The Tephra ICA Arts Festival is celebrating 35 years! 

The annual Tephra ICA Arts Festival is a competitive, juried event that is consistently rated as one of the best outdoor art festivals in the country, both for the quality of the artwork presented and for its exceptional artist hospitality. This year we are celebrating 35 years presenting the Festival in Reston Town Center. To mark this milestone, we've added a new People's Choice Award in honor of Festival Founder, Judith Forst, and will also be recognizing American craft traditions as part of the 250th Anniversary of the United States.

These additions will further amplify our long-standing reputation for presenting high quality, one-of-a-kind artwork in the dynamic, open-air setting of the Reston Town Center. Known colloquially as “the Reston Show,” the Festival attracts patrons and knowledgeable collectors from the Washington, DC metropolitan region and beyond. In 2025 the Festival saw a 40% increase in visitors for a record 40,000+ attendees.