Jazz4Justice Juneteenth Festival to Benefit the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia
Featuring a Partnership Between Jazz4Justice, Gallery O on H, and the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia
Monday, June 20th, 2022 at 3 - 8 p.m. at
Gallery O on H
1354 H St NE, Washington, DC
(WASHINGTON, D.C.)—Jazz4Justice, in partnership with Gallery O on H, presents the premiere Jazz4Justice Juneteenth Festival on Monday, June 20th (the observed Federal holiday) at 3:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Gallery O on H located at 1354 H St NE, Washington, DC to benefit the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia and highlight its Eviction Prevention Project. The event is free and open to the general public with a suggested donation of $20.
The event will begin with a dynamite performance by the Fairfax Swing Jazz big band, followed by soul singer extraordinaire Akua Allrich. Elijah Easton will then perform a scintillating jazz set with his trio. The Washington Women in Jazz Festival will round out the evening with a set and then host the community jazz jam where everyone is welcome. Attendees will be able to enjoy a curated art exhibit at Gallery O on H while listening to great music for a cause. There will be tabling by local non-profits DC Music Summit and the Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts. Complimentary sparkling mineral water will be provided courtesy of Topo Chico. Drinks will be available at the cash bar.
Getting There and Parking
To get to the event, you may opt to park on the street where parking is free because of the Federal holiday. Alternatively, take the Red Line to Union Station and hop on the DC Streetcar for a free ride along H Street for about a 2 mile ride. Gallery O on H is ADA compliant and handicap accessible.
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Capitol Percussion and Backline and Weiner Spivey and Miller PLC for their in-kind contributions to Jazz4Justice. Thank you to the Awesome Foundation DC for supporting the premiere Jazz4Justice Juneteenth Festival in DC.
About Jazz4Justice™
Jazz4Justice concerts are held throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. Thus far, Jazz4Justice has raised over $578,000 for music scholarships and an array of educational and charitable legal services benefiting Virginia’s local communities. Jazz4Justice has received awards from the American Bar Association and the Virginia State Bar. Jazz4Justice is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Visit us at www.jazz4justice.com. We are supported in part by a grant from the Virginia Law Foundation. The VLF's mission is to promote, through philanthropy, the Rule of Law, access to justice, and law-related education.
About Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia
Legal Aid was created in 1932 with the goal of making justice real – in individual and systemic ways – for persons living in poverty in the District of Columbia.
For more than 85 years, Legal Aid lawyers have provided a continuum of legal services to clients in the areas of domestic violence/family, housing, public benefits, and consumer law. In addition to providing direct representation, we also help clients avoid unnecessary legal entanglements through outreach and education, and help them resolve their own disputes with advice and other brief assistance.
Legal Aid also works to identify systemic issues that have an impact beyond an individual client. In such cases, we often seek structural solutions – from changes in law or regulatory schemes to a reform of government or court practice – to benefit our client community. And our nationally-recognized Barbara McDowell Appellate Advocacy Project, which pursues an anti-poverty agenda, litigates important cases affecting persons living in poverty before the D.C. Court of Appeals every year.
In all that we do, Legal Aid strives to make fair and equal access to justice possible for those who need it most.
Learn more at https://www.legalaiddc.org/.
About Gallery O on H
Gallery owners Dolly Vehlow and Steve Hessler have collected self-taught folk art for more than thirty years. The collection began as an attraction to the creativity of the art and has been sustained through the relationships they forged with many of the artists. The collection has grown not because of a need to be acquisitive, but because of a passion for the art itself, and their appreciation for how every work of art in their collection is a piece of the artist.
Dolly's lifelong interest in art began in 1956 when she won Maybelle, a 24" walking doll in the local IGA coloring contest. Steve’s collecting started under the Christmas tree with a toy animal farm set. It meandered through various collections from military patches to Lionel trains until, and when he bought his first house, he chose art instead of furniture.
Their propensity for collecting together started with the gift of a Florida snow globe in 1981 and has grown to a collection of over 800 globes, the tackier the better. In 1990, a cypress alligator at Pelligro Gallery in New Orleans led them to Dr. Bob Schaffer, and thus began their adventure in discovering self-taught art.
Dolly and Steve view their role as collectors as an opportunity to preserve, promote and bring awareness to others of self-taught art; art created in response to the internal voice of a creative muse. They believe that while intuitive art stands on its own merit, knowing more about who created it and what inspired or directed the art brings a greater value to the experience. Intuitive art is not a category or a subset of art; it is art. Dolly and Steve chose to collect it because for them it does what all art is supposed to do; it speaks to them. The goal of Gallery O on H is to share that “voice.”
Learn more at: https://galleryoonh.com/.
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NOTE: This event is on a Monday, June 20th, the Federal Holiday, and parking will be free in DC. This event will be free and open to the public.
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