S left to get as many folks from the #DCmusic community to complete the DC Music Census (or finish the one they started)! In order for us to accurately quantify the size and economic impact of the DC music industry, we need as many pe