Essa Neima, Syrian animator, is opening his exhibit of Christian-influenced oil on acrylic paintings tonight. These are religious images done in response to the ongoing civil war. "I'm trying in this show to represent the average people who just want peace." It's at the Church of the Pilgrim off Dupont Circle on P St & Florida Ave, NW.
A 2013 interview with him can be found here.
A 2013 interview with him can be found here.