Arts Club of Washington
The Arts Club of Washington is a private club to promote the Arts in Washington, D.C.
Cleveland Abbe House in 2022 | |
| Formation | May 1916 |
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| Founder | Bertha Noyes |
| Coordinates | 38°54′5.3″N 77°2′44.55″W |
| Website | artsclubofwashington |
Founded by Bertha Noyes in May 1916, its first president was Henry Kirke Bush-Brown; Mathilde Mueden Leisenring was among its original members, as were Susan Brown Chase, Catharine Carter Critcher, Lola Sleeth Miller, Bertha E. Perrie, and Mary Gine Riley.
It is located at the Cleveland Abbe House. Since 2006, the Club has awarded the Marfield Prize, also known as the National Award for Arts Writing, for nonfiction books about the arts written for a broad audience.
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