About IPAR

The Initiative for Public Art - Reston (IPAR), a group of civic leaders who represent Reston's key community organizations, seeks to inspire a new commitment to public art that builds on Reston's tradition of supporting community arts and culture. IPAR is dedicated to fostering community discourse and education about public art, creating new expectations about the possibilities for art in the public realm, and cultivating a new generation of artworks in the community.

In 2008, as the first step in bringing world-class public art to our community, IPAR launched a process to create a world-class public art master plan for Reston, following on Reston’s long tradition of internationally recognized planning excellence first initiated by founder Robert E. Simon.

IPAR is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt, not-for-profit organization and is incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a non-stock corporation.