Meyers is an Arlington native who has exhibited her artwork from D.C. to Los Angeles. Next week, the Arlington County Courthouse Plaza will unveil her first permanent public artwork — five glass etchings for partition walls in the plaza’s public conference rooms. The dedication, which will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, is open to the public. Can you tell me about your background in art?
Well, I don’t know exactly how to tell you how I got into art in general, because I feel like I’ve always been doing it. But in this area, I’ve done a pretty large project at the Phillips Collection a couple years ago. I had a solo exhibition at the Katzen Museum about a year-and-a-half ago, and my most recent project before the piece in Arlington was a large site-specific work at the Hammer Museum in L.A.
Tell me about the courthouse pieces.
They’re five works and each one is specific to the architectural area it’s made for. They’re all drawings, images on etched glass — non-representational line drawings based on geometric structures. They started out as scale drawings and then were enlarged and transferred to the etched glass. It’s my first permanent piece.
What style of art do you typically work in? Where do you find inspiration?
I primarily work in ink on mylar. In terms of inspiration, there’s no way to say that in a short form — you can say that.
As an artist, what’s the Arlington arts scene like for you? Do you like working here?
I haven’t actually exhibited in Northern Virginia before. My first exhibit in Washington was in the ’90s. But the area’s really supportive of local and international artists.
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