Social Events Policies

i. Student Responsibilities

  1. Students must provide their own food, non-alcoholic refreshments, and ice, or provide a catering service. The Operations department cannot supply enough ice needed for the duration of openings.
  2. Students must clean up after themselves. All garbage and waste must be placed in appropriate receptacles.
  3. Students must remove leftover beverages and food themselves. All items left in the space will be thrown out.

ii. Food

The Operations department does not cater events, but will assist in providing supplies and setting up spaces with the necessary equipment.

  1. Food that may stain the floors is not permitted.
  2. No food, opened or unopened, will be stored in Gallery 31 or White Walls.
  3. All food left in these spaces will be disposed of properly.

iii. Beverage Policies

  1. No red beverages are permitted in the Gallery.
  2. No cans or bottles may be handed out under any circumstance. All beverages must be served in plastic or paper cups.
  3. Wine and beer bottles cannot be thrown in trashcans. Empty bottles and cans should be recycled.
  4. No open containers must remain in the event space.
  5. Alcoholic beverages must be offset by non-alcoholic beverages (including water) by equal amounts or more.
  6. At least one bartender with a current legal D.C. Bartenders License must be hired if alcohol will be present.
  7. Wine servings (3–4 oz. each): each bottle of wine should provide at least six servings; magnums should provide at least 12 servings.
  8. Beer servings (6 oz. each): each 12-oz. bottle should provide two servings.
  9. Alcohol is not permitted in the lower portion of the building (basement or sculpture lab/sub-basement).
  10. The Special Events department must handle all events where alcohol is served. Please contact the Special Events department at (202) 639-1781 for more information.

iv. Invitations

An invitation announcing all openings, by department only, will be produced and mailed by the Corcoran. All invitations originating from students or groups of students that invite the public to weekly exhibitions must have the following information:

Corcoran College of Art + Design
White Walls Gallery

500 Seventeenth Street NW,
Washington, DC 20006

– OR –

Corcoran College of Art + Design
Gallery 31

500 Seventeenth Street NW,
Washington, DC 20006

v. Donations

To prevent confusion and overlap in corporate solicitations, students must submit the name of all companies contacted for food and beverages donations. Prior to making any requests contact Jennifer Adams, Director of Member and Alumni Relations at (202) 639-1841 or jadams@corcoran.org.