Mac Cosgrove-Davies, Arlington Fire Company 106 (detail), 2025, Tintype, 6 x 8 in.

Opening Reception: Essential Arlington

Saturday / December 6 / 4pm - 6pm

Celebrate the opening of Essential Arlington, a solo exhibition of work by Arlington-based photographer Mac Cosgrove-Davies. In Essential Arlington, Cosgrove-Davies captures portraits of people whose labor, care, and expertise keep the community of Arlington running. They support the infrastructure and services that allow everyone who lives, works, or just visits Arlington to go about their daily lives.

The project highlights workers at county departments such as Environmental Services, Fire, Police, and Recreation, as well as private sector workers providing core services such as food supply, medicine, and funeral services. This selection of workers is meant to be representative of the broad range of essential workers employed in the county. With this project Cosgrove-Davies seeks to honor “those whose jobs are essential for what makes Arlington tick, but who are rarely given credit for their contribution.”

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Mac Cosgrove-Davies: Essential Arlington
December 6, 2025 – March 1, 2026
Jenkins Community Gallery, Lower Level

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Emily Fussner: Some Shining Coil of Wind

Through January 24, 2027

Some Shining Coil of Wind is a new site-specific installation by Resident Artist Emily Fussner that continues her long-standing exploration of place, resilience, and the ephemeral.

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MoCA on the Move at Met Park

Sundays 10am-12pm

MoCA Arlington at Met Park
Fun for the whole family! No Experience Required offers playful art making activities for children (and their curious adults) every Sunday morning. There will be collaborative, community-built art works, and opportunities to “make and take” works, too.

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