The ArtsFairfax Awards announces Peggy Fox as the luncheon emcee and Jean Sausele-Knodt as the 2023 Awards Artist and will include performances by artists from Workhouse Arts Center and Inova Artists in Residence.
ArtsFairfax Announces Awards Artist, Emcee & Performances

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ArtsFairfax Announces Artist Team Selected for a Fairfax County COVID-19 Memorial
The Fairfax County Arts Committee has selected Miriam Gusevich and Salvatore Pirrone to design a permanent memorial to the County’s victims of COVID-19.
ArtsFairfax Awards Over $590,000 to  Fairfax Arts & Culture Organizations  Â
FY24 Operating Support Grants awards 50 nonprofits in Fairfax County, the City of Fairfax, and the City of Falls Church.   
ArtsFairfax Unveils Public Art LocatorÂ
Discover the new web application to identify, map, and crowd source public art in Fairfax County.
One Month Left to Apply for ArtsFairfax Ticket Subsidy Grant
Apply for a grant to support free and reduced-price ticket programs and benefit from free Fairfax Connector bus transportation services for subsidized ticketholders.Â
ArtsFairfax Announces the 2023 ArtsFairfax Awards Honorees
The fundraising event will honor Workhouse Arts Center with the Jinx Hazel Award, Lola Reinsch with the Philanthropy Award, Inova Schar Cancer Institute with the Impact Award, and The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at George Mason University with the Education Award.
ArtsFairfax Grants Recognize Local Efforts in Arts Accessibility and Pandemic ResilienceÂ
A total of $250,000 was allocated by the County for grants distribution to the arts sector in response to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which ArtsFairfax awards as Pandemic Recovery Grants, Arts Access Project Support Grants and Ticket Subsidy Grants.
Fairfax Poet Laureate Danielle Badra’s “Poetry in the Parks”
In close partnership with ArtsFairfax and Fairfax County Park Authority, the Fairfax Poet Laureate launches free public readings and workshops in County Parks this Spring.
ArtsFairfax Expands 2022-2023 Artist Residency ProgramÂ
ArtsFairfax Expands 2022-2023 Artist Residency Program  Nonprofit Brings Free Arts Learning Experiences to Five Locations throughout Fairfax County  Fairfax, Virginia (November 15, 2022) – ArtsFairfax is expanding the Artist Residency Program to new locations throughout Fairfax County. Thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the ArtsFairfax Artist Residency Program...
Meet Danielle Badra, Fairfax Poet Laureate 2022-2024
ArtsFairfax Announces  2022-24 Fairfax Poet Laureate   Danielle Badra     Fairfax, VA (November 7, 2022) – ArtsFairfax invites the community to celebrate Danielle Badra as the 2022-2024 Fairfax Poet Laureate. Representing Fairfax County and serving as a poetry ambassador, Ms. Badra accepts the County’s esteemed honor and plans to extend her love of poetry through literary...