League Of Reston Artists
Art by Karen Danenberger
Dream. Create. Inspire.
The League of Reston Artists (LRA) is a nonprofit, volunteer-run community of visual artists, photographers, and art supporters dedicated to celebrating creativity and connection. Through rotating group and solo exhibitions, artist talks, workshops, and community partnerships, we create opportunities to learn, share, and experience art in meaningful ways. Our outreach programs bring art into public spaces, support creative education, and fund an annual scholarship for local high school students pursuing the visual arts. We welcome artists, art lovers, and curious visitors alike to connect, participate, and be part of a vibrant creative community.
LRA Calendar
Meet the Maker Spotlight!
Behind every work of art is a unique story—and we'd love to help you tell yours. Every other month, we'll feature one League of Reston Artists member on our homepage, so you can meet the artist behind the artwork. Our inaugural member is…Bonnie Cohen!
Bonnie’s award-winning commissions enhance public spaces, health care facilities, synagogues and community centers in the United States. Several of her installations have been included in the Mosaic Arts International Exhibitions and in 2021 her public art installation was selected as the best architectural mosaic for that international exhibition. Bonnie has been awarded five public art commissions from the state of Ohio’s Percent for Arts program at universities and hospitals throughout the state. She was the recipient of a Knight Foundation grant to work with local high school students during the pandemic to create a mosaic mural for an historic Courthouse in Akron, Ohio. After graduating from Carnegie-Mellon University, Bonnie began her career as an art director specializing in corporate branding, packaging and product design. She left the corporate world after 15 years and studied ceramics and created her own unique style of telling stories in clay. She uses a combination of predominately luminous recycled glass mosaic and richly detailed handmade tiles, metals, smalti, precious stones and 22k gold leaf. Bonnie has partnered with architects, designers and fundraising professionals to create public artworks in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Washington DC., Maryland, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Florida, Rhode Island and Ohio. Bonnie finds her inspiration by listening to people’s stories. She continues to tell visual stories with her mosaic art and loves the challenge of creating inspirational and uplifting imagery reflecting the values, ideas and spiritual core of an organization. See Bonnie’s work below and click on the video link to learn more about her work, and check out her website here!
LRA Table Talk: Social Media for Artists
A casual conversation about finding your audience online! Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok...where does an artist even begin?
Join LRA members Karen Durishin and Janet Sifers for a relaxed, interactive conversation about social media for artists—whether you're just getting started or looking for ways to make your current social media presence work better for you. We'll talk about the bigger questions: Which platforms make sense for you? What should you post? How do you build genuine engagement? And how much time do you really need to spend doing all of this?
Karen and Janet will share what's worked for them, lessons they've learned along the way, and practical ideas for making social media more manageable and effective. But this isn't a lecture—and there's no one-size-fits-all formula. Bring your questions! We'll leave plenty of room for conversation and let your interests help guide where the discussion goes.
Thursday, October 8, 7:00 PM , Via Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87331922041
90 minutes, LRA members only
Recent Sales By Our Members
Congratulations to all who sold their artwork during our Small Works Exhibits last month at the Reston Community Center at Lake Anne! If you recently sold artwork or photography at one of our exhibits or though the Art In Public Places program and wish to be featured, please let us know!!
Congratulations to Charlene Furhman-Schulz on the recent sale of her “Peonies” and “Eagles Aerie” paintings that sold at the Reston Hospital, one of our Art In Public Places venues! Congrats Charlene!!
Karen Durishin, “My Friend The Octopus”
Charlene Furhman-Schulz, “Winter Study”
Ruth Sievers, “Cat and Spider”
Jim Schlett, “Monticello Reflections”
Ruth Sievers, “Lotus at Meadowlark”
Ruth Sievers, “Koi”