Very cool and comprehensive email from Touchstone Gallery:
Dear all,
We are going to be closed between December 24 - 31 for the Holidays.
As we say goodbye to 2017, here is Touchstone Gallery's 2017 year in numbers:Many reasons to stop by to say "hi" in the New Year, follow us @touchstonewdc on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and visit our website at www.touchstonegallery.com
- 2 years in a row named BEST OF D.C. by The Washington Post poll (2016, 2017).
- 4 cups of coffee consumed by each staff member on average per day.
- 7 member artists taught art classes at New Community ArtSpace, as part of community engagement, supported by Touchstone Foundation for the Arts (501c3) and a DCCAH grant.
- 8 months out of 12 reviewed by The Washington Post.
- 25 gallons of Benjamin Moore white paint used to touch up our walls.
- 41 years since being established in 1976.
- 50 member artists represented in downtown D.C.
- 65 spotlights on our ceiling to highlight artists artworks on the walls.
- 216 artworks sold.
- 220+ artists in The One House Project installation in November 2017, conceived by ArtWatch DC and supported by Touchstone Foundation for the Arts.
- 612 bottles of wine drunk during 2017 opening receptions.
- 750 artworks reviewed by juror Jack Rasmussen, Katzen Arts Center, for the Art of Engagement, a National Juried Show in August 2017.
- 68,754 website visits.
Happy Holidays and Happy New 2018 Year!