Friends Night Out!

Travis Holler

We headed to the National Building Museum for the Smithsonian Craft Show's opening night Friends Night Out party. We snapped Lois Jones and Debbie Hertzog with Smithsonian Craft Show co-chair Ethelmary Maddox and the evening's co-chair, Ellen Goodman.

Travis Holler

The evening featured 120 juried artists with fine-art craft on display and for sale, and celebrity bartenders serving craft cocktails. Here, Friends Night Out co-chair Kelley Gillespie with Smithsonian Women's Committee members Ellen Maltz and Gladys Watkins.

Travis Holler

Petworth ANC Commissioner Renee Bowser joins Haitian art gallery owner Toni Monnin and HR director Marcia Todd.

Travis Holler

The 35th annual Smithsonian Craft Show was held this weekend at the National Building Museum. DC friends: Sandy Walker, Dawn Kapron, Janice Faden and Carolyne Starek enjoying the refreshing cocktails and crafts.

Travis Holler

The event featured signature cocktails by four of DC’s top mixologists, with each creating a special drink recipe for attendees using four different liquors. Here Green Hat Gin's John Uselton and Paul Taylor, who helped prepare a celery gimlet featuring celery bitters with gin, lime and sugar.

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