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Monday, January 10, 2011

CFPA Students Win Poetry and Art Contest

Woodbridge Senior High School takes home four wins in the Lockheed Martin Sponsored "Off the Wall" Student Art & Poetry Fest in Old Town Manassas.

Woodbridge Senior High School seniors and CFPA creative writing students Briana Cole, Hali Haskins and Cristal Mean won first, second, and third place respectively for poetry in the Off the Wall: Student Art and Poetry Fest. Ninth grader and WSHS CFPA art student Bernadine Deperio took an honorable mention for a multi-media self-portrait called Bernadine. Winners of the Poetry and Art Contest received their award on Saturday, Jan. 8 at 3:30 pm at The Center for the Arts, Caton Merchant Family Gallery located at 9419 Battle Street, Manassas, in the Old Town district. Cole says she has been writing, “Since I was little, but got serious about it when I applied for the CFPA.” Cole, who won first place for her poem Suspension, incorporated …

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Edgemoor Studio in Lake Ridge, a New Art School for Kids, Opens its Doors

Owner Ruth Johnsen applies a holistic approach to teaching art.

 Edgemoor Art Studio, a unique new art school in Lake Ridge that applies a holistic approach to art and creativity, has now opened its doors. Owner Ruth Johnsen, a former school teacher of 28 years, began the business by giving art lessons in her home studio, but has now moved to the larger location at 12616 Lake Ridge Drive. Johnsen, believing that children are creative by nature, plans her curriculum by aiming to expand that natural creativity. Works of art by the students are showcased within a private gallery right inside the studio. "Top priority is the essential need for children to have many opportunities to question, think, brainstorm ideas, and make art through the creative process," Johnsen said. The Edgemoor Studio offers a …

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