The PARC at Tysons is designed to be a hub for placemaking and community building within the Tysons area and the entire County. In what began as the Container Store, Celebrate Fairfax has transformed the building into a vibrant center for the everyone to enjoy.
The PARC is located at 8508 Leesburg Pike, Tysons.
The building’s name came from the results of a community engagement survey representing People, Arts, Recreation, and Community. These four pillars represent the goals for the location and reflect the experiences and events that are created.
PEOPLE
The PARC provides unique volunteer opportunities and experiences with a special focus on inclusion and diversity.
ART
From the mural on the building to art installations, exhibits, vendors and hands on experiences, art is a vital force.
RECREATION
Fun comes in many forms at The PARC, from outdoor games, karaoke competitions, relaxing with food and drinks and much more.
COMMUNITY
The PARC is a community place for to build connections.
The PARC is a large space that hosts the Celebrate Fairfax office headquarters, art installations, educational programming, Shop Local Markets, events and more. The entire building is enveloped with a mural by local artist Rodrigo Pradel. The PARC features indoor and outdoor space, with each are utilized to the fullest for community engagement.
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THE PARC MURAL
Name of the Mural: Waves
Artist: Rodrigo Pradel
Mural Artists: Rodrigo Pradel & Mike Pacheco
In 2021, a local mural artist, Rodrigo Pradel, began work on the colorful mural that wrapped the building in bright vibrant waves of color. The mural is part of Rodrigo’s latest series ‘Waves’ which explores energy through colors growing across the canvas. Waves of energy flow through us constantly and envelops everything it touches. It alters the space with a hypercolor surface. Viewers are encouraged to explore the whole area, find a spot they are interested in and focus in on the artwork. The art allows them to visually ingest the energy with intention, spawn imagination and creativity.
Rodrigo Pradel is a painter, illustrator and muralist born in Chile, later moved and raised in Canada, and currently calls the United States his home. He is a painter in many mediums whose work explores the event horizon between this reality and the other(s). The surrealism in his work resembles dream like environments while his subject matter shows a clear focus on the viewer and their internal journey.
