Sitar's student filmmakers were recognized on WJLA ABC7's Harris' Heroes for their work creating a documentary film commemorating the life of beloved Sitar art teacher Tim Gabel. Click here to watch the full video. A group of art students in D.C. found a unique way to honor a beloved teacher as he... more

Sitar Arts Center's student documentary, produced in partnership with Meridican Hill Pixctures, was featured on the Kojo Nnamdi show on WAMU 88.5. "When it came to finding a subject for their documentary, the Sitar Arts Center students chose a topic close to home and to their hearts: an artist and longtime... more

Six weeks before performing a musical in public on a real stage, the actors can hardly look at each other, they don’t know the songs and they miss almost every cue. But it’s like this every year when the Sitar Arts Center in Adams Morgan produces a Broadway musical featuring local... more

Josh Groban to Recognize Sitar Arts Center from Stage During Concert at The Verizon Center Sitar Arts Center announces that it has been selected by multi-platinum singer-songwriter Josh Groban to receive a donation from his new Find Your Light Foundation, which is dedicated to enriching the lives of young people through... more

In the Northwest Current: To read in the original text, click here. It’s Friday afternoon at the Sitar Arts Center’s summer musical camp, and “Bye Bye Birdie” director/producer A. Lorraine Robinson is leading a small group of teens in an early scene. “You can be a bit more in a huff,” she tells... more

Sitar Arts Center is proud to announce that The Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington has selected the Center to be featured in the 2011-12 Catalogue.  A panel of 110 expert reviewers from area foundations, corporate giving programs, and peer non-profit organizations evaluated 270 applications; Sitar is one of 70 outstanding... more

 A new publicaton released by the National Guild for Community Arts Education, Engaging Adolescents: Building Youth Participation in the Arts, describes how to increase teen participation in the arts by infusing youth development practices into out-of-school time arts education programs, featuring Sitar Arts Center's teen program S.E.A.L.s (Sitar's Emerging Arts... more

Sitar Arts Center Celebrated its Students’ Work at The Corcoran Gallery of Art to Raise Critical Funds for Arts Education for DC Children and Youth Presented by sponsor Capital One Bank and Hosted by The Mexican Ambassador to the United States Arturo Sarukhan and his wife Veronica Valencia-Sarukhan with Artistic Honorees renowned... more

Sitar Arts Center prepares for April 6 Arts Fundraiser               Wife of the Ambassador of Mexico Veronica Valencia-Sarukhan, Charlotte Schlosberg, Charlotte Cameron Marshall   (Photo by: The Georgetown Dish) Ruth Sorenson, Darin Thomas, Barbara Gordon Sitar Arts Center’s new Executive Director Maureen Dwyer, Nancy Smith, Bitsey Folger and Charlotte Cameron Marshall invited supporters... more

Sitar Arts Center is pleased to announce that current Interim Executive Director and longtime Deputy Director, Maureen Dwyer will take the role of Executive Director, effective immediately. Sitar Arts Center’s Board of Directors voted unanimously to appoint Dwyer, recognizing that her deep understanding of the organization makes her an excellent... more

The amazing work of the Sitar Arts Center volunteers is being recognized in "Upstanders: Profiles of Courage" – part of the exhibit "Choosing to Participate," created by the educational nonprofit Facing History and Ourselves at the Historical Society of Washington DC. Sitar's volunteers are among nineteen individuals and groups that... more

On November 17, 2010, 50 Washington, DC arts organizations convened for a one-day intensive conference to foster collaboration and promote partnerships in arts education to better serve the children, youth and families of Washington, DC. Sitar Arts Center planned and hosted the conference in response to the growing demand for... more

Profiled in Washington Life, Sheila Johnson, CEO of Salamder Hospitality, listed Sitar Arts Center as one of the six notable things in Washington. "I am a proud member of Washington's very own Sitar Arts Center, one of the nation's premier after-school arts education programs, and a recent recipient of the President's... more

Kojo Namdi discussed Arts and Humanities Programs for at-risk youth on his show with a number of local programs that have received national recognition for their work. "Afternoons can be long and dull--and sometimes dangerous--for kids with little after-school supervision. We look at local arts and humanities programs that are winning... more

"Local television station WRC-TV Channel 4 awarded a total of 0,000 in grants, via its parent company’s foundation, to five Washington-area organizations during a ceremony in Northwest recently. The brief Wed., Aug. 18 presentation, held at NBC 4 on Nebraska Avenue in the network’s first-floor studio, was attended by about 70... more