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Proceeds from tours, events & exhibits go to support our heroes & artist-in-residence program.
Children under 17 must be accompanied by an adult at all times. (1 adult to every 4 kids is required)

Reserve in advance online to ensure availability. All tours are self-guided. Groups of 30 or more click here.

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Reserve in advance online to ensure availability. All tours are self-guided. Groups of 30 or more click here.

Most Popular - Every Step Tells A Story (on-line reservations required)

Proceeds from tours, events & exhibits go to support our arts and social justice programs. Children under 17 must be accompanied by an adult at all times. (1 adult to every 4 kids is required) Visit nearby restaurants

Hours: Tours (based on availability) Sunday — Wednesday 9am - 6pm, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9am - 9pm (Minimum time needed 45 minutes. Maximum tour time 2 hours). Over 100 rooms (guaranteed to see at least 60). Over 80 secret doors (guaranteed to be able to find at least 32 — if you find 2 you are above average).


Team Building (on-line reservations required)

Secret Gardens
Chef's Table Dining & Tour
3,4,5 Course Options
Secret Gardens

ultimate privacy, decadent food
our chef will create a special cullinary experience just for you — based on your dietary requirements. this once-in-a-lifetime event includes a self-guided tour of our themed rooms, secret doors, and unique collections.

book secret garden, tiffany, or candlelit:

3 course meal: $95/person
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4 course meal: $120/person
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5 course + apps $130/person
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beverages additional

room rental (3.5 hrs)
wine cellar: ($500 required) max. 12 guests for a sit-down
secret garden: ($500 required) max. 19 guests for chef's table sit-down
tiffany or candllelit dining room: ($500 required) max. 19 guests for sit-down

housekeeping/sanitization
groups under 10 people: $75
groups of 10 - 19 people: $100

please note:20% set-up / strike fee, 10% tax, and gratuity are additional. your non-refundable, non-transferable deposit will be applied to your event costs

Secret Wine Cellar
Chef's Table Dining & Tour
8-12 guests
Secret Wine Cellar

ultimate privacy, decadent food
our chef will create a special cullinary experience just for you — based on your dietary requirements. this once-in-a-lifetime event includes a self-guided tour of our themed rooms, secret doors, and unique collections.

book wine cellar:

wine cellar, 3 course meal: $95/person
book now

wine cellar, 4 course meal: $120/person
book now

wine cellar, 5 course + apps $130/person
book now

beverages additional

room rental (3.5 hrs)
wine cellar: ($500 required) max. 12 guests for a sit-down
secret garden: ($500 required) max. 19 guests for chef's table sit-down
tiffany or candllelit dining room: ($500 required) max. 19 guests for sit-down

housekeeping/sanitization
groups under 10 people: $75
groups of 10 - 19 people: $100

please note:20% set-up / strike fee, 10% tax, and gratuity are additional. your non-refundable, non-transferable deposit will be applied to your event costs

Speakeasy Hunt
Daily, 4pm - 9pm camraderie through creativity
$50/per +, minimum 15
Speakeasy Hunt

The Coolest Place in DC! — Booking.com

Groups of 15 or more will nosh on exotic cheese & crackers while they engage in a short discussion to learn the history and philosophy of O Street Museum in The Mansion. Afterwards you'll put your super sleuth skills to the test as you search the main floor for designated items found only at O Museum in The Mansion. Prizes additional.

Includes

- Private room (one hour)
- Exotic cheese & crackers
- Treasure hunt
- Explore our themed rooms
- Search for secret doors
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 - Must be 21+ for this hunt
- Bar packages additional
- Additional mandatory bartender fee will be applied
- Not available Thursdays - Saturdays in December


Bring your own shopping bags. 30,000 square foot gift shop! 

MUSEUM CLOSES AT 9pm for Speakeasy Hunts
ON-LINE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED 

Team Building Hunt
Facilitated Experience - Creative Problem Solving
$65/person +
Team Building Hunt

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whether your group works for a different department or on different projects we all have the same goal -- success. this facilitator led experience will encourage teamwork, inspire creative thinking, foster communication, build leadership skills, reinforce and teach new skills.

your team will think with their hearts, and feel with their minds as they search through themed rooms and behind secret doors looking for designated items. this facilitator led experience will help generate understanding and communication as your team embarks on a hunt around the mansion - then each team will come together to present their lessons learned and discuss the similarities and differences of their experience.

Prizes additional.

We have over 100 rooms and 70 secret doors (yes 70!). We guarantee you can see at least 60 of our legendary rooms -- but be warned secret doors are tricky to find -- if you find 2 or 3 you are an above average sleuth.

$65 per person
$250 facilitator fee


INCLUDES:
- Private room for up to two hours
- Hunt Facilitator
- Treasure hunt
- Explore our themed rooms
- Search for secret doors

Offered 9am - 4pm based on availability

Bring your own shopping bags. 30,000 square foot gift shop! 

MUSEUM CLOSES AT 6pm
ON-LINE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

Events (on-line reservations required) Author & Performer Archives

Proceeds from tours, events & exhibits go to support our arts and social justice programs.
Sit back relax, suspend your disbelief & enjoy the magic and fantasy of our events. Dream a bit yourself.

Bluegrass Jam & Tour
Voted Best Bluegrass Jam in DC by City Paper
1st & 3rd Sundays
Bluegrass Jam & Tour

Featuring DC Bluegrass Union
First & Third Sunday every month - 1:00 pm
Listen to live music and explore our themed rooms, unique exhibits and search for secret doors.
Channel your inner rock star with other musicians in the business. You know who you are: lawyers, doctors, lobbyists by day - but around the clock, always a rock star in your heart.
Bring your groupies, entourage and guitar, banjo or whatever you want to play (or not) and participate in a live jam session with seasoned artists.

Musicians no entrance fee. If you would like to attend a jam and you are not a musician, please reserve ticket using the button above.

Mrs. Rosa Parks Tour
$40/person
Mrs. Rosa Parks Tour

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"Each person must live their life as a model for others."~Mrs. Rosa Parks

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Learn how you can be a hero from the lessons Mrs. Rosa Parks -- Mother of the Civil Rights Movement and Grandmother of the Women's Movement --taught.

During this fun interactive experience, you will explore, touch and feel the halls and rooms Mrs. Parks lived and worked in during her last decade, which are some of the most powerful years of her life.

She is as important today as she was in 1955. Her lessons in leadership are timeless.

You can become a hero too. Believe.

Tour includes
— searching for secret doors
— a screening of unknown stories about Mrs. Parks

Museum Closes
— Sunday - Wednesday at 6pm
— Thursday, Friday, Saturday nights promptly at 9 p.m.

(8pm reservations will only have one hour to explore)


Children under 17 must be accompanied by an adult at all times. (1 adult to every 4 kids)
ON-LINE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED 

Breakfast Tour
Daily, 9am - noon, Includes Secret Door Tour! (value $26.50)
$55/per +, min 10
Breakfast Tour

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(Includes a Secret Door Tour - $26.50 value!)
Groups of 10 or more will enjoy our delicious continental breakfast and engage in a short discussion to learn the history and philosophy of The Mansion. Afterwards tour through our themed rooms and behind secret doors to experience the creative process.

INCLUDES
- Private room (one hour)
- Continental breakfast

(sweet breads, yogurt parfait, fresh fruit, hot coffee, hot tea, hot chocolate)
- Short discussion

(on our history & philosophy)
- Explore our themed rooms
- Search for secret doors


Bring your own shopping bags. 30,000 square foot gift shop! 

Children under 17 must be accompanied by an adult at all times. (1 adult to every 4 kids)
ON-LINE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

Must be booked on-line at least one week in advance.

Mustache Madness Hunt
$45/person
Mustache Madness Hunt

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Get your mustache on (don't worry we'll give you one) and join in the fun on this zany hunt around The Mansion. You'll put your super sleuth skills to the test as you search for designated items found only at The Mansion.

- includes hunt clue sheet
- Exploration of our themed rooms, secret doors, and unique exhibits

We have over 100 rooms and 70 secret doors (yes 70!) to explore. We guarantee you can see at least 60 of our legendary rooms — but be warned secret doors are tricky to find — if you find 2 or 3 you are an above average sleuth.


Bring your own shopping bags. 30,000 square foot gift shop! 

Children under 17 must be accompanied by an adult at all times. (1 adult to every 4 kids)

ON-LINE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

Above & Beyond Hunt
See what's all around you
$40/person
Above & Beyond Hunt

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Look up, outside yourself as you search for special designated items found at eye level or above.

This hunt will not only challenge you to look beyond and really see what is all around you, but will help you see the bigger picture.

We have over 100 rooms and 70 secret doors (yes 70!) to explore. We guarantee you can see at least 60 of our legendary rooms — but be warned secret doors are tricky to find — if you find 2 or 3 you are an above average sleuth.

Bring your own shopping bags. 30,000 square foot gift shop! 

MUSEUM CLOSES AT 5pm
Children under 17 must be accompanied by an adult at all times. (1 adult to every 4 kids)

ON-LINE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Tickets at the door ADD $5/person

Shop 'Till You Drop (Champagne Tour)
$40/person
Shop 'Till You Drop (Champagne Tour)

Have a blast when you join us for a glass of champagne or sparkling cider and tour through our themed rooms and secret doors to experience the creative process.

We have over 100 rooms and 70 secret doors (yes 70!) to explore. We guarantee you can see at least 60 of our legendary rooms — but be warned secret doors are tricky to find — if you find 2 or 3 you are an above average sleuth.

Search four floors and more than 100 rooms for treasures to own - at the coolest shop in D.C.

There is something for everyone, jewelry, games, memorabilia, home decor, albums, comics, and many other one-of-a-kind items — together!

You never know what you will find!
art
books
clothing
collectibles
furniture
home furnishings
jewelry
kitchen accessories
linens
memorabilia
music
toys
vinyl & cd's

Bring your own shopping bags — we don't supply 'em — we are green

Museum Closes
— Sunday - Wednesday at 6pm
— Thursday, Friday, Saturday nights promptly at 9 p.m.

(8pm reservations will only have one hour to explore)

Children under 17 must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

Sign Language Secret Door Tour
$30/person
Sign Language Secret Door Tour

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Find your way through secret doors and covert passages to a world never experienced. You'll be walking in the footsteps of presidents and freedom fighters, historians and fiction writers.


take a sneak peek at the ASL tour video

On this self-guided tour, you will be treated to an in-depth history - told in American Sign Language - of our philosophy, museum, building, secret doors and what to look for as you head out on your super sleuth adventure.

We will never ruin the surprise of finding a secret door by giving you a map - or showing you where they are. So be sure to keep your eyes open! If you find two secret doors you are an above average sleuth!

Bring your own shopping bags. 30,000 square foot gift shop!

MUSEUM CLOSES AT 5pm
Children under 17 must be accompanied by an adult at all times. (1 adult to every 4 kids)
ON-LINE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED 

Love is Everywhere Hunt
$40/person
Love is Everywhere Hunt

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Spread the love as you search for special heartfelt items found only at O Museum in The Mansion on this heart centered treasure hunt.

Explore our themed rooms and search for secret doors. Prizes additional.

Bring your own shopping bags. 30,000 square foot gift shop!

MUSEUM CLOSES:
6pm Sunday - Wednesday
9pm Thursday, friday, and saturday nights

Children under 17 must be accompanied by an adult at all times. (1 adult to every 4 kids)

ON-LINE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Tickets at the door ADD $5/person

Hidden Gems Hunt
Find Our Favs & Tell Us Yours + Secret Doors
$35/person
Hidden Gems Hunt

"Coolest Place In D.C." - booking.com

We've chosen our top 10 things to find including treasured architecture, signed guitars, Mrs. Rosa Parks room and Prince's Purple Rain jacket -- and challenge you to find yours on this unique hidden gem hunt. You'll have a blast on this FUN self-guided experience!
We have over 100 rooms and 70 secret doors (yes 70!) to explore. We guarantee you can see at least 60 of our legendary rooms — but be warned secret doors are tricky to find — if you find 2 or 3 you are an above average sleuth.

Bring your own shopping bags. 30,000 square foot gift shop!
Cash bar.
MUSEUM CLOSES AT 5pm
Children under 17 must be accompanied by an adult at all times. (1 adult to every 4 kids)

ON-LINE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Tickets at the door ADD $5/person

Power of Women Hunt
March Only - $40/person
Power of Women Hunt

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Celebrate the enduring strength, power, and resilience of the wonderful women in your life with this extraordinary hunt.

We have over 100 rooms and 70 secret doors (yes 70!) to explore. We guarantee you can see at least 60 of our legendary rooms — but be warned secret doors are tricky to find — if you find 2 or 3 you are an above average sleuth.

Bring your own shopping bags. Everything is for sale!

MUSEUM CLOSES
Sunday - Wednesday 6pm
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights 9 pm

Children under 17 must be accompanied by an adult at all times. (1 adult to every 4 kids)

O After Dark
Private Late Night Fun
$40/per +, min. 125
O After Dark

"The Coolest Place in DC" -booking.com

Groups of 125 or more will revel in our extraordinary posh venue with this unique after hours experience.

INCLUDES:
— Private room 2 hrs (10pm - 12am)
— Cash Bar
— Must be 21+ for this experience

NOTE:
— The museum will not be available to tour during this event
— Friday & Saturday nights only
— MUSEUM CLOSES at midnight
— Additional mandatory $400 bartender fee (1ea. for every 100 guests)
— Entire balance (admission, add-ons, bartender, and service fee) will be due when you place your reservation.

Celebrate Mom
Champagne & Chocolate
May 12 - 14
Celebrate Mom

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Spread the love as you search for special heartfelt items found only at O Museum in The Mansion on this heart centered treasure hunt. We have over 100 rooms and 70 secret doors (yes 70!) to explore.

INCLUDES:
— Love themed treasure hunt
— Yummy Chocolate
— One free glass of champagne
— Cash bar

We guarantee you can see at least 60 of our legendary rooms — but be warned secret doors are tricky to find — if you find 2 or 3 you are an above average sleuth.

Bring your own shopping bags. Everything is for sale!

Museum Closes
— Sunday - Wednesday at 6pm
(5pm reservations will only have one hour to explore)

— Thursday, Friday, Saturday nights promptly at 9 p.m.
(8pm reservations will only have one hour to explore)

Children under 17 must be accompanied by an adult at all times. (1 adult to every 4 kids)

Exhibits - Every Step Tells A Story Artist Archives

Immerse yourself in the legacies of artists, musicians, thinkers and heroes, all united in their common capacity and unquenchable desire. . . . to dream. (Minimum time needed 45 minutes. Maximum tour time 2 hours) Over 100 rooms (guaranteed to see at least 60). Over 80 secret doors (guaranteed to be able to find at least 32 — if you find 2 you are above average). These exhibits are included in all tours. 

Character, Not Characters
CADE MARTIN: World's Top 200 Photographers
Character, Not Characters

A new photography exhibit from Cade Martin

Inspiration doesn't play by many rules. It rides in on the wind and shares your coffee break. Recently during a project, a client and I got to talking about tattoos. She mentioned a tattoo festival being held in the Washington DC area in the coming weeks. There it was, the spark of inspiration. I don't have any tattoos myself but the thought of all those people with their stories essentially written on their bodies was something I felt an immediate pull to photograph. I'm always seeking characters and these were characters I wanted to capture.

EXPERIENCE THE SHOOT >

These portraits are so alive with stories, the backgrounds amplifying the investment in expression. These people had amazingly detailed, as well as personal, tattoo work, it was such a clear commitment of time - and money - on their part. The whole experience turned out to be a blast - talking and working with people from all walks of life bonded by their ink. It's been amazing to spend a few minutes with these people and to make their portraits. I find the end product captivating, mysterious and revealing. But, I still don't have any tattoos.

ABOUT CADE MARTIN:
Named one of the 200 Best Advertising Photographers in the world -- Cade's meticulous attention to detail helps shape an environment that echoes the real world. Filled with strength and clarity, perfectly composed and lit with a simple elegance, his photographs touch the deepest emotions.

Cade Martin has shot for some of the most iconic brands in the world including Capital One, Discovery Channel, Target, Marriott International, and Starbucks to name a few.

American Civics
Shepard Fairey & Jim Marshall
American Civics

The first-ever collaboration between acclaimed contemporary artist Shepard Fairey and the estate of legendary photographer Jim Marshall. In it, Fairey interprets Marshall's iconic photography from the 1960's, including images of Johnny Cash, Cesar Chavez, and Fannie Lee Chaney, with five new works, vividly depicting the humanity behind some of our country's enduring social justice issues: Voting Rights, Mass Incarceration, Workers' Rights, Gun Culture, and Two Americas. The art of American Civics gives a face to these issues to cultivate dialogue and encourage vigorous solutions to problems that have divided the country and eroded the core of the American ideals.
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Generously donated by Michael Jensen, President/Founder Jensen Communications Inc. Jensen Communications, Inc. is a media, marketing and management firm specializing in public relations serving a diverse range of clients in entertainment, business, cause-related politics and the arts.
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Rythmic Rebels
Sandrine Lee
Rythmic Rebels

French born photographer Sandrine Lee has lived, studied and worked in NYC for over a decade. Via her husband, Will Lee, she has entered the music world and made it her main photographic playground.

Faces of Hope
Chip Duncan
Faces of Hope

Filmmaker, author, photographer and recipient of more than 100 national and international awards for his work, Chip's images appear in the book Enough To Go Around - Searching for Hope in Afghanistan, Pakistan & Darfur. An exhibition of his images premiers at the 2011 World Peace Festival and this fall at O Street Museum Foundation.

This event benefits Relief International and
O Street Museum Foundation

Artis Lane
Designer of Rosa Parks' Congressional Medal of Honor
Artis Lane

Artis hails from North Buxton, a small town in Canada near Ontario that is largely populated by the descendants of slaves who escaped using the Underground Railroad. In Artis' words "My Civil Rights images led me naturally to ideas about what and who we are outside of race. I went from there to the most important body of work, the metaphysical images of generic man and generic woman emerging out of the ignorance of material concepts and evolving into spiritual awareness."
Her family moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan when she was a toddler, and throughout her childhood she became interested in drawing and painting. She received a scholarship to the Ontario College of Art in Toronto. Upon graduation, she continued her education at the Cranbrook Academy of Art and moved back to Detroit with her new husband, Bill. She became a close personal friend of Mrs. Rosa Parks while there.
 
While in Detroit, she painted and sculpted portraits of many political and business leaders of the day, including members of the Ford Family, Governor George Romney and Mayor Coleman Young. From there she moved to New York, Texas, New Mexico and Mexico City before settling in Los Angeles.
 
Artis created the Congressional Medal of Honor that was presented to Ms. Parks in 1999. Lane has designed multiple sculptures of Mrs. Rosa Parks, which can be found in the collections of the Smithsonian Portrait Museum and The Mrs. Rosa Parks Museum located at Troy State.
 
The National Congress of Black Women commissioned her to create a bust of women's rights activist and abolitionist Sojourner Truth which was unveiled in 2009 by former First Lady Michelle Obama in the Emancipation Hall of the Capitol Visitor Centre. Truth was the first woman to be honored with a bust at the U.S. Capitol.
 
Artis’s impressive list of commissions also include sculptures of President George H. W. Bush, Walter Annenberg. President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Gordon Getty, Nelson Mandela, Henry Kissinger, Oprah Winfrey, President Reagan, Jaqueline Kennedy and Michael Jordan.
 
Lane's sculpture was described as "primarily concerned with portraying what she sees as enduring spiritual truths. These truths are that the growth of spiritual awareness is continuous and that nobody ever arrives at perfection. In addition, spiritual awareness connects humans with a universal force." by the St. James Guide to Black Artists.

First Ladies of Rock
Gerald Johnson
First Ladies of Rock

Gerald Johnson's art can be found in the National Gallery of Art, The White House, and the Treasury Department, as well as over three hundred corporate collections in America, Europe and China.

He was born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and now lives in the DC area. He earned his fine arts degree and completed his graduate studies in printmaking and painting at Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of North Carolina.

"The O Museum has challenged my creativity and championed my art. Every artist's dream is to find a receptive audience for their work. Twenty-five years ago, carrying 10 tiny collages into this mysterious house on O Street I found that audience; always saying "Do what is in your heart."

Crown Jewels of Music
Nina Miller
Crown Jewels of Music

Nina Miller loves all animals, some people, music, books, sparkly things, and all things vintage. Perpetually getting lost, but with a strong inner-compass, she resides in Nashville with her little monster, Oliver.

Founded in 2002, The Gibson Foundation is committed to making the world a better place for children by creating, developing and supporting programs and other non-profit organization in their efforts to advance education, music and the arts, the environment and health and welfare causes. Nina is the Executive Director of The Gibson Foundation.

Nomads
Indigenous Mexican Art & Culture
Nomads

Nomad Indigenous Mexican Art & Culture Exhibit

This wonderous collection showcases mexican contemporary indigenous arts & crafts, created by world renowned artists, and has exhibited in Montreal, Boston and New York. The D.C. exhibit is supported by the Mexican Cultural Institute of Washington DC.

Ottoman Magic
Mersad Berber
Ottoman Magic

Mersad Berber is one of the greatest and most distinctive Bosnian painters and graphic artists. His inspiration is derived from Bosnia, its Ottoman past, and its people. An honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts, he has received approximately 50 awards and he has had exhibits in cities all over the world, from London and Madrid, New York to Moscow, Jakarta and New Delhi.


Experts consider him to be one of the greatest post-Classic artists in the world. His most significant projects were "Chronicles of Sarajevo", "A Trip to Skender Vakuf", "Srebrenica", "A Homage to Vlaho Bukovac", and "Ottoman Chronicles" among others.

Elie Abrahami
The Bridge From Persia to Paris
Elie Abrahami

Elie Abrahami has spent 1/3 of his life in Persia, Israel and France. He grew up in a strict orthodox Jewish family with 11 children in Persia, where it was against the rules to read or write. The family emigrated to Israel, where he was conscripted into the Army. Even though Elie was 5'2" he continually got into fights and was thrown in Israel's military prison, where he was taught how to read and write. For a while he was in charge of burning the garbage at the prison, and he started to use the black soot from the flames to draw pictures of Warren Beaty and Marilyn Monroe for cigarettes. An Israeli government official visiting the prison saw his drawings and asked to meet the artist. They immediately released him from prison and gave him a scholarship to the Avni School of Fine Arts, Tel Aviv, from 1964-1968. Later he attended the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, from 1970-1972. He has been living and working in Paris since the late 1960s. Abrahami has had numerous one-person exhibitions both in the United States and throughout the world. His works can be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and internationally in public and private collections, including the Tel Aviv Museum and the Rothschild Collection, Paris. Today he speaks 15 languages and has been an artist in residence at The O Museum in the Mansion many times.

Alice Beasley
Art of Illusion - Artist Talk
Alice Beasley

Fabric is her chosen medium of expression through which she creates realistic portraits of people and objects.

Her work has been exhibited in many venues throughout the United States including the American Folk Art Museum in New York and the Smithsonian Anacostia Museum as well as abroad in Madrid, France, Japan and Namibia. Her work has been purchased or commissioned by a number of individuals and public entities including the County of Alameda, Kaiser Hospital, Highland Hospital and the Sunnyvale Medical Facility.

From the artist: "I find color, light, shadow, line and value in the pattern of ordinary household fabrics. From these I snip small pieces which I arrange and fuse into a figurative composition. As such the work grows from within rather than being applied to the surface of a canvas by paint, pencil or similar drawing tools. When the image is complete, I sew it together with the stitch line constituting the final “drawn” line."

Go Tell It On The Mountain
Kallé
Go Tell It On The Mountain

"Just like my paintings, I am faceless. I aspire to create other people’s hope through my art. It’s not about me."

Kallé Siekkinen is a self-taught artist from New Orleans and he paints from the heart. He enjoys painting on recycled materials using house paint, wood stain and stucco and is influenced by his friend and mentor the late, internationally renowned folk artist, Bill Hemmerling.

Most of his subjects are children and many of his paintings in some way represent his own life experiences. His painting are frequently faceless and often times painted jet black, more like a silhouette. Kalle says, “the color black is a mixture of all the colors in the world and is meant to represent everyone. By not having facial details, it allows the viewer to complete the painting by seeing the figures as whomever they choose”.

In his new series, Kalle enjoys using a wide variety of colors in an effort to portray unity among all people and spreading a message of love, diversity, and inclusion and in his own words, “hopes to change the world”.

Kalle’s paintings have sold to collectors abroad and have become a favorite among educators and directors of diversity. Many of his paintings can be seen in t.v. shows and movies such as Queen Sugar, Girls Trip, and C.S.I New Orleans.

Many of his paintings were created at the O Museum in the Mansion in Washington, D.C.

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