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Shot of legendary DC band @beautypill playing to a packed Luce Center at last night's #LuceUnplugged. 🎸 Photo by Renata Ocampo. #regram via Instagram

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Luce Unplugged: 5 Questions (Plus One) with Beauty Pill

“Performance is interactive. Physical environment affects you, social environment affects you. Everything affects you. That's not shameful or a liability, it's the beauty of live music,” noted Beauty Pill’s band leader, Chad Clark.

Join us in the Luce Foundation Center on Friday, May 20th from 6 to 8 p.m. to hear Beauty Pill perform. While listening to their set,  grab a free drink sample from D.C. distillery Cotton & Reed, purchase a full-size cocktail, and enjoy the Luce Center's 3,000 plus artworks.

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Luce Artist Talk: Five (plus one) Questions with Brian Davis 

Multimedia artist and sculptor Brian Davis rounds out this spring's Luce Artist Talks series on Saturday, May 7 at 1:30 p.m. The Luce Artist Talks series brings in local artists to discuss their current projects in relation to the objects on view in our Luce Foundation Center. Davis will speak about his most recent project, Try and Try Again, which combines projected images, ping pong balls, and visitor participation. This series is presented in collaboration with CulturalDC's Flashpoint Gallery.

Afterward Brian’s talk, guests are invited to head across the street to Flashpoint Gallery to experience Try and Try Again for themselves.

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Luce Unplugged: Five Questions for Color Palette

Welcome spring with the warm electronic rock sound of Color Palette at the next installation of SAAM's monthly concert series Luce Unplugged. Presented with D.C. Music Download, the free show will feature a staff-led art talk on a SAAM artwork selected by the band with drinks and snacks available for purchase at our cash bar. 

Catch Jay, Josh and the rest of Color Palette in the Luce Foundation Center next Thursday, March 3rd at 6 p.m.

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Love, Dating, and Art in the Luce Foundation Center

Whether we're single or in a relationship, Valentine's Day is always a reminder of our dating status. If you'd like a distraction and want to hear about others' instead, then join us for the Luce Foundation Center's February Artist Talk with artists Dafna Steinberg, Jennifer Towner, and Jenny Walton. These three artists will discuss their group show #ThisIsWhyImSingle and how modern dating has inspired each of them to create art. 

Image:  Eye by Unidentified Artist.