Best Arts & Enrichment Programs in the DMV

Every year we ask you to vote for your favorite services, businesses, classes and offerings in the DMV across a wide range of categories. In 2021 we received 8,273 nominations and over 14,000 votes from the community! We’re proud to be a go-to resource for parents and honored to be a part of such an engaged community.

Engaging children with enriching programs in art, theater, dance, music and performance is priceless. You told us about your favorite offerings and we listened!

Here are the winners and finalists in the Best Arts & Enrichment Programs in the DMV category.

Music Classes, Choruses & Ensembles:

Washington Conservatory of Music (Winner) Glen Echo, MD

International School of Music (Finalist) Bethesda, MD

Mason Community Arts Academy of GMU (Finalist) Fairfax, VA

Children’s Theaters:

AFYP (Winner) Fairfax, VA

Imagination Stage (Finalist) Bethesda, MD

Adventure Theatre MTC (Finalist) Glen Echo, MD

Cooking Classes:

Sur La Table (Winner) Bethesda, MD

Tiny Chefs (Finalist) DC, MD & VA

Cookology Culinary School (Finalist)
Arlington, VA

Dance Classes:

Tiny Dancers (Winner) Alexandria, VA

District Irish Dance Academy (Finalist) North West DC

Joy of Motion (Finalist) DC & MD

Performing Arts Centers:

Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts (Winner) Vienna, VA

Adventure Theatre MTC (Finalist) Glen Echo, MD

Hylton Performing Arts Center
(Finalist) Manassas, VA

Performing Arts Classes:

Tiny Dancers (Winner) Alexandria, VA

AFYP (Finalist) Fairfax, VA

Round House Theater (Finalist) Bethesda, MD

Visual Arts Classes:

VisArts (Winner) Rockville, MD

Mason Community Arts Academy of GMU (Finalist) Fairfax, VA

Stone Branch School of Art (Finalist) Rockville, MD

Thank you to all who voted in 2021’s Washington Parent Picks! We look forward to learning more about the best the DMV has to offer this summer, in our Washington Parent Picks 2022.

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