Following a fireside chat at Duke Ellington School of Arts, join us in celebrating with Dr. Cheryl Miller's book release and homecoming with complimentary snacks, drink and conversation at Throughline, Inc.

Doors open at 7:30 pm. Dress code: Casual.

For members who attended the fireside chat and friends/family/colleagues only.

Parking Details

The venue is located in the heart of Adams Morgan at 1838 Columbia Road, NW. They are on the ground floor, and have a big gold façade, so you can’t miss it.

There are very limited parking spots on Columbia Road as well as the side streets, mind the parking signs. There is also a parking garage on 18th Street (just beyond Little Shop of Flowers at 2421 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20009).

We recommend using a ride share or public transit, if possible.

Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller

Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller is the leading voice for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the graphic design industry. Holmes-Miller is an American BIPOC communications designer, writer, artist, activist, and theologian, best known as a design justice advocate and decolonizing historian. Connecticut. Holmes-Miller has been awarded the AIGA Medal and a Cooper Hewitt National Design Award as a Design Visionary, and she is a One Club Creative Hall of Fame inductee and an IBM Honorary Design Scholar.

She is legendary for her decades of scholarship and activism and is known as a touchstone and conscience for the design profession. This long-awaited book documents the history of the question she has been asking for decades: “Where are the Black designers?” along with related questions that are urgent to the design profession: Where did they originate? Where have they been? Why haven't they been represented in design histories and canons?

Book Release

HERE: Where the Black Designers Are

This long-awaited book documents the history of the question she has been asking for decades: “Where are the Black designers?” along with related questions that are urgent to the design profession: Where did they originate? Where have they been? Why haven't they been represented in design histories and canons?

Design Contiuum Fund

AIGA DC runs the Design Continuum Fund Scholarship, which provides scholarships for underrepresented and economically disadvantaged students who are studying art and design disciplines in colleges and universities in the DC, Maryland and Virginia area. A portion of profit from DCDW 2024 will automatically be routed to this fund.