Marc Robarge
After teaching art for more than two decades in Falls Church City Public Schools, Marc Robarge retired in June 2022. Now, he shares his artistry with the community as the district's first Artist-in-Residence, an initiative funded by the Falls Church Education Foundation.
Robarge began his residency at Meridian High School in 2023 by conceptualizing murals for the fifth floor lounge and designing a ceramic wall installation titled "Through the Looking Glass: A Murmuration of Cellular Life." More than 850 students and staff members contributed to his flagship piece, which draws inspiration from microscopic spores, bird murmurations, and Lewis Carroll’s "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland."
During the 2023-2024 school year, Robarge received a FCEF grant for an Oak Street Elementary installation called "Our School Makes a Difference." Tripps Run, the small stream adjacent to Oak Street, runs in a meandering line to the Potomac River, Chesapeake Bay, and finally, the Atlantic, connecting our community to the greater world. Robarge is leading students and staff at Oak Street in creating colorful ceramic fish that will make up a wall sculpture featuring a large school swimming along a wall at the school's back entrance.
In August 2025, FCEF and the Henderson team proudly unveiled its newest school-wide art installation. Led by Roberge, the project brought together students, faculty, and staff to design a large ceramic piece that now flows along the ramp wall in the main hallway. Centered on the theme of “evolving identity,” a concept shared across grades 6-8 and central to the IB curriculum. Each participant crafted a ceramic “house” shape to represent their unique self, arranged in a tessellating design modeled after a spiral aloe plant. The houses are arranged in sunny, spiraling discs that intersect in a variety of ways, symbolizing peer relationships and group dynamics.
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Robarge began his residency at Meridian High School in 2023 by conceptualizing murals for the fifth floor lounge and designing a ceramic wall installation titled "Through the Looking Glass: A Murmuration of Cellular Life." More than 850 students and staff members contributed to his flagship piece, which draws inspiration from microscopic spores, bird murmurations, and Lewis Carroll’s "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland."
During the 2023-2024 school year, Robarge received a FCEF grant for an Oak Street Elementary installation called "Our School Makes a Difference." Tripps Run, the small stream adjacent to Oak Street, runs in a meandering line to the Potomac River, Chesapeake Bay, and finally, the Atlantic, connecting our community to the greater world. Robarge is leading students and staff at Oak Street in creating colorful ceramic fish that will make up a wall sculpture featuring a large school swimming along a wall at the school's back entrance.
In August 2025, FCEF and the Henderson team proudly unveiled its newest school-wide art installation. Led by Roberge, the project brought together students, faculty, and staff to design a large ceramic piece that now flows along the ramp wall in the main hallway. Centered on the theme of “evolving identity,” a concept shared across grades 6-8 and central to the IB curriculum. Each participant crafted a ceramic “house” shape to represent their unique self, arranged in a tessellating design modeled after a spiral aloe plant. The houses are arranged in sunny, spiraling discs that intersect in a variety of ways, symbolizing peer relationships and group dynamics.
Learn more about our latest Super Grant Awards.