WPA is pleased to announce the opening reception for One Stroke at a Time at its new Project Space in Dupont Circle, organized by DC-based artists Lorenzo Piero Holder III and Dr. Vicenzio Holder-Perkins.

Nephew (Holder) and uncle (Dr. Perkins)–an artist and a psychiatrist–have formed a collaboration that operates across age, ability, and life experience to build a shared language rooted in mutual care. This is the first public presentation of their work as a collaborative duo.

Holder and Dr. Perkins’ collaboration began through art therapy, following a stroke experienced by Dr. Perkins in 2018. During his recovery, Dr. Perkins started sketching, while Lorenzo responded through color, mark-making, and composition. This exchange became a practice of mutual care and creative experimentation.

As uncle and nephew who both experienced estrangement from their fathers, Holder and Dr. Perkins’ collaboration explores what it means to move and make in sync across generations shaped by trauma, resilience, and queerness. They complete each other’s drawings, sometimes in sequence and sometimes simultaneously. Their work challenges fixed roles between patient and practitioner and expands how artist-organizer relationships can function within spaces of disability, kinship, and transformation. 

Exhibition dates: March 28–June 20, 2026

Gallery hours: Wed–Fri, 12–6pm, and Sat, 1–5pm 

Extended hours: First Friday of each month, 12–8pm, in conjunction with Dupont Circle ArtWalk