Our Projects
We bring art to the community to make it a safer space for us all, but we can't do it without your help. Come volunteer with us to bring about positive change together.
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Art in Daily Spaces 2025
We're organizing a spring exhibition across Annandale featuring 21 local artists.
Join us for the opening reception on Saturday, April 5th at 6pm at the Mason District Government Center.
Learn more about the artistsNeighborhood Grocery Womens Art Workshop
CAFE hosted its first community event in Detroit in partnership with the Neighborhood Grocery.
Lunar New Year Celebration
CAFE volunteers returned for a second year to organize various traditional activities such as traditional tea ceremonies, games, and crafts.
Faces of Annandale
CAFE gave local children chalk and empty circles to sketch their portraits directly onto the walls and parking lot of the new civic space.
Mental Health Art Workshop
CAFE hosted a mental health themed art event in partnership with the Health Department of Fairfax County to introduce students to exploring and expressing their emotions with art.
Seven Corners Block Party
CAFE joined the Seven Corners Block Party with more murals, cardboard houses, and a message of community joy.
Culmore Community Day
CAFE hosted community members from Culmore to practice covering up vandalism with colorful artwork as a way to deter future criminal activity.
Lunar New Year Celebration
CAFE volunteers organized various traditional activities such as traditional tea ceremonies, games, and crafts.
Neighborhood Safety Day
CAFE provided a mural program for local children where they covered a vandalized cardboard house with beautiful murals.
Culmore Community Painting
CAFE artists and local children created a community painting at the Culmore Community Day.
LOVE, Community Sculpture
CAFE artists and volunteers created Virginia LOVE sign with Culmore community children, and the completed artwork was exhibited at the Frying Pan Farm Park for a month.
Colorful Neighborhood, Mural
Based on a theory, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), we designed and created a mural in a culturally marginalized area.
Rising Moon, Dance Performance
We were proud to host the Nanuri Dance Company's performance of "Rising Moon" (달 이는 달), a Korean contemporary dance! The performance was a celebration of the arts from both South and North Korea as the dancers were shadowed by imagery from the Joseon Dynasty (1392~1910) through to the Korean War (1950) and into the present.
Nanuri Dance Company (NCD) was established in 2005 under the motto "Communicate and Share Together." They are a professional dance company that performs a diverse repertoire of traditional and modern Korean dance with a unique focus on collaborations with actors and educators. NDC aspires to produce and present sustainable and social dances that will reach the hearts of everyone in the community.
Annandale Art Day
During the park’s Arts Day on Saturday, several local families played games, worked on puzzles, painted rocks, decorated bike helmets, and worked on communal paintings and chalk drawings on a wall and parking lot – while music teacher Andy Yoon entertained them on the park’s outdoor piano.
We were able to organize this event in collaboration with the county parks and transportation departments and all of our amazing volunteers!