Anacostia Community Museum

Presented in partnership with CulturalDC

Murjoni Merriweather’s installation in the Mobile Art Gallery will be an immersive experience exploring the artist’s personal experiences with growth, patience, and self-care. Connecting with the spiritual and symbolic nature of our planet, Murjoni will cover the gallery floor in soil. Her clay sculptures will be lifted, appearing to grow from mounds of earth. The space will include an interactive space with an opportunity to dig in the dirt and discover hidden items to inspire self-reflection.   
This exhibition is a story of growth. It pushes the boundaries of her work outside of the traditional bust, taking her work out of the white walls of a conventional gallery into an environment created for the individuals her sculptures represent, intended to invoke self-reflection and calm. 

Gallery Hours: WED - SUN 12PM - 5 PM*
*Closed for lunch 1-1:30 PM

Presented in partnership with CulturalDC

Murjoni Merriweather’s installation in the Mobile Art Gallery will be an immersive experience exploring the artist’s personal experiences with growth, patience, and self-care. Connecting with the spiritual and symbolic nature of our planet, Murjoni will cover the gallery floor in soil. Her clay sculptures will be lifted, appearing to grow from mounds of earth. The space will include an interactive space with an opportunity to dig in the dirt and discover hidden items to inspire self-reflection.   
This exhibition is a story of growth. It pushes the boundaries of her work outside of the traditional bust, taking her work out of the white walls of a conventional gallery into an environment created for the individuals her sculptures represent, intended to invoke self-reflection and calm. 

Gallery Hours: WED - SUN 12PM - 5 PM*
*Closed for lunch 1-1:30 PM

The FRESHFARM ACM Farm Stand takes place on the outdoor plaza of the Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum (1901 Fort Place, SE Washington, DC 20020) every Saturday (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) from April 20- November 23, 2024.*

The farm stand offers FreshMatch, FRESHFARM's incentive program, which provides a dollar-to-dollar match on all federal benefits (WIC and Senior and WIC FMNP) spent at the stand, helping shoppers take home more fresh and nutritious produce and local foods. The farm stand also accepts Produce Plus, a benefit program unique to Washington, DC, which provides locally grown, fresh produce to District residents with limited access to fresh, healthy food.

Park View Farms in Poolsville supplies the FRESHFARM ACM Farm Stand with their own homegrown produce and additional fruits and vegetables that they aggregate from neighboring farms.

*Weather permitting. Be sure to follow the Anacostia Community Museum for updated information.

Join us as we explore tasks for a great winter garden whether growing cool season veggies or putting the garden into dormancy for the winter months.

Growing Community is the longstanding community gardening program at the Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum. Through garden programming, residents of all ages can engage with the beauty of the natural world, a healthy food system, and their cultural past. We welcome the community to participate in our monthly workshops, taking place throughout the growing and harvesting seasons. All workshops incorporate themes such as gardens as places of community and connections to our cultural past; gardens as sites of stewardship and nurture; and gardens as sites of empowerment and access to good nutrition and healthy living.

Join us for a drop in workshop to create fall inspired crafts including wreathes, leaf art and more.

Presented in partnership with CulturalDC

Murjoni Merriweather’s installation in the Mobile Art Gallery will be an immersive experience exploring the artist’s personal experiences with growth, patience, and self-care. Connecting with the spiritual and symbolic nature of our planet, Murjoni will cover the gallery floor in soil. Her clay sculptures will be lifted, appearing to grow from mounds of earth. The space will include an interactive space with an opportunity to dig in the dirt and discover hidden items to inspire self-reflection.   
This exhibition is a story of growth. It pushes the boundaries of her work outside of the traditional bust, taking her work out of the white walls of a conventional gallery into an environment created for the individuals her sculptures represent, intended to invoke self-reflection and calm. 

Gallery Hours: WED - SUN 12PM - 5 PM*
*Closed for lunch 1-1:30 PM