3711 Studios Presents: “Always Open”
5/09/2026 - 5/23/2026
Gallery Hours: By Appointment Only | Email: programs@station3510.com
About the exhibit:
Always open is a group exhibition by ten artists working out of 3711 Studios, united by a single constraint: each artwork must incorporate the same shared color. Inspired by the studio’s playful branding and visual language, the exhibition treats color not as a limitation, but as a point of connection. Across painting, graphic design, and mixed media, one hue becomes a vibrant study in individuality within community. Like a convenience store that never truly closes, 3711 Studios is shaped by artists working at all hours. Some arriving early, others late, making the studio a constantly open site of exchange and creation.
Though each artist approaches the color differently, together the works form a cohesive visual experience that reflects the collaborative spirit of a shared studio practice: Ten voices, one frequency.
Featuring:
Common Collective (Marc Pekala & Natalie Fulgencio-Turner) Co-Founder
A design collective bringing artists, businesses, and communities together through transformative arts experiences. Through exhibitions, public murals, educational programs, community workshops, and pop-up experiences they activate spaces, people, and narratives. Common Collective reimagines spaces and inspire connection, advocating for the local creative economy, and bringing mutual benefit for all involved. Led by Natalie Fulgencio-Turner and Marc Pekala.
ChalkRiot/Groundshift Studios (Chelsea Ritter-Soronen & Sam Hamilton) Co-Founder
Chalk riot believes that the pavement is the world’s greatest canvas for art that unites, protects, and energizes the cities we love. Creating in chalk, paint, and gemstones on cement and asphalt all over the world since 2013
Aja Moon (b. Washington, DC) is a visual artist, curator, and founder of Aja Moon Consulting, LLC, whose work lives at the intersection of creativity, wellness, and human performance. A U.S. Army Veteran and hybrid-trained artist with formal study at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, her practice explores the “spiritual anatomy” of the human experience—where discipline, emotion, and resilience converge.
Her artistic journey began in 2020 as a personal act of healing, quickly evolving into an internationally exhibited body of work shown in London, Barcelona, and New York Fashion Week. Through portraits, murals, and immersive installations, she uses art as a tool for reflection, connection, and restoration.
Beyond the canvas, Aja is a published author and “Human Architect” who specializes in delivering soft skills in high-pressure environments. Through her studios, workshops, and one-on-one experiences, she helps individuals and organizations build the internal infrastructure needed to sustain both performance and well-being.
Austin D. Morris is a visual artist and creative professional from Chesapeake, Virginia. He is currently based in Washington, D.C.
Growing up, Austin found solace in creating art that reflected the way his reality bent and curved inside his head. Completely self -taught, Austin overcame inaccessibility to art supplies by expressing himself through different mediums - whichever he could get his hands on. He continues this tradition by working across artistic disciplines.
In his recent work, Austin infuses deep-rooted nostalgia, afrocentric concepts, and a personal story of a Black kid in pursuit of a prosperous Black future. Through his artwork, he aims to explore and challenge societal misconceptions and highlight the beauty and complexity of Black culture.
(b.1988) Britnee Scott is a self-taught contemporary and graffiti artist from Washington, D.C., who has been creating art since the age of seven. Growing up surrounded by the city’s rich history, museums, and cultural institutions, her artistic foundation was shaped by early exposure to historical narratives, legendary figures, and visual storytelling.
Scott’s art balances the realities of trauma with hope and empowerment, emphasizing equality, unity, and fair treatment across all social classes. She views art as a universal language—one capable of transcending cultural boundaries, shifting perspectives, and inspiring meaningful change. Each piece serves as both a reflection of lived experience and a call for collective growth, awareness, and peace.
Chelsea Ritter-Soronen is a multi-disciplinary visual artist, small business owner and professional public arts consultant. She is the Owner and Principal Artist of Chalk Riot, a mural company specializing in pavement art, established in 2013. Her multi-faceted background in theater production and design informs her explorations in public space and its multiple perspectives and storylines. Chelsea’s work as a public art consultant is guided by a passion for responsible, strategic, and attractive integration of vertical and horizontal works into the built environment. She is an advocate for equitable, enjoyable design of public spaces, believes artists should be in government planning discussions more often, and is therefore currently a graduate student with the University of Washington’s Sustainable Transportation Design program.
Outside of her work at Chalk Riot, her personal murals illustrate vibrant floral stories of human growth, often including plants with surreal and personified elements. Formally trained by scenic artists and informally trained by graffiti artists, Chelsea's murals often combine trompe l'oeil elements with modern playful twists. She hopes that someone passing by the same mural every day will never have the same viewing experience twice, and as such, weaves intricate details throughout.
As an organizer and artist, Chelsea is committed to art as a glue that unites forces of positive social change. She is currently a 2024-25 American Delegate to the United States Japan Leadership Program, a cross-sector diplomacy program intended for fostering “fellowship, global peace, prosperity, stability, and sustainability in the 21st century” between young professionals in both countries. In 2023, she completed a fellowship with Gather, representing the United States in a cohort of sixteen artists with social practices from twelve different countries. From 2019-2020, she served as a Resident Teaching Artist at the Moonshot Studio of the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a public arts studio committed to arts accessibility and education for all. For ten years prior, she co-created an arts education curriculum with Greenpeace International, intended for environmental activists on the frontlines of the climate crisis for strengthening their campaigns with replicable, collaborative, evocative art.
Principal of kaze design, is passionate about color, community, politics, plant-based gliTTer, fútbol, saving the ocean, voting rights and the intersection of art and culture and how it shifts social movements.
Michael Theodoran is a designer, sign painter and proprietor of Caswell Sign & Design Co. Originally from Lancaster, PA, Michael graduated from the Corcoran College of Art and Design with a Bachelor’s of Fine Art in Graphic Design. After working as a graphic designer in Washington DC, Michael studied sign painting at Los Angeles Trade Technical College under master sign painters Carlos Aguilar and Ralph “Doc” Guthrie.
Sam Hamilton is a muralist and multidisciplinary artist working in Washington DC. She received her Bachelors degree in Political Science and Art History at the American University in 2022.
Sam currently serves as the Director of Communications and Lead Muralist at Chalk Riot, an all women mural collective that specializes in asphalt art. She also manages two creative spaces, 3711 Studios and Arts Club DC.
When she's not painting murals, Sam spends her time exploring a plethora of mediums including painting, print making, ceramics, and photography. Her personal work is deeply inspired by occult practices and her experiences as a tarot reader.