Established in 2000, Millennium Arts Salon is committed to advancing cultural literacy through its art and culture programming, which includes salon talks, exhibitions, tours and special events. Based in historic Columbia Heights, DC, many of its intimate salon talks and art exhibitions in its early years, took place in its beautifully restored 1923 town home. As its audience grew, it hosts programs in venues around the city, collaborating with art institutions, including The Phillips Collection (since 2008), The Library of Congress, and the David C Driskell Center at the University of Maryland College Park. 

Millennium programs are educational in nature, target adult audiences (18-90), and designed to educate, raise awareness, and stimulate exchange between speaker and audience on topics of art and culture.  Another focus is to build bridges between/among communities, forge relationships, inspire positive action and contribute to the greater good.  We believe among the most compelling ways to promote social cohesion and improve quality of life is through the arts.

Since it was established in 2000, Millennium has been attributed with:

• Helping to inspire art collecting, in particular art by African Americans.

• Helping to raise the visibility of local Washington artists

• Exploring cutting edge topics on art

• Being an example and/or inspiration for art programs that have immerged in recent years

• Enhancing the understanding of other cultures through its tours, such as Napa Art and Wine, New York City Art and Theatre, Spain tour to Discover the Moors, Art and Wine, and Ethiopia Art and Culture Tour, and Art and Cultural Tour to China

• Establishing meaningful partnerships with prominent art institutions in the Washington-Baltimore area community, including The Phillips Collection, The Mosaic Theatre Company, The Library of Congress, Pyramid Atlantic, the David C Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, the Luther H. Brady Gallery at the George Washington University (now at the Corcoran School of Art),  George Mason University Print Department, The Sumner School, Parish Gallery of Georgetown (until its closing), and the Hillyer Art Space, among others.

Millennium programs from 2000 to 2024 have totaled over 75 salons, 12 exhibitions, 3 international tours, 5 domestic tours, over 100 salon speakers, 4 print collaborations, 10 program partnerships and have reached tens of thousands of individuals over the course of its nearly 25-year history.

Millennium Arts Salon is a 501(c) non-profit organization.  It is primarily funded through its membership program, The Millennium Arts Salon Club, consisting of art interested individuals in the Baltimore-Washington-Virginia area and points north and west US, and is supported by committed volunteer staff, and an Art Advisory Board of accomplished artists and art administrators.  Its founders and Board of Directors appreciates all for your support.