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Meet the Washington Award Winner for Music, KOKAYI!

Grammy-nominated artist and Guggenheim Fellow, is more than just a performer – he’s a creative architect. Weaving spontaneous composition, storytelling, and genre-bending mastery, KOKAYI crafts impactful experiences that resonate across musical boundaries.

A sought-after collaborator and curator, KOKAYI champions under-recognized artistic movements, embraces technological revolutions, and thrives in unexpected creative spaces. His sonic alchemy has graced over 60 tracks, spanning jazz, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. He pushes boundaries with Grammy-nominated artists and even the Interledger Foundation on their FUTURE | Money arts initiative.

To read his full bio visit our website.

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Meet the Winner of The Washington Award for Dance Angela Miracle Gladue!

is a nehiyaw (Plains Cree)/Greek Interdisciplinary artist from the Treaty 6 Territory of amiskwaciy-wâskahikan (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) and is a proud member of Frog Lake First Nation. Since 2016, Angela has toured as one of the lead dancers for The Halluci Nation (Formally known as A Tribe Called Red) where she and her crew mate - “Creeasian”, represented Powwow Dance & Breaking on stages worldwide. She is currently a dance educator through The Washington Ballet and City Dance DC and a 2023-2024 Culture Caucus Member at The Kennedy Center, Social Impact program.

Meet the winner of The Washington Award for Visual Arts, Alanna Fields!

is a mixed-media artist and archivist whose work both deconstructs and reconstructs Black q***r memory and history through a multidisciplinary engagement with photographic archives.

Fields’ work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at Paris Photo, Art Basel Miami, Felix Art Fair LA, and Expo Chicago. Her work has been featured in museum exhibitions at The Aldrich Contemporary Museum, The High Museum of Art, The Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art and Storytelling, and The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporic Art. She has presented solo exhibitions at The Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art and Baxter Street Camera Club of NY and participated in group exhibitions at Yossi Milo Gallery, Yancey Richardson Gallery, Latchkey Gallery, Fragment Gallery, Residency Art Gallery, David Castillo Gallery and the Silver Eye Center for Photography, among others.

Fields received her MFA in Photography from Pratt Institute and has given lectures on her work at the Aperture Foundation, Light Work, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Parson’s New School, Syracuse University, and Stanford University. Fields is a Gordon Parks Foundation Scholar and Po***ck Krasner Foundation grant recipient who has participated in residencies at Silver Arts Projects, Light Work, Baxter St. CCNY, Fountainhead Arts, and TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image, among others. Her work has been commissioned by and featured in major publications such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, Aperture Magazine, and FOAM Magazine. Fields currently serves as a Lecturer of Photography at Howard University and is based in Washington, D.C.

Meet the winner of The Washington Award for Interdisciplinary Arts, Holly Bass.

is a multidisciplinary performance artist and educator. Her work explores the effects of gender, class, and race in American culture. Her visual artwork includes photography, installation, video, and performance. A Cave Canem Fellow, she has published poems in numerous journals and anthologies. She was a 2020–2022 Live Feed Resident Artist at New York Live Arts and a 2021–22 Smithsonian Artist Research Fellow. She studied modern dance (under Viola Farber) and creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College before earning her Master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Her work has been presented at the National Portrait Gallery, the Seattle Art Museum, Art Basel Miami (Project Miami Fair), and the 2022 Venice Biennale as part of Simone Leigh’s Loophole of Retreat. She is currently the National Director for Turnaround Arts, a program which uses the arts strategically to transform historically under-resourced public elementary schools.

Please join us in congratulating S&R Evermay’s new Event Director, Madison Dullea! Madison joined our team as Event Manager in January and is stepping into the Event Director role as our colleague, Tommaso Campanella, embarks upon an exciting next step in his career.

We are excited to witness all that Madison and Tommaso will accomplish in their new roles, both at Evermay and beyond.

We are so excited to share our 2024 Washington Award Winners! Congratulations to these transformational artists recognized for their exceptional contributions in interdisciplinary practice, visual art, music, and dance. We would also like to send a big thank you to our wonderful selection committee. Stay tuned to learn more about each of these artists or check out the link in our bio.

We’ll see you soon 😉

We already love going to BlueFest every year but seeing The Dr.Kuno Center of Transformation featured this year made for an extra special evening 💙

Need something to do this weekend? Go check out the final weekend of Washington Award Fillmore School Studio Prize winner’s exhibit !

We loved spending our Friday afternoon at the gallery!

Our Founder, Dr. Kuno, was honored by at their annual gala last week.

We feel so honored to support Georgetown Village in uniting the community and helping the older adult community thrive.

Aude Darnal, 2023 Evermay Visionary and Founder of The Global South in the World Order Project () recently hosted a Fireside Chat at Evermay.

Speakers Pepukaye Bardouille (Office of the Prime Minister of Barbados) and Masood Ahmed (Center for Global Development) engaged a captive audience as they discussed international financing for development and prosperity, focusing on Barbados’s response to the climate crisis.

S&R Evermay is proud to partner with and provide a platform for our Visionaries’ innovative research and professional development.

Thank you to The for coming to Evermay for your end of concert season celebration.

We loved having the house filled with the beautiful sounds of these talented musicians.

Have you submitted your Washington Award Application yet? If not, make sure to get yours in by midnight tonight to apply for a $15,000 unrestricted artist grant!

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Sending our thanks to CEO Ana Harvey for starting our day off right with an interesting talk about her organization’s vision to connect art communities and amplify local, emerging artists.

We were happy to host at Evermay for their cultural breakfast.

2024 Washington Award applications close in ONE WEEK!

Click the link in our bio to apply for the Washington Award, which provides unrestricted grants of $15,000 to D.C. artists working in the fields of virtual art,music, dance, and interdisciplinary practice.

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2024 Washington Award applications are now open!

Four D.C. artists in the fields of Music, Dance, Visual Arts, and Interdisciplinary Practice (one award per category) who prioritize social impact in their practice, will be awarded $15,000 of unrestricted cash to support them in freely developing and pursuing creative ideas.

Learn more and fill out the short application through the link in our bio!

Applications open: April 1 – April 30

Thank you for hosting us! It was wonderful getting to connect with you.

We are lucky to share a founder with you!

We are excited to invite you to The Open Studios on Sunday, April 21st from 1-4pm featuring The 2023 Washington Award Fillmore Studio Prize Winners!

Admission is free and parking is available in the lot located at 1800 34TH Street NW. Art will be available for purchase and light refreshments will be provided.

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We loved welcoming .toberu and fellows to Evermay to hear their inspiring ideas!

Our founder, Dr.Kuno, also cofounded these organizations as she is passionate about helping the next generation of entrepreneurs.

We are honored to be hosting and this fantastic group of female entrepreneurs at Evermay this week! As an entrepreneur herself, Dr.Kuno, is passionate about helping the next generation of entrepreneurs.

Looking ahead at our 2024 events!

We are so excited to gather with you this spring. Thank you to everyone that came out to support the

Start your February off right by attending some amazing exhibitions from Washington Award Winners .bailey and and alumna

Please see the link in our bio to apply for the Program Manager position.

So glad that we had the chance to kick off 2024 with a walk through of Georgetown Glow. We love working in Georgetown and were thrilled for the opportunity to support Sergey Kim’s installation “Neighborhood”.

Keep updated with S&R Evermay in the New Year by signing up for our mailing list to receive limited email updates!

We had an wonderful evening celebrating the inaugural cohort of our Evermay Visionaries program and learning about the innovative work that they are doing. We are so happy to partner with to kick off this program and look forward to seeing the developments the Visionaries make in their work!

There is only one thing to do when your Founder and Executive Director have the same birthday… throw a birthday party with fun hats!

Join The Terrells, Washington Award winners, and local artists for a holiday party at The Fillmore School on December 16th!

RSVP through the link in bio!

Can you tell Isabelle is excited for the holidays?

Meet our Program and Administrative Coordinator, Seneca Peklo.

She enjoys working at Evermay for the opportunity to learn from inspirational female leaders!