Museum launches grass roots marketing campaign to maintain iconic Reclining Liberty sculpture in Arlington
Name for nationwide biennial exhibition seeks impartial curators from 13 unique colonies
ARLINGTON, Va., March 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington (MoCA Arlington) as we speak introduced its plans to commemorate the semiquincentennial of the USA of America by two main initiatives.
First, MoCA is endeavor a community-based marketing campaign to Preserve Liberty in Arlington. Over the past 2.5 years, the enduring sculpture has grow to be a must-see public paintings and attracts hundreds of guests annually. Arlington County just lately accredited everlasting standing for the sculpture to stay as a replacement.
Reclining Liberty is a 25-foot sculpture of Girl Liberty in a reclining pose impressed by the large reclining Buddha statues of Asia alongside their path to enlightenment. The sculpture has been on mortgage from New York-based artist Zaq Landsberg since July 2023 and is prominently positioned on the museum’s entrance garden alongside Wilson Boulevard in Arlington.
“Day-after-day, we see individuals work together with Reclining Liberty. She has grow to be the guts and soul of MoCA Arlington, permitting individuals from all backgrounds to pause, smile, and mirror on the assorted interpretations doable,” stated Catherine Anchin, Govt Director. “We’re asking our communities – our neighbors, our supporters within the wider DMV space, and our rising nationwide and worldwide pals – to assist us purchase, preserve, promote and help Reclining Liberty and our work.”
The museum will host a public group celebration of Reclining Liberty in summer time 2026 to mark this milestone for the museum and the nation. Folks enthusiastic about donating ought to go to the museum’s website or might inquire with the museum’s growth workplace on directing items of inventory or donor suggested funds. We’re additionally encouraging anybody who admires her to take and submit a selfie to assist MoCA share her with the world.
Along with the Preserve Liberty in Arlington marketing campaign, the museum is organizing the following iteration of its nationwide biennial sequence Meeting, which can open in early October 2026. The museum goals to offer impartial curators and artists a possibility to have their work on view within the nationwide capital area in 2026.
To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, the biennial will concentrate on new work by modern artists within the 13 unique colonies, alongside with Vermont and the District of Columbia, by the eyes of 4 impartial curators working in these areas.
The places included are Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia.
The museum invitations impartial curators working within the locales above to submit proposals for thematic group exhibitions designed for a single gallery house. Proposed exhibitions ought to embody cutting-edge work by modern artists working of their respective areas. Themes proposed ought to display advances within the broader modern artwork sector and tackle subjects related to their area. For extra data, impartial curators can go to the open name listed on the museum’s website.
The 4 chosen impartial curators will obtain compensation for his or her participation in co-organizing this iteration of the nationwide biennial in collaboration with the museum’s Senior Curator and Director of Exhibitions, Blair Murphy. Artists included within the chosen proposals can even obtain honoraria.
Meeting will run from October 3, 2026, by January 24, 2027.
Study extra about MoCA Arlington’s interactive exhibition Reclining Liberty.
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Submit your proposal by Could 15, 2026, to be thought of for the nationwide biennial visitor curator open name.
About Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington
The Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington is an impartial 501(c)(3) non-profit group that enriches group life by connecting the general public with modern artwork and artists by exhibitions, training and public applications, and an artists-in-residence program. Positioned at 3550 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA, the museum is open Wednesdays – Sundays 12-5pm. The museum has free on-site parking, is simple to achieve by metro and bus, and is accessible. There isn’t a admission price to go to. For extra details about our exhibitions and programming, go to mocaarlington.org. Comply with us @mocaarlington.
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