Arts Club of Washington

Arts Club of Washington
FormationMay 1916
FounderBertha Noyes
Coordinates38°54′5.3″N 77°2′44.55″W / 38.901472°N 77.0457083°W / 38.901472; -77.0457083
Websiteartsclubofwashington.org
Theater at the Arts Club, after a recital.
Interior of the Club before a reception. On the wall is a portrait of James Monroe, who lived at the Cleveland Abbe House at the start of his presidency.

The Arts Club of Washington is a private club to promote the Arts in Washington, D.C.

Founded by Bertha Noyes in May 1916, its first president was Henry Kirke Bush-Brown; Mathilde Mueden Leisenring was among its original members,[1] as were Susan Brown Chase, Catharine Carter Critcher, Lola Sleeth Miller, Bertha E. Perrie, and Mary Gine Riley.[2]

It is located at the Cleveland Abbe House. Since 2006, the Club has awarded the Marfield Prize, also known as the National Award for Arts Writing, for nonfiction books about the arts written for a broad audience.

  1. ^ "Pat Moore on Mathilde Mueden Leisenring Exhibit". YouTube. 2011-12-09. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  2. ^ Virgil E. McMahan (1995). The Artists of Washington, D.C., 1796-1996. Artists of Washington. ISBN 978-0-9649101-0-2.