Monday 15 December, 6:00 – 7:30 pm at CHAW – Capitol Hill Arts Workshop

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CUT ME IF YOU CAN, Nicolas Polixene & Sylvain Loubet dit Gajol, Horror / Comedy, 2024, USA, 21 min

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP3GbZdiwUU

Stuck in the loop of a horror B-movie, a hyper-sexualized black female character decides to reject her fate and rebel against the script. Along with her boyfriend, token black guy who always dies first, they throw the entire movie off course. They try to outwit the serial killer and escape in order to break free… but the film has other plans.

CHAIKA: A Cosmonaut in Ariguanabo, Ingrid Bonilla Rodríguez, Science fiction, 2025, Colombia, 15 min

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ9-WDtPx0w

Russian cosmonaut Valentina (76) is summoned by the Cuban Space Confederation for an agricultural expedition to Mars. However, the letter arrives 30 years late. Unbeknownst to her, she arrives in a Cuban village with the illusion of returning to space for the last time.

[ FEATURED ARTIST ] ALBERTO ROBLEST

E-poems, Videos by Alberto Roblest

1- Jumper | Brincador | Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
Recently remastered, this Short Video is about improvement, but also about aspirations, attempts and direct confrontation with reality. A metaphor? Perhaps also a mention of being an immigrant, minority in an adverse context… or simply a man who, in his desire to move forward, only jumps. 

2- Multiple Exposure | Exposición Múltiple | Running Time: 1 min. 35 sec.
Playful, abstract and allegorical video of many views and possibilities. “The eye that deceives”. 

3- Third phonetic slide rule. | La Tercera regla de cálculo fonético | Running Time: 70 secs.
In times of gender claims & identity, the third phonetic slide rule is a playful visual word game about art and its possible conjugations. 

4- Impatient | Impaciente | Running Time: 2:30 sec.
E-poem about medications, pills, prescribed drugs, and the reality of addictive societies. 

5- Ode to Jack Kerouac | Oda a Jack Kerouac | Running Time: 1min. 30 sec.
Short Road movie poem in homage to Jack Kerouac and his legacy. 

6- Induced | Inducido | Running Time: 4 min. 50 secs.
Induced is a very pop and personal love story, with the city of new york and its sounds in the background. 

THE KISS (BOUSSA), Azedine Kasri, Comedy, 2023, Algeria, 19 min

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhbsjHw6GiE

Meriem and Reda are two Algerian lovers, who have still not managed to exchange a kiss. This simple desire will turn into a real obstacle course. The remaining question is: are they going to make it ?

Roundtable with ALBERTO ROBLEST, MAGDALENA MIERI and SALYM FAYAD

Alberto Roblest, an award-winning digital artist, writer and educator, is the co-founder of the arts and humanities website, Hola Cultura, and serves as its artistic director and Spanish-language editor. Alberto is the author of Collar de orejas (CreateSpace, 2015); Against the Wall: Stories (Arte Público Press, 2021) and Contra la muralla: cuentos (Arte Público Press, 2022). He lives and works in Washington, DC.

MAGDALENA MIERI

Magdalena Mieri is currently the Director of the Program in Latino History and Culture at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

SALYM FAYAD

Salym Fayad is a Johannesburg-based documentary photographer, reporter and cultural facilitator. Co-director of MUICA African film festival in Colombia and co-founder of Fundación Otro Sur, an independent association focused on projects of cultural exchange between African and Latin American countries.  www.salymfayad.com / www.muica.org

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Amigos of the World

Bilingual English/Spanish illustrated Coloring Book. 600 hundred copies haven printed and distributed in Washington DC, Maryland and Viriginia. Thanks to the generous support of the Capitol Hill Community Foundation, The Tour the Force Foundation and the Art Museum of the Americas.

April 5, 2025

Book signing and family activity at the Capital Art Book Fair, Eastern Market, Washington, DC.

May 9, 2025

Family workshop and for Playtime Project celebrating Mother’s Day. Facilitated by Capitol Hill Arts Workshop. Harbor Light, Washington DC.

June 8, 2025

Family workshop studying the human figure and free distribution of Amigos of the World sponsored by the Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC. Photo credit: Rafa Cruz Photography

July 24, 2025

Free distribution of Amigos of the World. El Carmen de Apicalá, Colombia.

August 15, 2025

Book signing and free distribution of Amigos of the World for the summer camp program at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop. Washington, DC.

August 16, 2025

Family workshop for the City/Ward 6 Mutual Aid’s 6th Annual #WeKeepUsSafe Back to School Bash (B2SB). Facilitated by Capitol Hill Arts Workshop. ONE DC Black Workers & Wellness Center, Washington, DC.

September 16, 2025

Adult workshop with invited artist Marina Mayorga as part of the third iteration of the Tía Mari Project. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop. Washington, DC

Spring-Fall, 2025

Sculpture and drawing class projects for the Youth Arts Program, After School Arts. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC.

September 26, 2025

Impressions of the Shenandoah’s: A Creative Journey. Drawing and sculpture family workshop for Art in the Park. Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.

Spring-Fall, 2025

Free distribution of Amigos of the World in Little Free Libraries in Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia.

October 25, 2025

Book signing and family workshop for the Festival of the Americas. 100 copies sponsored by the Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC.

October 29, 2025

Presentation at the Boundless Bound Publishing Symposium and participation in the Art Book Fair at the Boundless Bound Publishing Symposium, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

October 31, 2025

Halloween Coloring Book Giveaway. Roanoke, VA

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As of June, 1,100 free copies have been distributed in Washington, DC, and Maryland, thanks to the generous support of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Cleveland Park Main St., Woodley Park Main St., and Capitol Hill Arts Workshop.

Fish Ro’s Rock Bass [excerpt]
And as I get closer
I begin to see a pretty shine
And smell a tasty scent
So I open my mouth
And chomp down!

Mountain Lion [excerpt]
Getting closer, My paws silently step
Through tall grasses and thorny bush,
Claws spreading across the dirt
Shoulders pointed low,
Crouched into the shadows.

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Sculpture placed on the light pole on Connecticut Avenue NW, in front of The National Zoo, Washington, DC.

This project is a collaboration between Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Cleveland Park Main Street, and Woodley Park Main Street to bring sculptures of local animals that are currently endangered or that once lived in Rock Creek Park to lamp posts along the Connecticut Ave. NW corridor between the Cleveland Park and Woodley Park metros.

Related activities

CHAWrtidotes: Family Day. Workshop with artists Blas Goncalves, Khadija Jahmila, Davide Prete and Wendy Sittner. Saturday, May 11, 12-2pm, 2024. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop.

Funded by DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, partially funded and hosted by Capitol Hill Arts Workshop.

Sculptures related to the project by students K-2 and K-3-5 YAP Program. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop. Documentation by students.

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Photo above: Fernanda Pineda

Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
Friday 15 December 2023, 6 – 8 pm

SHORTidotes 2022

A short-film series curated by Salym Fayad

Program included Q&A with Salym Fayad and guest speakers Karent Hinestroza, actress and filmmaker (Colombia), Palesa Letlaka, filmmaker, producer, researcher (South Africa) and Manuel Mendez, President DC AfroLatino Caucus (USA)

This SHORTidotes program is free of charge.

SHORTidotes is the first program of ARTidotes 2.0: An Explosion of Color, a community-based project sponsored by DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Barracks Row Main Street and DC Public Libraries. Program by MUICA and Otro Sur.

Image above: Still from We Need Prayers: This One Went to Market by Jim Chuchu ©The Nest Arts Collective.

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Paintings by Marina Mayorga

Collaborative sculpture project with Marina Mayorga

Student work

The Artists

Gallery Talk

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