Fondo del Sol

Fondo del Sol Visual Arts Center
Location within Washington, D.C.
Established 1973
Location Washington, D.C.
Coordinates 38°54′45″N 77°02′51″W / 38.912372°N 77.047363°W / 38.912372; -77.047363Coordinates: 38°54′45″N 77°02′51″W / 38.912372°N 77.047363°W / 38.912372; -77.047363
Public transit access      Dupont Circle
Website www.fondodelsol.org

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

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

References

  1. ↑ Russell, John J. (2000). Art across America. Friar's Lantern Inc. p. 156. ISBN 0966714415.
  2. 1 2 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. Retrieved 2012-05-07.


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