NEXT Festival
The NEXT Festival, Corcoran’s annual celebration of its graduating students, is on view April 17 - May 16, 2024, Wednesday to Sunday, 1- 5 pm at 500 17th Street NW.
The exhibition will also remain open during graduation weekend, May 17 - 18, for students' families to enjoy.
About NEXT Festival
Students at the Corcoran have exhibited their thesis work for more than 30 years. In 2011, the exhibition came to be known as NEXT in a nod to the public seeing “what’s next” in contemporary art and scholarship. In 2023, NEXT evolved into a festival format to encompass the diversity of all the school’s programs and provide more public facing programming for the DC community. The festival offers an opportunity to highlight the school’s dynamic programs and cultivates more interdisciplinary partnerships among the students and faculty.
Attendees are able to view and engage with the vast displays of the end-of-year projects and appreciate the contemporary arts, dance performances, musical pieces, and research writing that the students have to offer.
NEXT Festival projects take many forms in the fields of theatre, dance, music, studio arts, design, art history, interior architecture, museum studies and more. They all represent a culmination of a student's learning experiences at the Corcoran and a glimpse of future promise. Their work also reflects the care and commitment of our faculty and staff in supporting, teaching and mentoring our students’ work. Students exhibit their theses and presentations to an audience of their peers, faculty and the George Washington University and D.C. arts community.
NEXT Calendar
Festival Guide
Browse the complete list of student participants and individual student projects from NEXT Festival 2024.
Explore NEXT
See NEXT shows from the last few years, including exhibition books, virtual projects and tours of the Flagg Building.
Collection 2024
Download and view the NEXT Festival collection digitally.
