Touchstone Gallery has been an artist-owned gallery since 1976.  The gallery moved in 1996 to its current spacious location at 7th and D Street, N.W. , in downtown Washington .  This 3000-plus square-foot location is based in the center of
the art scene, with contemporary exhibition spaces across the street, another in the 406 7th Street building itself, and is a short walk from the recently renovated and reopened National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum , and The National Gallery of Art.

Touchstone Gallery is open Wednesday through Sunday and has an average of 400 visitors each month.

The gallery maintains an active membership of 30 to 35 artists. This number provides a diversity of artistic expression and personalities, yet allows ample exhibition space for each artist.

All Touchstone artists exhibit at least one piece at all times in our Members' Gallery. This member group show is changed
every other month. Full members are entitled to a solo show during their second year of active membership and every other year thereafter. These shows are exhibited in our main gallery, approximately 8 months out of each year. Two solo shows are presented simultaneously during these months. During the remaining months we host juried shows, special exhibits and
two member group shows in the main gallery.

We encourage artistic and career growth in our members and have a reputation for exhibiting contemporary work of high quality, vision and innovation. As member/owners of a co-op, Touchstone artists enjoy the right to guide gallery policies
and control their own exhibitions. The support and
camaraderie of the membership is an additional benefit.

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