Artisphere
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ROSSLYN: A WORK-IN-PROGRESS
Tue Feb 15 –Sun March 13 / Free/ Works-In-Progress Gallery
Celebrate Rosslyn Renaissance’s Twentieth AnniversaryThis exhibition will showcase Rosslyn’s unique urban design and development through the lens of the Rosslyn Renaissance, a membership organization that informs, involves and engages the community in planning for the future.
PUBLIC ART IN ROSSLYN
Fri Feb 18 & Fri March 4/ 12:30pm / Free/ Works-In-Progress Gallery
Join Geoffrey Aldridge, Associate Public Art Projects Curator for Arlington County, for a lunchtime discussion and visit to selected public artworks in Rosslyn.
THE CHALLENGE OF PUBLIC ART IN PLACEMAKING
Tue March 8 / 6:30pm reception, 7:30pm talk
Pay-What-You-Can / Dome Theatre
Presented by the Arlington County Commission for the Arts Public Art Committee and co-sponsored by the Virginia Tech College of Architecture and Urban Studies Urban Affairs and Planning Program - National Capital Region
A presentation on the history, overview of urban design considerations and the current state and future trends of public art across the country. A question and answer time will follow the presentations, moderated by Kim Ward, Arlington Commission for the Arts Public Art Committee chair.
Speakers:
Jennifer McGregor, Director of Arts & Senior Curator, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY, co-founder of the Public Art Network, a program of Americans for the Arts and former Director of NY City Percent for Art Program.
Liesel Fenner, Public Art Program Manager, Americans for the Arts, former Public Art Program Manager, New England Foundation for the Arts and a licensed landscape architect.
Ralph Bennett, Professor Emeritus, University of MD School of Architecture, President, Bennett Frank McCarthy Architects, and Member, Art Review Panel for the MD-National Capital Parks & Planning Commission.
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Artisphere
http://www.artisphere.com
1101 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22209 / 703-875-1100
Two blocks to Metro
