Prince William Arts Council - ArtNews Oct./Nov. 2021

arts news October/November 2021  Vol. 1

The Role of Arts and Artists

Workshop Series Page 5

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Selling Your Art, Selling More Art Page 5

Ballet, Cultivating the Next Audience

At the Table Conversations on the Art

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Space and Opportunity Page 7

Your support is invaluable in helping us to achieve our mission to champion, convene, and create opportunities for Prince William County’s artists and arts organizations.

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PWC Arts Council Is Where…

Art And Community Engagement Meet We catalyze new discussions and relationships. We help artists and community organizations do what they do best: enrich neighborhoods in ways that transform our County into more vibrant, beautiful and livable communities. Our work is to ensure that artists excel artistically while reaching into the community to develop new audiences for the arts, building program viability and growth, ultimately gaining larger corporate interest for Prince William County.

As an overseer, Prince William County Arts Council, not only work to empower artists, arts organizations and talents toward more opportunity and career development in a powerful and efficient way; We realize that community development is key to putting your best foot forward as a county on the move that delight in new ideas and creativity. PWC Arts Council was not developed to be a “social network” but rather a creative-centric organization engine that empowers creative people and their communities to understand and work with one another for growth and achievement. A large part of our work involves centralizing arts organizations, artists and their artistic processes as vehicles for community vitality. These are all things that lead artists to more creative opportunity, community to improvements, new ideas, and better fellowship.

Special Effects Makeup Workshop!

Join in the fun of Special Effects Makeup visit us online to sign up at: PWCParks.org or scan this QR code.

Classes are filling up fast so don’t wait!

Call: (703) 792-8782

Are You A Member? You Should Be! Join Us! Prince William County Arts Council is a membership driven organization and your membership is like a personal donation which supports our work, while giving access to resources; we make available for members.

We cordially invite you to join our efforts in ensuring that the arts reach the entire County. We consider our members champions of the arts and would love to add your name to the growing list of those supporting our mission to champion, convene, and create opportunities for artists, nonprofit arts organizations, students, and our residents.

Members receive a quarterly e-newsletter highlighting community arts event, invitations to various arts programs and workshops as well as discounts. Workshops and exhibits and access to an online portal packed with information and advertising opportunities will be at your figure tips Please join today! Membership is for one year, but the creativity and opportunities you help bring in the arts will last a lifetime.

Please call for business membership opportunities.

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Prince William County Arts Council www.pwcartscouncil.org #LetsCreatePWCAC Arts Council Exec. Board Susan Landess

Chair

Brenda Johnson

Chair At-Large

Peter Alten

Treasurer

Susan Bardenhagen Secretary Jim Gallagher

VC Nominations

John Wooten

VC Marketing

Kelly Haneklau

VC Programs

Board of County Supervisor Appointees Ronnie Crigger

Coles District

Wanda Smith

Neabsco District

Catrina Stroman Potomac District Jay Torres

Woodbridge District

Kelly Haneklau

Brentsville

Open Gainesville Open

Occoquan District

Join PWC Arts Council today pwcartscouncil.org/members/join Herb A. Williams Arts Recreation Specialist Prince William County Arts Council 14730 N. Birchdale Ave Dale City, VA 22193 PH. (703) 792-8782 Topics in our newsletter are always based on what is trending in the Art World and will feature various voices and views that doesn’t necessarily reflect that of Prince William County or the Arts Council. We are always open to suggestions and various views where the arts a concerned.

The Prince William Arts Council is a division of Prince William County Department of Parks Recreation and Tourism (DPRT). © writers, artists and PWC Arts Council Artists Information 2021

Welcome From Our Board Chair Thank you for joining the Prince William County Arts Council. With a long history of educating and advocating for the arts, we are delighted to add your voice to the chorus for a strong Arts focus in our County and the surrounding region. As the County continues to grow and diversify, it is especially important that we share the many arts traditions of all our cultures. The Council is a way for us artists to learn about each other and find synergy in what we do. As a creative outlook is acknowledged as positive force not only for mental health, but in so many professions today, we want to be a resource you can turn to again and again whether you just want to “Get Your Art On” or need education in a particular topic or just want the energy of being in a room full of creative folks!

ARTS ALIVE! 2021 From all over Prince William County, artists and artisans came together to share their talents and offer their wears. This was an afternoon of great excitement and the sharing of love for the arts. If you missed it, here are a few highlights. If you were there send us an email and tell us what you enjoyed and how we can improve for the coming year.

Thank you to all who help make it a success. Your hard work a dedication was truly appreciated.

We invite you to join our monthly meetings and use our website, FaceBook page and other forums to share your arts related news. I look forward to meeting you face-to-face in the near future whether digitally or in person. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me, our or wonderful Arts Liaison, Herb Williams, if you have any questions or would like help making connections in the Arts Community.

Susan Landess Chair FY22, Prince William County Arts Council Sales & Community Relations Manager, Hylton Performing

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Events & Happenings Let’s Talk Selling Art Thursday, October. 14th 6:00PM  Virtual Event Patrick Shanahan with Art Storefront brings his years of success in helping artists market and sell their art in a direct and clear-cut way. Their organization has equipped many artists with everything they need to start, run, and grow a successful art business.

Art Exhibit at McCoart Building Prince William Art Society (PWAS) will be installing art work in the lobby of the McCoart building that will be rotating on a bi-weekly basis. Keep your eyes and ears open for the first installation.

Show Your Art There are opportunities for displaying your art in many of the libraries around Prince William County. Visit them online at: www.pwcva.gov/department/library/displayyour-art to get more information. Ongoing Opportunity available.

Special Effects Makeup Come learn exactly how cuts, bruises and all sorts of Special Effects are done for Movies and Television. A fun and realistic time with a theatrical makeup. Interested in this event visit Prince William County Parks, Recreation& Tourism online to sign up www.pwcparks.org. Class Fee Involved.

Creative Abstract Art Take home a creative piece of art from your own doing.

Abstract art takes on a whole new vision and meaning in this exciting class. For more information visit Prince William County Parks, Recreation& Tourism online to sign up www.pwcparks.org. Class Fee Involved.

PRINCE WILLIAM ART SOCIETY

NEW HOURS!

The Clearbrook Center for the Arts Gallery will now be open every Saturday & Sunday 1:00 PM—4:00 PM Prince William Art Society 22308 Tackett’s Mill Drv.

Fall Art Show Oct. 2 Tall Oaks Community Center Lake Ridge, VA 22192

ArtFactory Exhibit May 2022 9419 Battle Street, Manassas

www.PWCArtsCouncil.org

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Attention Please!!

As many of our member organizations move into their

season of exciting performances, events, workshops and other programs here are a few things to keep in mind as we work diligently to create advertisement opportunities that help boost attendance and participations to many of your happenings throughout the year.

Our plan is to move into providing more video advertisement and sit down conversations to help PROMOTE, PROmote, Promote you in every way. The Arts Council is here to help boost the awareness of art and culture in Prince William County and we want to offer unique ways to ensure that you are doing your part as a member to reach as much of the county as possible.

Here is what we need from you to make this all work.  Friend us on all social media platforms  Participate in 2 of the 4 annual Arts Council Promotional events  Only Submit completed Fliers for social media posting  All Videos submitted must include Arts Council Logo  Be available for a camera interview during the membership year  Website submissions must be received 5 weeks in advance  Full season submissions to the website all at once  Full season to social media sites gets only one posting, postings can then be submitted individually four to two weeks prior to date  If you would like to create an “Event Post” for the purpose of gaining interest, please let us know one month prior  All Website calendar posts should be sent directly to John Wooten at: j.wooten90@gmail.com they must be in word document form please send pictures as attachments.  Finally, all contact should go through Herb Williams for county issues or requests. Never directly to county members either by email or other means.  Artists and Art Organizations should submit creative special classes or workshop offerings to general public whenever possible

Performance Location: Gregory Family Theater Hylton Performing Arts Center Manassas Email: info@pwlt.org or call: (571)208-2560 for information and full calendar of productions

What is the role of art and the artist?

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am re-examining my own relationship to art, as the art worlds have been formed through a particular socio-political and historic framework, that I feel they are now really struggling to unlearn.

Starting with the realization that in so much of my professional career ( as I take this moment to consider all I have done) I have been the stand alone person of color in many works that I have been a part of. This can be contributed to many reasons dependent upon who you ask. In my younger years the simple opportunity to be on stage doing what I love; disregarding many factors as to my being there, I over the years of realizing the role of art and the artist would have had a very different stance in my acceptance in many of my past works with many arts organizations.

Now here we are.

The idea that an arts organization can decolonize itself by merely adding more artists of color to its programming is not decolonization. Decolonization is not a metaphor! Decolonization is not diversification! Over past few years I have seen many initiatives attempting to address the problem of “diversity” with very little acknowledgment of what created the “problem” in the first place and how the arts – or our understandings and instituting of what we understand as the arts, especially the “visual” arts – are deeply rooted in the creation of this “problem”. It’s as if the art worlds cannot see their relationship to the histories that brought us to this present. The forgetting of the oppressive systems in which our understanding of what we understand as “art” have been formed: the quests for knowledge and beauty; enlightened connoisseurship, and the pillaging and looting of many of the items from colonized places. I have not forgotten that I was taught “The World of Art” and it had very little representation of me or anyone like me! And although modernism, post-modernism and alter-modernism would hold on to the idea that we have somehow “progressed”, I hear the very present cry for us to get back to “normal”.

There are people who have never

had the privilege of any kind of “normality”. I remember that the safety of the “normal” was built on the backs of the many who have never experienced “normality” and have at one time or another been perceived as outside of the “normal”, hence the need for “normality” to promote a “diversity” agenda. So when the shops, restaurants, theatres, galleries and so on cannot open and everyone is working at home, confined to their homes where they have no choice but to see the images and horror of all that created the comfort and illusion of “normality”. Every newly visible death (because there are many invisible ones, physical, mental and soul deaths), every new diversity (decolonizing) initiative, brings me to a deeply exasperated exhaustion, followed by a deep and unending feeling of grief. Thank Goodness that Langston Hughes has given us direction in how to respond to the anger that racism feeds in the “POETRY” that is not a “LUXURY” but the very life force that enables people of color to continue to dream ourselves into being! He did it “Not Without Laughter.” It goes without saying that equity or even the idea thereof, won’t be achieved by a new biennial, another emerging artist of color survey, or a record auction sale by a Black artist.

Yet these tropes are forever repeating and I have no doubt that there is much planning for much of the same behind the scenes at this very moment as arts organizations imagine what they might do in the future to address the systemic inequalities made visible in the global enforced confinement that the COVID-19 and its Delta Variant has found us in.

Because of this continued repetition, I cannot give a simple answer to the role of art or the artist, because those things that were supposed to change have not changed and the repetition continues, while many pine for a real revolution but don’t know how to start one and if they did, they wouldn’t want to be on the front lines of that revolution.

As a multidiscipline artist one might gain an inkling as to my desire to expand the scope of disciplines

and explore outreach much more creatively than most organizations have or even desire to. It is the duty as an arts organization to ensure that creativity of every culture is given opportunity and space to present and perform so that creativity in us all is increased.

I will end with words I have often shared with students; words I have often shared in workshops and in talks; words that resonate in my ears when I think about what I am doing with my work. And finally words that came to me when a little black girl was attacked for playing the role of ANNIE. These words are: We owe each other the indeterminate. We owe each other everything. This is where we might think about how we work together, working from this position to think about the role of art, arts institutions and artists and what our roles are, need to be and could be in the future.

Herb A. Williams is the Arts Specialist for Prince William County Arts Council and has worked in the field of arts leadership and education for many years as an advocate and administrator. His work in performance art as both artist, choreographer and director spans three continents.

A special thank you to friends and colleagues in the industry for their contributions to this first edition of the Prince William County Arts Council Newsletter. Your help is greatly appreciated. artnews 6

Speaking of Opportunity for a Space!

In today’s climate many theatre makers have already begun making good use of their outdoor theater spaces like never before. Outside performances have been scheduled well into the fall months with theater production companies taking into consideration the hesitations their audiences may have about indoor performances spaces at this time. Prince William County has a gem of a space that with a bit of work; some stage lighting, audio equipment, curtains and few other added extras, could be a great event space for Theatre in the Park, Comedy on the Green, small concerts, and a host of other creative productions and show.

Space and Opportunity Project: Open Space Arts

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cross the County shops have closed and many bought for regeneration sit empty while recession shy developers and would be business people wait for the right time. For me, these empty spaces became opportunity and still very much of use. They are perfect places for short, temporary projects that embrace the meanwhile– the time between the last commercial activity and whatever comes next.

Empty spaces have always been seen by me as places to provide for celebrating the locally distinct, culturally diverse, creatively rich nature of the locals. Extended opportunities for classes in theatre, music, dance, culinary, and gallery spaces are only a few ideas that come to mind. I would love to have some of our members join me on a hunt for these vacant places and offer ideas and plans to give space and place to local artists while exposing and opening opportunity to the Arts for youth and underserved communities. If you are interested in being a part of this project let’s begin the conversation and take to the road together to discover the possibilities.  Planning a Project  Writing a plan  Finding Funding  Planning the space  Marketing  Running and managing the project A guide on this project will be provided to all participants.

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Now is a great time to start thinking about your Spring and Summer shows for 2022 at Locust Shade Amphitheater.

We would love to host a variety of free shows, but some paid events can be booked in this space as well.

There is strength in numbers, so creative collaborations between several organization members and artists would be awesome to see. If you have ideas or suggestions don’t hesitate to share them. We’re all in this together and together we can make great art happen. Reach out to your fellow members with ideas of working together to make beautiful art.

Arts Committees & Meetings ■ Prince William County Arts Council Board Meeting 2nd Tuesdays of Each Month, at 6:00pm ■ PWC Arts Membership Meeting 2nd Tuesday of Each Month at 6:30pm ■ Program/Special Events Committee Meetings will be based on events scheduling ■ Appointee District Advisory Council 1st Thursday of Each Month at 6:00pm ■ Marketing Committee Meeting Twice monthly TBD

Chorus Marketing and Brand Reevaluation With such arts organizations as choruses and bands/orchestras there is often the issues of seeming stagnant and not really growing when it comes to marketing and Branding. I would urge take a look at where you are and the number of years you have been in existence. Is it time to decided on a brand revitalization?

Why change?

It’s pretty simple actually: How have you changed over the course of 5 years, 10 years or however long you’ve been in existence? Has your team grown? Has your product evolved? If change has happened then it should be apparent that your mission needs a bit of tweaking to match who you have become. To the contrary, if nothing has changed then therein lies your issues of growth, new membership, and development.

Growth in most art forms has to take place in order that you meet the new demands and expectations of the audiences that you now serve and (if you plan to be around), eventually with the right marketing, the one you will serve.

Now is as good a time as any for revisiting who you are, who you wanted to be, and your company values.

It is time to revamp your brand, mission, vision, and/or core values if you plan to stay in the game.

You need to make a name for your group, and developing a brand is essential for every chorus, chorale, and choir that has plans to move forward in their art form. How you develop will reflect your organizations recruitment of singers, audience expansion and impact .

Look for a detailed presentation on the Arts Council website in December.

“When you step into an intersection of fields, disciplines, or cultures, you can combine existing concepts into a large number of extraordinary new ideas.”

F. Johansson

Clearbrook Center of the Arts Clearbrook Center of the Arts developed from the idea of providing a space for independent artists to thrive who had access to limited resources. Based in Lake Ridge, Virginia, The 5,000 square foot space, originally an adventure outfitter, has Undergone various transformations since its opening in 2016. Not unlike many of the artists who Clearbrook is committed to serving, Clearbrook faces some limitations since it is a nonprofit organization dependent on donations and sweat equity. This limitation has necessitated a DIY approach to program development.

Clearbrook has expanded its outreach to creatives of all expressions and skill levels, with the idea of providing resources to underserved creatives so they can bring their visions to fruition while also educating the Prince William community about various art forms (traditional and unorthodox). During the height of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the need for a space like Clearbrook became apparent. Due to the spacious nature of the center, creatives were able

to safely operate expansive events with limited attendance. Notably, Clearbrook hosted the 2020 Prince William Poet Laureate ceremony and currently hosts the Prince William Arts Society (its artist organization in-residence featuring a weekly showcase), Greener Pastor Studios, TEMA Choir (the only Ghanaian choir in the United States), and most recently the Virginia Free Music System (a collective of Virginia based musicians).

Although Clearbrook is entering its fourth year of operation, the relatively young organization is still in its early stage of development. Sections of the building are still under construction, and while the mission of the space remains the same, the manner in which Clearbrook can best serve the creative community in Prince William County is ever changing. If you are a creative who is interested in hosting a workshop or performing at Clearbrook, we would love to hear from you! Please email: clearbrookcenterofthearts@gmail.com —John Wooten

Why Add Applied Arts?

Through adding applied arts to the Arts Council our aim is to nurture collaborations and foster relationships between all arts disciplines and talents. Through this strategy we desire to highlight all creative beings of Prince William County, allowing space that can provide a unique opportunity to celebrate and strengthen the longstanding relationships between the various art forms and artists.

Creating pathways to support local talent has to be a part of the big picture when it comes to covering the arts.

Now, more than ever, there is a need to join forces in creativity offering opportunity and recognition to all . While strengthening the organization it also increases the diversity of the talent pool, exposes artists to more opportunity through building creative relationships and provides community impact.

The Prince William Arts Council now has 3 local fashion designers as members.

This is our opportunity to be a beacon by leading the way in the arts through expanding our scope and vision of what the arts should encompass. Let’s not limit ourselves or creative possibilities by norms.

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The Role of Art and Artists

Cultural Connectors

Today Art and the role of the artist is no longer solely a solitary pursuit. Today it plays a far greater role in bringing voices together and communicating collectively. Being an artist today is as much about listening to, and reflecting with, your audience as it is about making work. Being able to communicate with people directly and recognizing the importance of being accessible are key to creating more meaningful interactions. We find more and more that the degrees of separation between ourselves and our audience are stripped back. People are in search of richer and deeper connections to art and artists through tangible engagement both in public and commercial arenas in all disciplines. This directness redefines the role of the artist as educator, collaborator and creator, and as a result, art becomes the expression of the artist and society as a whole.

Prince William County, Manassas, & Manassas County Public Schools

What are your hopes for the future as artists?

As an artist you play a critical role in communicating new ways of seeing, thinking and engaging with our natural resources and the environment. Looking toward the future we hope that art is recognized as having an integral part to play in the building of better relationships between society, people and our planet. By moving away from excessive consumption and re-engaging with questions around materiality in practice, we can look to the tactile knowledge of the past to develop new ways of creating for the future.

Out of this, we hope more diverse and sustainable cultures of art practice will thrive, and in turn impact the collective understanding of value within the arts as a whole.

Lennie Watts, is current president of the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and a writer and performer of the arts. He has been Correspondent for Broadway Radio and reviewer and commentator on NYC Hi! DRAMA TV.

Publicly judged art competitions?

We want to hear your thoughts on the subject.

Email us at: pwcartscouncil@pwcgov.org Let your voice be heard.

We want to ensure that every school and educational facility in the County is kept informed about the news and exciting opportunities that the next eighteen months will bring. To support this information sharing we are looking for Cultural Connectors! Cultural Connectors will be members of staff from each and every school in. They will receive communications from Prince William County Arts Council consisting of events, plans and discoveries in the arts to share information with colleagues so that students and teachers can be involved with everything the Arts Council has to offer.

Register as your schools Cultural Connector today.

To discuss more about Cultural Connectors, or to let us know about the brilliant activities and projects taking place within your school that we can assist in please contact Herb Williams via email: hwilliams@pwcgov.org.

Creative Marketing Managing Branding Arts organizations must be creative in their approach to gain new audiences and more support. I am here to help with new ideas and strategies for your growth. Herb (703) 792-8782

The Nutcracker Hylton Performing Arts Center Friday Nov. 12-26, 2021 2:00 PM and 6:30 PM 3 World Premieres The Beatles, Tango Nights, and For those we lost.

Hylton Performing Arts Center Saturday Feb. 12, 2022, 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM. Snow White Hylton Performing Arts Center Sat. Mar. 26, 2022 2:00 PM and 6:30 PM

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Live shows!

Time The Truth October 2nd Edall October 3rd Tickets are on sale now for these and other great performances.

Call: 703-753-5005 or visit us online at: virginianationalballet.org for more information.

Silent Horror Film Scoring October 23rd

Clearbrook Center for the Arts Workshops

In the heart of the beautiful Tacketts Mill sits a gem of a multi-discipline arts organization with great programs and workshops.

K Squared Art and Poetry October 16th Vauxflores Guitar Pedal Workshop October 3rd

Dancing in the Wings–Ballet, Cultivating the Next Audience Ballet, Cultivating the Next Audience

Much like Classical Music, Ballet is looked upon as often times foreign, elitist or boring to the younger generation.

With the need to create new audiences and dancers, a shift in many of the past engagement strategies could be key in gaining new ground in both talent and audiences.

They may not have much familiarity with ballet, but young people do have preconceived notions about what ballet performances are like. So there is no surprise when teens and young adults generally view the ballet as primarily for people unlike them.

Just long,...boring, with no possibility for the social interaction they look for when going out. They assumed the art form would involve only classical music and require formal dress, and that the audience would be mostly older people.

Accordingly, they think they would “feel out of place” or, as one student said, it would be “like sitting with someone else’s parents”— far from the comfortable experience that young people covet and nothing like the sense of belonging, relevance, and inclusivity that the arts in general should work to create.

Developing new and more creative cultural infrastructure has long been part of the urban regeneration toolkit. This development must be supported by a process of audience development and knowledge brokers.

In our current audiences for ballet … in large part we have dancers, dancers-in-training, and people who once studied dance. Look at the audience at any dance event. There is The arts remain in a region as long as opportunities exist that allow for artists to practice and expand their own horizons.

In the Company of Laureates October 9th & 10th, 2021 Northern VA Community College Sat. 9:30-1:00PM Sun. 12:30-4:00PM Readings by State, Regional & Local Poets For more details visit pwcartscouncil.org NOV-2645 College Drv., Woodbridge Campus

Poet Laureate of Prince William County (2020-2022)

Kim B. Miller has had a busy year, but she’s still making waves.

Here are a few of her up-coming and ongoing events you don’t want to miss.

Writing Prompt Every First Sunday Join her on her Instagram page for a fun writing prompts Kids and Family Presentation Manassas Park City Library -Performance, Open Mic and Poetry writing class.

Saturday, November 13th and November 20th Facilitator, Motivational Speaker, Spoken Word Poet find out more online at: www.kimbmiller.com

no equal sample of theatre or concert goers which display such erect carriage, such self-conscious placement of feet and legs, such well maintained bodies than that of the Ballet audience.

To appreciate complexities of ballet an audience must be developed to understand the art form; ballet, like opera, is a partially exclusive rather than inclusive activity. There for the development in any one location is dependent on the creation of consumers who have acquired the necessary information and knowledge to understand and appreciate the activity. Such knowledge-intensive forms of consumption, however, are not just about the consumption of culture but are also heavily implicated in the construction of a particular societal cohort that uses art and theatre spaces as places for display as well as for networking opportunities.

In coming months we will explore avenues that should be viewed as viable options for increasing audiences and growing our new leaders.

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Kiyon Gaines-Ross Color and Light is the Director of Operations for Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle Washington, and a Graduate of Baltimore School for the Arts and a former Professional Division Dancer of Northwest Ballet School.

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Art on the Table (Roundtable Discussion Series) Roundtable discussions will be an exercise in social cohesion for building a more expanded and stronger arts community through education, outreach and artists development. The panels will feature practitioners who, in their work, engage strongly with local communities and diverse arts interests. We will address issues around the importance of art in bridging gaps between different groups of people, creating access for those without it, and fostering a space for care and support for each other in the varied disciplines of art that we support. In each roundtable, virtual or in-person, we will exchange valuable insights and best practice in an intimate and engaging environment allowing for growth of arts organizations, arts leaders, artists and the communities that we serve. For a schedule and discussion information check the arts council website, or to suggest a topic please send your request via email to: pwcartscouncil@pwcgov.org with “Art on the Table,” in the subject heading.

A community enriched through the creative arts

9419 Battle Street, Manassas, VA 20110 Theatre, Dance, Art, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math), and so much more to see, do and enjoy at this one of a kind facility that hosts full theatrical performances, with an art gallery showing works of both local artists and artists around the globe.

Each summer, the ARTfactory offers up to five free outdoor concerts highlighting a variety of musical styles at the Harris Pavilion. Truly a “Factory of Art,” and a must visit if you are in Old Town Manassas.

Visit them online to see their upcoming workshops, programs, and performances at: www.virginiaartfactory.org Upcoming Art Exhibits, Performances, Classes & Workshops: October 2nd “Art Show”, Tall Oaks Community Center, Lake Ridge

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October 12th “Paint and Sip”, Jirani’s Coffeehouse, Old Town, Manassas 6:30pm, tickets at: www.eventbrite. com For Art Classes and Lessons at Minor Miracles Studio, Bristow visit online at: www.MinorMiraclesStudios

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2021-2022 SEASON

Performances, Programs, and Events

Dracula Oct 15, 2021 7:30pm Oct 16, 2021 7:30pm Oct 17, 2021 3:00pm

Carly Harvey’s Kiss & Ride Sunday, Oct. 3 at 4 p.m.

Hylton on the Hill

Gaite Parisienne & More!

Mar 11, 2022 7:30pm Mar 12, 2022 7:30pm Mar 13, 2022 3:00pm The Nutcracker December 16 –23 Visit website at: manassasballet.org for more information #LetsCreatePWCAC

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Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel Classics Declassified Sunday, Oct. 10 at 2 p.m.

Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra Swingin’ with the Met Saturday, Oct. 30 at 8 p.m.

The War and Treaty A Concert Celebrating Veterans and the Arts Sunday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m.

Chanticleer A Chanticleer Christmas Sunday, Nov. 28 at 4 p.m.

Jane Lynch’s A Swingin’ Little Christmas Featuring Kate Flannery, Tim Davis, and the Tony Guerrero Quintet Sunday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m.

With a host of programs and events, the Hylton has something for everyone. Visit them online for pricing and more information on the above events and the other exciting offerings coming soon, at: https://hylton.calendar.gmu.edu or Call: (703) 993-7550

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