The Fridge

The Fridge Our mission is to foster creativity and community dialogue by serving as a conduit for expression th
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Opened in September 2009, The Fridge DC is an art gallery, performance space, music venue and classroom located on Barracks Row in the historic Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. Our mission is to foster creativity and community dialogue by serving as a conduit for expression through the arts and providing exhibition space to emerging and established artists. From exhibitions by well-k

nown artists to shows by our DC youth, The Fridge is dedicated to making the arts accessible to everyone. As a music venue, The Fridge has supported everything from avante garde jazz ensembles and experimental electronic music to hip hop, blues, folk, and rock concerts. We have played host to a variety of performances- magic shows, comedians, dance, acrobatics, sideshows, poetry slams- and are home to weekly workshops focused on creating public art led by Albus Cavus.

Come visit the FAM (Fridge Alley Marketplace), DC’s unique community of artists and creative vendors for Small Biz Satur...
11/25/2025

Come visit the FAM (Fridge Alley Marketplace), DC’s unique community of artists and creative vendors for Small Biz Saturday… Over a dozen unique tables with a variety of art, clothing, vinyl records, comics, toys and more! No corporate or franchise sellers. Meet, talk and buy from the actual artisans themselves. Come hang with recently-returned Fridge owner, Alex Gold and new gallery dog, Bootsy! November 29th, 11-4pm, 516 1/2 8th Street SE DC

Awesome event tonight! Thanks to all our local artists and guests for a wonderful market. We will have a new one on Nove...
10/18/2025

Awesome event tonight! Thanks to all our local artists and guests for a wonderful market. We will have a new one on November 9th with even more artists.

Did you hear the news??? We’re getting the band back together & and restoring SANITY to Babylon central!Stay tuned for y...
07/22/2025

Did you hear the news???

We’re getting the band back together & and restoring SANITY to Babylon central!

Stay tuned for your chance to help turn this pipe dream into pipe reality.

F**k the real estate scammers, f**k trump, f**k it all — I’m coming home baby.

And even better Shaymar Higgs will be running the show — while I return to being the resident weirdo, with my new gallery dog Bootsy in tow.

It’s the best news any of us have had all year.

Love you, mean it.

07/10/2017

Legendary New York City rap radio DJs Stretch and Bobbito will debut a new NPR podcast this summer.

🚨🚨🚨 THIS JUST IN 🚨🚨🚨 ALSO A GREAT TIME TO SEE all-new solo show by legend and member On view thru Sunday at 🔺♦️...
05/18/2016

🚨🚨🚨 THIS JUST IN 🚨🚨🚨 ALSO A GREAT TIME TO SEE all-new solo show by legend and member On view thru Sunday at 🔺♦️🔻🔴🔻♦️🔺


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Clear your calendar - It's going down! Hello Taiwan x CMPVTR CLVB on May 19th for the DC Date of the HELLO TAIWAN! 2016 Tour, featuring renown artists from Taiwan Dwagie & Crew + Paramount (formerly known as Toffee), CMPVTR CLVB and SPECIAL GUESTS! You're invited to fade the function. The Fridge DC (516 8th Street SE, Rear alley) Link in the bio for RSVP and tickets!

TELL YOUR MAMA & YOUR SISTER & YOUR SISTERS FRIEND ABOUT ☎️☎️☎️ all-new and first-ever solo show 📱📱📱 PLUS ARTISTS TAL...
05/14/2016

TELL YOUR MAMA & YOUR SISTER & YOUR SISTERS FRIEND ABOUT ☎️☎️☎️ all-new and first-ever solo show 📱📱📱 PLUS
ARTISTS TALK:
2–3PM Sunday May 15, 2016
Please, feel free to join exhibit curator and gallery director Alex Goldstein in a discussion with artist Christopher “HUF1” Huff about his current exhibit at the gallery. FREE! ALL AGES ARE WELCOME!

ASL Interpretation Provided
GRAFFITI LETTERING WORKSHOP:
3–4PM Sunday May 15, 2016 ($20 OR PAY WHAT YOU CAN/ALL MATERIALS INCLUDED)
Please feel free to join exhibit curator and gallery director Alex Goldstein in a fun-filled afternoon with artist HUF1! The artist review his and other artists work with the class, and work with you to create your very own graffiti-style graphic. All materials will be provided. ALL AGES ARE WELCOME!

GRAFFITI PAINTING WORKSHOP:
2–4PM Sunday May 22, 2016 ($20 OR PAY WHAT YOU CAN/ALL MATERIALS INCLUDED)
Please feel free to join exhibit curator and gallery director Alex Goldstein in a fun-filled afternoon with artist HUF1! The artist review his and other artists work with the class, and work with you to create your very own graffiti-style graphic. All materials will be provided. ALL AGES ARE WELCOME

CLOSING RECEPTION FOR THE ARTIST
4-5pm Sunday May 22, 2016
This the last chance to see this show. FREE & ALL AGES WELCOMED.

HUF1 & The Fridge Presents:HUFOLOGYFREE Opening Reception for the artistSaturday May 7, 2016 from 6–11pmThe Fridge is ex...
05/06/2016

HUF1 & The Fridge Presents:
HUFOLOGY

FREE Opening Reception for the artist
Saturday May 7, 2016 from 6–11pm

The Fridge is excited to announce the premiere solo show of “HUF1” aka Christopher Huff, member of KGB “Krazy Graffiti Bros”—DC’s original & longest-running graffiti crew—with all-new paintings on canvas. If you have ever ridden the Red Line on DC Metro trains heading toward Silver Spring from DC, there is a pretty good chance you have seen this young man’s work—as you zoom past it, sprayed in letters 8-feet tall on buildings and rooftops (alongside fellow KGB crew-members CHE, AERA, GATOR, ULTRA, etc.).

The Fridge Gallery Director, Alex Goldstein, has personally known the artist since the artist was a student in DC high schools, and enrolled in the DC summer youth employment program for “graffiti offenders” when he helped Fridge-favorite DECOY paint her famous mural “From Edgewood to the Edge of the World.”

“I am so proud to introduce The Fridge audience to this incredible body of work, by a remarkable young artist. Mr. Huff has not only battled sickle-cell anemia his entire life, but has meditated and practiced so deeply on personally improving his health that he has actually used his own inner-visions of blood cells as the inspiration and subject matter for the paintings in this exhibit.”

Combining the artists love of pop-art, graffiti-art, fashion, and typography, these canvases are unlike any others shown at the gallery before, and represent and amazing step forward in the career of this burgeoning talent: HUF1.

ARTISTS TALK:
2–3PM Sunday May 15, 2016
Please, feel free to join exhibit curator and gallery director Alex Goldstein in a discussion with artist Christopher “HUF1” Huff about his current exhibit at the gallery. FREE! ALL AGES ARE WELCOME!

ASL Interpretation Provided



GRAFFITI LETTERING WORKSHOP:
2–4PM Sunday May 22, 2016
($20 OR PAY WHAT YOU CAN/ALL MATERIALS INCLUDED)
Please feel free to join exhibit curator and gallery director Alex Goldstein in a fun-filled afternoon with artist HUF1! The artist review his and other artists work with the class, and work with you to create your very own graffiti-style graphic. All materials will be provided. ALL AGES ARE WELCOME!

HUF1 & The Fridge Presents:HUFOLOGYFREE Opening Reception for the artistSaturday May 7, 2016 from 6–11pmThe Fridge is ex...
05/06/2016

HUF1 & The Fridge Presents:
HUFOLOGY

FREE Opening Reception for the artist
Saturday May 7, 2016 from 6–11pm

The Fridge is excited to announce the premiere solo show of “HUF1” aka Christopher Huff, member of KGB “Krazy Graffiti Bros”—DC’s original & longest-running graffiti crew—with all-new paintings on canvas. If you have ever ridden the Red Line on DC Metro trains heading toward Silver Spring from DC, there is a pretty good chance you have seen this young man’s work—as you zoom past it, sprayed in letters 8-feet tall on buildings and rooftops (alongside fellow KGB crew-members CHE, AERA, GATOR, ULTRA, etc.).

The Fridge Gallery Director, Alex Goldstein, has personally known the artist since the artist was a student in DC high schools, and enrolled in the DC summer youth employment program for “graffiti offenders” when he helped Fridge-favorite DECOY paint her famous mural “From Edgewood to the Edge of the World.”

“I am so proud to introduce The Fridge audience to this incredible body of work, by a remarkable young artist. Mr. Huff has not only battled sickle-cell anemia his entire life, but has meditated and practiced so deeply on personally improving his health that he has actually used his own inner-visions of blood cells as the inspiration and subject matter for the paintings in this exhibit.”

Combining the artists love of pop-art, graffiti-art, fashion, and typography, these canvases are unlike any others shown at the gallery before, and represent and amazing step forward in the career of this burgeoning talent: HUF1.

ARTISTS TALK:
2–3PM Sunday May 15, 2016
Please, feel free to join exhibit curator and gallery director Alex Goldstein in a discussion with artist Christopher “HUF1” Huff about his current exhibit at the gallery. FREE! ALL AGES ARE WELCOME!

ASL Interpretation Provided



GRAFFITI LETTERING WORKSHOP:
2–4PM Sunday May 22, 2016
($20 OR PAY WHAT YOU CAN/ALL MATERIALS INCLUDED)
Please feel free to join exhibit curator and gallery director Alex Goldstein in a fun-filled afternoon with artist HUF1! The artist review his and other artists work with the class, and work with you to create your very own graffiti-style graphic. All materials will be provided. ALL AGES ARE WELCOME!

Design a poster win $100!! First giveaway Friday April 30th!! This year for the DC Street Sticker EXPO 3.0 I am going ...
04/27/2016

Design a poster win $100!! First giveaway Friday April 30th!! This year for the DC Street Sticker EXPO 3.0 I am going to do an open monthly contest. I'm going to give away $100 every month to the best poster design. That's right... $100.00 every month. First $100 prize goes out to best poster designed by April 30th 2016.

Rules:
1. Design a DC Street Sticker EXPO 3.0 poster.
2. Post it to FB and insta and tag:
3. Copy and paste these rules In the description.

Design as many as you want. One $100 winner per month. Most votes at the end of each month wins. No votes? I pick the winner.

Details for the poster layouts:
DC Street Sticker EXPO 3.0 will be held at the Fridge Gallery on Capitol Hill Washington DC November 2016 - January 2017.

Address

516 8th Street SE
Washington D.C., DC
20003

Opening Hours

Thursday 1pm - 7pm
Friday 1pm - 7pm
Saturday 12pm - 7pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm

Telephone

(202) 664-4151

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