OPENING RECEPTION FOR NOW OR NEVER BY ALICIA EGGERT
Saturday, March 21, 2026 FROM 1-4PM
Everyone is invited to join us and award-winning artist Alicia Eggert for the opening celebration of "Now or Never" at Waterfront Park (1 Prince Street) with artist remarks at 1:30 p.m.
About the Project
Site See: New Views in Old Town is an annual series of temporary public art that brings residents and visitors to Waterfront Park in Alexandria, Virginia to interact with contemporary art in a historic location. Now or Never by Alicia Eggert is the eighth installation in the Site See: New Views in Old Town Annual public art series commissioned by the City of Alexandria’s Public Art Program.
Eggert’s artwork features two monumental sculptures that echo the visual language of signs and billboards. They stand face to face across a narrow passageway, one declaring NOW and the other replying NEVER.
The phrase “now or never” resonates on multiple levels. Collectively, it speaks to global challenges in which hesitation means opportunity lost. Individually, it reminds us that every moment is a turning point, an opportunity to choose one’s future and to live deliberately from this moment forward.
By inviting people to move physically between the structures, the artwork underscores the possibility of finding common ground, even in polarized circumstances.
Now or Never will be on display from March 21st through November 2026 at Waterfront Park.
About Alicia Eggert
Alicia Eggert (American, b. 1981) is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice gives material form to language and time across a variety of mediums. Eggert has exhibited at notable institutions including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, CAFA Art Museum in Beijing, Triennale Design Museum in Milan, Everson Museum of Art, and Telfair Museums. Recent solo exhibitions include UrbanGlass (Brooklyn, NY), Galeria Fernando Santos (Porto, Portugal), and Art Museum of Southeast Texas (Beaumont, TX).
Her work is held in collections including the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery; Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at University of California, Davis; New Holland Island (St. Petersburg, Russia); Light Art Collection; and significant private collections.
The artist has received a TED Fellowship, Long Now Foundation Fellowship, Hopper Prize, S&R Foundation Washington Award, Harpo Foundation Direct Artist Grant, Nasher Sculpture Center Artist Microgrant, and Maine Arts Commission Artist Fellowship.
Eggert is an Associate Professor of Studio Art at the University of North Texas.