Present Imperfection Exhibition Live Lab + Curator Hours with Pat Graham
Dates and Times
- Saturday, Jun 13, 2026 11am - 3pm
- Friday, Jun 19, 2026 11am - 3pm
- Saturday, Jun 20, 2026 11am - 3pm
- Friday, Jun 26, 2026 11am - 3pm
- Saturday, Jun 27, 2026 11am - 3pm
- Friday, Jul 10, 2026 11am - 3pm
- Saturday, Jul 11, 2026 11am - 3pm
- Friday, Jul 17, 2026 11am - 3pm
- Saturday, Jul 18, 2026 11am - 3pm
- Friday, Jul 24, 2026 11am - 3pm
- Saturday, Jul 25, 2026 11am - 3pm
- Friday, Jul 31, 2026 11am - 3pm
- + 11 more
Location
Pavilion Pop-Up
5335 Wisconsin Ave NW
Details
Drop in to the Present Imperfection Exhibition at the Friendship Heights Pavilion Pop-Up space for a live lab and curator hours with the curating artist Pat Graham!
Where: Pavilion Pop-Up 5335 Wisconsin Ave. NW
When: Every Friday and Saturday, June 13 - September 5 at 11am-3pm (Excluding July 3 & 4)
Present Imperfection: is a summer exhibition about instant photography, imperfect memory, DIY culture, and the way photographs keep changing meaning over time.
Curated by photographer and artist Pat Graham with MORENOYCLARA the exhibition brings together selected international and DC connected photographers and artists working with Polaroid, instant film, scans, and prints. The project treats instant photography as immediate but never fixed: a small image that can hold friendship, travel, music, place, accident, and time.
The exhibition builds on a 2017 Málaga exhibition Past Perfect: Collective Reflections focused around the Polaroid & Photographic Instant. Which was curated by Pat Graham and presented by Staf Magazine/MORENOYCLARA. This adapted DC exhibition brings together selected international and DC connected photographers and artists working with Polaroid, instant film, scans, prints, and related photographic materials.
Show Events:
The show will include an opening and closing reception, two instant portrait sessions, a community archive day, and several workshops. In addition, curator Pat Graham will hold ‘live lab’ hours on site on Fridays and Saturdays from 11 am to 3 pm as an artist-in-residence. The show is open to the public Monday through Friday from 9 am to 5 pm.
Getting There:
The Pavilion Pop-Up is at 5335 Wisconsin Avenue NW, next to the office lobby; enter just to the right of Trader Joe's. If you come from the Metro, follow the signs to the office lobby.