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Updated on July 13, 2021 at 8:43 pm
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A D.C. art gallery is on a mission to get people to buy Black art.
When you step inside the Anacostia Arts Center, you are surrounded by bright colors and beautiful paintings, each made by a Black artist from Ward 7 and Ward 8. Download our NBC Washington app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
“We want to invite the city to come and invest in the Black creatives, the Black brilliance, that’s here in Ward 7 and Ward 8,” Jess Randolph, the show organizer, said.
The organizers set up an online auction with the theme “Buy Black Art.” They are hoping to support artists like Jay Coleman, who made a statue of Harriet Tubman.