Emerging Visions Students Artwork Featured At Tephra ICA In Reston

RESTON, VA — Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art invites students, teachers, friends, family, and the public to the 2023 Emerging Visions Exhibition opening reception set for 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 17.

View the selected student artwork on view and hear remarks from Aaron Stratten, Fairfax County Public Schools art educational specialist, and Robert Goudie, Tephra ICA board chair.

RSVP here; refreshments will be served.

Garage parking is free at Reston Town Center during this event.

Through the Emerging Visions program, Tephra ICA creates opportunities for K–12 students to engage with contemporary art in the classroom. The 2022–2023 program is based on the exhibition Dominic Chambers: What Makes the Earth Shake and marks the fifth year of the program.

Each year, Tephra ICA works directly with Fairfax County Public School art educators to create an educator’s packet that includes themes and supporting concepts, based on a Tephra ICA exhibition, to integrate into classroom curriculum for K-12 students.

Teachers and students are invited to view the featured exhibition and respond to themes by creating their own artworks in a variety of media. Student artwork, as selected by FCPS teachers and Tephra ICA staff, is exhibited as part of the Emerging Visions exhibition at the Tephra ICA gallery each Spring.

2023 Summer Art Camp

Tephra ICA, in partnership with Reston Association, offers art camps that encourage the development of critical thinking and creative expression. Camp themes for Summer 2023 will explore the visual arts in tandem with science, engineering, and art history. Campers will spend mornings with an art instructor creating a variety of hands-on art projects that inspire learning in fun, creative, and meaningful ways.

Afternoons will include traditional camp activities such as outdoor games, nature walks, and swimming at RA pools.

Learn more about this summer's camps and register online.

Camp Highlights Include:

• Camp is now open to campers ages 6–12
• Innovative new projects during each session
• Outdoor exploration activities
• Exciting themes exploring the visual arts and STEM
• Expansion of artistic vocabulary and creativity through hands-on activities led by professional art educators

New 2023 Camp Themes:

Pictures and Stories
Have you ever heard the saying “A picture is worth a thousand words”? Have you drawn pictures before to help you tell a story? In Pictures and Stories, we will take a look at how artists today also incorporate storytelling in their artmaking. Campers will make drawings, paintings, storybooks, and more that tell stories and create worlds using pictures instead of words!

What a Colorful World
What’s your favorite color, and why? Does seeing different colors change how you feel? Did you know that all colors we see are made up of light? In this camp, we will explore all things light and color. Campers will explore the possibilities of art and have fun with activities such as sun-printing, observational drawing, color-mixing, and more!

Playful Spaces
Investigate all things 3-D! From blankets to boxes, Playful Spaces will cover the basics of building fun, unique forts and creating large artworks using different materials to transform spaces – sometimes call “installation art”. Campers will walk away with a basic understanding of engineering and a fort or installation of their own to take home!