Virtual Tours
If you aren't able to visit us in person, we invite you to experience the Corcoran through some of these virtual tours of our spaces and videos of our student experiences.
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OUR SPACES

The Flagg Building at 500 17th Street NW in Washington, D.C.

Exterior, Flagg Building

Rorschach Theatre’s annual Klecksography event, hosted at the Corcoran, featured live performances of seven new short plays in the Flagg Building's beautiful rotunda on February 10, 2024. The shows were inspired by a single piece of visual art from the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery. Photographs by Ryan Maxwell.

Rorschach Theatre’s annual Klecksography event, hosted at the Corcoran, featured live performances of seven new short plays in the Flagg Building's beautiful rotunda on February 10, 2024. The shows were inspired by a single piece of visual art from the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery. Photographs by Ryan Maxwell.

Art is all around GW’s campus, from the Flagg Building to the Betts Theater. Here, dance student Aaron Mancus performs in Kogan Plaza. Corcoran’s dance program, with studios in Building J, trains students to tell their own story through movement.

Interior, Flagg Building


North Atrium, Flagg Building

Mantle Room, Flagg Building

Salon Dore, Corcoran's 18th-Century French Period Room

Grand Staircase, Flagg Building





Corcoran students get hands-on experience, including in the Etching-Lithography Studio in the Flagg Building. Students also have access to dance and music studios, wood and ceramic studios, fabrication labs, and more.










Students have access to a variety of resources, no matter their discipline. GW’s Wide Image Printing Lab in Smith Hall supports digital print projects.




As part of the Studio Arts program, students process images in the Photography Classroom/Darkroom in Smith Hall. Students are encouraged to extend themselves beyond their comfort zones, redefine practices and prepare for creative pursuits after graduation.


The Hammer Auditorium provides a space for performances and gatherings at the Flagg Building.

From acting, to design, to management, the Corcoran’s theatre program helps students understand each part of a successful production. Students get hands-on experience with theatrical techniques, including in the Costume Shop in Samson Hall, pictured here.


Intersectionality exhibition in the Rotunda of the Flagg Building. Art shown is by Asser Saint-Val, "The Philosopher's Stone," 2018. Multi-sensory interactive installation with helium sculpture.

Intersectionality exhibition performance in the Flagg Building, 2018.

The historic Flagg Building has a variety of spaces for students and visitors, including the Clark Wing, seen here.

Room 222, an interior architecture classroom, in the historic Flagg Building.

NEXT student exhibition, 2010.

2018 NEXT Exhibition. Student Josh Dalton’s "Dark Matter."

Corcoran student art in the 2018 NEXT Exhibition. Shown: "For As Long As I Live, My Life is Devoted to Freedom" by Areej Itayem.

New Media Photojournalism master's student Margaret Wroblewski looks at prints in a Flagg classroom.

Flagg B105: Clay Mixing Room in the historic Flagg Building.

Clean Fab Lab in the historic Flagg Building.

B124: Risograph Studio / Printmaking Flex Space in the historic Flagg Building.

Art History Professor Cristin Sethi's class visits the Avenir Center of the George Washington University on the Virginia Science and Technology Campus in Ashburn, Virginia.

Samson Hall (Costume Shop), 1st Floor, 2036 H St NW

Smith Hall of Art (Programs of Fine Arts, Art History & Gallery 102), 801 22nd Street, NW.

Building J, Dance Studio, 2131 G Street NW

Academic Center - Rome Hall, Phillips Hall & Smith Hall of Art, 801 22nd Street, NW

Building XX, Program of Theatre & Dance, 814 20th Street, NW (3rd Floor)
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