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Immersive Art Experience by Graduating Senior Annmarie Dinan Hansen

This site-specific immersive exhibition allows guests to explore their theism, agnosticism, or atheism in community while engaging all five senses at different exhibits. It is set in an amazing historical building on the campus of Virginia Theological Seminary. Guests can expect to experience sitting in total darkness in one exhibit, look inside of themselves in another, and ponder death in another. Visit my site for a peek at some of the materials you can expect to see!

https://annmariedinanhanse.wixsite.com/infinitesanctum

Location: Bicentennial Hall 3614 Bishop Walker Circle, Alexandria VA 22304

View VTS-Campus-Map-Bicentennial Hall  for Parking and location. Enter from Quaker Lane, park on Aspinwall Drive.

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From the artist: “I wish to create a body of work, which is an immersive experience, that begs the question, “How can one create a sacred experience for secular people?” I want this project to be a Gesamkunstwerk, or “A total work of art” not just a matter of combining several techniques or disciplines. Even though I will be presenting an idea while using several different mediums, the result should be one cohesive experience. With the support of the school, is  an art installation, to be viewed at Virginia Theological Seminary in April 2023, where viewers can look deeper within themselves as they interact physically and emotionally with my work.”  

Bio of the Artist

Annmarie Dinan Hansen is a Washington, DC- born educator, artist, small business owner, and community organizer whose restless mind has lead them all over the US, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, as well as down several career paths. Annmarie spent ten years in the tourism industry, at a few grassroots nonprofits before starting her Masters of Divinity in 2020, where they wish to combine visual arts and storytelling to promote interfaith and cross cultural understanding. As agnostic believer, and unashamed “part-time atheist”, Annmarie is the first non-Christian Master of Divinity student in the Virginia Theological Seminary, founded in 1823. Living, studying and working in an Episcopalian Christian environment for three years was in some ways a radical departure from Annmarie’s pre-pandemic life in Washington, DC, where she lived in and helped run a Punk House (2014-2018) and then an Art Collective and venue space for performing and visual arts (2019-2020). However, it was the experiences and conversations about human spirituality in these places, along with academic work that inspired “Infinite Sanctum”, to promote a sense of cross-cultural understanding in a world increasingly divided into believers vs non believers.

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Bio of the Artist!

Annmarie Dinan Hansen is a Washington, DC- born educator, artist, small business owner, and community organizer whose restless mind has lead them all over the US, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, as well as down several career paths. Annmarie spent ten years in the tourism industry, at a few grassroots nonprofits before starting her Masters of Divinity in 2020, where they wish to combine visual arts and storytelling to promote interfaith and cross cultural understanding. As agnostic believer, and unashamed “part-time atheist”, Annmarie is the first non-Christian Master of Divinity student in the Virginia Theological Seminary, founded in 1823. Living, studying and working in an Episcopalian Christian environment for three years was in some ways a radical departure from Annmarie’s pre-pandemic life in Washington, DC, where she lived in and helped run a Punk House (2014-2018) and then an Art Collective and venue space for performing and visual arts (2019-2020). However, it was the experiences and conversations about human spirituality in these places, along with academic work that inspired “Infinite Sanctum”, to promote a sense of cross-cultural understanding in a world increasingly divided into believers vs non believers.

Location: Bicentennial Hall 3614 Bishop Walker Circle, Alexandria VA 22304

View VTS-Campus-Map-Bicentennial Hall  for Parking and location. Enter from Quaker Lane, park on Aspinwall Drive.