artconnexDC is a collective of diverse women-identifying and non-binary visual arts professionals. We are dedicated to fostering kinship and enhancing the vibrant DC metro arts ecosystem. artconnexDC offers a network to share information, encourage dialogue, and provide multigenerational opportunities for collaboration and mentorship.
The Prescription is HOME: A Manifesto
artconnexDC is proud to announce our next gallery event, this time at Mason Exhibitions Arlington!
Artist and social practitioner Melani N. Douglass will welcome us to her immersive exhibition, The Prescription is HOME: A Manifesto, on the evening of Thursday, February 26. Melani will provide an overview of her practice and the exhibition. Light refreshments will be provided.
Blending visual art, participatory installation, and community-centered programming, the exhibition reimagines the home as a site of healing, cultural preservation, and collective transformation. The exhibition draws inspiration from revolutionary domestic spaces, kitchen-table movements, and ancestral practices that have long sustained communities through care and connection. Visitors are invited to contribute personal artifacts, stories, and reflections, transforming the exhibition into an evolving communal environment. It allows audiences to step into a sacred, participatory space and reconsider the profound role home plays in shaping how we heal, gather, and imagine a more connected future.
Mason Exhibitions Arlington
3601 Fairfax Dr, Arlington, VA 22201
Metro stop: Virginia Square/GMU Orange/Silver(the gallery is just across the street from the metro)
Date: Thursday, February 26
Time: 6-8pm
Socially engaged artist Mēlani N. Douglass is the founder of the award-winning Family Arts Museum - a migratory institution focused on the celebration of family as fine art, home as curated space, and community as gallery. Inspired by the birth of her daughter, Mēlani started her own museum, reimagined her studio practice, and refined her innovative approach to community engagement, audience development, and exhibition design.
Mēlani currently serves as a consultant on numerous projects. She is the East of the River Artist in Residence, A DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities fellow as well as a Humanities DC Fellow Her work has been highlighted by the New York Times, Atlas Obscura, Shondaland, Bmore Art, American Museum Alliance Magazine, Baltimore Magazine, Artnet, and National Geographic.
