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Throughout the month of March, 12 of the city’s top mixologists will compete to create the most artistic martini; each artini is inspired by a work featured in the current exhibition A Love of Europe: Highlights from the William A. Clark Collection. Visit the participating restaurants all month long to sample the 12 artinis, and vote for your favorite at www.washingtonian.com/artini.

Then, join the 1869 Society for the culminating ARTINI benefit, where your votes for the winning artini will be revealed.

Saturday, March 27
8 p.m. to Midnight
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Cocktail attire

Attend Feature Nights at each of the participating venues to taste the 12 artinis crafted by the competing mixologists.

View A Love of Europe and the works of art that provided the inspiration behind each artini.

Enjoy a cocktail buffet and dessert, dance to music by DJ Chris Nitti, and tour the special exhibition Turner to Cézanne.

TICKETS

1869 Society Members $85
Non-1869 Society Members $100

Click here to purchase ARTINI tickets.

Discount packages of 1869 Society Membership and ARTINI tickets are available. Tickets are limited for your enjoyment. Must be 21+ to attend. No walk-ins permitted. No refunds permitted. Tickets are non-transferable after March 18. 1869 Society membership at the Dual level and above allows a Member to purchase up to two tickets at the 1869 Society Member price.

All proceeds will support ArtReach, the Corcoran’s community outreach program. ArtReach extends the resources of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design to underserved communities in Washington, D.C. through free high-quality arts education programs. To make a 100% tax-deductible gift to ArtReach, please click here.

1869 Society Steering Committee:

Seda Atam
Erin Barnes
Geoff Cleveland
Jenny Chung
Matthew Donohue, ARTINI Chair
Robert Dyer
Taryn Fielder
Lauren Gentile
Corrie Gilchrist
Fletcher Gill
Hastie Kargar
Barbara Merola, 1869 Society Chair
Ford O’Connell
Andrew Reese
Anna Streufert
Karin Tanabe

ARTINI Host Committee:

Stephen Antonio
Melissa Bowie
Renee Courtland
Brenna Flynn
Vanessa Grace
Patty Greenberg
Bernard Harkless
Katherine Hoekman
Claudia Hong
Marissa Mitrovich
Larry O’Halloran
Chandler Ramelli
Jessica Straus
Lindley Thornburg
Agatha Tomasik
Lindsey Vaala
Adria Wisner

ARTINI is generously sponsored by