Art Classes for Adults: Spring and Summer 2016
New! Botanical Illustration Session 2 Some drawing experience is necessary. Hone in on your drawing skills as you work with shading, perspective, 3-dimensionality to draw botanic subjects. Render...
View ArticleCalling MPA Art Students: MPA ClassWorks Exhibition
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for the MPA ClassWorks Exhibition: Art Produced by Participants in the MPA Studio Education Program Adult Classes To be held in the McLean Project for the Arts’ Ramp Gallery...
View ArticleKehinde Wiley: Impressions of an Artist by Karen Getty of the Virginia Museum...
MPA’s special lecture about Kehinde Wiley’s exhibition “A New Republic” took place on Tuesday, July 19th, and featured guest speaker Karen Getty of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) in Richmond,...
View ArticleMPA Receives Dominion ArtStars Grant to Support Arts Education
The McLean Project for the Arts (MPA) recently received a Shining Star ArtStars Award of $10,000 from the Dominion Foundation. The award recognized MPA’s ArtReach program, which offers underserved...
View ArticleCall for Entries: Strictly Painting 11
DEADLINE: April 14, 2017 (midnight). Online submissions accepted via Submittable Exhibition: Strictly Painting 11, June 15 through August 12, 2017 at MPA@ChainBridge Presented by McLean Project for the...
View ArticleCall for Entries: MPAartfest 2017
DEADLINE: June 30, 2017 (EXTENDED!) Exhibition: MPAartfest 2017, a one-day juried fine art and craft show and sale featuring the work of more than 50 local and regional visual artists. Location: McLean...
View Article“Strictly Painting 11” Opens June 15, Continuing Decades-Long Tradition
McLean Project for the Arts will open its eleventh iteration of Strictly Painting on June 15, 2017 at its new location, MPA@ChainBridge (1446 Chain Bridge Road, McLean). A juried biennial exhibition...
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Call for Submissions: “MPA Classworks Exhibition”
Call for Submissions for the MPA Classworks Exhibition: Art Produced by Participants in the MPA Studio Education Program. MPA’s Classworks Exhibition will be held August 10 through October 30, 2017...
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MPA Receives NEA Grant to Support Upcoming Exhibition
Grethe Whittrock McLean Project for the Arts (MPA) has been awarded a $10,000 Arts Engagement in American Communities grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support its upcoming...
View ArticleMPA to Feature Site-Specific Dance Performance, Panel Discussion
Presented in complement to its current exhibition, Nature as Prototype, McLean Project for the Arts (MPA) will offer a one-time, site-specific dance performance and panel discussion on December 19,...
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MPA Announces “Methods of Inquiry” Exhibition Opening
Leslie Holt, Depression Stain, Acrylic & Embroidery McLean Project for the Arts (MPA) will open Methods of Inquiry: Fields of Discovery on January 11, 2018 at MPA@ChainBridge. This curated...
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Call for Entries: “Too Much of Too Much”
MPA seeks works by artists who explore the idea of overstimulation, excessiveness and bombardment, be it through too much information, activity, expectation, or by any other means. DEADLINE: April 13,...
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Call for Submissions: MPAartfest 2018
DEADLINE: June 8, 2018 Exhibition: MPAartfest 2018, a one-day juried fine art and craft show and sale featuring the work of more than 35 local and regional visual artists. Location: McLean Central Park...
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Call for Submissions: MPAartfest 2019
DEADLINE: September 21, 2019 Exhibition: MPAartfest 2018, a one-day juried fine art and craft show and sale featuring the work of more than 35 local and regional visual artists. Location: McLean...
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MPA Spring Benefit 2020: Meet Our Co-Chairs
Mark your calendar for this year’s MPA Spring Benefit on May 7th, co-chaired by Heidi Narang and Priscilla Stanzel. Our Spring Benefit raises critical funds supporting MPA’s contemporary art...
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Call for Submissions: MPAartfest 2020
DEADLINE: June 15, 2020 Exhibition: MPAartfest 2020 on Sunday, October 4, 2020 from 10:00am – 4:00pm. MPAartfest is a one-day juried fine art and craft show and sale featuring the work of more than 35...
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