The Festival weekend offers Performances, a Family Art Park, Sip & Stroll, Food Vendors, Guided Tours, and Artist Demos.
The Festival weekend offers Performances, a Family Art Park, Sip & Stroll, Food Vendors, Guided Tours, and Artist Demos.
Saturday | May 18, 2024
Artist Booths | 11am–7pm
Family Art Park | 12–4pm | Reston Town Square Park
Come by to relax and engage in free art projects and fun for the whole family.
Public Art Installation and Performance by Danielle Hatch 1pm & 4pm | Mercury Fountain Plaza. Presented by Reston Community Center.
Guided Tours | 1:30pm, 3pm, & 5pm | Start from the Tephra ICA Booth at Mercury Fountain Plaza.
Pick from three thematic, guided tours led by regional arts professionals, highlighting Virginia Artists (1:30pm), Landscape Artwork (3pm), and Artists from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds (5pm).
Artist Demos | 4–5pm
10–15-minute drop-in demonstrations of artist process. Refer to the Festival Guide for a complete list of participating artists.
Old Skool | 8–10pm | Reston Town Center Pavilion
Free public concert and extended Sip & Stroll hours. Presented by Reston Town Center Association.
Sunday | May 19, 2024
Award Breakfast and Festival Celebration | 9:30–10:45am
Kick off a day of shopping at the Festival with a hot buffet breakfast, mimosas and coffee, and a lively celebration of Festival artists. Become a member to attend. Sponsored by Capital Burger, the Hyatt Regency Reston, and Biofloria.
Artist Booths | 11am–5pm
Guided Tour of Award Winners | 11:30am | Start from the Tephra ICA Booth at Mercury Fountain Plaza. Join Festival jurors for a tour of the 10 artist recipients of the 2024 Awards of Excellence.
Family Art Park | 12–4pm | Reston Town Square Park
Public Performance by Danielle Hatch 1pm & 4pm | Mercury Fountain Plaza. Presented by Reston Community Center
Red Dirt Rug Closing Ceremony | 2pm | Tephra ICA Gallery
Join exhibiting artist Rena Detrixhe to participate in the intentional deinstallation of her work in the Tephra ICA Pressing exhibition. (Limited capacity, pre-registration coming soon.)
Performance by Danielle Hatch
This year, the headlining performance at the Festival will be presented by Arkansas-based multidisciplinary artist Danielle Hatch.
All Is in Motion, Is Growing, Is You is a site-specific textile installation and accompanying performance taking inspiration from the founding of the community of Reston, in particular the negotiation between the roles of the individual and the collective in the process of community building. The Reston Town Center site and architecture is explored for possibility, transformation, and connection. With colors and shapes informed by native flowering plants of Northern Virginia, the installation and performances navigate and illustrate the tension between beauty and constraint within communal relationships.
All Is in Motion, Is Growing, Is You is presented by Reston Community Center, with support from Tephra ICA, Reston Town Center Association, and BXP. Free and open to the public.
Image courtesy of Danielle Hatch
Danielle Hatch is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the female body's relationship to the built environment, notions of artificiality, and power structures, through site specific installations, sculptures, and performances. She has a BA in architecture from Wellesley College and an MFA in Spatial Studies from UC-Santa Barbara.