Join guest curator Al Miner for a tour of Golden: Fifty Years of New Classics, an exhibition celebrating MoCA Arlington’s 50th anniversary. Enjoy one final opportunity to see the show on its closing day and learn more about the artists in the exhibition and the history of MoCA Arlington.

In Golden: Fifty Years of New Classics, artists who’ve exhibited at MoCA Arlington in each of the five decades of its existence display mostly never-before-exhibited works that represent a range of styles and address an array of pressing topics. The exhibition highlights MoCA Arlington’s legacy of presenting and supporting the work of artists who shaped the regional arts scene. It also foregrounds the organization’s broad influence by including new work by artists whose initial engagement with MoCA Arlington came at pivotal, early moments in their careers. They have since gone on to build influential and enduring artistic careers around the region and across the country, a testament to the organization’s history as a launchpad for new talent.

ABOUT THE CURATOR
Al Miner is an award-winning curator, educator, and museum administrator based in Washington, DC. Miner is currently Deputy Director for Museum Experience and Digital Media at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. He recently served as Founding Director & Chief Curator of Georgetown University’s art galleries where he was also Associate Professor of graduate museum studies. Miner previously served as a curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Smithsonian Institution’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. He has authored three books and organized dozens of exhibitions, which have been reviewed widely in publications including The New York Times. Miner has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, The American Alliance of Museums, and other organizations.