A membership based club that celebrates visual, performing, & literary arts in the nation’s capital located in the historic Monroe House The Arts Club of Washington promotes the appreciation of the arts and the historic preservation of th The oldest non-profit organization in the nation's capital, the Club's outreach activities focus on: providing gallery space that is free and open to the public, partnering with other local arts organizations to provide a them with a venue for expression, promoting public appreciation of, study and participation in the arts through educational programs, providing performance facilities, providing a yearly literary award for writing about the arts, providing an annual scholarship related to an artistic discipline, engaging in and promoting historic preservation.