<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/issues/2021-spring/art-achievement.html" dsn="news"><item_date>04/02/2021 12:00:00 AM</item_date><category_header/><title>Art Achievement</title><subheader/><description>Alicia Eggert's light sculpture 'This Present Moment' has been acquired by the Smithsonian.</description><author/><photographer> </photographer><image><img src="" width="900" height="676" alt="" title="The light sculpture “This Present Moment”"/></image><taxonomy-story-type>Campus News</taxonomy-story-type><taxonomy-cultural-story-category/><taxonomy-news-sections/><taxonomy-college-department>College of Visual Arts and Design, Department of Studio Art</taxonomy-college-department><taxonomy-tags/><type>story</type><categories/><relationships/><main-content>
    
    
  
    
      
      
        The light sculpture “This Present Moment”      
    
    The light sculpture "This Present Moment" -- created by Alicia Eggert, an associate professor and coordinator for the sculpture program in the UNT College of Visual Arts and Design — has been acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C. The acquisition by the Smithsonian marks a career first for Eggert. "This Present Moment" will debut at the Renwick Gallery as part of the museum's 50th anniversary exhibition in 2022.
  

    
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