The Monthly Insight: Sept 2026
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- FAL News
- The Member Focus on Social Media Platforms
- Upcoming Events and Opportunities
- Recent Events and Showings
- Lead an Art-Focused Program
- This Month's Art and Lunch
- Art Contests & Calls for Art
- Visit Our Ongoing Exhibitions
- Join or Renew Your Membership
- Become a FAL Volunteer
- Join us on social media! Let's connect!
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Hello dear readers,
Happy September! The month of perfect temperatures, concerts, festivals and crisp, blue-sky days with earlier sunsets. We have so much to catch you up on, including new Board members, fresh opportunities and recent endeavors.
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FAL News
August Highlights at the Fairfax Art League
The August FAL calendar was eventful with new Board elections, show changes, updates to our social media, and a new prospect as a show venue.
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Board Meeting
The Executive Board met on August 10. Amanda Morrison was approved for the office of Secretary. The remaining board members are Robert Sinclair, President; Julia Fouser, Vice President; and Bob Emond, Treasurer.
FAL has been in discussions with the George Mason University Art Department to begin a collaboration to advance the goals of both organizations. The Board approved a motion to allow Julia Fouser to coordinate a workshop with Bobby Yi of GMU.
The art league has two new curators and need assistant curators to support them in their respective duties. The Board will take this opportunity to prepare materials and training for our curators to ensure consistent offerings to our members and the public.
The Board is planning for an all-hands meeting in the Fall and a new workshop series in October or November.
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Treasurer’s Report
The fiscal year for the art league is set by the IRS and begins July 1. For the fiscal year ending July 1, 2026 costs of $8,122 exceeded income by $855 some of which was offset by $255 balance of grant payment from COA for the workshops, which we received too late to report in last year’s income statement. The board cut $1,500 from next year’s budget by eliminating some professional fees and software fees which we deemed were no longer required. The art league is in good shape financially for the coming year. Our rainy day trust fund maintains a healthy balance.
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Reminder: the Member Focus
As an initiative to involve members more in our social media presence and to garner more public engagement, we started a Member Spotlight post with a little bit about one member at a time. If you would like to have a spotlight on our social media (highly encouraged), please fill out the following Google Form with some information about yourself and your art.
See links below to see the recent Spotlights:
Let Erin know if you have any questions. You can contact Erin by text at 703-282-3591 or by email at erinsinclair54@gmail.com. And if you haven't already, make sure to follow the FAL Instagram @fairfaxartleague
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Upcoming Events and Opportunities
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Expanding to local businesses
The art league was approached by a local business this month with the opportunity to collaborate on showing art at their location. The Board approved a working group to meet with the business. The group met with the business and made a proposal that the business is considering as we go to press.
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RECENT EVENTS AND SHOWINGS
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City Hall Reception took place on August 21.
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Church of the Good Shepherd Show Change took place
on August 26th. Here's a peek:
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Lead an
Art-Focused Program
Do you have a skill or style you'd like to teach? You can lead an art-focused program such as an art seminar, skill-building workshop or Sip-and-Paint event. Please fill out the following Interest Form.
Send an email to
1fairfaxartleague@gmail.com
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August Art & Lunch
Join artists Kellie Legrand and Bob Emond for an artful afternoon. Bring your art supplies, pack a lunch, and head over!
Thursday, Sep. 3, 2-5 pm
Thursday, Sep. 10, 12-3 pm
Thursday, Sep. 17, 12-3 pm
Thursday, Sep. 24, 12-3 pm
Fairfax Regional Library, Room 103
10360 North Street in Old Town Fairfax
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Opportunity for Sales at
Pentagon Department of Defense Concessions Committee
for Calendar Year 2027
FAL members interested in displaying and selling your art (or any other small business) in the Pentagon, the Department of Defense Concessions Committee (DODCC) runs a Short Term (Rover) Program. The DODCC is in the process of planning out the 2027 calendar year.
- Approved applications result in the ability to sell in the Pentagon a minimum of a week (can go much longer, always in week long increments) at a time.
- It is a Monday to Friday period. Drop off/set up the Friday before your week(s), teardown is on your final day. Same concept applies if staying longer.
- You can apply to sell multiple times in the year.
- You get a large room, approximately 20x20 feet, to set up and run your sales. NO COST for the booth, electricity, etc, and plenty of food/drink options in the Pentagon Food Court area.
- Parking and entry pass is given for the time in the Pentagon.
- Must have a business insurance program, Arlington Business License, and ability do a business contract with DODCC.
- Rovers pay commission to the DoDCC that is a sum equal to 20% of net sales, with a minimum concession income fee of $250.
If you are interested in the DoDCC’s Rover Program, please reach out to John Hellmund via email directly at john.a.hellmund.naf@mail.mil.
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Other Local Art News and Opportunities
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ArtsFairfax is dedicated to expanding support for and access to arts and culture opportunities for all of Fairfax County.
We welcome event or opportunity submissions from both individual artists or arts organizations across all disciplines, including film, literature, visual, and performing arts.
You are encouraged to share your events and activities with us for consideration in our newsletters if you fit one of the following criteria:
- Artist or arts organizations that reside, work, and/or have a studio in Fairfax County, the City of Fairfax, or the City of Falls Church
- Artist or arts organization presenting work in Fairfax and/or surrounding region
- Organization programming arts-related activities or events in Fairfax and/or surrounding region.
Check out public art throughout the county:
Public Art - ArtsFairfax
Submit events at Calls for Artists - Auditions - ArtsFairfax
or email us about artist calls and opportunities at info@ArtsFairfax.org.
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ART CONTESTS AND CALL TO ART
As members become aware of art contests, please let us know so that we can share this information with our fellow artists and creatives. We would love to post that information here for all our members! The ones on our webpage can be seen here:
Call for Art — Fairfax Art League
Public Art Program:
Public Art Program City of Fairfax, VA
| | Occasionally we post information here about when and where our members display their art at non-FAL events. We also post information about local art events when we are aware of them. Please let us know if you become aware of these events, so that we may post them for members on this page. | |
Visit Our Ongoing Exhibitions
Click on the thumbnail to view
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The Virginian
9229 Arlington Blvd. Fairfax VA
The current show at
The Virginian started
April 12 and runs to
July 12th.
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The Church of the Good Shepherd
9350 Braddock Road Burke VA
The current show at
The Church started May 30 and runs until
August 26.
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Fairfax City Hall
10455 Armstrong Street
Fairfax VA
The current show at
City Hall started April 23, and runs to July 22.
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Pair O'Dice
10385 Main Street
Fairfax City, Virginia 22030
Mon. - Thurs. 12:00 pm - 10:00 pm, Fri. 12:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Sat. 11:00 am - 10:00 pm, Sun.11:00 am - 6:00 pm
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Membership
Our 2026/2027 membership drive is ahead of last year
at this time.
*However there are 30-40 current members who
have not updated your membership.
Please remember that our membership year begins
September 1 and renewals are due.
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Be involved, join the team!
Part of the membership responsibilities is to serve a certain number of volunteer hours. The better we are 'staffed', the more opportunities to be seen in the community through added events and venues. The more we are seen, the greater opportunities to experience community and for sales.
We are looking for members who would like to contribute their creativity, skills, and passion for the arts in several roles, like the ones listed below.
We are especially looking for members who can
- Support with event promotions and community partnerships
- Photograph or video gallery events
No professional experience is required, just enthusiasm, commitment, and a desire to help the League grow.
Please send an email to 1fairfaxartleague@gmail.com with your name, phone number, and how you would like to collaborate, and a team member will contact you!!
Other open positions:
- Assistant Curator
- Reception Support
- Art Show Event Coordinator
- Grant Support Coordinator
- Art Collaborator's Club Host
- Outreach Coordinator
Email: 1fairfaxartleague@gmail.com
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Promote your own artist page on the
FAL Online Members' Gallery and Website
As a member of the Fairfax Art League, you can have your own artist page on the FAL website. To get your FAL artist page set up, please email the following to Rahul Bardhan at rbardhan@yahoo.com
- Up to six representative photos of your artwork,
- Artist statement and or artist bio,
- Your photo so that he can create your artist page.
You can find the member artists' gallery at this site:
https://www.fairfaxartleague.net/member-artists
Besides being accessible from the FAL website, the artist page will also have a direct link that you can share elsewhere.
| | As a member of the Fairfax Art League, you can have your artwork on the FAL online art store. To submit content for the FAL online art store, please fill out the following form. Please send up to a maximum of 3 artworks only. If you are sending more than one artwork, then please make a separate submission for each artwork. | | |
Let's connect on Facebook as a group!
Often, we as artists want to bounce something off of each other, and even show our works in progress, or ask advice about selling platforms, sharing on social media, and so much more. Join us on the Facegroup group:
https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1DHa3a2cNM/
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For more photos, visit us on
Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube!
| | Thank you to our sponsors! | | Fairfax Art League (FAL), a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation that celebrates arts. We inspire and empower artists to explore their creative potential, promote art for the building of our society and strengthen the Community. FAL promotes artists at all levels and encourages skill development through collaborative effort. We aim at expanding our artist’s collaboration to widen our reach to the greater community. Your contributions are fully tax-deductible. | | | | |
