Film, Animation Art Gallery ArtInsights Continues to Grow

Ciara McAvoy, a highly successful woman working in the film art industry, is one of the newest artists being represented at the gallery.

When it comes to the biggest names in film art, you might expect to find galleries that carry it in New York or Hollywood—but the owners of ArtInsights Animation and Film Art Gallery call Reston their home. "We opened the gallery in Reston Town Center only a year after [RTC] opened, before it became such a destination,” said co-owner Michael Barry. “Being near Dulles, it's convenient to those coming here from other parts of the world.  We have clients in England, France, Japan, and all sorts of other places, so we needed to be close to an international airport." "The East Coast made more sense for that reason, and I have roots in the Washington area,” said co-owner Leslie Combemale. “I know about the sophisticated group of art collectors …

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Movie Review: The Secret World of Arrietty

Celebrating the Secret World

The Secret World of Arrietty, the latest offering from the wildly popular Japanese animation company Studio Ghibli, is being released in the U.S. in partnership with the Disney Company. First released in Japan on July 17, 2010, the North American version makes its debut on February 17.   A tiny girl lives with her mother and father.  She and her dad "borrow" all they need for their tiny home on the grounds of a sick human boy's grandmother and curious housekeeper. The boy comes to stay and discovers Arrietty, spurring fear and upheaval in the little household, a house that has a strict rule of staying undiscovered by their hosts. The movie is a charming and slow attentive study of a friendship that teaches two budding youths, albeit of …

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