New projects in 2007 include underwriting of the Freedom Place Collection exhibit at Zenith Gallery and Congressional Bank, featuring privately owned work, never seen in Washington, by preeminent artists Romare Bearden, Benny Andrews, Alma Thomas, Robert Freeman and Richard Yarde.  The exhibition begins touring in 2008, with stops at Meridian House International in February during Black History Month, the University of New England in January 2009 and other venues to be announced.

 

Among ZCAF’s most successful programs is our annual Food Glorious Food  project  with the Capital Area Food Bank, artists, restaurants, chefs, caterers, cooking schools and business sponsors, which was launched in 2005  with our first Food Glorious Food Show at Zenith Gallery and production of a for-sale 2006 calendar.  Now in its fourth year, this mix of food, art and charity has raised tens of thousands of dollars for the food bank through calendar sales, a yearly fundraising event and a percentage of sales from the show’s original art and associated Giclée prints.