Fondo del Sol

Fondo del Sol Visual Arts Center
Fondo del Sol is located in Central Washington, D.C.
Fondo del Sol
Location within Washington, D.C.
Established1973
LocationWashington, D.C.
Coordinates38°54′45″N 77°02′51″W / 38.912372°N 77.047363°W / 38.912372; -77.047363
Public transit access      Dupont Circle
Websitewww.fondodelsol.org

Fondo del Sol Visual Arts Center, founded in 1973, was a non-profit visual arts center in Washington, D.C. It was the second oldest Latino multicultural museum in the United States.[1] The center, whose focus was in the art and cultural heritage of the people of the Americas, was D.C.'s only multilingual museum and offered materials in both English, French, Russian and Spanish.[2] Fondo del Sol was a member of the Dupont-Kalorama Museums Consortium.[3]

The museum was artist run and one of its annual highlights was the June Walk Week, a three-day audio-visual celebration of Hispanic art and culture.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Russell, John J. (2000). Art across America. Friar's Lantern Inc. p. 156. ISBN 0966714415.
  2. ^ a b Burt, Sandra (2010). Fodor's Washington, D.C. with Kids, 5th Edition. Fodor's. pp. 167–8. ISBN 978-1400004287.
  3. ^ "Fondo del Sol Visual Arts Center". Dupont-Kalorama Museums Consortium. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2012-05-07.

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