Gallery Exhibitions
Sitar Arts Center’s Cafritz Gallery
Sitar Arts Center’s Cafritz Gallery celebrates not only the artwork of our students, faculty, and staff, but our community as well. The Gallery Series aims to educate the Sitar Arts Center community about the visual arts from both the artist and viewer’s perspective, while giving young emerging artists the opportunity to exhibit professionally.
Operating for more than 15 years, the Cafritz Gallery is an intimate space that exhibits a variety of mediums and styles of 2D and 3D work. With five showcases a year, we offer young artists opportunities to feature and sell their work through solo and group exhibitions. Additionally, young artists can learn from more seasoned artists through juried exhibitions, faculty showcases, and artists talks.
Each year the Cafritz Gallery hosts a juried exhibition that is open to the public. This juried exhibition presents artists with a new theme and a new group of jurors to review the work. Jurors are practicing visual artists and arts professionals working in various organizations and positions within the DC community.
Gallery Hours:
Monday – Thursday: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Friday: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Additional hours available by appointment.
For questions about current or upcoming exhibitions, how to exhibit, or to express interest in being a juror, please contact us at gallery@sitarartscenter.org.
2025-2026 Cafritz Gallery Calendar
October 30 – December 3, 2025:
Solo Exhibition – Jennifer Wessmiller
December 8 – December 11, 2025:
Fall Semester Student Showcase
February 9 – March 14, 2026:
16th Annual Patricia Sitar Juried Exhibition
March 26 – April 25, 2026:
Faculty and Staff Showcase
May 4 – May 7, 2026:
Spring Semester Student Showcase

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Current Exhibition
Faculty and Staff Showcase
On View: March 26 – April 35, 2026
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.
Experience the extraordinary talent within Sitar Arts Center’s community at our 2026 Faculty and Staff Showcase. This special exhibition showcases the artists who help make Sitar a vibrant, creative community of learning and belonging.
More than 17 faculty and staff members will step out from behind the scenes and into the spotlight. The artistry, professional experience, and creative expertise within Sitar’s community will be on full display in our Cafritz Gallery.
This show offers a rare opportunity to experience the work of the artists who inspire and mentor the next generation of creators in Washington, DC.
Exhibiting Artists
Gregg Adams
Benton Bishop
Cole
Katrina Golash
Sharon Gundrum
Heidi Harper
Dylan Hatcher-Krinberg
Jennifer Hudnell
Louisa Hudson
Ana Kourchenko
Jessica Leskin
Tara Malik
Ashley Meads
Jeff Soifer
Rob Smith
Margarita Syrocheva
Deborah Wallace