Open by appointment for one person/household at a time - please email info@rhizomedc.org. In addition, we will host open gallery hours for drop-in visitors on Sunday April 25 from 10am-2pm; Saturday May 1 from noon-4pm; and Saturday May 15 from noon-4pm.

Book of Malachi
Jeff Rivers's visual art practice lies primarily in mixed-media painting. Through his creative process, Jeff constructs images and narratives from family photographs and 20th century African-American visual media. Jeff works to juxtapose and conglomerate cross temporal visual imagery to craft a visual narrative that bridges our understanding of how trends of consumer culture have affected our personal and social development.

In his work Jeff is discussing issues of identity, the growth and change of African American culture and how the individual has impacted the collective identity of culture. Jeff seeks to explicate middle class African American experiences of family life and trials and tribulations in these experiences such as domestic disputes and mental and physical trauma.

Jeff Rivers is an African-American, self-taught visual artist, designer, and community advocate who works to empower minority groups through social impact art programs and street art. Rivers’ mission as an artist is to fill the cracks of need and education within the DMV community, and to provide a sustainable and impactful service through his visual art practice:

“I believe it is my duty as an artist to give back and engage the community on an aesthetic and intellectual level that is accessible to marginalized populations.”

Through community advocacy and art practice, Rivers works to increase access to art education and exhibition spaces for people of color. Rivers’s project-based studio practice is centered around youth art programs, social impact art projects, school murals, and education workshops. Rivers is an active arts educator who has worked across Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington D.C. and Columbia, S.C.