Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio Annual High School Art Show

March 6, 2026 – March 29, 2026
Gallery Hours: Fridays – Sundays, 12-5pm
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 7, 3-5pm

The Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio present the 27th Annual High School Art Exhibition, which they have sponsored for the past 26 years. The exhibition will feature work from high school students around the DMV. The 2026 juror is acclaimed contemporary artist and awarded poet Vian Borchert.

The Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio was incorporated in 1994, as a nonprofit organization, established to support The Yellow Barn art studio at Glen Echo Park.  Through extensive fundraising of the Friends’ and help of the community, the Yellow Barn studio was renovated to become a welcoming, quality art school and community. In a few short years the Yellow Barn art studio earned its reputation for high quality of instruction and affordable art classes, for all ages and levels of experience, in a supportive atmosphere. The Yellow Barn is more than an art school – it is an inclusive art community.

“A Persistent Nature” by ImagineEarth Collective

April 3, 2026 – April 26, 2026
Gallery Hours: Fridays – Saturdays, 12-5pm; Sundays, 11am-2pm.
Opening Reception: TBD

Nature and art are borne of persistence. Both involve tireless experimentation, iteration and growth. Nature itself can be considered the world’s greatest artist, utilizing the elements to create masterpieces just as we – as artists – use shape, color, line, texture, value, and form to create our work. “A Persistent Nature” considers these commonalities from the perspective of our artists, who are persevering amid a D.C. community undergoing change, challenge and volatility. In persisting, our members and their works prompt visitors to interrogate how they can practice their own versions of persistence for the benefit of the environment – whether that be through individual action, advocacy or policy.