Laura Caliguiri and Leslie Thornton, “Parallel Lines: A Second Act in Color”
November 6 — December 14, 2025
Artist’s Reception: Sunday, November 9, 4 — 6 pm
Longtime friends and collaborators, Laura Caliguiri and Leslie Thornton have each embraced bold, creative second careers as visual artists following successful professional lives. This exhibit is a celebration of their reinvention, renewal, and the expressive use of color. Through a shared love of Abstract Expressionism and Color Field painting, the artists explore rich contrasts: vibrant and muted hues, fluid forms, textured surfaces, and lyrical gestures. Their work speaks to spontaneity and emotion, where each brushstroke and each line presents new challenges and unexpected resolutions.
Image captions:
Top: Laura Caliguiri, “Marsh Edge” (detail), acrylic on canvas, 36”x 24”
Botton: Leslie Thornton, “Blowin’ in the Wind” (detail), acrylic on canvas, 48”x 30”
Georgetown Saxatones
Sunday, November 9, 2 pm
Free
Get ready to rock the house with everything from alternative to pop to soul with the Georgetown Saxatones! As Georgetown’s only community service a cappella group, they are passionate about sharing their music in support of worthy causes.
Donations are welcome during the performance and the Saxatones will donate all of their proceeds to a humanitarian charity.
About the Georgetown Saxatones
The Georgetown Saxatones have been building a musical community in the Washington D.C. area since their founding in 2003. Originally established as an all-gender “oldies” group, the Saxatones harnessed the joy of classic songs to entertain and support charities in the Georgetown area. Since then, they have diversified their musical repertoire to include today’s greatest hits and extended their reach nationwide, raising funds for charities across the country.
Consume To Destroy: A solo performance by Heloisa Escudero
Sunday, November 9, 4 – 5:30 pm
Free
Confront your fears and phobias through art with Heloisa Escudero’s solo performance Consume To Destroy. In this performance art, Heloisa reverses the process of what phobias do to an individual which is consume their energy. Instead, each participant symbolically destroys their phobias, fears, and/or anxieties by eating a delicious gluten-free vegan rice ball on a wooden skewer and then the skewer is turned into a sculpture.
This performance will take place in the Athenaeum’s outdoor courtyard.