Visual arts, performing arts, history & education
The Future at the Workhouse is Happening Now!
Now at Workhouse Arts Center
Christylez Bacon, Friday, April 15
OnStage
Friday & Saturday, April 15 & 16, 7:30pm
McGuireWoods Gallery
Friday evening enjoy progressive Hip-Hop artist Christylez Bacon! And, Saturday evening the Workhouse welcomes folk musician Nataly Merezhuk!
Art and Mystery hilariously collide
Performing Arts
Select dates March 18 - April 16, 2022
W-3 Theater
Come see the 2000 Edgar Award Winner for Best Mystery Play. Eccentric artist Jack Brooks feels wronged and plans to murder his flamboyant art dealer. Will Jack carry out his plan? Or is something else going on?
An extended concert event!
Three Live Music Performances
MusicWorks TICKETS go on sale Friday, April 8, 2022
Friday, June 3, 2022, Gates open 4pm
Workhouse Arts Center Campus Quad
MusicWorks, an extended concert event with performances by Vulfpeck collaborator and GRAMMY-nominated multi instrumentalist Cory Wong, Billboard chart-topping mandolinist Sierra Hull and DC-based indie-soul sensations Oh He Dead!
Support the arts.
Every year, the Workhouse Arts Center, a project of the Workhouse Arts Foundation, raises funds to fuel inspiration and provide engaging, multidisciplinary, community arts experiences for more than 100,000 visitors every year. You can be an integral part of making our mission-driven work a success. Make a tax deductible contribution to support Workhouse and it’s programs today!
Thanks to Visit Fairfax for helping to brand south Fairfax County as Potomac Banks – an area of our County steeped in history, culture, museums, natural resources and other attractions.
Fairfax County is beginning a renovation project that will ultimately bring food and beverage establishments to the Workhouse Campus.
Explore Workhouse Arts Center
Classes
Painting, ceramics, glass, drawing, dance, and more for adults, youth, and the military.
Workhouse Arts Center offers in-person and virtual classes for students of all ages in many types of visual arts, performing arts, culinary arts, and more. We also offer camps and other programming.
Lucy Burns Museum
91 years of prison history at Lorton.
The Lucy Burns Museum examines the 91-year history of the former Lorton Prison Complex; including the events of 1917 which changed the course of the women’s suffrage movement in the United States.
Military in the Arts Initiative
Addressing the needs and improving the lives of military service members, veterans, their families, and caregivers.
WMAI is a Military arts and Art Therapy program addressing the needs and improving the lives of military service members, veterans, and their families.
Studios + Galleries
The Workhouse Arts Center Artist Programs offer something for all artists and those who appreciate the visual arts.
We offer studio artist programs, our Arches Gallery Program, as well as art exhibits in our many galleries on the Workhouse Arts Center campus.