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DESA's 50th is coming in 2024!
We are excited to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Duke Ellington School of the Arts in 2024. Events will be held all year long and will...
Apr 18, 2023

Woolly Mammoth Names Ellington Alumna Kimberly E. Douglas New Managing Director
By News Desk – April 4, 2023 Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is proud to announce that its new Managing Director will be Kimberly E....
Apr 4, 2023

Ellington Alumnus – Black Artist Raised In DC Soon Makes History For Creating US Capitol Sculpture
WASHINGTON (7News) — “I remember one day looking down East Capitol and it was a clear day and seeing the dome of the U.S. Capitol,”...
Feb 28, 2023

A Poet Activist At Brown With A Powerful Voice
A Poet Activist at Brown With a Powerful Voice Amiri Nash charts the Black experience with a new student journal Name: Amiri Nash Age: 20...
May 7, 2022

Ellington Arts Alum Creates College Scholarship For His Alma Mater
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Ellington Fund is thrilled to announce a new annual college scholarship from celebrated journalist and writer,...
Mar 9, 2022

Important Letter From DESAP Regarding Recent Media Reports
Dear Ellington Community, Not surprisingly, in the days since our local NBC affiliate aired its investigative report into allegations of...
Feb 27, 2022

How Artist Jamilla Okubo Would Spend A Perfect Day In D.C.
In D.C. Dream Day, we ask our favorite people in the area to tell us how they would spend a perfect day in the District. Artist Jamilla...
Feb 21, 2022

DC’s 11th Street Bridge Park Taps Mother-Daughter Sculpting Duo To Design Public Art
Sculptor Martha Jackson Jarvis and her daughter, fellow sculptor Njena Surae Jarvis, received an email this week. It was a congratulatory...
Feb 21, 2022

New Statement Regarding NBC4’S Investigative Report Segments
Dear Ellington Community, As we have previously shared, the local NBC4 affiliate has continued its investigative report concerning...
Feb 10, 2022

Official Statement Regarding Forthcoming NBC4 Investigative Report
Official Statement Regarding Forthcoming NBC4 Investigative Report from Duke Ellington School of the Arts Project Dear Ellington Parents...
Jan 23, 2022

Chappelle’s Thanksgiving Visit
Official Statement from Duke Ellington School of the Arts Chappelle Theatre Naming Update Recently, Dave Chappelle, via his Instagram...
Nov 28, 2021

Official Statement From Duke Ellington School Of The Arts
For almost 50 years Duke Ellington School of the Arts has been the leader in arts education in the District of Columbia. Our mission is...
Nov 12, 2021

Manifest Activism: A Conversation With Ellington Alumna Billie Krishawn
Actor, artist, and photojournalist Billie Krishawn was featured in a recent post by the Mosaic Theater Company, where she is cast as...
Sep 20, 2021

The Spiritual Artwork Of Asha Elana Casey
Post-independence Senegalese playwright Abdou Anta Kâ deftly wrote that “one had to find inspiration in myth to write today and...
Feb 7, 2021

Theatre Department Alums Making Waves
When well-respected magazines publish articles titled “10 Actors to Watch for 2020” or “20 Powerhouse Women Directors Theatre Fans and...
Nov 23, 2020

Ellington Alumnus Wallace Roney, Intrepid Jazz Trumpeter, Dies From COVID-19 Complications At 59
Sadly we learned today that renowned Trumpeter/composer and Ellington Alum, Wallace Roney passed away due to complications of the...
Apr 1, 2020

Ellington Alumna Denyce Graves Cooks Onstage And In The Kitchen
2020: Denyce Graves, an internationally renowned mezzo-soprano and Ellington alum, is staying busy despite the pandemic’s impact on live...
Mar 13, 2020

Grammy-Winning Ellington School Alum Ben Williams Uses Art As Form Of Protest
The 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike was the last protest the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. orchestrated before his...
Mar 9, 2020

Ellington Alumnus Barry Bishop Unveils Wes Unseld Portait At Washington Wizards Game
Bishop was born in Trinidad and Tobago and was raised in Washington, D.C. A long-time Wizards fan, Bishop was eager to share his work...
Feb 24, 2020
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