Sitar Arts Center introduces local kids to the world of fashion design. by Wendy Pecharsky for The Capitol File Celebrating a decade of serving the community, Sitar Arts Center welcomes about 750 children each year at its modern facility on Kalorama Road NW.  Here, grade school and high school students, many of them... more

Sitar’s founder, sponsors, partners and students come together at Celebration and Benefit to commemorate a decade of high-quality arts education for DC youth Sitar Arts Center hosted a celebration and benefit to recognize its 10th Anniversary on Thursday, April 22nd at the Carnegie Institution. Emceed by NBC4’s Barbara Harrison, the event... more

Arranged through the Danish Embassy and Meridian International Center, T.R.H. the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess of Denmark visited Sitar Arts Center on June 3, 2010 to learn about the organization’s mission and tour the Center. While at the Center, Their Royal Highnesses viewed a student ballet piece, presented... more

First Lady Michelle Obama and a group of Congressional spouses partnered with Sitar Arts Center and Higher Achievement in April for a service project at Marie Reed Learning Center. Students from Sitar and Higher Achievement worked alongside the group to paint a mural spanning seven walls, designed by Sitar’s resident... more

Arranged through the Malaysian Embassy, The Honorable First Lady, Datin Sri Rosmah Mansor, made an official visit to Sitar Arts Center on April 12, 2010 to learn about the organization’s mission and tour the Center. Her delegation, including representatives from The Welfare Association of Minister’s Wives (BAKTI) and Embassy officials,... 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

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

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

When First Lady Michelle Obama recently painted a mural at DC's Reed Elementary, she worked with students from Reed and also from the nearby Sitar Arts Center. Working side by side with Mrs. Obama was Angel Perez, a junior at the Duke Ellington School for the Arts who has taken... 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

 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 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 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 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

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

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

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

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