The City of Fairfax Commission on the Arts was created in 1979 to encourage, to promote and to provide opportunity for artistic expression within the City.
The City of Fairfax Commission on the Arts was created in 1979 by Mayor Fredrick Silverthorne and his Council to encourage, to promote and to provide opportunity for artistic expression within the City. The Commission is working to continue the enrichment of the community through funding, information, encouragement, exhibits, education, and co-ordination. Funding - grants to arts organizations in
The City of Fairfax Commission on the Arts was created in 1979 by Mayor Fredrick Silverthorne and his Council to encourage, to promote and to provide opportunity for artistic expression within the City. The Commission is working to continue the enrichment of the community through funding, information, encouragement, exhibits, education, and co-ordination. Funding - grants to arts organizations in
We want to see your most artistic snowman!
SHOW US YOUR SNOWMAN! Snow is covering Fairfax City and all of our wonderful parks... and more is on the way tonight!
We want to see your snowman, snow woman, or snow art! ⛄❄
Step 1: Build!
Step 2: Take a picture of your creation 📸
Step 3: Post your photo in the comments here and/or tag us on Facebook
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The Jan 7 Bonita Lestina Old Town Hall Performance Series Washington Sax Quartet Concert has been postponed to June 3
The City of Fairfax Commission on the Arts invites Fairfax City Residents in fourth grade and beyond to enter the second annual Language Arts 123 Competition!
For more information go to https://www.fairfaxva.gov/government/parks-recreation/cultural-arts/city-of-fairfax-commission-on-the-arts/competition-2022
The City of Fairfax Commission on the Arts invites Fairfax City Residents in fourth grade and beyond to enter the second annual Language Arts 123 Competition!
For more information go to https://www.fairfaxva.gov/government/parks-recreation/cultural-arts/city-of-fairfax-commission-on-the-arts/competition-2022
2021 was a pretty great year for Art in Fairfax City! What was your favorite memory?
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2021 was a pretty great year for Art in Fairfax City! What was your favorite memory?
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For our last Funday Monday of 2021, let's learn to finger paints some festive lights! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yApGA5aMLbU
Join Ms. K as she makes finger paint festive lights.
Having the best time with Kadencia at the Bonita Lestina Performance Series!
We love when new art comes to Fairfax.
It's going to be such a festive weekend in Fairfax this weekend! Can't wait!
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Cathedral Brass - Home for the Holidays
Check this out!! Enjoy a preview of our upcoming performers for the next "Flight" performance this Saturday at 4PM by Ashby Pond!
https://youtu.be/szzO-PygetM
Next Reflex Dance Collective presents Flight #3 Ashby Pond Conservatory Site Fairfax VANov 13 at 4pmFreePresenting work by Darryl Pilate/ Light Switch Dance ...
Happy Funday Monday! Enjoy this video from our friends at Fall For The Book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvwxt3kn-Sk
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Can't wait for this event tomorrow! 5pm Oct 30 at Historic Blenheim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hySYeJoPHXw
Next Reflex Dance Collective produces Flight at Historic Blenheim/Civil War Interpretive Center Oct 30 @ 5pm Crafts and CandyCostume parade for the KiddosDan...
TOMORROW! Don't miss the Bonita Lestina Old Town Hall Performance Series - Project Locrea this Friday! Remember to sign up ahead of time if you want to attend! http://apm.activecommunities.com/fairfaxcityrecdept/Activity_Search/14004
Celebrate the return of the City of Fairfax Band Association this Saturday 7:30pm at Fairfax High School!
Celebrate the return of the City of Fairfax Band Association this Saturday 7:30pm at Fairfax High School!
Fall For The Book festival is underway! Check out this years headliners, including Brit Bennett tonight!
Fall For The Book festival is underway! Check out this years headliners, including Brit Bennett tonight!
We are at Fall Festival next to Fall For The Book! Come say hi and hear about the great year we have planned.
We are at Fall Festival next to Fall For The Book! Come say hi and hear about the great year we have planned.
Got bottle caps? The Commission on the Arts is collecting plastic bottle caps to create a mural!
Starting this weekend at Fall Festival bring your bottle caps to the Commission's Booth! Then starting 10/11 you can drop your bottle caps off at Sherwood, Green Acres or City Hall.
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Got bottle caps? The Commission on the Arts is collecting plastic bottle caps to create a mural!
Starting this weekend at Fall Festival bring your bottle caps to the Commission's Booth! Then starting 10/11 you can drop your bottle caps off at Sherwood, Green Acres or City Hall.
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Next Reflex Dance Company live at Van Dyck Park
We had the best time with Good Gollie It's Mollie this morning playing bubbles!
Important news about tonight's performance of The Frenchman!
The Fairfax City Senior Center invites you to a FREE concert! Tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Old Town Hall. All are welcome!
The Fairfax City Senior Center invites you to a FREE concert! Tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Old Town Hall. All are welcome!
This weekend! City of Fairfax Theatre Company opens their Brief Shakespeare Festival!
You will not want to miss this!
This weekend! City of Fairfax Theatre Company opens their Brief Shakespeare Festival!
You will not want to miss this!
What a gorgeous evening for a concert! Don't miss City of Fairfax Band Association's Family Concert! Tonight 7:30pm at Veterans Amphitheater!
What a gorgeous evening for a concert! Don't miss City of Fairfax Band Association's Family Concert! Tonight 7:30pm at Veterans Amphitheater!
We don’t talk about the culinary art enough! If you like them, you HAVE to check out Frans
Prior to COVID-19 the Arts contributed $17.9 billion (with a B!) to Virginia's economy. That's 3.2% of the of the state's GDP. Nationally, the Arts provided $919.7 billion representing 4.3% of the national GDP. (That more than Construction!)
As of July of 2020, 51% of creative workers in Virginia became unemployed as a result of the pandemic.
The Commission is continuing to support local Arts group through the pandemic and beyond! With grants from the City of Fairfax, Virginia Commission on the Arts, and National Endowment for the Arts, we are gearing up for a great Fall! Learn more about the Commission on the Arts Grant program here. https://www.fairfaxva.gov/Home/Components/News/News/11296/18
Learn more about the economic impact the arts have in Virginia at ArtsActionFund.org/Virginia
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Congrats to the Winner of the Commission on the Arts Most Creative Float Nova Parks! #FFX4TH
Congrats to the Winner of the Commission on the Arts Most Creative Float Nova Parks! #FFX4TH
As we get closer to the 4th of July, I'm curious, what is your favorite Patriotic Song? Do you love a Sussa March? or do you like the more modern "God Bless the USA"? As you think on this, enjoy the City of Fairfax Band Association's Memorial Day Concert. They will be in the Parade on July 3!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKwi3c0QtOI
Join the City of Fairfax Band Association for a special Memorial Day performance.
We do declare that it is officially summer!
Last night we said thank you and goodbye to two of our members: Chair Patricia Hussey, and long time member Mary Lechter. We’d like to thank Pat for her leadership, enthusiasm, and management skills and for successfully guiding COA through this difficult covid year. Mary is very special to us as she has been on the Commission for several years, and in addition to being the GMU liaison, she was instrumental in coordinating and producing the COA annual awards ceremonies. Please join the COA to thank them both for their service and to wish them the very best with their new adventures. We’ll miss you both!
New Signal Box Wrap at the corner of Armstrong and 123.
Together—Kelly Snyder
“This Painting was created in the midst of the recent 2020 protests about Black Lives Matter. So much pain and so much suffering that needs to be addressed. To many lives lost and so many injustices ignored for way too long. I found this Microporous polyester film in the trash with a printed cave painting (upcycled art). I stretched the material on stretcher bars to paint on. I used this background, to create a piece that showed age with all hands of all colors represented. As humans beings we've tried to make connections through art forever. I am here! See me! I am important! I've made my mark! This piece is about the mark everyone makes on everyone's lives in all communities. City of Fairfax is a community that is looking for connection and unification through art. This piece would represent that connection that “All Lives Matter”. A Life is a Life, there is no difference what they look like. Public art is used as an avenue of sending a positive messages, about connection, about unification, and about change. This piece represents past and present human connection through art. Together we are united. “ - Kelly
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Happy Monday!! 😎 Please enjoy today's Funday Monday video, brought to us by the Main Street Child Development Center! 😄
Happy Monday!! 😎 Please enjoy today's Funday Monday video brought to us by Main Street Child Development Center! 😄
There is some new art in Old Town! Local Artist Deb Wright (And Commission on the Arts Member) installed "Keys" on Main Street. Read the artist statement below, and stop by and see it if you are in Old Town.
Keys (2017)
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Nancy Rebar was destined to do great things. She was the editor of her school newspaper, a yearbook staff writer, class secretary and salutatorian. She saved up from her jobs at Kresge’s 5 & 10 and summers cleaning hotel rooms in Jersey to relocate from rural Pennsylvania to Washington, D.C. She was so bright and driven that everyone back home just knew she’d be working for the President someday.
This never came to be. Mom started to experience difficulties a few years before I was born and her mental illness became progressively debilitating. Treatment options were limited at that time and the stigma was severe. No matter what she tried, Mom never fully recovered, and her struggles were only compounded by the shaming commentary of others.
When Mom was feeling good, I’d catch a glimpse of the woman I had heard so much about, peeking through. She’d don bright red lipstick, neatly tease her hair, and smile and laugh that amazing laugh of hers. She’d jot poetry down in the margins of Chinese food carryout menus and on the back of grocery lists. She’d be fully present and totally engaged. But these times wouldn’t last. My brother and I would come home from school to a house with all the curtains drawn shut and find Mom curled up in a ball on the couch, completely withdrawn from everything. We’d argue over whose turn it was to check to see if she was still breathing.
As I got older, and became defiant, I’d argue with Mom’s psychiatrists and criticize their ability to render care. One doctor in particular was incredibly patient and counseled, “Treating mental illness is a challenge. I feel as if we have a thousand keys, and we’re trying to figure out which one will fit the lock. We haven’t found the right key yet. We need to keep trying.”
Mom, I miss you dearly. When I look in the mirror, I see you looking back at me. When I write, I feel your hand move the pen. I miss your brilliant smile and that wonderful laugh. People say I sound just like you.
I’m sorry your time with us ran out before we were able to find the key that would release you from your suffering.
May your spirit now be free.
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Cathedral Brass Jazz Combo. How Great Thou Art
Great opportunity for Rising 8th Graders and above!
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Emily Dillard, FHS Class 2017, Fairfax Dance Acdemy Alumna, and a very recent SCAD grad in a early tap video.
Do you know the play referenced on this flower pot?
Every Friday meet one of your City of Fairfax Commission on the Arts members in their natural habitat. Today, Commissioner Deb Dillard recites May Day by Sara Teasdale.
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