“Partnering with the Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Riggs Ward created the exhibition ‘Magna Carta and Four Foundations of Freedom’ to honor Magna Carta's profound impact on American society,” said co-creative director Brent Ward and co-designer Katie Painter. “Original documents relating to the Declaration of Independence, United States Constitution, Virginia Declaration of Rights and Emancipation Proclamation were also displayed to highlight relationships to tenets originally presented in Magna Carta. To emphasize Magna Carta as the exhibition's focal point, the document was placed in the center of the gallery space. A specially designed, highly secure case continues to protect and display the document, which is traveling around the United States between return trips home to Lincoln Cathedral. The exhibition's narrative connected Magna Carta to the other featured documents and to movements in American history. The document's conical housing contained strategically placed windows that reiterated these relationships by providing visually powerful vistas into each era while visitors stood over Magna Carta's encasement. Large, colorful, fluid arches, text and graphics mimicked the narrative threads, social movements and cycles of thought that have emanated from Magna Carta. Interactive touch-screens and audio-visual presentations tastefully incorporated technology into the exhibition and encouraged exploration, while lighting design echoed the respectful significance of the historic documents.”