Lorton Arts Foundation

The Workhouse Arts Center, a project of the Lorton Arts Foundation, provides needed visual and performing arts studio and exhibition space as well as engaging arts education programs for people of all ages and artistic abilities. Set on 55 acres of land in the historic Lorton prison buildings, the Workhouse provides a home for more than 150 of the regions finest professional and emerging artists as well as cooperative studios, performance and theatre venues, dedicated gallery space, and event facilities.