BEGIN:VCALENDAR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DESCRIPTION:Join the City of Alexandria's Office of the Arts and artist Ne kisha Durrett for the opening celebration of "Break Water" the 7th instal lation in the Site See: New Views in Old Town annual public art series fo r the opening of Break Water on Saturday\, March 22 from 1 to 4 p.m. at W aterfront Park (1 Prince Street) with artist remarks at 1:30 p.m.\n\n"Bre ak Water" draws inspiration from Alexandria's waterfront being a place wh ere natural forces and human activity intersect\, often with profound con sequences. DC-based artist Nekisha Durrett employs the visual language of mass media to bring forward histories that places\, objects\, and words embody\, but are not often celebrated. Through deep research and material investigation\, she finds historical traces in the present that are fill ed with stories easily overlooked. \n\nTo learn more about this and other public art projects\, visit www.alexandriava.gov/publicart METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//github.com/rianjs/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN SUMMARY:Opening Reception: Break Water by Nekisha Durrett on Mar 22\, 2025 VERSION:2.0 X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H X-WR-CALDESC:Opening Reception: Break Water by Nekisha Durrett on Mar 22\, 2025 X-WR-CALNAME:Opening Reception: Break Water by Nekisha Durrett on Mar 22\, 2025 X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Eastern BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts CATEGORIES:Public Art & Memorials CATEGORIES:Waterfront DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend ar/Detail.aspx?si=58844\n\nJoin the City of Alexandria's Office of the Ar ts and artist Nekisha Durrett for the opening celebration of "Break Water " the 7th installation in the Site See: New Views in Old Town annual publ ic art series for the opening of Break Water on Saturday\, March 22 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Waterfront Park (1 Prince Street) with artist remarks at 1 :30 p.m.\n\n"Break Water" draws inspiration from Alexandria's waterfront being a place where natural forces and human activity intersect\, often w ith profound consequences. DC-based artist Nekisha Durrett employs the vi sual language of mass media to bring forward histories that places\, obje cts\, and words embody\, but are not often celebrated. Through deep resea rch and material investigation\, she finds historical traces in the prese nt that are filled with stories easily overlooked. \n\nTo learn more abou t this and other public art projects\, visit www.alexandriava.gov/publica rt\n\nLocation: Waterfront Park\, 1 Prince St.\nContact Person: Diane Rug giero\nContact Phone: 703.746.5590\nContact Email: diane.ruggiero@alexand riava.gov\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Arts\, Public Art & Memoria ls\, Waterfront\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alex andriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=58844 DTEND:20250322T200000Z DTSTAMP:20250320T132206Z DTSTART:20250322T170000Z GEO:38.803380;-77.039641 LOCATION:Waterfront Park\, 1 Prince St. SEQUENCE:4 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Opening Reception: Break Water by Nekisha Durrett TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:bfd65fea-c128-41a1-8861-93b4950ff783 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandri ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=58844
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Join the City of A lexandria?s Office of the Arts and artist Nekisha Durrett for the opening celebration of "\;Break Water"\; the 7th installation in the Sit e See: New Views in Old Town annual public art series for the opening of Break Water on Saturday\, March 22 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Waterfront Park (1 Prince Street) with artist remarks at 1:30 p.m.\n
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"\;Br eak Water"\; draws inspiration from Alexandria?s waterfront being a p lace where natural forces and human activity intersect\, often with profo und consequences. DC-based artist Nekisha Durrett employs the visual lang uage of mass media to bring forward histories that places\, objects\, and words embody\, but are not often celebrated. Through deep research and m aterial investigation\, she finds historical traces in the present that a re filled with stories easily overlooked. \n
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To learn more a bout this and other public art projects\, visit www.alexandriava.gov/publ icart\n
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Location: Waterfront Park\, 1 Prince St.\n
Cont act Person: Diane Ruggiero\n
Contact Phone: 703.746.5590\n
Cont act Email: diane.ruggiero@alexandriava.gov\n
Audience: Anyone may at tend\n
Tags: Arts\, Public Art &\; Memorials\, Waterfront\n
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