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A Visionary Spirit for Invention

A Visionary Spirit for Invention

Nov. 23, 2020 - Fall 2023
Residence of the EU Ambassador to the US

Image Gallery

About the Exhibition

While this exhibition is not open to the public, please stay tuned for virtual tours.

"A Visionary Spirit for Invention” is a bespoke art exhibition selected from works within the permanent collection of The American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) and assembled out of a great shared respect and affection between the State of Maryland and the EU, bolstered from a tour of AVAM by all twenty-seven EU Ambassadors to the US, that occurred in December 2019.

Hosted at the EU Embassy Residence in Washington, D.C. at the invitation of Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis and his wife, Phoebe Kapouano, “A Visionary Spirit for Invention” is an art exhibition dedicated to illuminating the role that resourceful, self-reliant, and resilient visionaries have played throughout humanityʼs upward evolution and in underscoring that same spirited vision embedded in the founding heart of the American experiment.

our generous sponsors

The exhibition is supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council (msac.org)

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