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Published August 12, 2020 at 12:15PM

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Recognizing the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on arts and culture organizations throughout the region, the Greater Washington Community Foundation and The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation have joined with seven other funders to launch the $1 million Arts Forward Fund to support arts and culture organizations in the D.C. region as they make essential shifts needed to continue their work during the COVID-19 pandemic and respond to the nationwide movement for racial justice.

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Arts Focus: Synetic Theater’s Innovative The Decameron is a Classical Response to COVID-19

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Published July 22, 2020 at 12:45PM

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The COVID-19 pandemic has required almost every industry to reassess, revamp and reset.

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Arts Focus: Lubber Run LIVE on WERA 96.7 FM Turns Your Living Room Into An Amphitheater

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Published July 1, 2020 at 1:00PM

Photo via Caz Gardiner

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The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced a return to ‘The Basics’ and the simple pleasures of some ‘retro’ technologies.

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Arts Focus: During Pandemic, Arlington Arts Center Provides Creative Outlet for Youth

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Published June 10, 2020 at 1:15PM

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Over these last challenging months, Arlington Arts has been harnessing our community’s arts resources under the Arlington Arts at Home web page.

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Arts Focus: Resources for Artists and Performers Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Published May 20, 2020 at 1:15PM

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With a centuries-long tradition of bringing people together in groups large and small, the impact on the Arts has been seismic.

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Arts Focus: Arlington’s Arts Community Is Streaming With Creative Activities!

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Published May 6, 2020 at 2:15PM

Arlington's award-winning public art installation in Rosslyn, Nancy Holt's Dark Star Park (file photo)

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The COVID-19 pandemic has all of us adapting to new ways of spending our free time. Arlington’s artistic community has stepped up to the plate to offer a broad range of activities to help you manage the stresses of social distancing.

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Arts Focus: Arlington Arts Sews Masks in Partnership with Department of Human Services

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Published April 8, 2020 at 2:15PM | Updated April 13, 2020 at 11:08AM

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(Updated 04/13/2020) Utilizing existing resources and equipment from another program, for the last week Arlington Arts has been sewing masks to be distributed through Arlington County Department of Human Services and the Arlington County Police.

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Arts Focus: Arts Activities Halt to Stem Spread of COVID-19

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Published March 18, 2020 at 1:30PM

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Arlington Arts takes pride in providing support and services for the many Arlington-based artists and ensembles that enrich our community.

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Arts Focus: County Arts Grants Help to Make Opening-Night a Reality

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Published February 26, 2020 at 12:45PM

Synetic Theater’s Irina Tsikurishvili as Phantom, L to R: Eliza Smith (ensemble) Maryam Najafzada as Christine, Janine Baumgardner (ensemble) Rachael Small as Carlotta. Photo by Johnny Shryock.

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They make it look so easy…! Part of the magic of live theater and dance, or a polished concert or visual art exhibition is the appearance of effortlessness that is experienced by the audience.

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Arts Focus: Arlington County Opens Search for Poet Laureate

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Published February 5, 2020 at 12:45PM

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Are you a poet living in Arlington, Virginia?

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Arts Focus: Grant Writing and Other Workshops for Artists

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Published January 15, 2020 at 12:45PM

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Capacity building frequently tops our list of New Year’s Resolutions, and Arlington Arts has a great way for artists to take your work to the next level!

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Arts Focus: Printmaker Commemorates Landmark Lunch Counter Sit-In’s

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Published December 24, 2019 at 1:30PM

The specially outfitted “Art on the ART Bus” features printmaker Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.’s work

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Being received at a restaurant with a welcoming smile and a warm meal would seem the basic expectation for any customer. Sadly, well into the 1960s widespread segregation denied such everyday courtesies to African-Americans and other people of color.