Linda Sullivan, President & CEO of ARTSFAIRFAX, has been named Honorary Chair of the 2018 33rd Annual Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts Festival (Festival) in appreciation of her leadership of in the arts throughout the Fairfax region. Since 1985, the spring arts Festival – a collaborative effort between the City of Fairfax and George Mason...
Fairfax County, VA – The Arts Council of Fairfax County has selected an Annandale-based artist team, surcreative LLC, for a public art engagement project at Seven Corners. The second in a series of projects for the Imagine Art Here initiative, this project will elicit a vision for the role of the arts in the community...
Fairfax County, VA – Dewberry, Todd Hitt, Daniel Sheehy, and the Washington West Film Festival will be presented with the Jinx Hazel Arts Award, Arts Philanthropy Award, Arts Achievement Award, and Emerging Arts Award respectively at the Arts Council of Fairfax County’s 2017 Arts Awards on Friday, October 20, 2017 from noon to 2pm. Each...
Fairfax County, VA – The Arts Council of Fairfax County has awarded $379,104 in Operating Support Grants to 39 nonprofit arts organizations, $86,904 in Project Support Grants to 15 nonprofit arts organizations, and $9,936 in Organizational and Professional Development Grants to five nonprofit arts organizations in Fairfax County for FY 2018. These grants support activities...
Fairfax County, VA – The Arts Council of Fairfax County has placed three Fairfax artists at middle schools in Fairfax County as a part of the Artist Residency Program. The artists are connecting visual art and theatre with language arts, social studies, technology, music and physical education study areas to offer students engaging, unique and...
The Arts Council of Fairfax County will recognize Dominion Resources, Inc. (Dominion) at the fifth annual Arts Awards on October 14, 2016 with the prestigious Jinx Hazel Arts Award. Dominion will be honored for its tremendous support and long-term investment in the artistic and cultural life and vitality of rural and urban communities in Fairfax...
