The Board of Directors at McLean Project for the Arts elected five new board members and new officers.

The Board of Directors at McLean Project for the Arts elected five new board members and new officers. New members are Howard Forman, Charlotte Cameron Marshall, Ed Shahin, Margi Vanderhye, and Joe Wetzel. Karen DuVal was elected chair; Bill DuBose, vice-chair; Karin M. Gifuni, secretary; and Nyka Jasper Feldman, treasurer.

MPA is a non-profit visual arts center founded in 1962 to exhibit the work of emerging and established regional artists. The mission of McLean Project for the Arts is to exhibit the work of emerging and established artists from the mid-Atlantic region; to promote public awareness and understanding of the concepts of contemporary art; and to offer instruction and education in the visual arts.

MPA/Corcoran, an educational partnership, offers art classes for children and adults taught by instructors from the Corcoran College of Art + Design. MPA also presents the Art Reach program for area schools, gallery talks, MPAartfest and day trips to area museums and galleries.

McLean Project for the Arts is located at 1234 Ingleside Ave. in the McLean Community Center. For more information about MPA, visit www.mpaart.org.