Honfleur Gallery

🎨✨ Opening Juneteenth at Honfleur Gallery ✨🎨

Join us for Resistance, Resilience, and Response, a powerful retrospective exhibition by acclaimed DC artist Rik Freeman, on view June 19 – August 1, 2026.

Spanning more than 30 years of work, the exhibition features selections from Freeman's celebrated series The Chittlin Circuit Review, BAHIA!, and Black Beaches During Segregation, exploring themes of Black history, cultural identity, perseverance, and social justice.

The exhibition will also debut a new painting, What's Going On, inspired by Marvin Gaye's iconic 1971 album and its continued relevance today.

📅 Opening Reception: Friday, June 19, 2026
⏰ 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
🎤 Artist Talk: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

This special exhibition opens on Juneteenth and coincides with the nation's 250th anniversary year, offering a timely reflection on resistance, resilience, and the power of art to respond to the world around us.

Admission is free and open to the public.

Afro House Spirit Fest 2026 is bringing the rhythm — and Khismet Wearable Art is bringing the style.

🗓 Saturday, February 28
⏰ 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
📍 Go-Go Museum & Café
1920 MLK Jr. Ave SE, Washington, DC

Founded in the 80s and rooted between Anacostia and Accra, Khismet is known for bold patterns, classic cuts, and artisan-made textiles including batik, tie-dye, hand-woven fabrics, silkscreen, and appliqué.

They’ll also be debuting limited-edition CULTIVATE EMPATHY sweatshirts — wearable reminders that fashion can reflect compassion, connection, and community.

Stop by, meet the designer, and experience fashion that tells a story.

View the collection: khismetwearableart.com

🎨 Honfleur Gallery Announces Its Next Exhibition: Life in Wood: Anacostia River Walk 🎨

Valley Place Arts Collaborative, in collaboration with Honfleur Gallery, proudly presents Life in Wood: Anacostia River Walk—a landmark exhibition honoring the life, legacy, and six-decade artistic practice of DC cultural artist John Zaire El-Badr Cauley, curated by Luis Del Valle.

This exhibition offers a moment to pause and step away from the noise—inviting visitors to immerse themselves in art, culture, and poetry. Working with driftwood gathered from the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers, El-Badr incorporates ancient gilding techniques, 24-karat gold leaf, shells, found objects, and personal artifacts. Each piece carries history within its grain.

In commemoration of Black History Month, the exhibition also features El-Badr’s Collage Collection (1990–1995), honoring the visual legacy of Ebony, Jet, and Essence magazines, alongside selections from his Black History stamp archive.

🎶 Opening Reception: Saturday, February 7 | 6–9 PM
Featuring music by DJ Art.is, a special open mic, and live poetry woven throughout the evening—inviting reflection, connection, and joy.

📅 Exhibition Dates: January 31 – March 14, 2026
🕛 Gallery Hours: Wednesday – Saturday | 12–5 PM
📍 Honfleur Gallery | 1241 Marion Barry Ave SE, Washington, DC
🎟️ Free admission

Experience fine art beyond traditional gallery walls—where decoration becomes cultural practice and space becomes memory.

This Valentine’s Day, slow down and turn inward at Honfleur Gallery with Sacred Self Love: Valentine’s Candlelit Kemetic Yoga & Meditation—an intimate wellness experience devoted to rest, reflection, and embodied care.

Sponsored by Honfleur Gallery and Nubian Hueman, this intentional evening brings together candlelit Kemetic Smai-Tawi yoga, Qigong, sound bath meditation, reflective journaling, and a DIY tea bar. Designed as a ceremonial gathering, the experience reframes Valentine’s Day as an opportunity to practice self-love through movement, stillness, and community.

Guided by Ngozi Burrell, participants will also create a communal altar—an act of devotion to the Self and collective care.

📅 Saturday, February 14
⏰ 6:30–8:30 PM
🎟️ $95
📍 Honfleur Gallery

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Sacred Self Love: Valentine’s Candlelit Kemetic Yoga and Meditation An intentional evening of candlelit Kemetic yoga, Qigong, sound bath meditation, reflective journaling and a DIY tea bar.