Fantastic Journeys at MPA
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EXHIBITION DATES
June 17 – July 31, 2010
CASH AWARDS of $1,500
SUBMISSION DEADLINE
April 12, 2010, 5 pm

JUROR
BEATRICE GRALTON is the Evelyn S. Nef Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. At the Corcoran, she has organized A Love of Europe: Highlights from the William A. Clark Collection, January 30 – April 25, 2010 and Turner to Cezanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales, January 30 – April 25, 2010. Prior to her role at the Corcoran she managed the Cultural Program at the Embassy of Australia,Washington D.C. Beatrice worked at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra as Associate Curator of Australian Painting & Sculpture, and Exhibitions Coordinator of Australian Art and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art. At the National Gallery of Australia she coordinated and assisted the development of over 35 exhibitions including Ocean to Outback: Australian Landscape Painting 1850–1950, and The National Sculpture Prize and Exhibition 2005, 2003, 2001. Beatrice has a BA (Honors 1) from the Australian National University, Canberra

17th Annual artReston Juried Exhibition
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Dates:  June 7th – July 6th  , 2010

Locations:  JoAnn Rose Gallery
Lake Anne Reston Community Center
1609-A Washington Plaza
Reston, VA 20190

Judge: Daniel Wise
Mr. Wise, a native of Colorado, makes his home in the Washington, D.C. metro area. He is a fine artist and teacher who paints many subjects including the figure and portraits but his muse is the landscape. His paintings have been exhibited nationally, received many awards, and are found in private, corporate, and public collections. Wise is a charter member of the Washington Society of Landscape Painters and a signature member of both the Pastel Society of America and Maryland Pastel Society.

The Founder’s April Exhibition (A juried exhibition)
http://www.leagueofrestonartists.org
Dates:  April 1st – April 30th , 2010

Location:  JoAnn Rose Gallery
Lake Anne Reston Community Center
1609-A Washington Plaza
 Reston, VA 20190

Judge:  Patricia MacIntyre
Ms. MacIntyre, founder of LRA and benefactor for this exhibit. MacIntyre is a graduate of Corcoran School of Art.  She is the owner of Reston Art Gallery and Studios (RAGS) in addition to being a board member of the Council for the Arts of Herndon ; Cultural Arts Center Foundation; and  chair of Art in Public Places program.  She is also teacher at Reston Children’s Center and Reston Museum.  Pat is CFO of MEDA Inc., a family business that manufactures magnetometers for geophysicists and space.

Below you will find a letter from Virginians for the Arts. As we move into the final week of budget sessions,  it is important that your legislators hears back from you that arts are important.

By Kali Schumitz; Fairfax County Times; Thursday, March 4, 2010

The Annandale-based American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras has been grooming promising young musicians from Northern Virginia since 1964.

But one line item in the state budget could wipe out about 18 percent of the nonprofit organization's budget, forcing it to pull back some of its services. The music education group brought in about $600,000 in 2008, according to its most recent tax filing.