Arts & Entertainment

Explore Art In Embassies at IPAR Event

Movie night will showcase artworks commissioned by US State Department.

The Initiative for Public Art Reston (IPAR) and the Reston Community Center are teaming up for an evening of art around the world through a look at works commissioned by the US State Department at Embassies around the world.

Camille Benton, a curator of the Art in Embassies (AIE) program, will introduce a series of videos and talk about the AIE program at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Reston Community Center Hunters Woods.

Among the videos will be one detailing an installation by Maryland artist Margaret Boozer, From This Distance: Djibouti, commissioned by AIE for the U.S. Embassy in the Republic of Djibouti in the Horn of Africa. The artist also will be there to discuss the process, challenges, and installation of her work.

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AIE is Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. It o]is a public-private partnership that engages more than 20,000 participants globally, including artists, museums, galleries, universities, and private collectors. It encompasses more than 200 venues in 189 countries.  

Benton, with AIE since 1999, has created more than 200 exhibitions for display in U.S. embassy residences throughout the world, most on subjects in American and contemporary art. More recently, she was involved in AIE’s Capital Projects Division, for which she curates permanent collections for new U.S. embassies and consulates.  

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For more information on the public art film program, call 703-467-9797 or visit www.publicartreston.org.


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