At Lorton, the Arts Transform a Prison. February 26, 2003. ... The Lorton arts complex will include a performance barn, seven miles of biking and hiking trails, classrooms and ...

Sentenced in 1955 to spend five to 17 years in the District's Lorton prison for forgery, counterfeiting and other crimes, Farmer C. Thomas might have become just another anonymous inmate ...

A prison-turned-art space in Lorton, Virginia. Discover the fascinating history of the Occoquan Workhouse in Lorton, Virginia. Initially built in 1910 as a progressive era work camp to ...

LORTON, VA — The Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, located on the site of the former Lorton Correctional Complex, is planning a "Nightmare Prison" drive-thru entertainment event for the month of ...

Arts Blossom in Former Prison Workhouse Arts Center at Lorton continues tradition of transformation. Workhouse Arts Center artist-in-residence Karen Ching works in her studio.

The historic Lorton Prison, originally commissioned by Theodore Roosevelt in the early 20th century, just began an extensive redevelopment. The Alexander Company, a national leader in historic ...

Under the aegis of the Lorton Arts Foundation, Inc., the new arts center will occupy the 22 building, 41.4 acre site, within the prison formerly known as the Lorton Women's Workhouse.

The Workhouse Arts Center would be created from 30 renovated buildings on the Lorton prison grounds, part of a larger redevelopment push on the county-owned property. "It’s a world-class ...

In the 1920s, inmates at the Lorton Reformatory were given the unusual task of building their own prison. Two decades earlier, President Theodore Roosevelt had commissioned a workhouse and ...

The theater is housed in former prison dormitories, with a nearby museum preserving Lorton’s history. Workhouse Arts Center continues to evolve, hosting events like a Met Gala-inspired ball and ...