Art All Night: Tenley

Check out the exhibit New Perspective on the New Thing made by high schoolers at Jackson-Reed and presented by the Humanities Truck! In 1966, Howard graduate student, architect, and filmmaker Colin “Topper” Carew opened The New Thing Art & Architecture Center in the Adams-Morgan neighborhood of Washington, DC. Initially founded to cultivate opportunities for black architects, Carew’s vision evolved into a multi-disciplinary organization that hosted hundreds of concerts, workshops, and free classes for the youth between the years of 1966 and 1972. As a “community architect,” Carew’s herculean efforts in providing arts programming, educating the youth, and building community has had a lasting impact on the fabric of Washington, DC. To learn more and tell us your stories of art, creation, and youth programs in DC, come down to give us a look!