Kucheh Art Studio + Shop

You’ve been asking, and it’s official — our autumn Backgammon Night is on October 24! 🍁🎲 Sign up for the tournament, or learn to play the game. Plus press your own linocut print to take home at the end of the night. ✨

Backgammon Night
Thursday, October 24, 6pm-9pm
Kucheh Art Studio + Shop
716 Monroe Street NE, Studio 9

Tickets available through link in bio, or on our website at kuchehdc.com/events

Tomorrow is ! Come to see all the amazing vendors, and purchase unique ceramic pieces by a wide variety of local ceramic artists. 🏺

This only happens once a year, folks! And you know it’s going to be wonderful because it is organized by our friends at , who we have collaborated with on these amazing Iranian-inspired hanging ceramic planters we have in our own shop. Snag them and other gorgeous handmade pieces tomorrow 11am-4pm. ☀️

In the spirit of and , we are hosting an event with our friend, avid forest gardener and plant lover, Arman Milanian ().

Join us on Sunday, October 6 at 2pm to learn how to build your own self-watering planter, and how to grow and harvest herbs or vegetables at home! Celebrate living with the environment in mind, and empower yourself with knowledge on how to grow more sustainably. 🪴

Arman has 8 years of experience in regenerative agriculture and a passion for designing edible landscapes using principles. He is an edible landscape designer at and volunteer coordinator at .us, a 10-acre food forest in Bowie, MD. He is deeply committed to the earth and is a strong advocate of the movement.

Click on the 🔗 in our bio or kuchehdc.com/events to sign up! Limited spots available.

We are blown away by these humans who tattooed our art onto their bodies! ❤️‍🔥 Are there more of you out there?! DM us more photos — we are obsessed.

If you’re interested in a tattoo design, shoot us a message here or through our website.

Our next Backgammon Night is coming up on July 25! 🎲 Sign up for the tournament, or learn to play! Come for the game, stay for the company and vibes. ☕️✨

Backgammon Night
Thursday, July 25, 6pm-8pm
Kucheh Art Studio + Shop
716 Monroe Street NE, Studio 9

Tickets available through link in bio, or on our website at kuchehdc.com/events

It’s graduation season, and millions of students are graduating from universities around the world. Sadly, graduations will not be happening in Gaza, where universities have been destroyed. It’s important that we use our voices to support liberation for all people, which includes the right to education. Big thank you to Professor Leila Mansouri who had this idea for her graduation stole — we were thrilled to make it happen for her. 🍉🕊️

(Right side: “Woman, Life, Freedom” - in Persian and Kurdish; Left side: Life and freedom are for Palestinian women, too.)

Backgammon is back! Join us Thursday, April 25 at 6-8pm for our first Backgammon Night of the year. As usual there will be a tournament and prize, and we will be teaching backgammon to those who wish to learn! Come for fun, food, drink, art, and community—all you need is a light jacket! 🤍

Backgammon Night
Thursday, April 25
6pm - 8pm
Kucheh Art Studio + Shop
716 Monroe Street NE, Studio 9

Limited tickets available 🔗 in bio and kuchehdc.com/events

Thank you to all who joined us at last month for a wonderful time painting ceramic pieces with !

Our next event is this Sunday, April 7 at 11am — and there are still spots available! We will be painting beautiful hand-crafted bowls — perfect for hot āsh or fresh fruits to impress visiting guests with your own artistic touch. 👨🏽‍🎨🥣 Everything — your ceramic bowl, painting materials, guidance, plus tea and sweets — is included in your ticket price.

Sign up today using the 🔗 link in our bio, on eventbrite, or by visiting kuchehdc.com/events

Respect existence or expect resistance 🔥 With the arrival of spring, we are renewed in our commitment to community, and our opposition to anything that steals our joy. 🌱. #مقاومت

Feeling inspired, DC? 🌸 Join us for a Paint Your Own Ceramic Bowl event on Sunday, April 7 at 11am at ! It’s the perfect way to celebrate Spring—which officially begins tonight! ✨

Enjoy tea and sweets while painting ceramic bowls—handmade by —with your own designs! There will be complimentary tea (of course) and sweets to enjoy. All ☕️🍪 and materials, including a gorgeous fired and glazed ceramic bowl, are included in your ticket.

Limited spots are available! Sign up using the 🔗 link in our bio, or at kuchehdc.com/events

East Coast ۲۰ Coast 🖤 One-of-a-kind wearable pieces are in the shop. Only 7 are available for now. Come check them out on Saturday.

🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱 👀 All prints are available online and in shop. Limited edition prints—carved, inked, and pressed by hand in the Kucheh studio. Signed and numbered by the artist . Available first for attendees.

New art in the shop. This linocut print incorporates two of the many symbols of Norooz / Nowruz — sabzeh 🌱 (wheatgrass) symbolizing new beginnings, and the apple 🍏 representing health and beauty.

Celebrate Norooz with us this Saturday, 3-7pm with art, music, food, and togetherness at on the . Life is precious, and it’s going to be a beautiful day. 🖤 بوی عید داره میاد….

New year, new season, new limited edition linocut prints by . 🌸 You may find this one familiar — it is based on Mina’s art appearing on ’s label for their New Day IPA. Both will be available at this weekend’s at 🌞 Prints are available online now — but DC folks get first pick of the lot at Saturday’s Norooz Market, 3pm-7pm.

Only a few days left to our favorite event of the year. All the makers are busy making and packing, artists are painting and creating, chefs are prepping, and musicians are practicing. We can not wait for everyone to get together and welcome Spring on the March 16th 3-7pm

As organizers and sponsors of Norooz Market, it has always meant more than just a celebration of the Spring holiday. We wanted to partake in creating a time of togetherness, of exchange, of life that feels like home and brings us joy. Local marketplaces fulfill all the senses, immersing us in culture and community while meeting the people who make the smells, tastes, sounds, sights, and feelings of life possible.

That’s why, for us, Norooz Market is a celebration of cultural exchange and the healing feelings of connectedness those exchanges can bring. We can’t wait to see you there. 🤍, Mina + Hesam

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Photo 1 taken at a marketplace in Kashan, Iran / Photo 2 taken at Norooz Market in Washington, DC 📷 credits: Hesam Mostafavi / Kucheh Art Studio + Shop

For the women who birthed Palestine, who continue to do all they can to protect Palestine and provide the life that children deserve. ❤️‍🩹

You are invited to a Paint Your Own Pomegranate event on Sunday, February 11 at 11am at ! 💌

Enjoy tea and sweets while painting ceramic pomegranates—handmade by Pegah Shahghasemi of —with your own designs! All the ☕️🍪 and materials, including a finished fired and glazed ceramic pomegranate, are included with your ticket.

🤍 Limited spots are available, sign up with the link in our bio, or through our website.

New beanie alert 😎🖤 Available now at kuchehdc.com/shop

Check out “Pool of Light” — a limited series screen printed piece inspired by mirror work. Available online and in-shop now. ✨

You may have noticed—we have new items in shop 👀 and new art hanging in the studio. Early visitors today get first pick before limited shop items go online at 12pm EST. 🖤 We’re also joining our fellow studios in donating today—10% of our in shop sales will be donated to

Join Kucheh on Thursday, August 17 from 6-8pm for another evening of backgammon, food, drink, music, and art! There will be a prize for first place, as well as a chance to print your own backgammon-inspired art to take home with you at the end of the night. Limited spots are available—follow the link in our bio to secure yours today 🖤

Our new مقاومت “Resistance” caps 🤍 Available in shop tomorrow for Tirgan Market DC, and online starting Sunday.

Join Kucheh and Bodhi House on Friday, June 23 for Hamè Baham (meaning “All Together” in Persian)—an evening of collective art making, music, food, and drink.

Through guided prompts led by and , we will explore ourselves and our relationship to activism, solidarity, and self care. Music will be deejayed by Saaman. Limited spots available. Visit Kucheh’s website or click the link in our bio to learn more and get your ticket. 🖤

Join us this coming Thursday, May 18 6-8pm for an evening of folding and fun at Origami Night! The event will be led by local origami expert and friend of Kucheh, ! Use the link in the bio to sign up 🤍🦢