CURRENT & UPCOMING PROJECTS

Glade Underpass Public Art Project

The Initiative for Public Art – Reston (IPAR) is pleased to announce that mosaic artist, Valerie Theberge, has been selected to realize IPAR first public art project at the Glade underpass. Valerie Theberge will develop a contemporary artwork in a permanent medium that will enhance two of the faces that frame the entrance to the Glade underpass. The artist will work with the students of the Hunters Woods Elementary School to realize the public art project.

The Public Art Master Plan for Reston adopted in December 2008, identified the underpasses that carry Reston’s path system under major roadways as locations for new artwork commissions, partnering artists with Reston’s elementary schools to create both temporary and permanent enhancements.

Some of Reston’s most wonderful artworks were created by Gonzalo Fonseca in the underpass under North Shore Drive as part of the original development of Lake Anne Village Center. Reston’s remaining 26 underpasses, however, have not benefited from such careful design or the integration of artworks. Reston’s public art initiative will support the creation of new permanent artworks in and around the remaining underpasses. The initiative will especially support projects that couple artworks by professional artists with artworks by local students.

The Initiative for Public Art – Reston (IPAR), with the Reston Association (RA), the Reston Community Center (RCC) and the Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences, are sponsors of the Glade underpass public art project.

Many thanks to the following for their support: Arts Council of Fairfax County, Virginia Commission for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts.