Kellee Santiago is president and co-founder of thatgamecompany, which released Journey last week. Its previous game, Flower, is a featured, playable game at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s new exhibit The Art of Video Games, which opened this weekend.
This weekend, the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC opened the long-awaited exhibit The Art of Video Games. Walking into the museum, one immediately feels the whispered air that says: this is the home of Serious Art.
The biggest game here in Washington, DC is usually the game of politics. But this weekend, the city will be hopping with something much more fun.
The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s “The Art of Video Games” exhibition opens next month. Which is exciting!
The fed’rul gummint may shut down in the next two days, but voting on which games will be featured in 2012′s “The Art of Video Games” won’t. It’s been extended another 10 days to April 17. Winners still will be announced May 7. The show will open March 16, 2012 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington.