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New Green Valley art space to open with art vendors, poetry and clothing swap

By Dan Egitto
The 2700 Art Space Project (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

Green Valley’s newest art space is preparing to open to the public with a outdoor market featuring creative activities and artwork for sale.

The 2700 Art Space project, located at the site of former Inner Ear recording studio next to Jennie Dean Park, will kick off its first official programming on Sunday, May 3 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Called SPARK!, the first monthly art market will include artwork from local artists — including prints and ceramics from The Studios at Arlington Arts — plus the mobile bookstore The Wandering Shelf, a pop-up poetry booth from The Poet is IN and the popular “Patch or Swap” booth where visitors can mend old clothes or trade them in.

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Paint-your-own-pottery studio plans grand opening in Shirlington this weekend

By Katie Taranto
Paint Your Heart Out's Shirlington storefront (courtesy of Paint Your Heart Out)

A new pottery studio offering customers a chance to paint their own bowls, mugs and figurines is opening in Shirlington this weekend.

Paint Your Heart Out is throwing a grand opening starting at 11 a.m. this Saturday for its new studio at 2780 S. Arlington Mill Road, where Shirlington Cleaners used to be. The grand opening will include a $50 gift card raffle, and the first 50 guests to make a $50 purchase will be given a complimentary mug to decorate.

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Artist from Halls Hill explores local impacts of gentrification in new exhibit

By Scott McCaffrey
Zane Killgo in front of collage of Halls Hill neighborhood (staff photo by Scott McCaffrey)

A local artist’s exhibit examining the impacts of gentrification in historically Black neighborhoods is on display at the Arlington Historical Museum.

The exhibition, titled “A Different Look from a Different View,” explores local Black residents’ challenges coming to grips with changing realities in once tight-knit communities in places like Halls Hill, Green Valley and D.C. neighborhoods including Adams Morgan, Logan Circle and Navy Yard.

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Construction on new Green Valley art space expected to finish next month

By Dan Egitto
The forthcoming art space at 2700 S. Nelson Street (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

Construction on a new art space next to Jennie Dean Park is entering its final stages as the county plans for a public debut next year.

Work on the recreation area at 2700 S. Nelson Street — between the Arlington Food Assistance Center warehouse and the Cultural Affairs building in Green Valley — is expected to wrap up next month, county spokesperson Alyson Jordan Tomaszewski told ARLnow.

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McDonald’s ‘actively working’ to replace Black history mural after demolition in Hall’s Hill

By Katie Taranto
The former Black history mural in Hall's Hill (photo courtesy of @cindykanephotography)

McDonald’s is coordinating with Hall’s Hill residents to replace a local Black history mural after the company’s contractor demolished it earlier this month.

In a new response to residents’ questions and concerns, the fast food chain acknowledged the significance of the 33-year-old brick and cinder-block wall on its property at 4834 Langston Blvd.

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‘Reclining Liberty’ is now a permanent fixture in front of Museum of Contemporary Art

By Scott McCaffrey
"Reclining Liberty" lowered by crane onto the front lawn of Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington in August 2023 (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

“Reclining Liberty,” the iconic artwork gracing the front lawn of the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington for the past two years, is staying put.

Members of the county’s Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board (HALRB) on Sept. 17 voted 9-0 to allow the 25-foot work featuring the Statue of Liberty in repose to remain in front of the circa-1910 former school building at 3550 Wilson Blvd.

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Local artist launches satirical zine and ‘street studio’ pop-up in Clarendon

By Katie Taranto
Wilson B.'s street studio (staff photo by Katie Taranto)

The artist behind Arlington’s countless posters satirizing local politicians has launched a new outdoor pop-up studio and zine.

Wilson B., aka @ArlingtonAF, is probably best known for his signs riffing on local political candidates, the Arlington GOP, Advanced Towing and other well-known entities.

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Arlington public art director retires, leaving full pipeline of planned projects

By Katie Taranto
The “Floral Sky” installation at Market Common in Clarendon (Staff Photo by Jay Westcott)

Arlington’s public art director has retired after over three decades in the role, leaving behind a range of ongoing projects in the county’s public arts pipeline.

In her role at Arlington Public Art, Angela Adams oversaw the delivery of artistic projects ranging from sculptures and outdoor light fixtures to artistic flourishes found in parks, on bus shelters and bridges under the Public Arts Master Plan.

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Art exhibit featuring rotting banana opens at Ballston retirement community

By Ryan Cole
Resident views new art exhibit (courtesy of Judith M. Greig)

A new resident-created art exhibit at a Ballston senior living community is trying to test the limits of what art really is.

Titled “Art of the Absurd: But is it Art?”, the exhibition at The Jefferson (900 N. Taylor Street) was inspired by a banana taped to a wall that sold for $6.2 million at a contemporary art auction in November.

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Skateboarding art exhibit ‘Invisible Skate Theory’ opens in Virginia Square

By Katie Taranto
Spray paint artwork "Cholas Crew" done by Imilla Skate members (staff photo by Katie Taranto)

Perspectives from the D.C. area’s skateboarding subculture are on display at a new art exhibition in Virginia Square.

“The Invisible Skate Theory” opened to the public yesterday (Thursday) at Mason Exhibitions, featuring skateboard-themed pieces and mementos. It will be on display through Aug. 16 at 3601 Fairfax Drive.

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