This mapping, which visualizes water’s natural and manmade contour, rise, ebb, flow, thaw and evaporation, also elicits a sense of time and balance. Maya Lin: A Study of Water embodies Lin’s experiential use of scale, poetic use of common materials and process of mapping as a conceptual framework - what she describes as “revealing things we may not be thinking about.” “Our region and the entire world are at a critical environmental inflection point, which Maya Lin’s articulate work helps us to process and understand.” “Located at the crossroads of the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art and the Virginia Beach community are ideally situated to undertake this thematic project with Maya Lin,” Virginia MOCA Director and CEO Gary Ryan said. Organized by Virginia MOCA and guest curated by Melissa Messina, Maya Lin: A Study of Water will only be on view in Virginia Beach.
The exhibition not only invites discovery, but also encourages contemplation about the many ways in which we need water and manage its powerful bearings on our environment. This spring and summer Maya Lin at Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (Virginia MOCA) presents several new works by the artist responding to the Chesapeake Bay watershed, complemented by other water-related works by her, in Maya Lin: A Study of Water. The legendary American artist, designer and activist often represents water as both pathway and boundary, calling forth the implications of its necessity, accessibility, scarcity and abundance. The current structure, designed by Boston architect E.Water has always been an important subject of Maya Lin’s environmentally focused artistic practice. In 1989, after nearly a decade of planning, fundraising and construction, MOCA opened in its present location at 2200 Parks Avenue. After maintaining a small oceanfront property for several years, local supporters in the late 1980’s planned to construct a new physical space for the Museum. The building is owned and maintained by The City of Virginia Beach and MOCA operates within it as a private, non-profit. MOCA is one the region’s best examples of a private-public partnership. Read more in the Director's Welcome by executive director Debi Gray By operating at a national standard, MOCA received accreditation from the American Association of Museums in 2010. By balancing its four primary activities-gallery exhibitions, studio art classes, educational outreach programs and outdoor art shows-MOCA seeks to involve a diverse regional public in the rich and active language of contemporary visual art.
Regularly changing exhibitions feature painting, sculpture, photography, glass, video and other visual media from internationally acclaimed artists as well as artists of national and regional renown. Through excellence and diversity in our exhibitions and educational programming, MOCA stimulates individual thinking and dialogue throughout the community. The Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) is a non-profit institution which exists to foster awareness, exploration and understanding of significant art of our time. This organization has no active opportunities.įind volunteer opportunities from thousands of organizations that need your help.
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