DC music legend Chuck Brown dominates the southeast quadrant of one floor of the 1223 Potomac Gallery in Georgetown—on one wall, a tessellated image of Brown parades across a framed relief. On another, a portrait of Brown is composed of smaller images that showcase reference points of DC culture like Rock Creek brand soda, the Ritz nightclub sign, and the phrase “say less,” all printed on hexagonal tiles.

Those bases are meant to recall the tiles on Metro, explains Jermaine “jET” Carter, the artist whose work makes up the majority of “ Something for the People ,” a new exhibition at the gallery that celebrates DC’s homegrown culture at a time when the District’s streets are still riddled with National Guard troops and Home Rule, established in 1973, faces frequent threats from Preside

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