Building the Next Stage

An exciting day as the new windows are installed on Sitar Next Door at 1724 Kalorama Rd NW.

Take a look at these stunning, to-scale renderings of Sitar Next Door’s studios.

Follow Sitar Arts Center students Sergio, Manny, and Farah on a special tour of Sitar Next Door!

Sitar Next Door is rapidly approaching the final phase of construction and our dreams for the community are taking shape as each studio in the new space takes shape.

At 1724 Kalorama Road NW, the future home of Sitar Arts Center's expansion, every room is starting to come alive.

Progress continues on Sitar Next Door, in every studio and even behind the scenes.

Most of the base-build is complete on the first floor of 1724 Kalorama Road NW, the future home of Sitar Arts Center's expansion.

The interior framing is nearly complete in Sitar Next Door. We are starting to imagine the impactful arts learning and creations that will happen here!

The arts learning spaces in Sitar Next Door are taking shape!

Construction is advancing at 1724 Kalorama Rd NW, the future site of Sitar Next Door. All work below-ground is finished, and the concrete slab is poured.

With the foundational work of 1724 Kalorama Rd NW complete, the construction team is now working on above ground structural work to bring Sitar Next Door to life.

We are starting the build the walls that will eventually create the new arts learning rooms in Sitar Next Door!

The construction team is halfway done with installing the micropiles along the perimeter walls and securing the foundation.

The construction crew is installing reinforcements inside 1724 Kalorama Rd NW to make it even stronger.

While construction at 1724 Kalorama Rd NW is underway, we are building the programming that will soon bring Sitar Next Door to life. Our ArtsAdvance workforce development program is in its pilot phase. Apprentices are training in graphic design, web design, and UX design from September through May.

The Diane and Norman Bernstein Foundation awarded Sitar Arts Center a $500,000 grant toward the Building the Next Stage campaign in celebration of Norman’s 100th birthday in 2020. Today, we honor the great works and lives of Diane and Norman Bernstein.  

Description goes hereThe foundation work at 1724 Kalorama Rd NW continues! This demolition and groundwork lays the foundation of resurrecting a building that had laid empty for nearly a decade.

The final beams are coming down to remove the roof and the pipe is laid which will become the electrical room in the new facility – powering Sitar Next Door.

On May 16, the construction team removes the current roof to make space to add two new floors to 1724 Kalorama Rd NW.

Sitar Arts Center completed the first phase of the Building the Next Stage project during the pandemic shutdown in 2020-2021. As DC marks three years since the shutdown order, we look back on how we used that time to ensure the health, safety, sustainability, and artistic excellence of our community arts center.

On April 12, the first of 8 enlarged columns was completed in Sitar Next Door

After years of laying untouched, 1724 Kalorama Rd NW is in the final phase of demolition, on its way to becoming Sitar Next Door.

Construction has begun on Sitar Next Door – Sitar's brand-new facility anchoring the ground floor of a new deeply affordable housing building.

On November 2, 2022, we broke ground on construction of Sitar Next Door at 1724 Kalorama Rd NW with Mayor Bowser, Councilmember Nadeau, and other distinguished guests. Learn more about our special groundbreaking event, and what’s ahead for our work with Jubilee Housing.

Sitar Arts Center and the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation share a commitment to DC families. With their partnership, we’re growing in place to support our city’s youth on their path to self-determined success.

Learn how Dweck Philanthropies leveraged its resources to expand arts education access to all young people.