Washington & the Arts

During our 10-day Winter Seminar in DC, our group of 14 William & Mary students, each of them with with their own unique major, background, interests, and aspirations explored the role of the arts in the nation’s capital city. Our experiential learning involving daily field trips and an introduction to some of the city’s experts in the business of art, culture, education, and diplomacy is recorded here in images, impressions, and interpretations on this collectively authored website. Together we ask: Whose stories are told? Whose are left out? How do we witness public history and the narratives, both global and local, that are recorded in the neighborhoods and institutions of this Chocolate City?** How do the arts reflect and project the diverse perspectives and socio-cultural values of the world’s cultures and communities?