Workhouse Arts Foundation Inc

Education Program: The Workhouse Arts Foundation provides arts classes, workshops, camps and education to the general public, as well as the military community through the Workhouse Military in the Arts Initiative, offering a total of over 100 classes quarterly and 25 camps annually, in approximately 15 disciplines, to children and adults of all ability levels. The Workhouse dedicates approximately 12 teaching classrooms in 7 buildings on the campus. Each year over 1,500 students enrolled in more than 425 classes, workshops, and camps that are taught by nearly 60 teaching artists. Approximately 30% of the teaching artists are also Workhouse campus artists. The Workhouse Arts Foundation also provides movement-based wellness and fitness classes through the Art of Movement program. Classes include traditional fitness classes, meditative movement, creative movement classes, and youth gymnastic fundamentals programs through our Kidnastics Gymnastics initiative. Art of Movement offers a total of over 600 classes annually to over 2,000 students of all ages.

Performing Arts Program: The Workhouse Arts Foundation provides more than 150 individual performances annually in theatre, dance, music, and film, including our annual Haunted Trail interactive-performance event. In addition to productions created in-house, the department also offers a robust 'presenting' series in which local (and touring) musicians and performing artists are programmed as part of our season calendar. In addition, these venue spaces are available for community organizations and other performing arts groups to be able to present their works to our neighbors. Through our connection to the Fairfax County Park Authority, the Workhouse Arts Foundation has been proud to host free concerts on Saturday nights during the Summer as part of the Mt Vernon Nights initiative.The Workhouse Arts Foundation has multiple performance spaces including a 100-seat black box theater, and a 300-seat outdoor performance pavilion with room for several hundred more in the lawn areas adjacent to the stage. Our McGuireWoods Gallery has also hosted musical concerts and stand-up comedy performances throughout each season and has a capacity of 150 persons. In addition to traditional performing arts (theatre, music, and dance) our venues have also been host to films, lectures, our annual Independence Day fireworks celebration, and educational experiences related to performing arts and the history of our campus.