VISIONARY EVENINGS

Helen Chason, the Director of the Kreeger Museum is interviewed on stage by Arts Club Member and acclaimed choreographer Dana Tai Soon Burgess. This is a unique opportunity to learn about the unique history of The Kreeger Museum collection, as well as to find out about its upcoming exhibitions season. 

Helen Chason was named Director of The Kreeger Museum June 1, 2017.  Embracing the Museum’s mission to share art and music, Chason has prioritized programming that reaches across the city and celebrates the wealth of artistic talent in our community. Under her leadership the Museum has developed Jazz at the Kreeger, a series that spotlights area musicians, created The Collaborative, an exhibition program that supports visual and performing artists working in Washington DC, and expanded innovative and inclusive family program offerings. In addition to presenting group exhibitions in 2020 and 2021, the Museum presented two exhibitions in 2022 for legendary printmaker, Lou Stovall, illustrating and acknowledging Stovall’s profound and far-reaching influence on the Washington arts community and city. Chason holds an Ed.M. from Harvard University and has lived in Washington, DC since 1980.

Doors open at 6:00 pm and an interview of Helen Chason, the director of The Kreeger Museum, moderator Dana Tai Soon Burgess begins at 6:30 pm. A cocktail hour precedes and dessert follows the program, affording guests the opportunity to socialize with one another and our featured luminary.