McLean Project for the Arts McLean Community Center 1234 Ingleside Ave, McLean Tues-Fri 10am-4pm and Sat 1pm-5pm (703) 790-1953 ● Fee: FREE www.mpaart.org
McLean Project for the Arts Summer Art Camp 2011
MPA will conduct MPA Summer Art Camp fun and creative week-long sessions of Summer Art Camp with great themes each week. Themes for the 6 - 8 year olds include Summer Sea Sensations, Magical, Mystical and Mythical Creatures and Me Myself and I. For the 8 -11 year olds, themes include 3-D Sculpture and Contraptions, Claymation Camp, and Drawing and Painting with Color. Art camps will be held at the McLean Community Center. Morning sessions are for children ages 6-8 and afternoon sessions are for children 8-11. Rising 3rd graders may choose morning or afternoon sessions. Weekly tuition is $165/$150 McLean district residents (tuition for Week 2 is $140/$125 McLean district residents). All materials are provided. For more information visit www.mpaart.org or www.mcleancenter.org
Family Art Workshop: City Collages
Saturday, May 7 10 - 11:30 am For ages 9 -12 What are some of the things you see as you walk down a city street? Create collages from photographs and from your own drawings that show city life vivatysons.com
from multiple points of view. Bring photos, pictures from the newspaper and computer imagery. Parents welcome but not required. Instructor: Sharon Fishel. 9-12 years. One lesson at 1.5 hrs, $5 workshop. Family Art Workshops will meet in the gallery for a short tour of the exhibition, then you and your child will create a one-of-a-kind piece of artwork to take home. For more information visit www. mcleancenter.org
May 21
MPA Booth and Art Activity
Look for the MPA booth and art activity at McLean Day.
April 14 – June 4
Emerson Gallery Parallels to Terminus: New Work by Fiona Ross
Intricate drawn images using line and pattern to depict landscape and self portraits that represent the experience of walking the labyrinth as a mythical journey of self discovery. A site- specific wall drawing may also be included.
Atrium Gallery Photographs by Bill Prosser
Finely composed landscape images by this McLean-based photographer.
Ramp Gallery Point of Origin:
New Work by Kristin Reiber Harris Large-scale kaleidoscopic drawings based on nature by this Virginia-based artist.
June 16 – July 30
Emerson and Atrium Galleries Strictly Painting 8
Reception June 16, 7pm–9pm The latest incarnation of MPA’s much anticipated Mid-Atlantic painting survey. The exhibit will feature artists working with or influenced by the medium of painting.
Ramp Gallery MPA/Corcoran Student Exhibition
Featuring works by students who have taken classes at MPA during the past year as part of our partnership with the Corcoran College of Art + Design.
“In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire” - Ralph Waldo Emerson exhibitions and educational programs for the upcoming year. Art lovers will enjoy a spring evening in the gardens at the home of John and Debbie Motley. Honored guest is Dr. Elisabeth Griffith, art collector and former head of the Madeira School. The Spring Benefit helps support MPA’s exhibitions, educational and ArtReach programs for the upcoming year. To receive an invitation, please e-mail Sandy Treanor at streanor@mpaart.org or call McLean Project for the Arts at (703) 790-1953.
CONTENTS ARTS & THEATRE
APPRECIATE. The Gallery The GFFFTA Gallery displays multidisciplined works by professional and emerging local and regional artists on a rotating basis; features works by students and teachers of the Great Falls School of Art; and may be reserved by members of the community to provide a unique setting for meetings, receptions and other private events. The Gallery is open to the public Saturdays from 12pm-4pm and by appointment. Contact Elaine Elinsky at elinsky@erols.com, or Jennifer Duncan at rjanduncan@ cox.net.
Vienna Arts Society 115 Pleasant St. NW, Vienna (703) 319-3971 ● Fee: FREE www.viennaartssociety.org
For information about the ongoing Figure Drawing Studios on Mondays, children's summer art camps, adult classes and the new "virtual workshops", contact VAS at (703) 319-3971; viennaartssociety.org; on Facebook and Twitter. Hours at both the Pleasant Street Vienna Art Center and the Village Green VAS Art Gallery are Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10am – 4pm. VAS continues a partnership with Caffé Amouri and will host a series of exhibits throughout the rest of the year.
May 3-28
"Spring Splendor!"
The Vienna Arts Society's annual judged members-only show will be held at the Vienna Art Center May 3 - 28. Awards Reception held May 7 at 6pm-8pm. Show hours are Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 4pm. View Juror Gwen Bragg's website at www.gwenbragg.com.
MPA Spring Benefit
May 12, from 7pm-9pm Ticket prices start at $225. The Spring Benefit helps support MPA’s
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