La Terraza 2023

The 3rd edition of “La Terraza,” the Cultural Office’s Summer Party, is back with live music, an exhibition opening, Mahou beer, and more.

Celebrated at the Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain, a D.C. historic architectural landmark, La Terraza is a cultural experience designed to offer something different every time. La Terraza happens once a year in June, as a way to close SPAIN arts & culture’s cultural season.

La Terraza 2023 will celebrate the end of the 2022-23 season and the arrival of the summer with live music, the opening of an exhibition, cultural activities, food and drinks… and many more surprises to come! This year’s La Terraza will be, if possible, even more special, as Spain is taking over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union on July 1st.

Program

• Welcome speech by the Cultural Counselor, Miguel Albero.
• Opening of the new individual exhibition of DC.es | A gaze of Washington, DC by Spanish photographers. Jesús Madriñán is the new photographer on show.
• DJ Santxez, in charge of the music, will offer a mix of the Spanish music of our times.
• Lan (wine) and Mahou (beer) will be present as the official sponsors for the drinks.
• And many more surprises to come…

Washington Store by Jesús Madriñán

Washington Store explores the use of dating apps and, in particular, the one that brands itself as “the world’s leading dating app for the LGBTQ community.” Bearing in mind Bauman’s analysis of the fragility of human bonds in present times, as many app users as possible were invited to gather together in an old warehouse, with a view to capturing a large collective portrait. The idea was to bring together in a specific physical place a group of strangers who usually share the same virtual space and who, at the same time, are worthy representatives of the social reality of the time and place they live in: Washington, D.C. A generational story in the age of modernity and liquid love.

Other exhibitions on show

La mujer del alféizar by Carmen Segovia

In Washington, D.C. | 12/01 – 12/31/2023 | Visual arts

Spanish illustrator Carmen Segovia explores the idea of returning to the outside world in this third intervention on the windows of the Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain in Washington, D.C.

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

In Washington, D.C. | 12/01 – 12/01/2023 | Visual arts

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.

Dialogues between art and science

In Washington, D.C. | 04/27 – 09/21/2023 | Science

CNIO Arte presents the exhibition “Dialogues between art and science,” the culmination of the fourth edition of the Spanish National Cancer Research Center’s initiative connecting two fields often regarded as unrelated or even as opposite.

Not Your Regular Wall: Pan y Circo by Axel Void

In Washington, D.C. | 01/15 – 06/18/2023 | Visual arts

The third edition of “Not Your Regular Wall” hosts Spanish muralist Axel Void as a guest of honor this year.

Around Pollinators by Lucía Loren

In Washington, D.C. | 04/22 – 12/23/2022 | Visual arts

In “Around Pollinators,” environmental Spanish artist Lucía Loren raises a reflection on the fundamental role of native biotopes in generating resilience in the face of the serious threat of climate change.