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35th Anniversary of Dark Star Park
July 31 – August 3, 2019
Hirshhorn and Dark Star Park
For the 35th Anniversary of
Nancy Holt’s Dark Star Park,
Arlington Public Art partnered with
the Hirshhorn and Holt/Smithson Foundation
on a series of celebrations.
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Amos Kennedy
Visiting Artist
Fall 2018 – Present
County-wide
Handset wood and metal type,
oil-based inks, on eco-friendly chipboard
Handmade posters of proverbs, sayings, and
quotes that relate to or are inspired by
Arlington’s civil rights history.
A Courthouse 2.0 project
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Art on the ART Bus
2010-present
A rotating mobile gallery featuring original
artworks on ART public transit buses
See project page for a full list
of participating artists
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Linda Hesh
Put the “I” into C_vic
2016 – 2018
Courthouse Plaza, Central Library, Columbia Pike Library
High Density Urethane foam, paint,
metal wheeled carts, stones, artificial grass
An interactive sculpture where participants
become the “I” in C_vic
A Courthouse 2.0 project
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Meeting Bowls
July 12 – October 23, 2017
1350 N Courthouse Road
Colored Medium-Density Fiberboard (MDF)
Colorful urban furniture
designed to encourage interaction
A Courthouse 2.0 project
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Graham Coreil-Allen
County Wandering
2017
Columbia Pike, Lee Highway
Courthouse Square, Rosslyn
A walking tour series exploring and reimaging
Arlington’s urban and suburban spaces
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Sushmita Mazumdar
HOME @Arlington 2017
June – October 2017
All across the County
A book making project where participants
are encouraged to think about and respond
to Arlington’s public art
A project of the 2017-2018 Public Art Master Plan update
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Alex Braden
Piece and Quiet
2014
Arlington County Public Libraries
Sound
A sound installation composed
of sounds from across Arlington
woven together
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J.J. McCracken
“the still point”
2013
Dark Star Park
24-hour endurance performance interpreting Nancy Holt’s design for the park
ALL IMAGES AND ARTWORK COPYRIGHT
J.J. McCRACKEN 2017, COURTESY CONNERSMITH
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Doug Retzler
GOURD PALACE
(WITH ARLINGTON ARTS CENTER)
2013
3550 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22201
Bamboo, metal posts, gourd plants
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Timothy Thompson
HISTORICAL MARKERS PROJECT (WITH ARLINGTON ARTS CENTER)
2012
3550 Wilson Blvd., 707 N. Lincoln St., and 608 N. Lincoln St.
Arlington, VA 22201
concrete, cast resin, and hydrocal
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Liz Lerman Dance Exchange
DRIFT
2010
Courthouse Farmers Market
Courthouse Plaza Parking Lot
Dance performance
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Luke Idziak
West Over Time Capsule
2010
Reed-Westover Grounds
Memories of the old Westover Branch Library, thoughts on the new Reed-Westover building, and hopes for the future of Westover and Arlington.
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Jason Horowitz and Mary Noble Ours
FotoWeekDC Projection Project
2009
Central Place
Video Projection
Projections of people associated with Arlington’s urban agricultural practices.
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Jack Sanders, Robert Gay and Butch Anthony
CO2LED
2007
Traffic Island at Fort Myer Drive, North Lynn Street and North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22209
solar-powered LED’s, rods topped with reused plastic bottles, little bluestem prairie grass
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Butch Anthony
BIKE OASIS – ARLINGTON
2006
NW corner of 19th and N. Moore Streets, Arlington, VA 22209
steel, baling wire, bicycle parts, road signs, metal scraps
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Austin Thomas
DREAMER: AN EYRIE PERCH
2005
Clarendon Central Park, 3100 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201
cedar, plywood and ipe
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Liz Canner
MOVING VISIONS
2003
A digital public art documentary exploring freedom in post 9/11 Arlington
Screened in various locations in Arlington
video
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Bridget Belkacemi, Corcoran College of Art & Design
OFF SITE/ON SITE: LOUNGE STATIONS
November 2002 – January 2003
Clarendon Central Park, 3100 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201
blankets, plastic, thread, tape, wire, plastic trays
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Susan Jeffries, Corcoran College of Art & Design
OFF SITE/ON SITE
November 2002 – January 2003
Clarendon Central Park, 3100 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201
3/4″ particle board, heights variable, plywood
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Daniel A. Wilke
OFF SITE/ON SITE
November 2002 – January 2003
Clarendon Central Park, 3100 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201
spray paint
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Anita Walsh, Megan Maher, Katie Morris, Adam Fowler
SKINTALKS
September 11, 2002
Netherlands Carillon, Marshall Drive, Arlington, VA 22209
1″ x 3″ custom printed adhesive bandage strips
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Donna Conlon
SCULPTORS AT WORK: TAKEOVER
October – December 2001
Clarendon Central Park, 3100 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201
telephone wire, found refuse, three trees
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Miguel Mir
SCULPTORS AT WORK: INVISIBLE STRING
October 2001 – October 2002
Clarendon Central Park, 3100 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201
silver maple tree branches, copper wire, Rust-Oleum spray paint, twine
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Carolina Sardi
SCULPTORS AT WORK: GROWING
October 2001 – August 2002
Clarendon Central Park, 3100 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201
welded steel rods, sheet metal, dirt
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Brece Honeycutt (lead artist) with students Nick Barbee, Molly Cross-Cole, Sophia Kelly, Eliza Smith Langhans, Macon Reed, James Sullivan
AT TABLE June – July 1999
Arlington Arts Center, 3550 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201
wood, slate (chalkboards), paper, turf paint, chalk, audio
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Michael Townsend, Struan Ashby, Erica Duthie
TAPE ART: DIVE
July 1999
Courthouse Plaza. 2100 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201
low-adhesive blue crepe paper
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Justine Light
MYSTERIOUSLY CURIOUS GUERRILLA FLOTILLA
October 1999
Potomac River
mixed media
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Beverly Ress
CLEAN OUT YOUR FILES DAY: BIRD, STICK, FLOWERS, RABBIT
April 1999
Courthouse Plaza lobby, 2100 Clarendon Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201
8.5″ x 11″ sheets of paper
photocopies of drawings on recycled paper
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Ed Bisese
CONDENSED HISTORY
November 1998 – September 1999
Clarendon Park, 3100 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201
4 figures approximately 5′ x 3′ x 3′
ferro cement and acrylic paint
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Alberto Gaitan
THE INNOVATORS: LOCI 1.0
June – July 1999
Lorcom Lane, between Military Road and Vacation Lane
1830.4′ long
rubber
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Brece Honeycutt
CLEAN OUT YOUR FILES DAY: ENDANGERED SPECIES
April 1998
Courthouse Plaza Lobby, 2100 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201
brightly colored strips of shredded office paper, hanging file folders, china marker
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Mary Potter
BEACONS June – September 1995
Gateway Park, N. Lynn Street at Lee Highway, Arlington, VA 22209
Rosslyn Metro
variable dimensions
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Andrea Uravitch
POTOMAC CATFISH
June – September, 1995
Courthouse Plaza, 2100 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201
seven fish ranging from 25″ x 13″ x 11″ to 39″ x 18″ x 17″
ceramic fiber, steel, paper, Celastic, branches, bamboo
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Art Attack International, a collaborative artists’ group including Alberto Gaitan, Evan Hughes, Lynn McCary, Peter Winant, Jitka Anlaufova, Alex Hynek, Edward Owen
DOMINION DUM
June – July 1994
4749 Old Dominion Drive, Arlington, VA 22207
mixed media
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Knottyhead, A collaborative artists group including Rudy Mendez, Pamela Burress, David Clay
ONSITE: SCULPTURE PROJECT: THREE INSTALLATIONS
June 17 – September 10, 1994
Lubber Run Park, N. Columbus & N. 2nd Streets, Arlington, VA 22203
bamboo, clay, sand, natural found materials, nylon strips, terra cotta tiles, metal pit drums
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Marc Robarge
ONSITE SCULPTURE PROJECT: AWAKENING
June 17 – September 10, 1994
Lubber Run Park, N. Columbus & N. 2nd Streets, Arlington, VA 22203
glass and wood
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Wendy Ross
ONSITE SCULPTURE PROJECT: SPIRIT HOUSE
June – September 1994
Gateway Park, N. Lynn Street at Lee Highway, Arlington, VA 22209
polypropylene rope, thatched rye straw, wood, tubing
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John Antone
ONSITE SCULPTURE PROJECT: GRASSMAN
June 9 – August 31, 1993
Gateway Park, N. Lynn Street at Lee Highway, Arlington, VA 22209
fiberglass
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Tom Ashcraft
ONSITE SCULPTURE PROJECT: DRIFT
June 9 – August 31, 1993
Gateway Park, N. Lynn Street at Lee Highway, Arlington, VA 22209
Japanese porcelain mosaic tiles over a concrete and steel substructure
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Jeff Spaulding
ONSITE SCULPTURE PROJECT
June 9 – August 31, 1993
Bluemont Park, 601 N. Manchester Street, Arlington, VA 22205
Christmas trees
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Shirley Koller
METROART II: THE JOY OF TRANSPORTATION
October 1990 – September 1992
Ballston Metro Station
polished steel, polychrome aluminum
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Cheryl Casteen
ONSITE SCULPTURE PROJECT: TREE SPIRIT BY THE STREAM AND TREE SPIRIT EMBEDDED
June – September 1989
Bluemont Park, 601 N. Manchester St., Arlington, VA 22205
wire, potting soil, natural found materials, glass
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Charles Flickinger and Cheryl Casteen
ONSITE SCULPTURE PROJECT: DOUBLE SPIRAL FOR A HILLSIDE
June – September 1989
Bluemont Park, 601 N. Manchester St., Arlington, VA 22205
30′ deep circular floral pattern surrounding figures
marigolds, ageratum, chicken wire, cheesecloth, potting soil, powdered pigment
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J.W. Mahoney
ONSITE SCULPTURE PROJECT: NAMED STONES
June – September, 1989
Bluemont Park, 601 N. Manchester St., Arlington, VA 22205
8 engraved rocks
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Duncan Tebow
ONSITE SCULPTURE PROJECT: THE WASHINGTON COLOR SCHOOL MEMORIAL BRIDGE
June – September 1989
Bluemont Park, 601 N. Manchester St., Arlington, VA 22205
vinyl strips, wood
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Joseph Detwiler
METROART I
June – September 1989
Ballston Metro Station
white earthenware ceramic
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Kerima Gabbay
THE ARCH OF BLUEMONT
July – September 1988
Bluemont Park, 601 N. Manchester Street, Arlington, VA 22205
carved pine
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Theresa Martin
ONSITE: FOUR DIRECTIONS: MIRROR, MIRROR
July – September 1988
Bluemont Park, 601 N. Manchester St., Arlington, VA 22205
mirror, steel, cement, wood, Plexiglas, bads, paint, paper
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Tom Mullany
ONSITE: FOUR DIRECTIONS: TALL COUPLE
July – September 1988
Bluemont Park, 601 N. Manchester St., Arlington, VA 22205
wood, paint
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Foon Sham
ONSITE: FOUR DIRECTIONS: VERTEBRAE V
July – September 1988
Bluemont Park, 601 N. Manchester St., Arlington, VA 22205
plywood panels, PVC pipe, steel, paint
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Efrain Guevara
ANCESTRAL MEMORIES
1987
Lobby of Gunston Theatres 2700 S. Lang Street, Arlington, VA 22206
16′ x 8′
acrylic on canvas
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Jerry Monteith
SCULPTURAL INSTALLATIONS/FOUR VISIONS: SERRATE
June – September 1987
Lubber Run Park, N. Columbus & N. 2nd Streets, Arlington, VA 22203
green colored pressed board
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Lynn Schmidt
SCULPTURAL INSTALLATIONS/FOUR VISIONS: ANALOGUE
June – September 1987
Lubber Run Park, N. Columbus & N. 2nd Streets, Arlington, VA 22203
14.5′ x 12″ x 30″
sono tube, cement, reinforcement bar, gravel, house paint, perlite wood 1 x 2s