International Arts & Artists is pleased to announce an art auction, fundraiser, and exhibition held at the Hillyer Contemporary Art Space during the month of September. The exhibition and auction will feature 42 works of art, including paintings, prints, photographs, mixed media collages, and sculptures by Hillyer’s past and present artists. Funds raised support the non-profit mission of IA&A and the Hillyer Contemporary Art Space.

Visit the auction page to learn more.

Thursday, August 20, 6:15 pm

Join us for an artist talk with Sunanda Khajuria, who will talk about her exhibition titled Beyond Borders: Who I Am Between Homes. Living between India and China, Khajuria explores the psychological dimensions of cultural displacement and the ways in which belonging is negotiated across distinct national, linguistic, and aesthetic spheres. 

Admission is free (a $10 donation is suggested)

Saturday, August 22, 1 pm

Our featured solo artist, Elizabeth Casquiero, will be joined by Reem Bassous, Director of the Washington Studio School, to discuss her exhibition Counterspace, inspired by DC landmarks and how they evoke power, identity, justice, connection, and knowledge.

Admission is free (a $10 donation is suggested)​

Counterspace brings together two interconnected bodies of work that examine the space between public narrative and private experience. 

At the center of the exhibition are six double-sided banners inspired by Washington, DC landmarks associated with power, justice, faith, identity, mobility, and knowledge. One side reflects the collective ideals embedded within these institutions; the reverse reimagines them through a personal lens, revealing emotional and psychological responses that may affirm, complicate, or challenge their public significance. Together, the banners suggest that shared symbols rarely produce shared meanings.

Threading the Gaze examines how visibility and sensibility are continually negotiated within apparatuses of bodily production. Drawing on images, primarily selfies, taken by Iranian women during the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement, Bozorgi traces circuits of exchange between human and non-human gazes, investigating who looks at whom, how one chooses to be seen, and who can be seen or remain unseen.

July 13-August 31, 2026

Artists and curators are invited to submit proposals for the next fiscal year. Visit the Call for Proposals page to learn more about the guidelines for applying. The next overview session is Friday, July 31st at 6 p.m. Sign Up.