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Metro Fine Arts Center Moves into Lorton Workhouse Arts Center; Creates the First D.C.-Area Secondary Private School For Academics and Performing Arts

Metropolitan Fine Arts Center (MFAC) of Alexandria, Va. is growing in big ways, from just a dance studio to the first D.C.-area, private performing arts high school. MFAC currently offers performing arts studio classes in Alexandria, Old Town Alexandria and Fairfax Station, Va., but MFAC is set to move their Fairfax Station location to leased space at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, Va. on …
By Asha Bruot | May 21
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