Judy Heiser
Judy believes that Life in Balance is important in creative expression. She has spent her life in the arts as a professional dancer, choreographer, director and producer, and applies her talents and varied experiences to support performing and visual arts within the community.
Background
From Dancer to Visual Artist
Judy Heiser trained and performed professionally in dance and theatre before committing to painting nearly twenty years ago. She studied fine arts at the Corcoran College of Art and Design and the Alexandria Art league. She co-founded Les Artists Locale, Plein Air Painters of Alexandria. Her works have won several awards and can be seen on exhibit in DC, Maryland and recently at the National Institute of Health, and the Torpedo Factory Art Center among others. Heiser’s paintings are sold across the country and have been gifted in support of various charities. Ballerinas was painted to promote ArtSpire VA’s efforts to encourage and inspire visual and performing arts in the community.
She often provides works of art in support of these programs (among others).
ArtSpire VA, Alexandria INOVA Hospital, Navy-Marine Corps, Target Gallery, Friends of Orphans, Fairfax County Public Schools, To Write Love On Her Arms, Art for Darfur, Parkinson’s Research, Doctors Without Borders, Cancer Prevention and Research.
Teaching
Teaching Recreational Art Therapy at Mount Vernon Hospital, Plein Air, Still Life and Large Scale Abstract workshops, fundraisers.
“As I’m painting, I tell these stories about what I’m feeling, choreographing to make something happen... balance, rhythm and movement from within the soul.”