MPA art Instructor Marise Riddell works with student Lee DiCenso on her drawing.
McLean Project for the Arts offers a variety of professionally taught art classes for adults, teens and children including Family Art Workshops, artist talks and workshops, and tours to area museums and galleries.
This fall MPA is offering 12 different art classes for adults. New classes include Abstract Drawing with Mixed Media, Experimenting with Ink on Paper, and Drawing and Painting: The Figure. MPA is also offering its very popular adult class for true beginners: I’ve Never Held a Pencil: Drawing for Beginners. New for children is Animal Drawing and Painting. Classes and workshops are held in the Susan B. DuVal Studio in the McLean Community Center at 1234 Ingleside Avenue.
For class information and registration visit www.mpaart.org.
McLean Project for the Arts is a nonprofit visual arts center founded in 1962 to exhibit the work of emerging and established regional artists. In addition to its program of high quality, professionally-curated art exhibitions, MPA offers art classes for children and adults taught by professional art instructors. MPA also presents the Art Reach program for area schools, gallery talks, and day trips to area museums and galleries. MPA is a partner with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Fairfax County Public Schools.