The Week Ahead…& Some Photos from the Past Week
By Larry Janezich
Posted May 17, 2026
“Stretching the Canvas: Ten Decades of Native Painting” opened on the 4th floor at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian last Friday. The exhibit contains 50 works by 40 artists and shows how American Indian art expanded after World War I and how Native painters began to advocate for themselves in a world that often ignored their talent.
It will be up until May 1, 2027. Go here for more: https://americanindian.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/item?id=1017
Kay Walking Stick (Cherokee Nation): Homage to Chief Joseph. Walking Stick believed abstract art could address issues without using symbols.
Dick West (Southern Cheyenne): Untitled. Modernist abstraction.
George Morrison (Grand Portage Chippewa): No. 2. Explored abstract expressionism.
Diane O’Leary (Comanche): Untitled. O’Leary painted historical depictions of Indian life and strove to increase women’s representation in Native art, featuring everyday life and cooperative scenes of work.
Jeffrey Gibson (Mississippi Choctaw/Cherokee): Infinite Anomaly #1. Signifies a conceptual space to explore idenitiy, history and place. Gibson wss the first Native artist ever chosen to represent the US in the Venice Biennale.
Tony Abeyte (Navajo): The Grand Canyon.
The Week Ahead…
Monday, May 18
ANC6D will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.
- For info on how to join the meeting, go here: https://www.anc6d.org/
Among items of the draft agenda:
Public Safety Report
Community Announcements
Government Announcements (Executive and Legislative Branch)
Commissioner Announcements
Community Concerns
Consent Agenda
- (Amazon Armed Forces Classic May 30; Army Ten Miler Oct 11; Paul Taylor Birthday Event in Lansburgh Park June 13, 1-7 pm )
ABC Matters
Proposed Comments on DDOT plan for improving safety at 6th & M and 4th & M SW
Adoption of Proposed Letter Re East Potomac Park
SMD Updates
Chairperson’s
ANC6A Transportation & Public Space Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.
For info on how to join the meeting, go here: https://anc6a.org/community-calendar/
Among items on the draft agenda:
Old Business
- Vision Zero Hardening at Maury Elementary (Constitution Avenue/Tennessee Avenue/13th Street) – DDOT will join to give an overview of the project which will start this summer following DC Water work in the area.
New Business
- DDOT Public Space Permit. Della Barba Pizza is applying for a sidewalk cafe on the corner of 14th and East Capitol Streets.
- Resolution on restoring better bus network funding – This passed at the full ANC 6A meeting on May 14, 2026. The TPS Committee will discuss briefly.
- Ebike/e-scooter and sidewalk safety resolution from Commissioner Shapiro.
- 11th Street SE Bike Lane – The full ANC 6A voted to send a letter to DDOT in support of safer design for the north-south cycle track at 11th Street SE and I-695.
- Gold Line – WMATA and DDOT announced plans for Bus Rapid Transit along Benning Road and H Street NE.
ANC6B Public Safety Committee will hold a hybrid meeting at 7:00pm.
The meeting location will be 700 Pennsylvania Ave SE; Second Floor, Conference Room 1 (entry adjacent to Trader Joe’s).
- For info on how to join the virtual meeting, go here: https://bit.ly/4nz8BJr
Agenda: TBA
Capitol Hill Corner would also like you to know about:
Friday Night Live at Eastern Market Metro Plaza
Friday, May 22
5:00pm – 6:30pm
Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Taiko Drummers
Hill Center Event
Thursday, May 21
6:30pm – 8:30pm
Opening Reception
Hill Center Galleries/Capitol Hill Art League (CHAL) 2026 Juried Show
Register here: https://bit.ly/4uTg2gS
Saturday, May 23
Congressional Cemetery Event
Heist Night 5:30 – 8:30pm
Congressional Cemetery hosts National Treasure Hunt’s HEIST NIGHT
Team up with friends to crack clues, solve ciphers, and hack history as you race against foes to find the missing piece in a nearly 20-year-old treasure hunt! You’ll test your skills in history, science, logic, trivia, and more as you work together to solve escape room-style puzzles in a character-driven quest.
Go here for $52 Tickets and more info: https://bit.ly/4eSSDYh
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