EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS - 2010
The Loudoun Arts Council will not be holding its Annual Excellence in the Arts Competition in 2010. The LAC is re-designing this competition and seeking collaborations with other Loudoun County arts organizations for future events of this type.
For more information, contact the Loudoun Arts Council at 703-777 7838 or info@loudounarts.org.
Environment and the Arts Converge
Multimedia Presentation of Student Photo Contest Winners and Entries
To Be Displayed During Loudoun Symphony Performance
Student photos celebrating Loudoun County's natural beauty will be featured in a slide show during the Loudoun Symphony "Mountains and Music" concert at Franklin Park in Purcellville, Va., on May 30, 2010, at 2 p.m.
Loudoun Valley High School students participating in the Newton Marasco Foundation (NMF) photo contest "Celebrating the Beauty of Western Loudoun and the Blue Ridge" submitted photos depicting their perspectives on images of what in our local environment they felt should be protected and preserved.
Photo contest winners, along with more than 80 contest submissions, will be displayed in a multimedia presentation during the Loudoun Symphony performance of Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring. Copland, whose works are said to evoke the vast American landscape, won the Pulitzer Prize for Music for this composition in 1945. The show is a powerful depiction of the splendor of Loudoun County and the need to protect its natural beauty.
The following contest winners won cash prizes for outstanding composition and portrayal of the environmental stewardship theme:
First place: Jessi Warbis "Cardinal in Winter"
Second place: Jessica McCann "Ponds and Creeks"
Third place: Annika Markert "Horse on Farm with Blue Ridge Mountains"
NMF is a local non-profit environmental charity that works collaboratively on issues related to environmental stewardship. The Foundation works extensively with Loudoun County Public Schools to supplement environmental education through outdoor classroom and nature trail installations, art contests, environmental field trips, and classroom speaker series, all of which are designed to encourage and empower our youth to take action to protect and preserve our environment. For more information, visit www.NewtonMarascoFoundation.org.
