Honfleur Gallery

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Honfleur Gallery located on Good Hope Road in the Anacostia Historic District neighborhood of Washington, D.C., is a gallery that was established in January 2007 by the Action to Rehabilitate Community Housing group. [1] The art gallery opened amid concerns of whether an art gallery was what the neighborhood needed. [2]

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By 2014, seven years after its formal opening, local residents were apparently still divided over the impact or reason for the art gallery in the neighborhood. "The neighborhood, long synonymous with urban blight, is an unconventional choice for a swanky art gallery," asserted a 2014 Washington Post article on the gallery. [3]

Critical reception

Exhibitions at the gallery have been widely reviewed over the years by local newspapers, fine arts websites, and art blogs. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

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References

  1. Beckman, Rachel (2007-01-22). "Making a Place for Art in Anacostia". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
  2. Lyden, Jacki (2007-03-18). "New Residents Vow to Restore D.C. Neighborhood". NPR. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
  3. Kaplan, Sarah (2014-08-01). "The Honfleur Gallery hasn't "saved" Anacostia, but residents see it as a model of development done right". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  4. Jenkins, Mark. "In the galleries: A towering exhibit offers a new definition of domestic life". The Washington Post.
  5. Beckwith, Alison (2021-01-04). "Mount Rainier Artist Dwayne Eugene Martin Gains Notice With New Exhibit on Race" . Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  6. "Honfleur Gallery Honors Late Artist with Group Show". The Washington Informer. 2019-08-14. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  7. "Honfleur Gallery Celebrates 10 Years, And The Community It Calls Home". DCist. Archived from the original on October 3, 2022. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  8. Jenkins, Mark (2017-09-07). "Review | In the galleries: 'Afrofuturism,' defined in the moment, by nine artists". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  9. George (2018-10-12). "Street to Museum: Evolving Artistic Expression". Georgetown University The Hoya. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  10. Cauterucci, Christina (2014-09-19). "The Mold and the Beautiful: How Selin Balci Makes Her Fungal Art". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 2021-01-08.

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