Opening
October 3, 2025
5–8pm

IA&A AT HILLYER
9 Hillyer Court, NW
Washington, DC 20008

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Gallery Hours
Mon, closed to the public
Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri, 12 to 6 p.m.
Sat, Sun, 12 to 5 p.m.

Majlis and Conversation
with Laila Abdul-Had Jadallah

Third Thursday, October 16, 6:15 pm

Curator Laila Abdul-Had Jadallah will facilitate a cultural majlis and conversation with a selection of artists who are featured in the exhibition titled Traces. Building on the Arabic meaning of the title, the speakers will talk about how their West Asian and North African roots inform their artistic practices in various ways, and about the historical ties of artists with ties to the region in Washington, D.C.

Baraka | بركة

Sunday, October 19, 4-6PM

Freight Gallery, 2414 Douglas Street NE, Washington DC 20018

Baraka (بركة) is a collaborative installation featuring Hannah Atallah, Jackie Milad and Reem Bassous exploring the divine presence, power and spiritual energy of people, objects and tombs. Organized in conversation with the exhibition Traces (آثار ) at IA&A at Hillyer, the installation employs the Arabic term baraka as a homonym – simultaneously an act of recollection, and an act of putting what has been dispersed back together again. Through this multi-sensory installation, the artists transform Freight Gallery's 19th-century elevator into a portal, inviting us to expand our understanding of what spiritual wisdom and recovery can mean.