WHRO MEDIA- August 20, 2024
A look into how the forthcoming facility came to be, and how a “shiny and new” art museum helps both Virginia MOCA and VWU.
“It became clear years ago that the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art had outgrown its longtime Oceanfront home, said interim director Alison Byrne.
Officials from Virginia MOCA and Virginia Wesleyan University broke ground Monday on a new facility tailor-made to the museum’s growing ambitions.
Byrne said the new building, which will become part of an arts hub at the liberal arts university, “will serve as one of the region’s largest art classrooms and creative hubs for K-12, university students and lifelong learners.”
Those who have led the charge say they hope the new facility will help locals view both the museum and the university — a pair of relatively young institutions that have grown beyond humble beginnings and onto the international stage — in a new light.”
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