Image: Opening Celebration of Zaq Landsberg’s Reclining Liberty at Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) Arlington, Maury Park (3550 Wilson Boulevard) August 5, 2023-September 28, 2025 (extended)
Arlington Public Art is celebrating 40 years of public art and placemaking in Arlington. Arlington’s history of commissioning public art grounded in County planning objectives began in 1984 with the dedication of Nancy Holt’s Dark Star Park in Rosslyn, featuring a community-celebrated annual shadow alignment. August 1, 2023 at 9:32 AM, marked the 40th shadow alignment since the artwork’s inception and launched Arlington Public Art’s yearlong 40th-anniversary observance with a series of events and activations highlighting the entire collection.
Upcoming:
inVISIBLE (Dominion Crystal City Substation) by Elena Manferdini unveiling 2025: An expansion and remodel of Dominion Energy’s Crystal Substation located at the intersection of South Hayes and South Fern Streets invites viewers to consider their relationship to the invisible and fundamental force of electricity and the processes and tools used in its creation and distribution.
inVISIBLE (Dominion Crystal City Substation) – Official Website of Arlington County Virginia Government (arlingtonva.us)
Bozman Government Center public artwork by Kipp Kobayashi and linn meyers unveiling 2025: A new suspended lobby sculpture and conference room enhancements to the newly renovated conference rooms.
Ellen M. Bozman Government Center Suspended Public Artwork – Official Website of Arlington County Virginia Government (arlingtonva.us)
Past:
40th Dark Star Park Day, August 1, 2024 at 9:32 am and celebratory anniversary culmination event: An Arlington tradition for four decades, the public is invited to participate in Dark Star Park Day to watch the shadow alignment that the iconic sculpture was designed to capture. Special event details to come!
Present Pastimes by Olalekan Jeyifous unveiling May 1, 2024: In conjunction with Southeastern Development Associates and Harris Teeter’s 600 N. Glebe Road redevelopment project, this two-paneled artwork reimagines a cherished venue that alludes to leisure in a pre-digital, bygone era.
600 N. Glebe Public Art Project – Official Website of Arlington County Virginia Government (arlingtonva.us)
In Conversation: Nekisha Durrett + Zaq Landsberg, April 27, 2024 1:00-3:00 pm will be a discussion about the rewards and challenges of public art and the complex nature of monuments and memorials. Their experiences working in Arlington will provide a foundation for the conversation. Zaq Landsberg's popular Reclining Liberty is on view at MoCA Arlington through July of 2024 and Nekisha Durrett's acclaimed Queen City was unveiled in Metropolitan Park in 2023. The event will be held at MoCA Arlington Innovation Studio + Store, 525 South 14th Street, Arlington, VA.
Louis Comfort Tiffany Stained Glass Window (Christ in Blessing) unveiling April 15, 2024: The redevelopment of the Central United Methodist Church with Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing (APAH) at Ballston Station (4201 Fairfax Drive) provides a home for this restored historic artifact.
Tiffany Stained Glass Window (Christ in Blessing) – Official Website of Arlington County Virginia Government (arlingtonva.us)
Compassion by Una Hanbury & Colin Poole sculpture installed December 2023: The sculpture, located at the intersection of Wilson and Clarendon Boulevards at Courthouse Road since 1969, has been remade in bronze by the artist’s grandson and will be installed by Greystar Real Estate Partners near the original location.
Compassion – Official Website of Arlington County Virginia Government (arlingtonva.us)
Encore Learning Presents Arlington Public Art: Present, Past and Future October 30, 3:00-4:30 p.m. is a free virtual event on public art in Arlington and our region, cosponsored by Arlington Public Library.
Video recording: Encore Learning Presents - Public Art in Arlington VA: Present, Past, and Future - YouTube
Arlington Art Walk Thursday, October 5, 2023, 3:00- 7:00 p.m. is an annual walkable, self-guided cultural tour that connects local galleries, artist studios, public art, and cultural events. Public Art will be presenting Linda Hesh’s Put the “I” into C_ivic sculpture at Mason Square Plaza (3551 Fairfax Drive) and an outdoor digital display showing images from Arlington’s Public Art collection on the George Mason Exhibitions screens.
Arlington Art Walk Arlington, Virginia (arlingtoneconomicdevelopment.com)
West Glebe Road Bridge by Vicki Scuri ribbon cutting Tuesday, September 12, 2023 2:00 p.m.: The West Glebe Road Bridge at South Four Mile Run Drive welcomes those traversing between Arlington County and the City of Alexandria. Join us to meet the artist and celebrate the bridge completion!
West Glebe Road Bridge Ribbon Cutting – Official Website of Arlington County Virginia Government (arlingtonva.us)
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