This Show Is Everything You Need for a Year of Meaningful Community Activism | At the Smithsonian

Janelle Harris Dixon

Museums Correspondent 

There’s a tendency, in the world of arts and culture, to urge people to watch a production or a film or a program with big gusts of immediacy. The hope is that the beautiful thing that’s been created won’t get lost in competition for an intended audience’s attention. Most often, that tactic works—FOMO, if not the actual love and appreciation of experiential learning, is a hell of a ticket-seller. But that’s not how the Anacostia Community Museum in southeast Washington, D.C. has approached “The Utopia Project,” an immersive exhibition that helps visitors…