Upcoming Public program
I’ll meet you there Project Launch + Dedication
Join us for an Artist Talk with Stephanie J. Williams in conversation with Luis Vasquez La Roche.
I’ll meet you there
A CITY-WIDE ROVING EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY VIDEO
Hamiltonian Artists and The Nicholson Project present a sweeping six-month city-wide exhibition, I’ll meet you there. Showcasing the work of artists from the D.C. region, Stephanie J. Williams, Hamiltonian fellow Jermaine “jET” Carter, Hamiltonian fellowship alumnus Edgar Reyes, and A.J. McClenon, I’ll meet you there presents video works that consider what it means to inhabit a space of uneasy familiarity—recognizable, yet quietly destabilizing. The title is from Rumi’s much-cited poem, “A Great Wagon,” which offers multiple possible paths to meaningful and accepting human relationships.
Across themes of embodiment, identity, migration, memory, and collective care, I’ll meet you there explores how bodies move through public and private landscapes, how histories linger in neighborhoods, and how personal narratives shape collective space. I’ll meet you there bridges diverse neighborhoods of the capital, connecting Hamiltonian Artists’ U Street NW gallery with The Nicholson Project’s campus in Southeast DC. The exhibition extends beyond these two locations by activating the city’s roadways, nearly 20% of Washington’s land, reimagining public infrastructure as cultural space. A custom LED billboard media truck will traverse all four quadrants of the city on select Saturdays and Wednesdays throughout the exhibition. At artist-selected locations and in partnership with DC Public Libraries and neighborhood organizations, the truck will pause for screenings and public conversations, bringing contemporary video art directly into communities rather than asking communities to come to it.
Simultaneously, each artist’s work will be anchored at both partner sites. At Hamiltonian Artists, videos will be visible from the street through the gallery’s front window, accessible to passersby at any hour, with audio available via a smartphone QR code and synced via advanced technology from Nubart. At The Nicholson Project, large-scale outdoor vinyl installations, derived from imagery in the videos, will transform the rear exterior wall of the Garden Studios into a monumental, open-air exhibition space. Together, these fixed and mobile presentations create a layered viewing experience: intimate and public, grounded while in motion.
This project is supported by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.