Resources for the Washington DC area

Local Artists

art groups:

Alexandria Commission for the Arts

Arts Council of Fairfax

Arlington Arts Center

The Art League

Arts Council of Montgomery County

Center for the Arts, Manassas

Council for the Arts of Herndon

League of Reston Artists

Loudoun Arts Council

McLean Art Club

McLean Project for the Arts

National Capital Art Glass Guild

Springfield Art Guild

Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, VA. (Be sure to check out Henry Wo Yue-Kee's paintings.)

Create Arts Center offers arts classes for children in Bethesda, MD

more art classes on arts and crafts page

Lynne Cherry, author and artist

How Ground

HotWire: Local commercial photographer Randy Santos (guitar), Jim Dore (guitar & vocals), Andy Bond (bass) and Andy McEvoy (drums) make up HotWire, a blues band. You can download some of their music at the Washington Post's MP3 site.

Darlene Kaplan