On September 14, 2019, Shaw Main Streets will present Art All Night Shaw, its eighth annual, full-scale, FREE overnight arts festival in Washington, D.C.'s Shaw neighborhood. Based on Paris' Nuit Blanche, the magic lasts from 7:00 PM until 3:00 AM on Saturday, September 14th. This year, more than 20 venues in Shaw will showcase the work of DC painters, sculptors, photographers, fashion designers, musicians, dancers, body painters, street performers, and more.
“Art All Night is a unique opportunity to explore the creativity of DC artists of all types, in traditional and nontraditional spaces, ranging from galleries, coffee shops and restaurants to vacant lots, the historic Wonder Bread Factory, and the award-wining Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library,” says Alexander M. Padro, Shaw Main Streets executive director. “And it all takes place in the middle of a neighborhood that’s booming with new development, including scores of new bars and restaurants, a number of which will be open during the big event.”
Major sponsors of Art All Night Shaw 2019 include the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the DC Department of Small and Local Business Development.
