Arts & Entertainment

Reston to Unveil Brand New Art Exhibition Featuring 30 Local Artists

After going through more than 500 submissions, an art expert has selected the very best.

The Greater Reston Arts Center is introducing a major new art exhibition this summer.

GRACE is presenting the Mary B. Howard Artist Member Exhibition, which will highlight local artists and was named in memory of Mary B. Howard, an artist and longtime board member, according to a statement.

Juror Stefanie Fedor, executive director of the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, combed through more than 500 works from area artists before selecting 30 of them in a variety of media types and themes.

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The exhibition opens June 30 and runs through August 27. The opening reception will take place June 30 at 6 p.m., and the exhibition will be free and open to the public throughout its run.

The exhibition's hours are 1-5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 1-7 p.m. on Thursday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday.

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In the fall, the Greater Reston Arts Center will start a new exhibition called "Synthetic Transformations" featuring multi-media artist and TED Talk 2014 Fellow Shih Chieh Huang.

Image via Greater Reston Arts Center

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