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City of Alexandria, VA
Arts in Alexandria
Office of the Arts The Office of The Arts promotes the value of arts and culture in the City of Alexandria by nurturing, investing in and celebrating the creative contributions of artists and arts organizations. Through engaging the community, encouraging participation, and facilitating access to the arts, the Office strives to build a vibrant community for all of the City’s residents, workers and visitors. Alisa J. Carrel, Director Alexandria Commission for the Arts The role of the Arts Commission is to provide leadership in the development of a vibrant and sustainable arts community that engages audiences, and to encourage support and appreciation for the arts as a cornerstone of Alexandria’s identity and cultural, social, and economic vitality. To accomplish this mission, the Arts Commission administers City grant funds and arts programs; advises City Council on policy, funding and development needs for the arts; collaborates with partners on initiatives that further the development of, and participation in, the arts; and generally advocates for the arts. The Arts Commission is composed of 16 citizen volunteers appointed to a three-year term by the Mayor and City Council. Meetings are held at 7 pm on the third Tuesday of the month at the Dr. Oswald Durant Memorial Center at 1605 Cameron Street, Alexandria, VA. All meetings are open to the public.
Pat Miller, Chair Arts Commissioners | Panelists | Committee Members | 2009-2010 Commission Meeting ScheduleFor additional information on the Alexandria Commission for the Arts, please visit AlexandriaCommissionForTheArts.org or call 703.746.5588. Grants Program | Calls for Artists | Training | Internships | Jobs | Volunteer Grants ProgramEach year, the Alexandria Commission for the Arts advises City Council on the allocation of City funds designated for the arts. Approximately $200,000 in funding is available to assist local artists and arts organizations. This year's grants deadline is Friday, November 20, 2009. For online application information, please visit AlexandriaCommissionForTheArts.org.
Training - Coming SoonInternship ProgramThe Office of the Arts and the Alexandria Commission for the Arts seek applicants for the internship program which provides arts management training for high school, undergraduate and graduate students. Interns assist with advancing the Office of the Arts and Commission’s short and long-term organizational goals. Each intern will have the opportunity to develop a plan reflecting specific learning objectives relating to the intern's academic program. A flexible schedule (preferred hours from 8 am - 5 pm Monday-Friday) can be developed. Ten to thirty hours per week for two or three months is requested. Internships are available in the following three areas:
For further information, call or write Cheryl Anne Colton, Cultural Arts Administrator, Alexandria Commission for the Arts at: Internship Program, Office of the Arts/Alexandria Commission for the Arts, Dr. Oswald Durant Memorial Center, 1605 Cameron St., Alexandria, VA 22314, 703.746.5588 (office), 703.838.6344 (fax), or by email at aca@alexandriava.gov. Jobs - Coming SoonVolunteerThe Alexandria Commission for the Arts seeks volunteers with expertise in dance, literature, music, theatre, visual arts, arts education, arts administration, business, marketing, and fund raising to serve on its Committees and Resource Panels. Events & ProgramsArts Calendar | Alex Awards | Film Festival | Festival of the Arts | Art Chats | Poet Laureate
Arts CalendarThe Office of the Arts is a member of CultureCapital.com, a regional arts calendar operated by the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington. Most Alexandria arts organizations post their calendar of events on this CultureCapital.com. Alex Arts AwardsFriday, October 23, 2009 The Alexandria Commission for the Arts is pleased to announce that Marga Fripp and Ilona Savage have been selected to receive the 2009 Alex Arts Awards. The honorees will receive their awards on Friday, October 23 at the “Taste for Giving” event at the Torpedo Factory Art Center, 105 N. Union Street. The Alex Arts Awards, created by the Arts Committee of the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce in 1985, honors individuals who have significantly contributed to the arts in the City of Alexandria. The honorees will receive an original work of ceramic art by Blair Meerfeld, as well as a brass star designed by David Martin of Gold Works. Tickets, $75 per person, are available for purchase at the door or online at www.AlexandriaRotary.org. Past Alex Award Recipients - Coming Soon
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Mary McElveen was appointed the City’s Poet Laureate in 2007. Her role has been to promote an appreciation of poetry, to encourage creative writing and reading, and to promote literacy through poetry. She has appeared in Alexandria and Northern Virginia at school events, libraries, arts programs and citywide activities.
As Alexandria’s Poet Laureate, Mary McElveen has written several poems:
City of Songs, March 2007
Wind from the River, Freedmen’s Cemetery Re-Dedication, May 2007
One American High School, T.C. Williams High School New Facility Dedication, October 2007
Half Turn, 2007 Alex Awards, November 2007
Birthday Cake, Alexandria Birthday Celebration, July 2008
Makers of Rainbows, 2008 Alex Awards, October 2008
Building, Charles Houston Recreation Center Dedication, February, 2009
Women of Alexandria, Alexandria Commission on Women Salute to Women Awards, March 2009
Old Town Bricks, March 2009
- Charles Houston Memorial Public Art Project
Freedmen and Contrabands Cemetery - coming soon
The Alexandria Police Memorial will be an integral part of the new Alexandria Police Department Headquarters scheduled to open in the fall of 2011 on Wheeler Ave. The City of Alexandria is conducting a competition to select an artist and design. The Memorial is intended to recognize the service of Alexandria police officers to their community. The artwork will focus on the honor, integrity and sacrifice of Alexandria’s fallen officers and will convey a message of appreciation and remembrance rather than loss and sorrow. A Selection Panel representing a cross-section of Police groups and artists/ design professionals has been formed to guide the public art process. The Alexandria Police Foundation is assisting in the effort to raise private funds to construct the Memorial. To contribute to the Alexandria Police Memorial, please send your check in any amount to:
Alexandria Police Foundation - Police Memorial
c/o Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Co.
Attention: C.K. Collum, Jr., Treasurer
P.O. Box 268
Alexandria, VA 22313
Checks should be made payable to the Alexandria Police FoundationConcepts:
Art on the Waterfront
This concept was developed by a subcommittee of the Alexandria Commission for the Arts' Public Art Committee and presented at the City's Waterfront Plan community meeting on April 23, 2009. To request a presentation to your organization, please e-mail aca@alexandriava.gov.
Art in City Hall is a collaborative program between the Alexandria Commission for the Arts and The Art League with participation by the Del Ray Artisans and the Torpedo Factory Art Center.
City Hall, 301 King St.
Monday through Friday, 8 am-5 pm
The following City Hall Exhibitions by appointment only, 703.746.5588.
Charles E. Beatley, Jr. Central Library, 5005 Duke St.
Lee Center, 1108 Jefferson St
Dr. Oswald Durant Memorial Center, 1605 Cameron St.
For additional information about the City Galleries program, or if you are a visual artist and want to exhibit your work, call the Commission for the Arts at 703.746.5588 or email aca@alexandriava.gov.
The following sites offer exhibit and/or performance space, for more information follow the links below.
Alexandria Black History Museum
Athenaeum
The Birchmere
Bishop Ireton's Whaley Auditorium
Carlyle House
Dr. Oswald Durant Memorial Center
Episcopal High School Auditorium - Ainslie Arts Center
Fort Ward Amphitheatre
Gadsby’s Tavern
George Washington Memorial Masonic Temple
The Lab at Convergence
Landmark Mall
Lee Center Kauffman Auditorium
Lee-Fendall House
Lloyd Museum
Lyceum
Market Square
Nicholas Colasanto Center (managed by the Del Ray Artisans)
Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center
St. Elmo's Coffee Pub
Torpedo Factory Art Center
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Many houses of worship also offer performance space.
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Alexandria Commission for the Arts Seeks Public Art Committee Members (released October 22, 2009)
2009 Alex Arts Awards Announced (released October 21, 2009)
Third Annual City of Alexandria Film Festival Features Local and International Artists (released September 19, 2009)
Call for Artists Announced for Alexandria Police Memorial (Released September 3, 2009)
Grant Workshops Scheduled for On-Line Grant Applications for Fiscal Year 2009-2010 (released September 1, 2009)
Alexandria Commission for the Arts Seeks Nominations for the 2009 Alex Arts Awards (released August 31, 2009)
Call for Artists Announced for Charles Hamilton Houston Memorial (released August 18, 2009)
City to Hold Community Meeting on Alexandria Police Memorial on July 28 (released July 17, 2009)
Juneteenth Film and Music Celebration: “Come Walk in My Shoes” Film and Gospel Choir Concert (released June 1, 2009)
“Tea and Talk” Sharing Alexandria’s Civil Rights History (released June 1, 2009)
Torpedo Factory Art Center’s Target Gallery Special Event (released May 21, 2009)
Alexandria Commission for the Arts Seeks Public Comment on a Mural to Be Hung in the Future Alexandria Soft Playroom (released May 8, 2009)
April 30 Is Poem-in-Your-Pocket Day (released April 23, 2009)
Alexandria Film Festival Seeks Entries (released April 23, 2009)
2008 Holiday Concert Schedule Announced for Historic Old Town Alexandria (released November 21, 2008)
Alexandria Commission for the Arts Seeks Applicants To Serve on Arts Resource Panels (released November 10, 2008)
Alexandria Commission for the Arts Announces Call for Special Opportunity Award Applications (released November 3, 2008)
Alexandria Commission for the Arts Announces 2008 Alex Awards Recipients (released October 17, 2008)
Commission for the Arts Grant Workshops Scheduled for Fiscal Year 2009-2010 (released September 19, 2008)
City of Alexandria Hosts Reel Politics: Second Annual Alexandria Film Festival (released September 17, 2008)
Alexandria Commission for the Arts Seeks Nominations for 2008 Alex Awards (released July 25)
Alexandria Commission for the Arts Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Revisions to the Acquired Art Policy (released July 18, 2008)
Alexandria Commission for the Arts' Annual Reports: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000
Arts & Economic Prosperity III
Arts Organization Structure and Community Visioning Plan (Lord Report)
The Alexandria Commission for the Arts and Office of the Arts join thousands of arts organizations and communities across the nation in celebrating National Arts and Humanities Month throughout October with activities that honor the efforts of artists, historians, teachers, and cultural groups working to make the arts and humanities a part of everyone’s life. Robert L. Lynch, president and CEO of Americans for the Arts and national coordinator of Arts and Humanities month, says, “Everyone recognizes the creative and cultural value of the arts and humanities. National Arts and Humanities Month offers us a chance to celebrate the often overlooked economic, educational, and civic engagement values that the arts impart in our daily lives.”
Please join us in the country’s largest annual collective celebration of the arts and humanities.
Arts Commission Donation Account
Contributions may be unrestricted or designated to support a specific program such as: Annual Grants Program, Charles Houston Public Art Project, Alex Awards, Alexandria Film Festival, Art Chats, Poet Laureate Program, Arts in City Hall and City Galleries Program. Your gift in any amount is appreciated. Donations may be mailed to Office of the Arts, 1108 Jefferson St., Alexandria, VA 22314.
Alexandria Arts Forum
Americans for the Arts
Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington
National Arts Strategies
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
National Endowment for the Arts
Virginians for the Arts
| Alisa Carrel Director Office of the Arts 1108 Jefferson St. Alexandria, VA 22314 703.746.5590 alisa.carrel@alexandriava.gov |
Cheryl Anne Colton Cultural Arts Administrator/ Durant Center Acting Director 1605 Cameron St. Alexandria, VA 22314 703.746.5565 cherylanne.colton@alexandriava.gov |
Pat Miller |