The Rubin Museum of Art opens Awaken: A Tibetan Buddhist Journey Toward Enlightenment
Installation view of Awaken: a Tibetan Buddhist Journey Toward Enlightenment, organized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, presented by the Rubin Museum of Art, March 12, 2021 January 3, 2022, Photo by David De Armas, Courtesy of the Rubin Museum of Art.
NEW YORK, NY
.-The Rubin Museum of Art invites visitors to unplug and discover the possibility to free their minds with Awaken: A Tibetan Buddhist Journey Toward Enlightenment, opening March 12. Organized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, this traveling exhibition guides visitors on a journey toward enlightenment, showcasing the power of Tibetan Buddhist art to focus and refine awareness, and highlighting the inextricable relationship between artistic endeavor and spiritual practice in Tibetan Buddhism. The exhibition has been re-imagined and adapted for the Rubin Museums galleries and features 35 traditional objects, includ
Ming Smith, the first female member of the Kamoinge Workshop, into dialogue with critic and musician
Greg Tate, one of the book’s contributors. Presenting four decades of Smith’s work, the publication celebrates her enduring vision and ongoing contributions to the medium of photography. The program is introduced by
Rujeko Hockley, assistant curator
Presented in collaboration with the Whitney Museum of American Art, this series of programs features conversations with artists from the Kamoinge Workshop included in the exhibition
Working Together: Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop currently on view at the Whitney. The talks explore the group’s genesis in Harlem in the 1960s, its role in the Black Arts movement, and the multidisciplinary interests and practices of its members, bringing together artists from the Kamoinge Workshop with scholars and critics of Black arts and culture.
Local acquisition brings Baltimore architecture firm to Richmond market
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KOP principals Ed Gillikin, left, and Don Guthrie will join Marshall Craft Associates’ leadership as principals and stockholders. (
Images courtesy of MCA)
Note: This story has been updated with input from MCA President Stephen Bates received after publication.
A local architecture firm has joined up with a larger peer, bringing a new name to Richmond’s design scene.
Chesterfield-based KOP Architects was acquired this month by Marshall Craft Associates, a 35-year-old firm headquartered in Baltimore.
The deal was signed Feb. 17 and took effect Feb. 28. Terms were not disclosed.
The combination brings MCA’s staff count to about 40, with KOP principals Ed Gillikin and Don Guthrie joining MCA’s leadership as principals and stockholders. KOP founder Hal Downing, who started the firm in 1992, continues to work part-time as part of the local office’s four-person team.