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From left: Sonya Rankin, Tony Goldwyn, Kerry Washington and Ellen M. Granberg backstage at Lisner Auditorium. (Lily Speredelozzi/GW Today)

Kerry Washington Creates $1 Million Earl and Valerie Washington Endowed Scholarship Fund to Open Doors to a Liberal Arts Education at GW

Emmy-winning actor, producer, activist, former trustee and GW alumna establishes need-based scholarship in honor of her parents.

Flagg Building

Corcoran-NGA deal revision will connect students and gallery staff, faculty say

Officials will turn gallery space in the school’s Flagg Building into a hub for interdisciplinary learning.

For Freedoms DC event

George Washington University, National Gallery of Art, Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery Advance Historic Partnership

First major programmatic partnership between the National Gallery and a university serves their missions as incubators for students, artists and scholars.

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Corcoran School and National Gallery of Art Collaborate on New Home for Emerging Art and Education

The new initiative will facilitate immersive learning, art-making and interdisciplinary research to drive exhibitions, performances and curriculum at Corcoran.

Viewers admire final projects by Corcoran interior architecture students at the NEXT Festival in spring 2023. (William Atkins/GW Today)

GW’s Corcoran School of the Arts and Design and the National Gallery of Art Collaborate on New Home for Emerging Art and Education

First major programmatic partnership between the National Gallery and a university to provide immersive learning opportunities for students.

Museum Gift Anouncement

The Textile Museum Receives Record $25 Million Gift

Anonymous donation will transform and sustain world-class textile conservation, curatorial scholarship and educational initiatives.

Caroline Woolard sits in her "Queer Rocker," a work she encourages others to reproduce.

Corcoran Visiting Professor Works to Shape a More Just World

Artist Caroline Woolard creates objects and experiences that require and encourage cooperation.

Filmmaker Reid Davenport

Award-Winning Filmmaker Reid Davenport Redefines Disability through the Lens of Art

The GW alumnus creates his films with an eye toward “removing systemic barriers in society.”

Tony Bennett

In Memoriam: Tony Bennett

GW Honorary Doctor of Music, President’s Medal recipient and occasional GW guest lecturer was a cultural icon who serenaded listeners for decades.

Luther W. Brady

Luther W. Brady Estate Gifts Significant Collection of Mid-Century Painting and Sculpture by Internationally-Renowned Artists

More than 130 works comprise the multi-million donation and provide hands-on experience for GW students.