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SUMMARY:Dark Star Park and the Birth of Arlington's Public Art Program
DESCRIPTION:Arlington Historical Society presents Nancy Holt’s Dark Star Park (1979 –1984) and the birth of Arlington’s Public Art Program. AHS hosts Angela A. Adams\, Founding Director of Arlington Public Art as she discusses the creation\, stewardship\, and legacy of Nancy Holt’s Dark Star Park and how it inspired a more than 40-year commitment to public art as placemaking. Her presentation includes screening of Holt’s film: “Art in the Public Eye: The Making of Dark Star Park.” \nAngela Anderson Adams has worked as a curator and arts administrator for four decades\, serving most of those as Founding Director of Arlington Public Art. Under her leadership\, Arlington County’s public art program grew from one of the first developer-sponsored programs in the country to an internationally-renowned\, award-winning public and privately funded program that contributes art and design enhancements to most major civic projects undertaken in the County\, including buildings\, parks and open space as well as infrastructure. \nAdams previously served as Adjunct Curator at the National Museum of Women in the Arts\, Washington\, DC\, and Exhibitions Director/Curator for the Museum of Contemporary Art\, Arlington. She holds a B.A. in Art History from the College of Wooster\, Ohio\, and a M.A. in the History of Art from the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor. Adams was born and raised in Washington\, DC\, and Frederick\, MD.  Currently she splits her time between south central Vermont and Arlington’s Clarendon-Courthouse neighborhood\, serves as Vice President of the Holt/Smithson Foundation and offers mentorship and consultation to the public art field. \nLOCATION\nWe’re back at the Reinsch Library Auditorium at Marymount University’s Main Campus \nDRIVING DIRECTIONS and FREE PARKING: Attendees planning to attend the event in-person should enter the Marymount University campus at the library gate on N. 26th Street. From Glebe Road going north\, take a right onto 26th Street. Pass the intersection with Yorktown Road and then enter the campus through the next gate on your left. The library is to your left as you enter the campus. Free garage parking is just past the library at the bottom of the small incline. (Handicapped parking is immediately to your right as you enter through the gate onto campus.) \n\nIf the university has lowered the garage gates\, push the button and let them know you’re here for an Arlington Historical Society event in the library. To leave\, push the button and they’ll raise the gate.\n\nZOOM REGISTRATION\nZOOM AVAILABLE: If you can’t be there in person\, you can zoom in\, but you must register by the end of  Wednesday\, March 11. Click HERE to register or cut and paste this link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHFkAeOxdCX2RXCUZVe05H1RzJ5FVYZU8WoXqb3uSEMFlkeg/viewform  into your browser to complete your registration. On Thursday morning\, Mar 12\, the day of the event\, AHS volunteer\, Martin Suydam\, will send you the Zoom registration information in an email\, so be on the lookout for it. \nThis event is in celebration of Women’s History Month and is one of the monthly series of free public programs sponsored by the Arlington Historical Society. This event is hosted courtesy of the Marymount University politics program’s American Heritage Initiative. For more information\, please email: info@arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org.
URL:https://arlhist.org/event/dark-star-park-and-the-birth-of-arlingtons-public-art-program/
LOCATION:Reinsch Library Auditorium\, Marymount University\, 2807 North Glebe Road\, Arlington
CATEGORIES:VA250
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SUMMARY:Dedication of Five Stumbling Stones in Alcova
DESCRIPTION:The Arlington Historical Society and the Black Heritage Museum of Arlington invite you to the unveiling of “Stumbling Stones.” These bronze markers commemorate the lives of the enslaved people who helped build our county (and our country) and are placed in the sidewalk at the last known site of their enslavement. Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington’s research has revealed over 2750 enslaved people and identified 1050 by name. \nDedication Ceremony \nWe will honor five individuals once enslaved in the Alcova Heights neighborhood: John\, Margaret Brown\, and three people whose names are unknown. \nWe will be honoring them at Arlington Presbyterian Church; 918 S. Lincoln Street; Arlington\, VA 22204 \nMemorial Unveilings \nAfter the dedication ceremony\, t he memorials will be unveiled at South Lincoln and 9th Streets and at South Randolph and 8th Streets. \nTheir Story\nIn 1847\, William and Elizabeth Berryman bought 34 acres of land by Columbia Pike and South Glebe Road. To build and maintain their farmhouse and cultivate the fields\, the Berryman’s enslaved two young men and a woman\, all under the age of 25. They cultivated oats\, corn\, and grains and took care of their home and family. Financial troubles caused the Berryman’s to sell their tract in 1853. What became of their enslaved people is unknown. \nIn 1851\, John M. Young\, a Washington\, DC coachmaker\, purchased 108 acres of mostly unimproved land north or Columbia Pike and west of the Berryman farm. Young used enslaved laborers John\, Margaret Brown\, and at least 2 others whose names are unknown to plant and maintain his plentiful peach and apple orchards and cultivate his fields. \nJohn\, born around 1805\, was the subject of an 1855 Alexandria Gazette “runaway” advertisement. Young offered a $10 reward for John who fled his farm\, most probably to visit his wife\, enslaved in the District of Columbia. \nMargaret\, born before 1847\, was placed in a Washington jail for two days by Young while he attended to business in the city. Jail records show Young paid $1.68 for imprisoning Margaret. \nHelp us celebrate and honor John\, Margaret Brown\, and three individuals whose names are unknown and gain a greater understanding of Arlington’s complicated past. Brief remarks will be offered. \nMemorializing the Enslaved in Arlington seeks to shed light upon these early Americans who contributed so much to the economic\, social\, and cultural development of our county. \nFor more information\, please contact Jessica Kaplan from the Arlington Historical Society at ahsedlink@gmail.com.
URL:https://arlhist.org/event/dedication-of-five-stumbling-stones-in-alcova/
LOCATION:Arlington Presbyterian Church\, 918 S. Lincoln Street\, Arlington\, VA\, 22204\, United States
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SUMMARY:Glebe House Day
DESCRIPTION:The Northern Virginia Conservation Trust and the Arlington Historical Society are excited to announce the first-ever Glebe House Day\, where community members are welcome onto the grounds to learn about the second-oldest home in Arlington County!  \nThe Glebe House is a historic house with an octagon-shaped wing. The Northern Virginia Conservation Trust holds a conservation easement to help protect and preserve it. The name of the house comes from the property’s history as a glebe\, an area of land within an ecclesiastical parish used to support a parish priest. \nAHS Historians and NVCT staff will be on site to provide tours of the grounds that cover the property’s history and its conservation story. The home will not be open to the public.  \nNo registration required. We hope to see you there! This event is free and open to the public. Arlington Historical Society members will have an opportunity for a sneak preview at 9:30 am.
URL:https://arlhist.org/event/glebe-house-day/
LOCATION:4527 17th St.\, N.\, Arlington\, Virginia\, 4527 N. 17th St.\, Arlington\, VA\, United States
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