Events starting in December 2022

Events 1–10 of 10

DC.es: Florida Ave by Juan Baraja
  • Visual arts
  • Washington, D.C.

DC.es: Florida Ave by Juan Baraja

Juan Baraja is the first guest of DC.es, a project where six Spanish photographers from the Spanish Academy in Rome share their gazes of Washington through their lenses – gazes as personal, singular, and unique as the city itself.

Dec 1 – Mar 1, 2023

Not Your Regular Wall: Ode to Dune Plants by Lula Goce
  • Visual arts
  • Washington, D.C.

Not Your Regular Wall: Ode to Dune Plants by Lula Goce

The Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain hosts the fifth edition of “Not Your Regular Wall” with Spanish muralist Lula Goce as a guest of honor for the hall intervention.

Dec 1 – Dec 1, 2023

Winter soiree: a celebration of Spanish arts
  • Visual arts
  • Washington, D.C.

Winter soiree: a celebration of Spanish arts

After last year’s winter party, this year’s event at the Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain will focus on the the new hall intervention and the launch of the photography project “DC.es.”

Dec 1, 2022

La Flora de Bogotá: The Art and Science of Botany ca. 1800
  • Heritage
  • Washington, D.C.

La Flora de Bogotá: The Art and Science of Botany ca. 1800

In this hybrid event, Professor Daniela Bleichmar talks about the connections between art, science, economics, and politics in botanical work around 1800.

Dec 2, 2022

2022 AFI European Union Film Showcase
  • Film
  • Washington, D.C.

2022 AFI European Union Film Showcase

The 35th edition of the AFI European Union Film Showcase brings the best European cinema to D.C. audiences, representing all 27 E.U. member states and including the screening of two acclaimed Spanish films.

Dec 3 – Dec 13, 2022

Sargent and Spain: A Webinar with Simon Edmondson and Eva Salmerón
  • Visual arts
  • Online

Sargent and Spain: A Webinar with Simon Edmondson and Eva Salmerón

Artists Simon Edmondson and Eva Salmerón discuss the current art scene, their commonalities with Sargent, and inspiration by Spanish culture.

Dec 8, 2022

Spain’s 1939 Exiles in the Americas and Maryland
  • Literature
  • Washington, D.C.

Spain’s 1939 Exiles in the Americas and Maryland

Spanish writer José María Naharro-Calderón presents his book “Spain’s 1939 Exiles in the Americas and Maryland – Eighty Years, Alive in Our Hearts.”

Dec 8, 2022

Bread & Coffee by Ferran Torras
  • Visual arts
  • San Francisco

Bread & Coffee by Ferran Torras

“Bread & Coffee” is a solo show presented by Spanish artist Ferran Torras that experiments with the art of collage, with a feeling of nostalgia through simple and naive compositions using mixed media.

Dec 9 – Jan 12, 2023

Spanish Young Music Talents: Miquel Muñiz in Washington, DC.
  • Music
  • Washington, D.C.

Spanish Young Music Talents: Miquel Muñiz in Washington, DC.

The Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain invites Spanish violinist Miquel Muñiz who will perform works by Bacewicz, Bach, Paganini and Ortega.

Dec 14, 2022

Vault to Screen: Carmen Amaya and Flamenco
  • Film
  • Washington, D.C.

Vault to Screen: Carmen Amaya and Flamenco

Programmed in conjunction with the exhibition “Sargent and Spain,” two archival film titles celebrate the revolutionary career of Spanish Romani Flamenco dancer and singer Carmen Amaya (1913-1963).

Dec 17 – Dec 18, 2022