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ArtsFairfax, Capital One and local artists marked five seasons of a partnership designed to make Capital One Hall more accessible to Fairfax County arts and culture nonprofits at a July 14 reception in Tysons.

Program officials reported that 48 participating nonprofits collectively attracted more than 61,000 attendees and generated $2.4 million in ticket revenue over those seasons. The totals were presented by the program and were not independently substantiated in the supplied reporting.

The Community Arts Partnership was negotiated as part of the development of Capital One Center. It reserves 15% of Capital One Hall bookings for eligible Fairfax County-based arts and culture nonprofits, which can rent the main performance hall or the smaller black-box venue known as the Vault at subsidized rates.

Participating organizations also receive help from Capital One Hall with box-office sales, marketing and event staging. Those services can be significant for community groups that regularly perform in schools, churches and other spaces without the same technical or promotional resources.

ArtsFairfax President and CEO Stuart Holt and Capital One Vice President Erin Mical attended the anniversary reception, along with Del. Holly Seibold and state Sen. Saddam Salim.

Capital Wind Symphony is among the organizations that have used the program in each of its five seasons. The volunteer ensemble normally rehearses at McLean High School and performs at churches, schools and other community locations around the Washington region.

Its representatives credited Capital One Hall with helping the group reach larger audiences, attract more attention for its programs and pursue more ambitious performances.

“Our audience and community engagement has just gone through the roof,” board Vice President Scott Herman said. “We couldn’t afford a place like this otherwise.”

Artistic director William Lake Jr. described the venue partnership as closely connected to the ensemble’s recent development.

“It’s part of the history of our organization intimately,” Lake said.

Lake also said the symphony now earns a profit from its Capital One Hall events, although financial records supporting that assertion were not included in the supplied reporting.

Gin Dance Company, a Reston-based organization that also performs at schools, senior centers and other regional locations, has found a similar home base through the partnership. Company leaders said the arrangement gives supporters a reliable place to see its work while providing access to a theater that would otherwise be beyond its budget.

“There’s no way we would be able to be in a theater like this without the partnership,” co-founder and Executive Director Gary Cuff said.

Artistic director and choreographer Shu-Chen Cuff said the hall’s lighting, set-design capabilities and other equipment have strengthened the company’s productions and allowed it to undertake additional collaborations. She said patrons responded positively to the resulting performances.

“We heard just enormous, great feedback from our patrons,” she said.

One collaboration, Aurora Dance Fest, has developed into an annual event involving Gin Dance Company and other dance companies. The participating organizations’ accounts of larger audiences and improved productions reflect their own assessments rather than independent measurements.

The hall program is one part of a broader relationship between Capital One and ArtsFairfax. That relationship also includes a corporate art program that places artwork in Capital One workspaces.

The partnership operates within a Tysons campus that has expanded beyond Capital One’s headquarters to include restaurants, a hotel, entertainment offerings and an elevated park. For local arts groups, the subsidized booking program provides a route into that growing destination while allowing them to continue performing in community venues elsewhere in the region.

After five seasons, the organizations involved point to the attendance and ticket-sales totals as evidence of the program’s reach. For individual groups such as Capital Wind Symphony and Gin Dance Company, its importance is more immediate: access to a professional stage, production support and a recurring venue they say would otherwise be unaffordable.