District of Columbia Art Association, Harlequin Ball poster

Promotional poster for the Fifth Annual Harlequin Ball, presented by the D.C. Art Association (DCAA) for the 1976 Bicentennial Celebration. The event benefited the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, and the DCAA's Scholarship Awards, Educational and Community Visual Arts Program. The event was held in the Rotunda of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, and included music and food. Costumes were encouraged. Includes a short history of DCAA and information about the Harlequin Ball, as well as lists of DCAA members, officers, and Harlequin Ball Committee. DCAA Members include: Annabelle Bacot; E. Loretta Ballard; William Banks; Harrison E. Benton, Jr.; Maria C. Benton; Bernard Brooks; Rushie Croxton; James W. Dabney; Rachel E. Davis; Jeff Donaldson (Honorary Member); Ben Franklin; Cheryl Foster; Gloria T. Freeman; Leroy Gaskin; Patricia Giles; Annabelle M. Green; Margaret T. Hicks; Joseph Hoslton; Quentin H. Jackson; James W. Jones; Robert B. Jones; Patricia Landry; Dutchess Margerum; Edith I. Martin; Edward R. McKay; Corinne Mitchell; Joy Ballard Peters; Delilah Pierce; Lois M. Pierre-Noel (Honorary Lifetime Member); Georgette Powell; Lucille Roberts (Malkia); Peter L. Robinson, Jr.; Kenn Simpson; Maxine W. Snowden; Edith G. Strange; Carolyn Tate (Honorary Lifetime Member); Almas Thomas (Honorary Lifetime Member); Conrad W. Thompson; James L. Wells (Honorary Lifetime Member); and Bertie Wiggs. Harlequin Ball Committee includes: Bertie Wiggs, Chairperson; Annabelle Bacot; Harrison E. Benton, Jr.; Maria C. Benton; Cheryl Foster; James W. Jones; Dutchess Margerum; Edward McKay; Peter L. Robinson, Jr.; Kenn Simpson; Edith G. Strange. DCAA Officers include: Conrad W. Thompson, President; Gloria T. Freeman, Vice President; Edith G. Strange, Treasurer; Rushie Croxton, Recording Secretary; Georgette S. Powell, Correspondence Secretary; Sylvia M. Jackson, Financial Secretary; Edith G. Martin, Exhibits; E. Loretta Ballard, Membership; Kenn Simpson, Program; Dutchess Margerum, Hospitality/Amenities; Georgette Powell, Community Relations; Edith I. Martin and Georgette S. Powell, Publicity/Media; and Dr. Leroy Gaskin, Constitution/By-Laws.