Exhibition 2005
“Downtown Girl, Uptown Boy” — D.C. Public Library, 2005
Poster · March 2005
“Downtown Girl, Uptown Boy” — exhibition poster
D.C. Public Library, Exhibits and Programs Office · original
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Transcribed from the poster image, October 13, 2026.
The Exhibits and Programs Office of the D.C. Public Library Presents
DOWNTOWN GIRL
UPTOWN BOY
Paintings by
DANA ELLYN KAUFMAN
and
MATT SESOW
March 2 – April 3, 2005
2nd Floor West Exhibit Halls
[Logo: Public Library, District of Columbia. The poster pairs a painting of three children by Dana Ellyn (“Downtown Girl”) with a Sesow figure with raised fists (“Uptown Boy”).]
Where this record comes from
- Exhibition poster, danaellyn.com/press/mlk/poster.jpg
Cite as: Sesow, Matt. “‘Downtown Girl, Uptown Boy’ — D.C. Public Library, 2005.” Matt Sesow Career Chronicle, 2005. history.sesow.com/e/2005-downtown-girl-uptown-boy-dc-public-library.html. Accessed [date].
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Also in 2005
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- Exhibition Hunter Hogan Gallery at The Barry Robinson Theater, 4552 Princess Anne Road, Virginia Beach, VA
- Exhibition “Eye of the Storm,” Studio One Eight, Washington, DC
- Exhibition Guillotine Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- Exhibition “Off the Beaten Path: The 2nd Annual Exhibition of New Talent and Old Masters,” Ramscale Gallery, 463 West…
- Exhibition “Face Dances,” Hurn Museum — traveling exhibition; painting in Hurn Museum collection
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