<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593301010565449757</id><updated>2011-07-08T06:26:43.801-04:00</updated><category term='ArtReach'/><category term='Jeremy Drummond'/><category term='art'/><category term='MPA'/><category term='art talk'/><category term='exhibitions'/><category term='camp'/><title type='text'>MPAartNews</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mpaartnews.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/593301010565449757/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpaartnews.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>McLean Project for the Arts</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12273340203373139477</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593301010565449757.post-6824565379409966890</id><published>2010-07-21T14:04:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-21T14:04:53.402-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome to MPA's New Online Newsletter</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Welcome to MPAartnews! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In an effort to be “green” (and to trim our budget), we have made the decision to stop printing and mailing our newsletter.&amp;nbsp; But, we hope that you will enjoy our new quarterly online version—it will feature the latest happenings at McLean Project for the Arts with lots of pictures and with the occasional video clip—it’s a more interactive way to learn what’s new at MPA.* &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to your generous donations and our ongoing cost-cutting measures, MPA continues to weather the economic storm.&amp;nbsp; Recently, the MPA Spring Benefit reached its fundraising goal of $90,000 to support MPA’s annual expenses for its exhibitions and educational programs!&amp;nbsp; We are truly grateful to all who contributed and to those who braved the damp, cold evening to come and celebrate with us. We thank Windows Catering Company too for their spectacular service and delicious food.&amp;nbsp; Read more in the article below and view some great pictures from the evening, with special thanks to Jennifer Berman of Ashton Imaging for donating her time and talent.&amp;nbsp; There is also a link to her site if you’d like to see or purchase the pictures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have good news about MPAartfest 2010 coming to McLean Central Park on October 3rd:&amp;nbsp; Supervisor John Foust and his wife Marilyn have agreed to serve as Honorary Co-Chairs of the event, and the McLean Community Foundation is our sponsor for the Children’s ArtWalk at MPAartfest again this year. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read all about it here.&amp;nbsp; I hope you enjoy our first edition of MPAartnews!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Nancy Powers Perry&lt;br /&gt;Executive Director &lt;br /&gt;McLean Project for the Arts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questions/comments?&amp;nbsp; Email us at info@mpaart.org.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* If you would like to see additional pictures of MPA events, visit http://mpa.smugmug.com.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In this Issue&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;(scroll down to see the entire newsletter or click on the links below for each article)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mpaartnews.blogspot.com/2010/06/multi-media-fantastic-journeys-opens-on.html"&gt;Fantastic Journeys Exhibition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span id="goog_1223461"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="goog_1223462"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mpaartnews.blogspot.com/2010/06/register-now-for-mpa-summer-art-camps.html"&gt;Summer Art Camps&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mpaartnews.blogspot.com/2010/06/save-dates.html"&gt;Save the Dates!&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mpaartnews.blogspot.com/2010/06/mpas-art-reach-program-reaches-all-ages.html"&gt;MPA  ArtReach&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mpaartnews.blogspot.com/2010/04/first-article.html"&gt;McLean Community Foundation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mpaartnews.blogspot.com/2010/06/view-excerpt-of-jeremy-drummonds-art.html"&gt;Jeremy Drummond video clip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mpaartnews.blogspot.com/2010/04/second-article.html"&gt;Spring Benefit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mpaartnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/mpa-collectors-circle.html"&gt;MPA Collector's Circle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mpaartnews.blogspot.com/2010/06/did-you-know.html"&gt;Did You Know? &lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mpaartnews.blogspot.com/2010/07/mpa-sponsors-and-grants-update.html"&gt;MPA Sponsors and Grants Update&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;a href="http://mpaartnews.blogspot.com/2010/07/mpa-donors-2009.html"&gt;MPA Donors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/593301010565449757-6824565379409966890?l=mpaartnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/593301010565449757/posts/default/6824565379409966890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/593301010565449757/posts/default/6824565379409966890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpaartnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/jeremy-drummond-gets-somewhere.html' title='Welcome to MPA&apos;s New Online Newsletter'/><author><name>McLean Project for the Arts</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12273340203373139477</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593301010565449757.post-3032165145997396224</id><published>2010-07-21T14:04:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-21T14:04:36.252-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exhibitions'/><title type='text'>Multi-Media Exhibition Fantastic Journeys Runs Through July 31</title><content type='html'>This summer's juried exhibition is &lt;i&gt;Fantastic Journeys&lt;/i&gt; featuring works inspired by the spirit of adventure, exploration or utopian visions.&amp;nbsp; This multi-media exhibition is juried by Beatrice Gralton, the Evelyn S. Nef Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.&amp;nbsp; Out of 80 applicants, the selected artists are Sabine Carlson, Joel D'Orazio, Josephine Haden, Jeff Huntington, Rebecca Katz, Isabel Manalo, Lindsey McCulloch, Marise Riddell, Lina Vargas de la Hoz, and Amy Glengary Yang.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the Ramp Gallery is the MPA/Corcoran Student Art Exhibition featuring the works of adult students of MPA classes taught by instructors from the Corcoran College of Art + Design. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The opening reception for both exhibitions was Thursday,&amp;nbsp; June17.&amp;nbsp; See all the photos at http://mpa.smugmug.com/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TCEdB159i-I/AAAAAAAAAGM/aj78ONZx9jk/s1600/IMG_5320.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TCEdB159i-I/AAAAAAAAAGM/aj78ONZx9jk/s640/IMG_5320.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fantastic Journeys juror Beatrice Gralton, the Evelyn S. Nef Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at the Corcoran  Gallery of Art, discusses the work of Sabine Carlson&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TCEfGD9JmwI/AAAAAAAAAGU/t9MIIZyYyoE/s1600/IMG_5345.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TCEfGD9JmwI/AAAAAAAAAGU/t9MIIZyYyoE/s640/IMG_5345.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Artist Joel D'Orazio&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TARH3tI_TMI/AAAAAAAAAFU/5e3MFu1U0Ms/s1600/McCulloch.Lindsay3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="428" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TARH3tI_TMI/AAAAAAAAAFU/5e3MFu1U0Ms/s640/McCulloch.Lindsay3.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lindsay McCulloch, &lt;i&gt;Pilgrimage&lt;/i&gt;, 25 x 55, two color screenprints on panels&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/593301010565449757-3032165145997396224?l=mpaartnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/593301010565449757/posts/default/3032165145997396224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/593301010565449757/posts/default/3032165145997396224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpaartnews.blogspot.com/2010/06/multi-media-fantastic-journeys-opens-on.html' title='Multi-Media Exhibition Fantastic Journeys Runs Through July 31'/><author><name>McLean Project for the Arts</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12273340203373139477</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TCEdB159i-I/AAAAAAAAAGM/aj78ONZx9jk/s72-c/IMG_5320.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593301010565449757.post-7935030535556165692</id><published>2010-07-21T14:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-21T14:04:13.646-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Save the Dates!</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Tuesday, August 31, 7 - 9 pm &lt;/b&gt;marks the return of Cocktails and Coloring (or some variation thereof!)&amp;nbsp; Meet some of the &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"&gt;MPAartfest&lt;/span&gt; a&lt;/span&gt;rtists and even have a chance to sign up to volunteer to help MPA on the day of&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"&gt;MPAartfest&lt;/span&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Be on the lookout for an MPA eblast with all the details.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sunday, September 12, 3 - 6 pm&lt;/b&gt; is the date of a very special fundraising event for MPA.&amp;nbsp; We will be auctioning a private collection of fine contemporary art generously donated to MPA specifically for fundraising.&amp;nbsp; The well-documented collection includes paintings, ceramic sculpture and outdoor sculpture. &amp;nbsp;More info to come.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join us &lt;b&gt;Thursday, September 16,&amp;nbsp; 7 -9 pm&lt;/b&gt; for the opening reception and gallery talk for &lt;i&gt;Realism Now:&amp;nbsp; Citiscapes.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/i&gt;Also opening that night are &lt;i&gt;Heaven and Earth:&amp;nbsp; Prints by Joanna Axtmann&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Drawings by Raye Leith.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/i&gt;Free and open to the public.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Saturday, September 25 &lt;/b&gt;is the MPAartfest Soireé at a spectacular contemporary home in McLean.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Invitations to come.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Thursday, September 30, 5 - 8 pm&lt;/b&gt; is MPA night at the Silver Diner in Tysons Corner. Have dinner and the Silver Diner will donate 20% of their proceeds to MPA.&amp;nbsp; It will be a fun evening so don't plan on cooking!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, don't forget to save the date for the &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"&gt;MPAartfest&lt;/span&gt;!&amp;nbsp; &lt;b&gt;Sunday October 3, 10:30 am - 4:30 pm&lt;/b&gt; is our free, fun-filled arts festival in McLean Central Park.&amp;nbsp; You can learn more about MPAartfest by visiting www.mpaart.org/artfest.php&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TCOC13MjRTI/AAAAAAAAAGk/yQGj7PuMvlA/s1600/IMG_2928.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TCOC13MjRTI/AAAAAAAAAGk/yQGj7PuMvlA/s320/IMG_2928.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fun times at last year's Cocktails and Coloring&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TCODSs55rZI/AAAAAAAAAGs/UKWrin4ti3U/s1600/IMG_3182.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TCODSs55rZI/AAAAAAAAAGs/UKWrin4ti3U/s320/IMG_3182.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MPAartfest 09 drew more than 6000 art lovers&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/593301010565449757-7935030535556165692?l=mpaartnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/593301010565449757/posts/default/7935030535556165692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/593301010565449757/posts/default/7935030535556165692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpaartnews.blogspot.com/2010/06/save-dates.html' title='Save the Dates!'/><author><name>McLean Project for the Arts</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12273340203373139477</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TCOC13MjRTI/AAAAAAAAAGk/yQGj7PuMvlA/s72-c/IMG_2928.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593301010565449757.post-3736788192735251145</id><published>2010-07-21T14:03:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-21T14:03:41.568-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='camp'/><title type='text'>Register Now for MPA Summer Art Camps!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TAU0fKXrVGI/AAAAAAAAAFs/TR_5lyV-61w/s1600/IMG_3364.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TAU0fKXrVGI/AAAAAAAAAFs/TR_5lyV-61w/s640/IMG_3364.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MPA Summer Art Camps are always a blast for the kids.&lt;br /&gt;Fun, creative, week-long sessions for children ages 6-8 and 8-11 at the  McLean Community Center. Rising 3rd-graders may choose mornings or  afternoons. Tuition is $150 per week/$135 McLean district residents;  tuition for week 2 is $125/$110 McLean district residents. All materials  are provided. Please bring a snack and a painting smock or old  oversized shirt. Parents and siblings are invited to an art show to be  held during the last 20 minutes of class each Friday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here just a few of the offerings:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;For 6 - 8 year olds&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kaleidoscope of Art&lt;br /&gt;Under the Sea&lt;br /&gt;Art in Time &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;For 8 - 11 year olds&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3-D Art Adventures&lt;br /&gt;Flip It!&lt;br /&gt;Claymation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For a complete list of classes and to register click &lt;a href="http://www.mcleancenter.org/classes-trips/creativearts.asp"&gt;McLean Community Center&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/593301010565449757-3736788192735251145?l=mpaartnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/593301010565449757/posts/default/3736788192735251145'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/593301010565449757/posts/default/3736788192735251145'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpaartnews.blogspot.com/2010/06/register-now-for-mpa-summer-art-camps.html' title='Register Now for MPA Summer Art Camps!'/><author><name>McLean Project for the Arts</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12273340203373139477</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TAU0fKXrVGI/AAAAAAAAAFs/TR_5lyV-61w/s72-c/IMG_3364.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593301010565449757.post-5356550504858730192</id><published>2010-07-21T14:03:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-21T14:03:22.859-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MPA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ArtReach'/><title type='text'>MPA's Art Reach Program Reaches All Ages</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TAAT1P8xdcI/AAAAAAAAADs/Fk2AfDW_398/s1600/IMG_4204.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TAAT1P8xdcI/AAAAAAAAADs/Fk2AfDW_398/s640/IMG_4204.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ArtReach Director, Sharon Fishel always finds a way to relate our winter exhibitions with the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs).&amp;nbsp; Last year 1000 students from Fairfax County came to MPA for&amp;nbsp; docent-led tours which include a hands on art activity.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; We                 provide free bus transportation to MPA’s galleries to  Project                 Excel schools, schools designated by Fairfax County  Public Schools                 as “at-risk” schools with large numbers of English as  second                 language students or students who qualify for free or  reduced                 lunches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TAfPFYTa4tI/AAAAAAAAAGE/qZ0NLmM3HOQ/s1600/IMG_5273.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="362" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TAfPFYTa4tI/AAAAAAAAAGE/qZ0NLmM3HOQ/s640/IMG_5273.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sharon Fishel and Anthony Brock worked with approx. 20 students from Longfellow MS on the Teen Center Mural during four sessions this past winter 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TAAkGH9ypaI/AAAAAAAAAD0/TIDeOd9xpzw/s1600/Picture+119.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TAAkGH9ypaI/AAAAAAAAAD0/TIDeOd9xpzw/s640/Picture+119.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MPA ArtReach conducted a watercolor workshop and slide talk called "Special Places" at the Lewinsville Senior Center.&amp;nbsp; Here Sharon helps a Lewinsville senior with her project.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TAAnRGl_92I/AAAAAAAAAD8/ZsU3KI21g-w/s1600/Picture+118.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TAAnRGl_92I/AAAAAAAAAD8/ZsU3KI21g-w/s640/Picture+118.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lewinsville Seniors enjoying the watercolor workshop&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/593301010565449757-5356550504858730192?l=mpaartnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/593301010565449757/posts/default/5356550504858730192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/593301010565449757/posts/default/5356550504858730192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpaartnews.blogspot.com/2010/06/mpas-art-reach-program-reaches-all-ages.html' title='MPA&apos;s Art Reach Program Reaches All Ages'/><author><name>McLean Project for the Arts</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12273340203373139477</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TAAT1P8xdcI/AAAAAAAAADs/Fk2AfDW_398/s72-c/IMG_4204.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593301010565449757.post-4311397269619076821</id><published>2010-07-21T14:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-21T14:03:04.179-04:00</updated><title type='text'>McLean Community Foundation Signs on for MPAartfest 2010</title><content type='html'>MCF has signed on as the first $5000 sponsor of the 2010 MPAartfest which will be held on Sunday, October 3.&amp;nbsp; For the 3rd year in a row, the McLean Community Foundation will sponsor the popular Children's ArtWalk which features the artwork of students K-6 from public and private McLean area schools. MPAartfest turns McLean Central Park into a family friendly arts event featuring the sale of fine art and crafts of 40 juried artists. Last year's event attracted 6000 art lovers.&amp;nbsp; Although MPAartfest is a fundraising event for McLean Project for the Arts, it is free for the community to attend.&amp;nbsp; MPA and MPAartfest are supported by corporate and individual sponsorships.&amp;nbsp; For more information about MPAartfest sponsorship opportunities, please call Debbie Jardot at 703-790-1953.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The McLean Community Foundation has funded educational and civic  endeavors, projects that enhance the arts, improve our environment, and  support social services programs for our residents.&amp;nbsp; MCF has funded  nearly $1,000,000 in grants, contributing to many and varied projects  that improve the lives of our citizens and the surroundings of McLean.  For more information about MCF, please visit &lt;a href="http://www.mcleancommunityfoundation.org/"&gt;the McLean Community  Foundation website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TAfDhrumtAI/AAAAAAAAAF0/DAb1vFEsyw4/s1600/MPAphoto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="406" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TAfDhrumtAI/AAAAAAAAAF0/DAb1vFEsyw4/s640/MPAphoto.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;MPA Executive Director Nancy Perry with MCF trustees Rip Sullivan,  Demetra Matthews, Mark Milon, Pamela Danner, Gary Filerman, Marianne  Pendergrast and Carleen Wood-Thomas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/S__4XwZbcCI/AAAAAAAAACs/PiuQvCG9mX8/s1600/KHG2009-10-04_147.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="424" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/S__4XwZbcCI/AAAAAAAAACs/PiuQvCG9mX8/s640/KHG2009-10-04_147.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Children's Artwalk at last year's MPAartfest sponsored by the McLean Community Foundation.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/593301010565449757-4311397269619076821?l=mpaartnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/593301010565449757/posts/default/4311397269619076821'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/593301010565449757/posts/default/4311397269619076821'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpaartnews.blogspot.com/2010/04/first-article.html' title='McLean Community Foundation Signs on for MPAartfest 2010'/><author><name>McLean Project for the Arts</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12273340203373139477</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TAfDhrumtAI/AAAAAAAAAF0/DAb1vFEsyw4/s72-c/MPAphoto.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593301010565449757.post-2540918865649036844</id><published>2010-07-21T14:02:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-21T14:02:48.140-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jeremy Drummond'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art talk'/><title type='text'>View an Excerpt of Jeremy Drummond's Art Talk</title><content type='html'>Now here's something a print newsletter can't do:&amp;nbsp; Show you a video clip!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On May 13, artist Jeremy Drummond spoke at MPA about "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere".&amp;nbsp; Watch a short excerpt of his talk about his exhibition which was favorably reviewed in the Washington Post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/279dUfUBYpE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/279dUfUBYpE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/593301010565449757-2540918865649036844?l=mpaartnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/593301010565449757/posts/default/2540918865649036844'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/593301010565449757/posts/default/2540918865649036844'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpaartnews.blogspot.com/2010/06/view-excerpt-of-jeremy-drummonds-art.html' title='View an Excerpt of Jeremy Drummond&apos;s Art Talk'/><author><name>McLean Project for the Arts</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12273340203373139477</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593301010565449757.post-4666586765271837734</id><published>2010-07-21T14:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-21T14:02:30.019-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Spring Benefit 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;MPA's Spring Benefit is always the highlight event of Spring in McLean.&amp;nbsp; This year was even more fun due to the fact that everyone had to huddle together to stay warm as you can see from the pictures.&amp;nbsp; The guests of honor were Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and First Lady Maureen McDonnell.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/S__Wv9xzFvI/AAAAAAAAABU/_lkGYeb1w58/s1600/M12_099.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/S__Wv9xzFvI/AAAAAAAAABU/_lkGYeb1w58/s640/M12_099.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;MPA Board Members Bari Levingston and Julie Gerstel&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/S__Zv_tXorI/AAAAAAAAAB0/c4hRg26xBZ0/s1600/M12_205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/S__Zv_tXorI/AAAAAAAAAB0/c4hRg26xBZ0/s640/M12_205.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Kitty Gonzalez, MPA Board Chair; Nancy Perry, MPA Executive Director; Virginia Delegate Barbara Comstock and United States Congressman Frank Wolf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/S__YQY_KjoI/AAAAAAAAABc/ghWxR2_hpSU/s1600/M12_259.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/S__YQY_KjoI/AAAAAAAAABc/ghWxR2_hpSU/s640/M12_259.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;A founding member of MPA, Nancy Bradley, with the Governor of Virginia, The Honorable Robert F. McDonnell and First Lady, Maureen McDonnell&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/S__ZTfkIalI/AAAAAAAAABs/Oj-MHAzRmlM/s1600/M12_286.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/S__ZTfkIalI/AAAAAAAAABs/Oj-MHAzRmlM/s640/M12_286.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Our gracious hosts, Georgia and John Nassikas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To see all of Jennifer Berman's photos of Spring Benefit, please visit&lt;a href="http://ashtonimaging.lifepics.com/net/Pro/Default.aspx"&gt; Ashton Imaging&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/S__ho3j9taI/AAAAAAAAAB8/d334iwehJO8/s1600/IMG_2149.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/S__ho3j9taI/AAAAAAAAAB8/d334iwehJO8/s640/IMG_2149.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Diane Falconer, MPA Board member Lori Wiseman, Mollie Vardell, Joe Cortina, Judy and Ned Hope&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/S__hzhTKLhI/AAAAAAAAACE/Y-wIWmlLfGk/s1600/IMG_2150.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/S__hzhTKLhI/AAAAAAAAACE/Y-wIWmlLfGk/s640/IMG_2150.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Frank and Ann Winston, Lee Cronin, Betsy Howell and Mark Cronin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/S__iDSXOntI/AAAAAAAAACM/RK3PWoijVsA/s1600/IMG_2183.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/S__iDSXOntI/AAAAAAAAACM/RK3PWoijVsA/s640/IMG_2183.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;MPA Board Member Michelle Crone, Stephen Perry, Sandy Treanor, MPA Executive Director Nancy Perry, MPA Board Member Scott Monett, and MPA Board Chair Kitty Gonzalez&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To see more Spring Benefit pictures by MPA, please visit&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.mpa.smugmug.com/"&gt;http://www.mpa.smugmug.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To see more Spring Benefit pictures by Jennifer Berman, who donated her fine talent for photography,&amp;nbsp; please visit &lt;a href="http://ashtonimaging.lifepics.com/net/Pro/Default.aspx"&gt;Ashton Imaging&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/593301010565449757-4666586765271837734?l=mpaartnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/593301010565449757/posts/default/4666586765271837734'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/593301010565449757/posts/default/4666586765271837734'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpaartnews.blogspot.com/2010/04/second-article.html' title='Spring Benefit 2010'/><author><name>McLean Project for the Arts</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12273340203373139477</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/S__Wv9xzFvI/AAAAAAAAABU/_lkGYeb1w58/s72-c/M12_099.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593301010565449757.post-6788602953523485470</id><published>2010-07-21T14:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-21T14:01:35.735-04:00</updated><title type='text'>MPA Collectors Circle</title><content type='html'>&lt;span id="goog_513495247"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="goog_513495248"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;In April, MPA launched a new program for donors at the $2500 level and above.&amp;nbsp; The &lt;i&gt;MPA Collectors Circle&lt;/i&gt; entitles donors to receive complimentary invitations to two or more exclusive events per year, including "behind the scenes" tours at artists' studios, museums and in the homes of local collectors.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;For our first event, the &lt;i&gt;MPA Collectors Circle&lt;/i&gt; had the unique opportunity to visit the home of our hosts Joel and Ricki Kanter whose stunning collection of contemporary art from Lichtenstein to Stella, wowed our &lt;i&gt;MPA Collectors Circle&lt;/i&gt; founding members.&amp;nbsp; The &lt;i&gt;MPA Collectors Circl&lt;/i&gt;e got to hear some remarkable stories about the  collection. The Kanters frequently loan pieces from their collection to art museums and said that when a piece goes out on loan, it feels like they've lost a member of the family. The afternoon with the Kanters was an exciting the kick-off for the &lt;i&gt;MPA Collectors Circle.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For additional information about MPA donor programs, please contact Debbie Levin Jardot, Development Director at djardot@mpaart.org or Sandy Treanor at streanor@mpaart.org 703- 790-1953&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To see additional pictures &lt;a href="http://mpa.smugmug.com/Art/Collectors-Circle/12368572_B3J5y#883923706_EYGPz"&gt;click  here to visit MPA's photo pages on SmugMug&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TAfKBzRkXaI/AAAAAAAAAF8/Owz9mzt1ZL8/s1600/DSC_0038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="546" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TAfKBzRkXaI/AAAAAAAAAF8/Owz9mzt1ZL8/s640/DSC_0038.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joel and Ricki Kanter with MPA Board Chair Kitty Gonzalez &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TALdYiT6-QI/AAAAAAAAAE8/IdfAhB5deME/s1600/DSC_0035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="406" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TALdYiT6-QI/AAAAAAAAAE8/IdfAhB5deME/s640/DSC_0035.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; Pamela Danner, Joel Kanter, Fairfax County Dranesville District Supervisor John Foust and Dr. Marilyn Jerome&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TALdRLl53jI/AAAAAAAAAE0/aIjs0ORiM8Q/s1600/DSC_0047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="446" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TALdRLl53jI/AAAAAAAAAE0/aIjs0ORiM8Q/s640/DSC_0047.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; Joe Cortina and Julie Lansaw, MPA Board Member and Corcoran College of Art + Design professor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TAQvayzJRsI/AAAAAAAAAFE/tRQ2Y-qd5QM/s1600/DSC_0039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="472" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TAQvayzJRsI/AAAAAAAAAFE/tRQ2Y-qd5QM/s640/DSC_0039.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/593301010565449757-6788602953523485470?l=mpaartnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/593301010565449757/posts/default/6788602953523485470'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/593301010565449757/posts/default/6788602953523485470'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpaartnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/mpa-collectors-circle.html' title='MPA Collectors Circle'/><author><name>McLean Project for the Arts</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12273340203373139477</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TAfKBzRkXaI/AAAAAAAAAF8/Owz9mzt1ZL8/s72-c/DSC_0038.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593301010565449757.post-3762997517665522843</id><published>2010-07-21T14:00:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-02T13:22:06.155-04:00</updated><title type='text'>MPA Sponsors and Grants Update</title><content type='html'>MPA is grateful for its many sponsors and funders for supporting our exhibitions and educational programs. &amp;nbsp;These donations are even more important this year as government funding to MPA from Fairfax County (via the Arts Council of Fairfax County grant program) and the Commonwealth of Virginia (via Virginia Commission for the Arts) has been cut dramatically. &amp;nbsp;Thanks to the 2010 Corporate and Foundation sponsors to date - we are on our way to meeting our goal to fund this year's programs!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to all of our donors for calendar year 2009 for funding our programs (see separate listing)!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your contributions are very important to us! &amp;nbsp;Our revenues are derived primarily from private donations by individuals, corporations and foundations. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to our &lt;b&gt;MPAartfest 2010 Corporate and Community Benefactors&lt;/b&gt; ($1500 and above) to date:&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;McLean Community Center&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Fairfax County Park Authority&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;McLean Community Foundation&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Hitt Contracting, Inc.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;McLean Properties, LLC&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Lori Wiseman Design&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Dr, Deirdre J. Maull, DMD, MS, PC&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;BOWA Builders&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to our &lt;b&gt;MPAartfest 2010 Artist Tent Sponsors (&lt;/b&gt;$400 each) to date (we have 32 additional Artist Tent Sponsorships available):&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;SPS Shahin Proposal Contracting&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Chris Bonacci, DDS, MD, PC&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Eye Central, Drs. Reed, Fissel &amp;amp; Foley&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Patrick Correnty. MD &amp;amp; Sam Pappas, MD&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Lindsay Automotive Group &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Prime Temps Staffing&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Neighbors of Esquire Lane&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;The Reserve Book Club&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Conway &amp;amp; Pannell PC&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;The Treanor Family&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to our &lt;b&gt;2010 Spring Benefit Corporate Sponsors &lt;/b&gt;($600 and above):&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Windows Catering Company&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Wells Fargo - The Private Bank&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Wells Fargo - Greater Washington, D.C.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; AMERIGROUP FOUNDATION&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Tyco Electronics&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Monarch Title, Inc.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Georgetown Cupcake&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Nourish Market&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Goodstone Inn and Estate&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; UniPark Valet Service&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Chain Bridge Bank&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Compass, Inc.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Deep Mile Network&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Huckaby Briscoe Group - Karen Briscoe&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; McEnearney Associates&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; McEnearney Associates - Betty Thompson&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Weichert Realtors - Lee Cronin&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Tiffany &amp;amp; Company&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Thanks to our &lt;b&gt;2010 Government, Corporate and Foundation Funders and Sponsors&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;of general operating expenses to date ($600 and above):&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Virginia Commission for the Arts&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Arts Council of Fairfax County&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;New York Community Trust - Wallace Special Projects Fund&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;CharityWorks GreenHouse&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Venable Foundation&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Transurban-Fluor Capital Beltway HOT Lanes Project Community Grant Program&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Bloomingdale's Fund of Macy's Foundation&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Koenig Realty&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;QL+&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;New Dominion Women 's Club&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Woman's Club of McLean&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Lives and Legacies Films&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Friends of the McLean Community Center&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for the recent fundraiser for MPA to Virginia Kennedy at the Preppy Pink Pony in McLean with Kimberly Briggs of CAbi!&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Thanks to Greg Dunn of Destination Fitness of McLean for helping MPA move art in his truck!&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;We still need your help to meet our goal for this fiscal year FY 2010/2011. &amp;nbsp;Please contact Debbie Jardot, Development Director, for sponsorship information at djardot@mpaart.org.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/593301010565449757-3762997517665522843?l=mpaartnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/593301010565449757/posts/default/3762997517665522843'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/593301010565449757/posts/default/3762997517665522843'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpaartnews.blogspot.com/2010/07/mpa-sponsors-and-grants-update.html' title='MPA Sponsors and Grants Update'/><author><name>McLean Project for the Arts</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12273340203373139477</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593301010565449757.post-5608138839733027154</id><published>2010-07-21T14:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-21T14:00:59.663-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Did You Know?</title><content type='html'>Did you know that MPA's ArtReach program helps to fill the art gap for Special Education students in Fairfax County Public Schools?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ArtReach program provides art enrichment in the classroom as well as gallery visits offering tours and hands on projects in our intimate gallery setting. Longfellow Middle School, McLean and Langley High School's special education classes are regular visitors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Below are Longfellow Middle School teacher Ms. Joann Nelson and some of her students working on a "butterfly mapping collage" in response to the Jeremy Drummond and Michael Mansfield exhibitions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TCN5JXk3x3I/AAAAAAAAAGc/HvW6fa576OY/s1600/IMG_5233.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TCN5JXk3x3I/AAAAAAAAAGc/HvW6fa576OY/s640/IMG_5233.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/593301010565449757-5608138839733027154?l=mpaartnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/593301010565449757/posts/default/5608138839733027154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/593301010565449757/posts/default/5608138839733027154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpaartnews.blogspot.com/2010/06/did-you-know.html' title='Did You Know?'/><author><name>McLean Project for the Arts</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12273340203373139477</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h68Y54Z2CPc/TCN5JXk3x3I/AAAAAAAAAGc/HvW6fa576OY/s72-c/IMG_5233.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593301010565449757.post-7907789419181568437</id><published>2010-07-21T11:16:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-02T13:09:42.443-04:00</updated><title type='text'>MPA Donors 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;MPA thanks the following individuals, corporations and foundations for their generosity in 2009.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Chairman’s Circle&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bristol-Myers Squibb Company&lt;br /&gt;CharityWorks&lt;br /&gt;Communications Resources, LLC&lt;br /&gt;Frances Sells Grimes&lt;br /&gt;Dr. &amp;amp; Mrs. Robert B. Wallace&lt;br /&gt;The New York Community Trust - Wallace Special Projects Fund&lt;br /&gt;Windows Catering Company&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Leadership Circle&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rand &amp;amp; Leeda Allen&lt;br /&gt;Karen &amp;amp; Dan DuVal&lt;br /&gt;Claire &amp;amp; Albert Dwoskin&lt;br /&gt;HITT Contracting, Inc&lt;br /&gt;Katy &amp;amp; Steve McCormick&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;McLean Community Foundation&lt;br /&gt;John &amp;amp; Susan Ulfelder&lt;br /&gt;Venable&lt;br /&gt;Leslie &amp;amp; Richard Willard&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Major Benefactor&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AMERIGROUP Foundation&lt;br /&gt;The Bloomingdales Fund of the Macy’s Foundation&lt;br /&gt;The Dan Cameron Family Foundation,&amp;nbsp; Charlotte &amp;amp; John Marshall&lt;br /&gt;Dominion Foundation&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Dominion Resource Services, Inc&lt;br /&gt;Federal Policy Group&lt;br /&gt;Betty Flanders Foster&lt;br /&gt;Gannett Foundation&lt;br /&gt;Marvin &amp;amp; Kathryn Goode –Preferred General Contracting&lt;br /&gt;Bob &amp;amp; Betsy Huffman&lt;br /&gt;Leslie Kerman &amp;amp; Jeff Bialos&lt;br /&gt;Julie Lansaw &amp;amp; Joe Warin&lt;br /&gt;Bari &amp;amp; Keith Levingston&lt;br /&gt;McLean Properties LLC&lt;br /&gt;Monett Foundation&lt;br /&gt;Nourish Market&lt;br /&gt;QL+&lt;br /&gt;Lola C. Reinsch &amp;amp; J. Almont Pierce&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; Dorchester Apartments &amp;amp; Tower on Columbia Pike&lt;br /&gt;Ellen &amp;amp; Alan Rosenblum&lt;br /&gt;The Rotary Club of McLean&lt;br /&gt;Angela Santini &amp;amp; William Sullivan&lt;br /&gt;Edward Shahin&lt;br /&gt;Alice &amp;amp; Ken Starr&lt;br /&gt;Karen &amp;amp; David Sherwood&lt;br /&gt;Lori Wiseman Design&lt;br /&gt;Jill &amp;amp; Paul Young&lt;br /&gt;Jean Schiro-Zavela &amp;amp; Vance Zavela&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Benefactor &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colin &amp;amp; Linda Atkins&lt;br /&gt;Nancy &amp;amp; Gene Bradley&lt;br /&gt;Bowers Design &amp;amp; Build&lt;br /&gt;Mike Clifford&lt;br /&gt;Cox Communications&lt;br /&gt;Lee &amp;amp; Peter DiCenso&lt;br /&gt;Donald P. Dobbs&lt;br /&gt;Michelle &amp;amp; John Engler&lt;br /&gt;Walter Fleischer &amp;amp; Candace Kovacic-Fleischer&lt;br /&gt;Virginia McGehee Friend&lt;br /&gt;Georgetown Cupcake&lt;br /&gt;Ann &amp;amp; Jeff Goettman&lt;br /&gt;Kitty &amp;amp; Juan Pablo González&lt;br /&gt;Arezu &amp;amp; Ed Ingle&lt;br /&gt;Marty &amp;amp; Janet Irving&lt;br /&gt;Debbie &amp;amp; Leo Jardot&lt;br /&gt;Marlene &amp;amp; Fred Malek&lt;br /&gt;Mr. &amp;amp; Mrs. Raymond J. McGrath&lt;br /&gt;McLean Self Storage&lt;br /&gt;Monarch Title, Inc&lt;br /&gt;Mary &amp;amp; Gary Monferdini&lt;br /&gt;Montessori School of McLean&lt;br /&gt;New Dominion Women’s Club&lt;br /&gt;Phil &amp;amp; Pat Norton&lt;br /&gt;Ellen &amp;amp; Daryl Owen&lt;br /&gt;Nancy &amp;amp; Steve Perry&lt;br /&gt;W. Russell &amp;amp; Norma Ramsey Foundation&lt;br /&gt;Kathleen Rhoads&lt;br /&gt;Frank &amp;amp; Jessica Sands&lt;br /&gt;Sally &amp;amp; John Simms&lt;br /&gt;Devereux &amp;amp; James Socas&lt;br /&gt;In Memory of Mary Ellen Stern&lt;br /&gt;Stacey &amp;amp; Raymond Thal&lt;br /&gt;Jean &amp;amp; Dick Thompson&lt;br /&gt;Sandy &amp;amp; Gerry Treanor&lt;br /&gt;Roxy &amp;amp; John Vaughn&lt;br /&gt;Woman’s Club of McLean&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Patron&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dan &amp;amp; Sondra Bannister&lt;br /&gt;Alicia &amp;amp; Matt Bond&lt;br /&gt;Kimberly Briggs&lt;br /&gt;Miguel Browne &amp;amp; Silvija Strikis&lt;br /&gt;Chain Bridge Bank&lt;br /&gt;Johanna &amp;amp; Ray Cole&lt;br /&gt;Barbara Comstock&lt;br /&gt;Dabney &amp;amp; Joe Cortina&lt;br /&gt;Bill &amp;amp; Janet DuBose&lt;br /&gt;Mary Anne Duffus – Brookfield School&lt;br /&gt;Mary &amp;amp; Lou Fisher&lt;br /&gt;Brian Geffert &amp;amp; Irene Lane&lt;br /&gt;Sharon Godfrey&lt;br /&gt;Grayson P. Hanes &amp;amp; Betty N. Hanes&lt;br /&gt;Elsie Hull &amp;amp; James Sprague&lt;br /&gt;Brian &amp;amp; Ellie Judd&lt;br /&gt;The Hon. Jan M. Lodal &amp;amp; Elizabeth Lodal&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; In memory of Helene Trosky&lt;br /&gt;The Madison Building&lt;br /&gt;Geoff &amp;amp; Tricia Malloy&lt;br /&gt;Dorothy &amp;amp; Terry McAuliffe&lt;br /&gt;Sharon H. McBay&lt;br /&gt;Julia &amp;amp; Bob Nelson&lt;br /&gt;Mr. &amp;amp; Mrs. Charles Owen, Fine Landscapes, Ltd.&lt;br /&gt;Mike &amp;amp; Beth Power&lt;br /&gt;Enrique &amp;amp; Alejandra Segura&lt;br /&gt;Carline &amp;amp; Sam Soutter&lt;br /&gt;Ted Stein – Inner File Software&lt;br /&gt;Ann Seaman-Szwarckop&lt;br /&gt;Tiffany &amp;amp; Company&lt;br /&gt;N. Noelle &amp;amp; Steve Topetzes&lt;br /&gt;Tyco Electronics&lt;br /&gt;Janet &amp;amp; John Tysse&lt;br /&gt;Mary &amp;amp; Mike Wheat – Wheat’s Landscaping&lt;br /&gt;Elizabeth &amp;amp; Stephen Yeonas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sponsor&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daniel &amp;amp; Kathryn Alcorn&lt;br /&gt;Kate &amp;amp; Harry Alverson&lt;br /&gt;Peter &amp;amp; Brady Arundel&lt;br /&gt;Barbara &amp;amp; Maynard Ball&lt;br /&gt;William &amp;amp; Carol Barton&lt;br /&gt;Michael &amp;amp; Phil Battles&lt;br /&gt;Deanna &amp;amp; Pedro Belli&lt;br /&gt;Mark D. Betts &amp;amp; Shelley R. Slade&lt;br /&gt;Bruce &amp;amp; Wilma Bowers&lt;br /&gt;Mary Bowman&lt;br /&gt;Karen &amp;amp; Andy Briscoe – Huckaby Briscoe Group&lt;br /&gt;Mr. &amp;amp; Mrs. Charles Brock III&lt;br /&gt;Andy &amp;amp; Laurie Buchanan&lt;br /&gt;David &amp;amp; Patty Burgess&lt;br /&gt;Lorine Card&lt;br /&gt;Sheila Shanahan Cashman, M.D.&lt;br /&gt;Enrico &amp;amp; Andrea Cecchi&lt;br /&gt;Giuseppe &amp;amp; Mercedes Cecchi&lt;br /&gt;C. Daniel &amp;amp; Juliann Clemente&lt;br /&gt;Joyce Cohn&lt;br /&gt;Michelle &amp;amp; Niels Crone&lt;br /&gt;G. Allen Dale &amp;amp; Yvette Rivera&lt;br /&gt;Pamela &amp;amp; David Danner&lt;br /&gt;Dayton Foundation&lt;br /&gt;Dental Group of Tysons – Joseph Ruzzo, DDS&lt;br /&gt;Karen &amp;amp; Bob Djorup&lt;br /&gt;Linda &amp;amp; John Donovan&lt;br /&gt;Joan W. Doyle&lt;br /&gt;Lori &amp;amp; Dave Durbin&lt;br /&gt;Eye Central&lt;br /&gt;Sue Falk &amp;amp; Randall Odeneal&lt;br /&gt;Family Dentistry&lt;br /&gt;Suzanne Anastos Feigert&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;amp; John M. Feigert&lt;br /&gt;Nyka &amp;amp; Steve Feldman&lt;br /&gt;Jennifer Feinstein&lt;br /&gt;Sandra Fennell&lt;br /&gt;Mary Fisher&lt;br /&gt;Howard Forman&lt;br /&gt;Susan &amp;amp; John Gerber&lt;br /&gt;Mark Gerchick &amp;amp; Lisa Koteen Gerchick&lt;br /&gt;Karin M. Gifuni, SVP-Wachovia Wealth Management&lt;br /&gt;Piper Gioia&lt;br /&gt;Nicholas &amp;amp; Lynne Giordano&lt;br /&gt;Nancy &amp;amp; Andrew Gralla&lt;br /&gt;Allen &amp;amp; Claire Green&lt;br /&gt;Richard Grimes&lt;br /&gt;Arun &amp;amp; Anjali Gupta&lt;br /&gt;Hassan &amp;amp; Nina Habib&lt;br /&gt;Barbara Hawthorn Interiors Ltd.&lt;br /&gt;Mr. &amp;amp; Mrs. Russell Hitt&lt;br /&gt;Richard &amp;amp; Katie Horan&lt;br /&gt;Jim &amp;amp; Tania Hosmer&lt;br /&gt;Dawn Lurie &amp;amp; Moe Hounroigui&lt;br /&gt;Bryon C. &amp;amp; Julie L. Hughey&lt;br /&gt;Mr. &amp;amp; Mrs. Michael Kalten&lt;br /&gt;Carol Kelly&lt;br /&gt;Cathy &amp;amp; Frank Keating&lt;br /&gt;Susie &amp;amp; John King&lt;br /&gt;Candace Kovacic-Fleischer &amp;amp; Walter Fleischer&lt;br /&gt;Kathleen Rae King&lt;br /&gt;Janet &amp;amp; Jerry Kohlenberger&lt;br /&gt;Rosemary Laphen&lt;br /&gt;Paul &amp;amp; Carol Laxalt&lt;br /&gt;Jeffrey Levin &amp;amp; Alicia Barahona&lt;br /&gt;Robin &amp;amp; Terry Lineberger&lt;br /&gt;Linda &amp;amp; Rob Lorndale&lt;br /&gt;Rob &amp;amp; Tricia Lyall&lt;br /&gt;Virginia Cretella Mars&lt;br /&gt;Mr. &amp;amp; Mrs. Doug McCorkindale&lt;br /&gt;Debbie &amp;amp; John Motley&lt;br /&gt;Alison &amp;amp; Ted Mundy&lt;br /&gt;Georgia &amp;amp; John Nassikas&lt;br /&gt;Robert &amp;amp; Julia Nelson&lt;br /&gt;Ed &amp;amp; Molly Newberry&lt;br /&gt;Chip &amp;amp; Jennifer Nichols&lt;br /&gt;Scot &amp;amp; Kristin O’Brien&lt;br /&gt;Michelle &amp;amp; Chris Olson&lt;br /&gt;Ms. Susan D. Phipps&lt;br /&gt;Mr. &amp;amp; Mrs. Dale E. Powell&lt;br /&gt;Marianne &amp;amp; Bill Prendergast&lt;br /&gt;Gail Rezendes-Dell &amp;amp; Jay Dell&lt;br /&gt;Mr. &amp;amp; Mrs. Stanley I. Richards&lt;br /&gt;James H. Rieger &amp;amp; Judith M. Weiss&lt;br /&gt;Mary Riordan&lt;br /&gt;David &amp;amp; Selwa Rutchik&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Richard &amp;amp; Lynda Simpson&lt;br /&gt;Frederick &amp;amp; Elizabeth Singer Foundation&lt;br /&gt;Veronica A. Slajer &amp;amp; Jack Ferguson&lt;br /&gt;Mr. &amp;amp; Mrs. Christian B. Slavin&lt;br /&gt;Allan &amp;amp; Noelle Soobert&lt;br /&gt;Jane Strauss&lt;br /&gt;STS Health &amp;amp; Fitness Center&lt;br /&gt;Joe &amp;amp; Heather Tedesco&lt;br /&gt;Patricia &amp;amp; Jim Tetro&lt;br /&gt;Times Community Newspapers&lt;br /&gt;Joan &amp;amp; Steve Touhill&lt;br /&gt;UniPark&lt;br /&gt;Anne M. Vandemark&lt;br /&gt;Andrew A. Viola&lt;br /&gt;Colette Walker&lt;br /&gt;Robin Walker&lt;br /&gt;Judith &amp;amp; James Weiss&lt;br /&gt;Jack Wilbern&lt;br /&gt;Frank &amp;amp; Ann Winston&lt;br /&gt;Anne &amp;amp; Steve Wydler&lt;br /&gt;Suzanne &amp;amp; Glenn Youngkin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Friends&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Milllie Acar&lt;br /&gt;John Adams&lt;br /&gt;Margaret Alleva&lt;br /&gt;Norma Anderson&lt;br /&gt;Helen Anne&lt;br /&gt;Christine Appleton&lt;br /&gt;Sondar Arkin&lt;br /&gt;Susan Arnold&lt;br /&gt;Irina Avilova&lt;br /&gt;Russell R. Babington&lt;br /&gt;Pamela Bailey&lt;br /&gt;Jill Banks&lt;br /&gt;Maria Barbosa&lt;br /&gt;Mary Barkovic&lt;br /&gt;Judy Bass&lt;br /&gt;Nancy &amp;amp; David Bass&lt;br /&gt;Dr. Sandra Bechter &amp;amp; Mr. Matthais Goetz &lt;br /&gt;Blair &amp;amp; Kevin Bedell&lt;br /&gt;Geoffry Becker &amp;amp; Nora Sturges&lt;br /&gt;Helen &amp;amp; Paul Beckner&lt;br /&gt;Neal Beinhacker&lt;br /&gt;Teri &amp;amp; Frank Bennett&lt;br /&gt;Matthew Best&lt;br /&gt;Carolyn Chapin Blackwood&lt;br /&gt;Julia Bloom&lt;br /&gt;Christopher E. Bonacci DDS, MD.&lt;br /&gt;Mrs. Robert Bork&lt;br /&gt;Ruth Bouldan&lt;br /&gt;Kathleen Brady&lt;br /&gt;Dale &amp;amp; Wendy Brott&lt;br /&gt;Michelle Brown&lt;br /&gt;Cheryl Bubier&lt;br /&gt;Thomas J. Bucci&lt;br /&gt;Alpna Budhiraj&lt;br /&gt;Joan &amp;amp; John Burch&lt;br /&gt;Joy Burdick&lt;br /&gt;Judith C. Busby&lt;br /&gt;Trish Butler&lt;br /&gt;Butz*Wilbern Ltd&lt;br /&gt;Kristin Cabral&lt;br /&gt;Café Oggi&lt;br /&gt;Café Tatti&lt;br /&gt;Joyce Campos&lt;br /&gt;Patricia Gannon Canavan&lt;br /&gt;Cynthia Capik&lt;br /&gt;Robert Carlson&lt;br /&gt;Sabine Carlson&lt;br /&gt;Beth Cartland&lt;br /&gt;Cynthia Gunnerson Casca&lt;br /&gt;Micah Cash&lt;br /&gt;Katie Cassidy&lt;br /&gt;Ms. Loretta Cassidy&lt;br /&gt;Ellen Douglas Catledge&lt;br /&gt;Leigh Anne Chambers&lt;br /&gt;Laurence Chandler&lt;br /&gt;Christine Chernow&lt;br /&gt;Martha Child&lt;br /&gt;Jennifer Choi&lt;br /&gt;Bettie Clark&lt;br /&gt;Sara Clark&lt;br /&gt;Ruth Clinard&lt;br /&gt;Deborah Addison Coburn&lt;br /&gt;Sandra Cohn&lt;br /&gt;Bernard Conda&lt;br /&gt;David &amp;amp; Margaret Condit&lt;br /&gt;William Conway&lt;br /&gt;Ann Marie Coolick&lt;br /&gt;Caroline Correa&lt;br /&gt;Jacqui Crocetta&lt;br /&gt;Cynthia &amp;amp; Charles Cross&lt;br /&gt;Mr. &amp;amp; Mrs. Charles Cullen (Chic)&lt;br /&gt;Elizabeth &amp;amp; Matthew Salter&lt;br /&gt;Johlyne Davis&lt;br /&gt;Dorsey Davidge&lt;br /&gt;Adam Deboer&lt;br /&gt;Sarah Decker&lt;br /&gt;Mari DeMaris&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Linda Depalma&lt;br /&gt;Dorothy Dibner&lt;br /&gt;Maureen E. Doallas&lt;br /&gt;Linda Donovan&lt;br /&gt;Joel Dorazio&lt;br /&gt;Kimberly Dorgan&lt;br /&gt;Brenda Drake&lt;br /&gt;Thomas Drymon&lt;br /&gt;Jennifer Duncan&lt;br /&gt;Diane Eberle&lt;br /&gt;E Klick Langley&lt;br /&gt;Laura Elkins&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Joy Every&lt;br /&gt;Evo Bistro&lt;br /&gt;D. Faber&lt;br /&gt;Diane Falconer&lt;br /&gt;Adam &amp;amp; Alison Falkoff&lt;br /&gt;Michelle Fanning&lt;br /&gt;Alan Fiala&lt;br /&gt;Pattie Firestone&lt;br /&gt;Susan Fleischmann&lt;br /&gt;Jo Fleming&lt;br /&gt;In Memory of Lee Forman&lt;br /&gt;Jane Forth&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Jo Fleming&lt;br /&gt;Mitchell Fox&lt;br /&gt;Jane Frank&lt;br /&gt;Octavia Frazier&lt;br /&gt;Pamela Frederick&lt;br /&gt;Jamie Galbreath&lt;br /&gt;Karin Garner&lt;br /&gt;Mary Garrett&lt;br /&gt;Marjorie Garten&lt;br /&gt;John Garten&lt;br /&gt;Marilyn Geldzahler&lt;br /&gt;Stephanie George&lt;br /&gt;Vernon George&lt;br /&gt;Gibbons Framing&lt;br /&gt;Frobert Gilbert&lt;br /&gt;Piper Gioia&lt;br /&gt;Nicholas &amp;amp; Lynne Giordano&lt;br /&gt;Ronit Gober&lt;br /&gt;Goeller’s Art &amp;amp; Office Supply&lt;br /&gt;Miki Goerdt&lt;br /&gt;Mr. &amp;amp; Mrs. Edward Golding&lt;br /&gt;Rosabel Goodman-Everard&lt;br /&gt;Janis Goodman&lt;br /&gt;Pat Goslee&lt;br /&gt;David Goslin&lt;br /&gt;Laura Gould&lt;br /&gt;Rebecca Graham&lt;br /&gt;Noella Gray&lt;br /&gt;Theodore Gray, CPA&lt;br /&gt;M. Terry Green&lt;br /&gt;Janet &amp;amp; Walter Grimes&lt;br /&gt;Vincent Griscavage&lt;br /&gt;Lorna Gross&lt;br /&gt;Ursula Guerrieri&lt;br /&gt;Anne Gwynn &amp;amp; Richard Wellens&lt;br /&gt;Nancy GutzlerM. Gyllenhoff&lt;br /&gt;Josephine Haden&lt;br /&gt;Rebecca Halkias&lt;br /&gt;Jim Halsey &amp;amp; Eleanor Dasenbrook&lt;br /&gt;Adam Halstead&lt;br /&gt;Jacqueline Hampton&lt;br /&gt;Sara Harland&lt;br /&gt;Joyce &amp;amp; Henry Harris&lt;br /&gt;Debra Davison Hart&lt;br /&gt;Sue &amp;amp; Brian Hazen&lt;br /&gt;Elizabeth &amp;amp; Thomas Heffron&lt;br /&gt;Kathryn Henneberry&lt;br /&gt;Maria Clare Herce&lt;br /&gt;Lucy &amp;amp; Dirk Herrman&lt;br /&gt;Marilyn Horroro&lt;br /&gt;Betsy Howell&lt;br /&gt;Debra Davidson Hart&lt;br /&gt;Liu Huang&lt;br /&gt;Merry &amp;amp; Ira Hunt&lt;br /&gt;Claudia Gibson Hunter&lt;br /&gt;Jennifer Jackson&lt;br /&gt;Elizabeth Jane &amp;amp; Christopher Jackson&lt;br /&gt;Clarissa Jaffe&lt;br /&gt;JAH Arts&lt;br /&gt;Carolee Jakes&lt;br /&gt;Shahrzad Heyat Jalinous&lt;br /&gt;Linda Jeffers&lt;br /&gt;Kenric Johnson&lt;br /&gt;John Harry Jorgenson&lt;br /&gt;Judith Judy&lt;br /&gt;LeAnn Kalita&lt;br /&gt;Kathy Kautter&lt;br /&gt;James &amp;amp; Sue Keith&lt;br /&gt;Sally Kauffman&lt;br /&gt;Joanne Kent&lt;br /&gt;Sandra Kerrest&lt;br /&gt;Guru Sangat Khalsa&lt;br /&gt;Linda Kikstadt&lt;br /&gt;Judith Kim&lt;br /&gt;Myung Kim&lt;br /&gt;Soon Kim&lt;br /&gt;John Kirkland&lt;br /&gt;Tamra Kirschnick&lt;br /&gt;Yvonne Kleiman&lt;br /&gt;David &amp;amp; Sandra Kollmorgen&lt;br /&gt;Stephen J. Kurzbard, M.D. &amp;amp; Myra K. Kurzbard&lt;br /&gt;Adrian &amp;amp; Joe Kuzel&lt;br /&gt;Shelley Laffal&lt;br /&gt;Eugene &amp;amp; Ruchima Lari&lt;br /&gt;Nelda Lateef&lt;br /&gt;Kelly &amp;amp; Jeff Lavallo&lt;br /&gt;Marni Lawson&lt;br /&gt;Kay Layne&lt;br /&gt;Jennifer &amp;amp; Scott Lee&lt;br /&gt;Sangbok Lee&lt;br /&gt;Harriet Lesser&lt;br /&gt;Val Lewton&lt;br /&gt;Lindsay Lexus&lt;br /&gt;Stephanie A. Lokmer&lt;br /&gt;Kelly &amp;amp; Jeff Lovallo&lt;br /&gt;Marlene &amp;amp; Anthony Lupas&lt;br /&gt;Richard Madlener&lt;br /&gt;Sarah Magids&lt;br /&gt;Val Mahan&lt;br /&gt;Megan Maloney&lt;br /&gt;Isablel Manalo&lt;br /&gt;Josefa Maniapaz&lt;br /&gt;Michela Mansuino&lt;br /&gt;Anne Marchand&lt;br /&gt;Dr. Devra Marcus &amp;amp; Mr. Michael Horowitz&lt;br /&gt;Deena Margolis&lt;br /&gt;Patricia Margulis&lt;br /&gt;Allegra Marquatt &lt;br /&gt;Wendie Marsh&lt;br /&gt;Mr. &amp;amp; Mrs. Dale Matthews&lt;br /&gt;Deidre J. Maul, DMD, MS&lt;br /&gt;Eunice Mazloon&lt;br /&gt;H. Edwina McLean &lt;br /&gt;Lem Miller&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Joyce McCarten&lt;br /&gt;Forrest &amp;amp; Martha McCluer&lt;br /&gt;Betty Ann McDonald&lt;br /&gt;Kathryn McDonnell&lt;br /&gt;Robert McDowell&lt;br /&gt;Donna McGee&lt;br /&gt;Lucy B. McGowan&lt;br /&gt;H. Edwina McLean&lt;br /&gt;McLean Animal Hospital&lt;br /&gt;McLean Dental Care&lt;br /&gt;Medicine Chest&lt;br /&gt;Michelle Meehan&lt;br /&gt;Jayne &amp;amp; Mark Merritt&lt;br /&gt;Robert Miller &lt;br /&gt;Sandra Miller&lt;br /&gt;Mark Miltz&lt;br /&gt;Gregory Minah&lt;br /&gt;Claudia Minicozzi&lt;br /&gt;Kevin Mitchell&lt;br /&gt;Kenneth Morris&lt;br /&gt;Johanna Mueller&lt;br /&gt;Paul Muick&lt;br /&gt;Anjanette Murphy&lt;br /&gt;Sharon Murray&lt;br /&gt;Aina Nammack&lt;br /&gt;Robin Hannay Nelson&lt;br /&gt;Gisele Nimic&lt;br /&gt;Nicola Noll&lt;br /&gt;Michelle Norris&lt;br /&gt;Nancy Novick&lt;br /&gt;Caroline Ober&lt;br /&gt;Greg &amp;amp; Lynn O’Brien&lt;br /&gt;Frederick Ohly&lt;br /&gt;Old Dominion Animal Health Center&lt;br /&gt;Old Dominion Urgent Care Center&lt;br /&gt;Alan O’Neal&lt;br /&gt;Emma O’Rourke&lt;br /&gt;Michael &amp;amp; Elizabeth O’Shea&lt;br /&gt;Dr. Sam Pappas&lt;br /&gt;Diane Paras&lt;br /&gt;Kim Clark Pakstys&lt;br /&gt;Joan Petro&lt;br /&gt;Emily Piccirillo&lt;br /&gt;Caroline &amp;amp; Ed Pickens&lt;br /&gt;Denise Pilpbar&lt;br /&gt;Phyllis Platner&lt;br /&gt;Maryanne Pollock&lt;br /&gt;Charlotte Potashnik&lt;br /&gt;Tinu Prakash&lt;br /&gt;Pulcinella&lt;br /&gt;Lynn Putney&lt;br /&gt;Erin Raedeke&lt;br /&gt;Gary Ratner&lt;br /&gt;Craig &amp;amp; Nancy Ray&lt;br /&gt;Rayhart&lt;br /&gt;Bruce &amp;amp; Maryann Rebhan&lt;br /&gt;Allison Reimus&lt;br /&gt;Margaret Roberts&lt;br /&gt;Dr. &amp;amp; Mrs. Charles C. Reel&lt;br /&gt;Marina Reiter&lt;br /&gt;Ronald Riley&lt;br /&gt;Charlottee H. Robinson&lt;br /&gt;Rocco’s&lt;br /&gt;Diane Rosacker&lt;br /&gt;Alan Rosenblum in honor of Nancy Perry’s birthday&lt;br /&gt;Mark B. Ruhe&lt;br /&gt;Linda Rupli&lt;br /&gt;Jeff &amp;amp; Ginny Runge&lt;br /&gt;Molly Kelly Ryan&lt;br /&gt;Sharon Sabatos&lt;br /&gt;Sacred Grove Studio&lt;br /&gt;Frank &amp;amp; Marjorie Sands&lt;br /&gt;Sally Sagarese&lt;br /&gt;Ginger Sanaie&lt;br /&gt;Judith Saunders&lt;br /&gt;Julie Schauer&lt;br /&gt;Lynn Schmidt&lt;br /&gt;Mr. &amp;amp; Mrs. Richard C. Schmitt&lt;br /&gt;Jennifer Schuette&lt;br /&gt;A. Catherine Schwartz&lt;br /&gt;Louise &amp;amp; Joel Sennesh&lt;br /&gt;Shams Sherwani&lt;br /&gt;Shahin Shikhaliyev &amp;amp; Valerie Theberge&lt;br /&gt;Gennadiy Shvets &amp;amp; Yelena Rondia&lt;br /&gt;Dr. &amp;amp; Mrs. Robert A. Silverman&lt;br /&gt;Judy Simonson&lt;br /&gt;Connie Slack&lt;br /&gt;Jo Smail&lt;br /&gt;Mary Louise Snyder&lt;br /&gt;Janos Somogyi&lt;br /&gt;Chris &amp;amp; Pat Sowick&lt;br /&gt;Mr. &amp;amp; Mrs. Arthur Spivy&lt;br /&gt;Greg Staley&lt;br /&gt;Pamela Strauss&lt;br /&gt;Barry &amp;amp; Evelyn Strauss&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie Sullivan&lt;br /&gt;Sweet Leaf&lt;br /&gt;Gary Ratner&lt;br /&gt;Cecelia Tabois&lt;br /&gt;Tachibana&lt;br /&gt;Andrew Tanzer&lt;br /&gt;Thronson&lt;br /&gt;Joan &amp;amp; Steve Touhill&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; *&lt;br /&gt;In Memory of Alan Tye&lt;br /&gt;Caroline Eve Urbania&lt;br /&gt;Molly Vardell&lt;br /&gt;Margi Vanderhye&lt;br /&gt;George Vernon&lt;br /&gt;Dr. Heidi Vierow, Y. Joseph Zacks&lt;br /&gt;&amp;amp; Jacob Zacks&lt;br /&gt;Robin Walker&lt;br /&gt;Colette Walker&lt;br /&gt;Katie Knoll Weaver&lt;br /&gt;Mich &amp;amp; Maureen Weiss&lt;br /&gt;Jonathan &amp;amp; Coleen West&lt;br /&gt;Duncan Whitaker&lt;br /&gt;Ms. Valentine Wolly&lt;br /&gt;Jan Winiewski&lt;br /&gt;Agnes Wolf&lt;br /&gt;William Glen Yarborough&lt;br /&gt;Cynthia Young&lt;br /&gt;Lisa Zuccari&lt;br /&gt;Linda &amp;amp; William Zuk&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/593301010565449757-7907789419181568437?l=mpaartnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/593301010565449757/posts/default/7907789419181568437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/593301010565449757/posts/default/7907789419181568437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpaartnews.blogspot.com/2010/07/mpa-donors-2009.html' title='MPA Donors 2009'/><author><name>McLean Project for the Arts</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12273340203373139477</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
