WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “IMMERSIVE ART?”
With eight times the gallery space in our soon-to-be new home in the Arlington Entertainment District, you and the Arlington Museum of Art will have plenty of room to stretch our imaginations and experience all kinds of art mediums.
As we envision our new location, the AMA remains committed to hosting exhibitions of what we call “traditional” art. Exhibits you’ve seen at the AMA over the last 10 years such as A Knight’s Tale, 30 Americans, Ansel Adams, Keith Haring: Against All Odds, Rembrandt: An Evolution of Etchings, and Salvador Dali are considered “traditional” art (painting, drawing, sculpture, metalwork, glass, fiber, printmaking, photography, etc.)
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Thanks to the tremendous opportunity offered by the space within the new AMA, we’ll also be able to present interactive and immersive art from around the world. We’re also considering possibilities for commissioning original works.
According to Kooness, participatory and experiential art “have a rich history, from the Dada to Fluxus to the concept of relational aesthetics. The viewer-visitor-audience becomes a core component of the work. The visitor is no longer a passive spectator but is integral to the activation of the installation, work or space.”
You might be familiar with popularized experiences like Immersive Van Gogh. According to Chris Hightower, President and CEO of the Arlington Museum of Art, this is only the tip of the immersive brush. “The new Arlington Museum of Art will unite art, technology, and innovation to blend traditional, immersive, interactive, and evolving art forms into a destination that will inspire, entertain, engage, and reflect the diversity of our community.”
Outside the Lines: Reimagining the Arlington Museum of Art
Our founders believed in art as a legacy gift to our community, and we’re so excited for all the ways the New AMA fulfills that vision! In our weekly series Outside the Lines, we take you inside Arlington’s new home for incredible world-class art exhibitions (including traditional, immersive and interactive art), more opportunities for community gatherings and local artists, and our plans to expand beloved traditions like Youth Art Month and Summer Art Camp. Learn how you can get involved.
Coming to the Arlington Entertainment District in March 2024: The New AMA
By unanimous vote of the Arlington City Council on April 11, 2023, the Arlington Museum of Art officially has a new home: the Arlington Entertainment District! By late March 2024, the New AMA will offer approximately 42,000 square feet of exhibition and programming space inside the Arlington Expo Center. That’s eight times the size (and creative potential) of its current location. The new AMA footprint will allow us to blend traditional, immersive, interactive, and evolving art forms in ways that will inspire, entertain, engage, and reflect our community and our world.
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Arlington Museum of Art to relocate to the Entertainment District, set to open first exhibition in early 2024
