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

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

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

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

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 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

Award-wining artist and ten-year Sitar student, Angel Perez opens a retrospective of his work. Seventeen-year old Angel Perez was the first Sitar Arts Center student to receive a solo exhibition in the Sitar’s Cafritz Gallery. The Cafritz Gallery has held group student exhibits, in which Perez has participated in the past,... more

Sitar Arts Center was nationally recognized as a 2009 Coming Up Taller award winner by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, distinguishing Sitar as one of the premier afterschool arts and humanities organizations serving youth in the country. First Lady Michelle Obama presented Sitar with the prestigious... more