Now nesting east of the river!

I’m Kathleen, a longtime DC resident who turned 62 this year — the age the city officially recognizes you as “elderly,” making you eligible for a host of senior benefits and discounts. Woo hoo!

In light of the recent historic election, I’m very happy to say that life in DC is looking up! HOPE is back, baby, and it’s GLORIOUS! 

However... I am still counting on that lager beer to help get me through to November 2028.

For over 38 years, my rent stabilized apartment was located two blocks south of Meridian Hill / Malcolm X Park in the U Street Neighborhood of Northwest.

Then, in April 2026 I moved “East of the River,” to a smaller rent stabilized apartment, three blocks north of Oxon Run Park in the Congress Heights Neighborhood of Southeast.

For over 12 years, I’ve maintained a Tumblr blog called “It’s art if I say so,” a quote from my favorite conceptual artist, Marcel Duchamp, as well as my answer to the eternal question “what is art?”

Because it’s not always about money, see? The channel is made up of short clips from various concerts I’ve attended over the past few years, and is meant to demonstrate that Washington, DC is a very cool music city. Every clip is under a minute because otherwise I'm living in the moment.

The above photo is from the UK’s Lambrini Girls at the Howard Theater on 5/4/25.

Or, at least that it’s available to buy, exclusively through the experience of using an Art-o-mat machine! Go find it on the 3rd floor of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) at 8th and G Street, NW.

All of my artworks are constructed with shrink film — the most befitting material for small scale art.

Visit artomat.org for a full description of artist Clark Whittington’s “right smart” longterm conceptual art project.

Installed in April 2025, it sits across from the Dept. of Agriculture and close to the Potomac & Anacostia Rivers. The box was designed for SWBID, and features illustrations of four of SW’s “neighbors” living in and around the nearby rivers — crabs, herons, ducks, and striped bass (Rockfish). 

The Traffic Control Box Beautification project is part of DDOT’s Arts in the Right-of-Way (AROW) program. 

It happened on July 8, 2026 and, thankfully, went really well. The adults-only attendees made two different kinds of life size flowers (plus a butterfly) out of red, yellow and white shrink film. Like everything in the DCPL system, the workshop was FREE and my participation was voluntary.

In addition to the MLK Library being located across the street from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, shrink film is the connection between my Art-o-mat art and The Labs.

Each art-product was created for my own personal use, but also because I hope other people will appreciate them and want to buy them. 

The collection was conceived during the Covid-19 pandemic and realized thanks to my DIY-punk ideology and ever improving Print on Demand (POD) technology.

Many of the art-products are made of durable plastic or vinyl — not unlike the plastic or vinyl used in my Art-o-mat art, my utility box art wrap, and my MLK Library arts workshops.

Look for a posting and sign-up form on the library’s events page in the new year. Like everything in the DCPL system, the workshop will be FREE and my participation is voluntary. 

In addition to the MLK Library being located across the street from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, shrink film is the connection between my Art-o-mat art and The Labs.

I’ve been going to Capital City Go-Go games since before the Entertainment & Sports Arena was renamed Carefirst Arena. 

This year will be the first that I’ll be able to walk to the arena in less than 10 minutes. Okay-kay-kay!