Updated: 11:49 AM EDT May 13, 2021
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. Local residents and tourists will have a chance to visit an art museum in Virginia Beach if they weren t able to before, since it will be open longer.
The Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art announced on Thursday, May 13 that it will be extending its hours of operation to 8 p.m. for two days. This will take place on May 27 and June 3.
“We are looking forward to it,” said Virginia MOCA Director & CEO, Gary Ryan. “If it goes well, we are looking at continuing the extended hours for the summer exhibitions.”
This expansion is happening as part of the museum s pilot program, with an effort to allow people more access to be able to visit.
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Get ready for faux fur, glitter, and taxidermy: Kelly Boehmer’s “Embedded” is the next Boxed In/Break Out project at the Jepson Center.
For the uninitiated, Boxed In/Break Out is a yearly showcase of local talent organized by Telfair Museums’ Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Erin Dunn, with work chosen by a guest curator from out of town. It occupies a series of box windows along the Bernard Street façade of the Jepson Center, and routinely features cutting edge work by some of the areas most exciting young artists.
Dunn was first exposed to Boehmer’s work in late 2019 when she applied for a previous iteration of the project.
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(detail) Alma Thomas, “Alma’s Flower Garden,” circa 1968 (oil on canvas). Greenville County Museum of Art
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Pandemic-induced impacts on museums, many temporarily closed for months to over one year, have caused widespread staff lay-offs and furloughing as revenue shrunk. Museums directors estimated that their institutions would be losing the equivalent of 35% of their annual operating income in 2020, according to an October survey by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM). Museum deaccessions have since been ticking up with the spring sales in New York offering up several prime examples by historic American artists from Childe Hassam to Georgia O Keeffe.
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