The Center for the Arts at the Candy Factory sponsors summer camps
for children and teens, theatrical productions
for children and adults, teaches classes in the arts
and provides community outreach programs for local youth.
Founded in 1984 by a group of artists and art lovers,
the Center for the Arts aims to enrich the quality of
life in the Northern Virginia suburbs through performances,
gallery exhibits and arts education. A theater, an art
gallery and classrooms are located in the Center’s
historic home in the Candy Factory in Old Town Manassas.
The mission of the Center for the Arts is to
enrich the quality of life among all the populations
in our area through diverse education and presentation
arts programming of the highest quality.
"How important are the visual arts in our society? I feel strongly that
the visual arts are of vast and incalculable importance.
Of course, I could be prejudiced. I am visual
art."
