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.
Currently, Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School students and staff are hard at work on a new art installation led by Robarge and art teacher Maddy Miller. Inspired by Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself, each participant will create a ceramic, house-shaped piece, which will be arranged along the ramp wall outside the cafetorium. This project allows every student, faculty, and staff member to contribute to an artistic display that celebrates individuality and connection.
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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.
Currently, Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School students and staff are hard at work on a new art installation led by Robarge and art teacher Maddy Miller. Inspired by Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself, each participant will create a ceramic, house-shaped piece, which will be arranged along the ramp wall outside the cafetorium. This project allows every student, faculty, and staff member to contribute to an artistic display that celebrates individuality and connection.
Learn more about our latest Super Grant Awards.