To Future Women
Halcyon Arts Lab fellow Georgia Saxelby shares her story behind To Future Women with Art Guide Australia. "Directly inspired by her experience of the Women’s March on Washington and developed during a 2017 residency at the Halcyon Arts Lab, Saxelby’s most well-known piece is To Future Women, 2018, an interactive installation featuring handwritten letters from contemporary women to their counterparts in 2037."
Halcyon CEO Kate Goodall describes her D.C. dream day
Kate Goodall believes D.C. is the perfect city for creative people working to make the world a better place. To give those folks a leg up, the English-born entrepreneur in 2017 co-founded Halcyon, an organization that provides residencies, mentorships and financial support for emerging artists and social entrepreneurs.
Halcyon Incubator’s 9th Cohort Drives Social Impact With its Final Showcase
With 10 days left to their residency, Halcyon Incubator’s latest class of entrepreneurs showcased their startups with a pitch event Thursday afternoon. Eight early-stage companies took the stage to present their ventures to investors, peers and partners.
Virginia Shore Wages Peace With Art
“Virginia is the kind of curator who is always there for you,” says artist Jenny Holzer. “Once, I was waiting alone in line at the White House, feeling nervous, and there she was—calm, kind, much fresher than the gold brocade.”
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Halcyon Arts Lab brings the Future to the Present
How do you envision the future? Some imagine it as utopia; others, an apocalypse. In any case, this theme is explored in Halcyon Arts Lab’s newest exhibition, “Envisioning the Future – Other World Perspectives in a Virtual Reality Art,” featuring virtual reality works by international artists.
Who needs Power 100? Meet Washington's ‘new guard’ of business leaders.
For years, around this time, we've offered you our annual Power 100, the list of 100 most influential business leaders whose numbers you wish you had on speed-dial.
This year, we thought, what if we didn't do that? What if we took a few steps back and looked at our younger leaders, the ones paving their own paths to power?
Halcyon’s Fast Forward series is all about women entrepreneurs
D.C.-based entrepreneurship incubator and nonprofit Halcyon has announced the lineup of women entrepreneurs set to present during its fall Fast Forward series.
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15 Women Entrepreneurs From Saudi Arabia Visit U.S. To Develop Their Pitches
A Washington, D.C.-based tech incubator is hosting women entrepreneurs from Saudi Arabia who work on social problems through apps.
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Saudi women entrepreneurs grow their ventures at US incubator
Reem Dad, a 22-year-old from Saudi Arabia, is developing a platform for pilgrims and tourists to experience a virtual reality tour of Medina, one of Islam's holiest sites.
Heba Zahid, 37, is working on GreenDesert, a venture that would be one of the first to help create a recycling culture in the Middle Eastern country.
NUSACC hosts 15 Saudi women social entrepreneurs
The National US-Arab Chamber of Commerce (NUSACC), in partnership with Halcyon Incubator, recently hosted a delegation of 15 Saudi women social entrepreneurs from Taibah University in Madinah.