WETA Arts May 2025

Awesome Con is one of several annual conventions that hold cosplay gatherings and activities. Another is OTAKON in July and Katsucon in February. You can also find cosplay events at the Sakura Matsuri Japanese Street Festival, which takes place on the last two days of the National Cherry Blossom Festival. To keep current on local cosplay news and events, follow Plus Ultra Entertainment, Shady Haze, Black Crystal Cosplay, and Awesome Con.

Ashley Tillery shares her work on Instagram, and has also exhibited through the DC Street Photography Collective, a non-profit intended to create a photographer community. Wade into street photography  through ExposedDC, which offers networking, mentoring, and exhibition opportunities to photographers of all levels, and StreetMeetDC, which holds free monthly photographer meet-ups. 

The first Lincoln Statue, from 1868, is in front of the DC Court of Appeals, 451 Indiana Avenue NW. The first premises named in Lincoln's honor is Lincoln Park in Capitol Hill, formerly "Lincoln Square". For a deep dive into the history of DC’s design, check out Designing the Nation's Capital: The 1901 Plan for Washington, D.C., a publication by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts.