Category: Past Exhibits

Congratulations to all of the winners of the Off the Wall Annual High School Art Competition! Thank you to Lockheed Martin for generously sponsoring the exhibition. Following the closing of the exhibit at the Center for the Arts, the student art work will be traveling to Lockheed Martin (Manassas) for the month of February. A

14th Annual Off the Wall (December 15 – January 25, 2018) The highly anticipated Off the Wall competition returns for its 14th year! Local area high school students will showcase their artistic talents in a variety of media. The annual competition features student work from the following categories: Visual Art, Poetry, Wearable Art, and our

Our upcoming November exhibit features the work of 23 artists from The Botanical Art Society of the National Capital Region. The exhibit titled Nature’s Pharmacy: Plants that Heal features a variety of media emphasizing plants that have historic medicinal purposes.  Nature’s Pharmacy: Plants that Heal The Botanical Art Society of the National Capital RegionNovember 1

Our next exhibit is arriving just in time for the start of the school year – and appropriately so!Visual Magic, The Art of Four Picture Book Illustrators (September 13-October 26) features four illustrators who have contributed to children’s educational publications. Janet Stoeke, Susan Roth, Jennifer O’Connell and Carol Schwartz have spent their careers creating illustrations for children’s books and

Upcoming Exhibit:Once More, with Feeling: Woodcuts and Related Works by Max-Karl Winkler Exhibit Dates: July 26 – September 6Meet the Artist Reception: Saturday, July 29, 6-8 pm.Woodcut Carving & Print Demonstration: Friday, August 4, 6 pm. Max-Karl Winkler will be demonstrating the process of woodcut carving and how to transfer a woodcut into a print.  Max-Karl

Suhail MirNature CaptivatedJune 7-July 20 Our upcoming exhibit features Prince William County’s own Suhail Mir! Suhail Mir was named Prince William County’s Best Artist for 2014, 2015, and 2016, as well as Best Events Photographer for 2016. Captivated by the art of nature, Suhail Mir has created organic images in artistic, candid, and formal styles throughout the past 18

The Center for the Arts is pleased to present our next exhibit, Rahshia Sawyer: Within the im/balance. The exhibit will be on display May 3 – June 3, 2017. Rahshia Sawyer introduces an intriguing medium to the Caton Merchant Gallery. Her exhibit features underwater photographs printed on silk fabric. The artist creates an environment to be explored

Ignacio Alperin Bruvera will be on display March 8 – April 29! About the Artist: Ignacio Alperin Bruvera was born in Argentina, grew up in Australia, and lived and traveled throughout Europe, America and South East Asia. Ignacio was influenced at an early age by masters like Kandinsky, Picasso, Pollock, Van Koenig, and Rauschenberg. This

Our Off the Wall exhibition was transferred to Lockheed Martin after it went down in late January. The exhibit will be on display through the very end of February. The talented students (and teachers) were invited to a personal Lockheed Martin tour, and an additional Off the Wall reception at Lockheed Martin February 3rd. This