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Our classes are affordable, fun, challenging and taught by talented local qualified instructors. Courses include painting, photography, drawing, printmaking, stained-glass, and much more. All courses are timed to fit the schedules of working people and are taught by working professional artists.
McLean Project for the Arts (MPA) is a leading contemporary visual arts 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Our mission is to exhibit the work of emerging and established artists from the mid-Atlantic region; to promote public awareness and understanding of the concepts of contemporary art; and to offer instruction and education in the visual arts.
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Taught by MPA’s professional art faculty. From Drawing to Painting and Mixed Media and even Technology-based art classes, MPA offers art courses for all skill levels and interests.
- No Set Canon — Finding Contemporary Artists
- Transforming Ideas — Art with Denise & Eleanor
- Where to Look — to The Artworld!
How many of us still have Gardner’s Art Through the Agesanchoring our bookcases to the ground? It’s a great, yet heavy reference capturing a range of human creativity, spanning from the stone age to the modern era. Gardner’s canon curates significant works of art throughout history, documenting the ways in which humans live, think, act, react, make...
First, it’s important to note that my own thinking about art history and contemporary art transformed during graduate school when curator Denise Markonish of Mass MoCA presented at my university, followed by a visit to the exhibit. I was not thrilled to attend a talk about landscape art, but Badlands – New Horizons in Landscapewas nothing I could h...
As artist-educators, we all have interests, curiosities, and a propensity to explore and experiment. Interestingly enough, this sounds much like the steps in conducting research. So let’s explore our surroundings, objects, materials, and artists! Let’s experiment with curating artist lists to engage our students in questions that will hopefully lea...
FCA supports individual artists and collectives working in dance, music/sound, performance art/theater, poetry, and the visual arts through three core grant programs: Grants to Artists , Emergency Grants, and The Ellsworth Kelly Award. In 2023, Foundation for Contemporary Arts distributed $1.45 million in grants to individual artists, including ...
Modern and Contemporary Art and Design. Explore the art of our time through four of MoMA’s most popular courses: Modern Art and Ideas, Seeing Through Photographs, What Is Contemporary Art?, and Fashion as Design. Go behind the scenes at the Museum and inside the studios of artists, designers, architects, and other makers.
Modern and Contemporary Art and Design Specialization. Explore Art and Ideas of Our Time. Develop a deeper understanding of artists’ and designers’ processes, and gain confidence in looking at and talking about art. Taught in English. 22 languages available.
