Emancipation Day 2025

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Emancipation Day 2025

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Come see @camblkalley and @elpedronight and MUCH MORE...TONIGHT 6-10p at our #202Creates Month Kickoff @eaton.dc #gogo #dance #dc #acreativedc

Another batch of the best and brightest! We feel so lucky to know all of our superstar residents who are doing BIG THINGS in our city. Get to know them and show some love with your follow!

These four Fall residents...sheesh. Artists, musicians, activists, actors, business owners, PR mavens — this list goes on. You’ll want to meet them. Trust us. •
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#202creates #mydccool #acreativedc #dc #entertaindc #bythi

As promised, here are three more of our fabulous Fall Residents!
Check out @introducingsmokeystevens @brownbelle and @justin__franks and show some love ❤️ #202creates #washingtondc #acreativedc #mydccool #202 #creatives #entrepreneurs

They’re here! Our Fall 2019 Residents have started their 3-month journey and we couldn’t be more excited! •
Every day this week we’ll introduce you to the creative entrepreneurs who are here to take their creative businesses an

Hump day calls for stopping to smell the roses. 📸: @othellobanaci
#202creates #acreativedc #photography #mydccool #bythings #flowers #202 #washingtondc #create

It’s almost Friday...toss that hair!
#202creates #acreativedc #photography #mydccool #bythings #creativehandsdc #washingtondc #202 #art
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📸 @jarrett.hendrix

Ducks + dancing + life-size bingo= #summerwin •
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#202creates #mydccool #acreativedc #bythings #art #bingo #washingtondc #202 #summer #dcrooftop #unionmarketdc

Summertime cool 😎 •
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#202Creates #mycooldc #thedistrict #localdc #photography #202 #acreativedc #visitdc #bythings #summerindc

See you at #202Creates Community Building Day this Thursday, 7/25! We’ll be tackling how to write a successful grant proposal, how to access international markets, and the art of rebranding - when should you do it and how to go about it the rig

Community Building Day is THIS Thursday, July 25 from 10a-4p. Get inspired with your fellow creatives, enjoy lunch from #artdrenalinecafe, and learn how you can access new markets and reach more people! Reach out or visit the link in our bio for more

There are just three days left for you to participate in the first-ever DC Music Census! Here are three ways you can help:
1) if you started filling the census out & didn't finish, please go back and finish
2) if you haven't filled it out yet, pl

🎙NEW PODCAST EPISODE🎙Allow us to introduce you to Haywood Turnipseed, Jr. (@woodyseed) - the man with the iconic laugh, who brings the jokes and strives to build up others and his community as he does it. Haywood, a DC resident and founder of @Atta

Happy FriYAY! 🌞
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🎨 from the #202Creates feed by @crisclapplogan

We have 7 D A Y S left to get as many folks from the #DCmusic community to complete the DC Music Census (or finish the one they started)! In order for us to accurately quantify the size and economic impact of the DC music industry, we need as many pe

Excited for the release of the new apparel from our friend & #202Creates resident @avi8tedthoughts!

Dreaming of sunnier days 🌞🌊
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📷 from the #202Creates feed by @wandering_dc

Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸 .
📷 & 🎨 from the #202Creates feed: @markalanandre / @crisclapplogan / @republicrestoratives / @thejenchase
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#202creates #dc #mydccool #mydc #nationscapital #washingtondc #thedistrict #202 #acreativedc #madeindc

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Spend your Saturday tackling the intersection of race, economic, and sexuality with DC artist @sheldonascott. “Fade” is performed in conjunction with @_bythepeople_ and #thebarbershopproject // Repost by @Cultural_DC

June 22,

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