Friday, March 2, 2012
Hundreds of pounds of food picked up today
Artists John Gascot and Mary Gallagher Stout of the Workhouse Arts Center are happy - they just finished a two-month-long project collecting hundreds of pounds of food for charity to fill their "empty kitchen". On Friday afternoon, donations from the "Have A Heart Project" in Building 4 were picked up by Food For Others, the largest distributor of food in Northern Virginia. The project began in mid-January, and included an art show with food-themed paintings. "It was definitely successful and rewarding," said Gascot. "We were working so hard to get donations that it was exciting when people donated on their own." Stout said that more than 500 pounds of food was collected. "I feel the community came through," she said.
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Can this kitchen be filled with donated food by the end of February?
Workhouse Arts Center artists John Gascot and Mary Gallagher Stout are looking for donated non-perishable food to fill their "empty kitchen" in building 4 by the end of the month. The donations from the "Have A Heart Project" will be sent to Food For Others, the largest distributor of food in Northern Virginia. "Have a Heart Project" Opening Reception Since last month, a group of Workhouse studio artists have been gathering food donations and painting new work for the "Have a Heart Project's" opening reception, which is at building 4 on Saturday, Feb. 11, from 6-9 p.m. "The show runs through the month, and we would love to have a bunch of people come with food on Saturday," said Gascot. "It's so easy - everybody has a little something …
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
See his work in building 4 at the Workhouse Arts Center
The women in John Gascot's paintings have an image to live up to. The lines are bold, colors bright and the hair is always rich. It's true - the laugh lines in John's face also run deep, but the real inspiration is anything but selfish. It's all about Rose Cirolli, his mother. John, 39, was born in Puerto Rico and describes his mom as an Italian stick of TNT with a bouffant hairdo. "She was very ahead of her time. She was fearless," he said in his new studio at Lorton's Workhouse Arts Center. "She was Italian and had a thick New York accent. She taught herself Spanish and moved to Puerto Rico, and when she got pregnant she said: 'I'm gonna have the kid, I'm not married and I don't care.' Back then it wasn't as common as it is now." The …
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