Showing posts with label Art Shows. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Art Shows. Show all posts

Friday, December 20, 2024

Post 523: PWAS at 3 Fox Winery

PWAS at Three Fox Winery

Monday, December 16, 2024. The Prince William Art Society is showing art at the Three Fox Vineyard and Brewery located at Delaplane, Virginia.

Wineries are Great Places!

Yes, they are! Not only are there an abundance of wineries (and breweries) here in Virginia with beautiful grounds, views, tasting rooms, patios and decks, the delicious drinks, often nibbles and snacks, restaurants, and/or the occasional food trucks make for particularly wonderful places for events large and small. Or a picnic on a relaxing afternoon. And when there is enough wall space - many of these destinations offer a great place to show art! For viewing and for purchasing.

https://www.threefoxvineyards.com/ 

The Prince William Art Society (PWAS) was recently given the opportunity for a Call for Art to our members to enter to show their artwork at the Three Fox Vineyard and Brewery located at 10100 Three Fox Lane, Delaplane, VA 20144. The selected art was hung at the vineyard on Monday, December 16 and will remain on display until March 9, 2025. 

The below photo from PWAS member Sandra McClelland Lewin shows the art on display on the second story - and you may spot your artwork here, but not shown is around the corner(s) where other art pieces are hung.

The following PWAS artists are showing art at this show:
Donna Liguria
Katie Keller Dugan
Sheri Herrick
Bettie Sperty
Maria Briganti
Sandra Lewin
Evelyn Chatters
Nicole goble
Mark Murphy
Larry Burch
Kelly Hanaklau
Ana Quispe
Terry Sandlin
Tom Payne
 
If you are planning a road trip to enjoy some art and some beverages, here are the Vineyard hours:

Thursday: 2PM - 8PM
Friday: 12PM - 8PM
Saturday: 11AM- 7PM
Sunday: 12PM - 6PM

There is an Artist Reception planned for the artists, but the exact date and time are yet to be determined.


Author: Donna Liguria
Artistry Spin Blogmaster and an artist member of PWAS in Woodbridge, VA, specializing in acrylic painting. She paints landscapes, seascapes, animals and many subjects. Visit her Website at DonnaLiguriaArt.com, her Donna's Esty site and her Blog at Donna’s Cave Paintings.

Photography/Video Credits: Sandra Lewin

Local Art: The Prince William Art Society is a 50+-year-old non-profit art group in PWC for the appreciation of fine art throughout the county and Northern Virginia. Visit us at any of our local art shows or join us for our monthly meetings - held on the 4th Monday of the month at the Tall Oaks Community Center at 12298 Cotton Mill Dr, Woodbridge, VA at 7:30pm

Want to join PWAS? Go to https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/membership

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Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Post 522: Artist Inventory Sale at the ARTfactory Sat Dec 14, 2024

Artist Inventory Sale at the ARTfactory Sat, Dec 14, 2024

Saturday, December 14, 2024. The Prince William Art Society (PWAS) took part in the Artist Inventory Sale which was held this year inside the ARTfactory at 9419 Battle Street, Manassas, Virginia. It was a wonderful event with a wide variety of artists and art styles.

Shop for Local Art

There was a lot going on in Manassas that day both inside and outside of the ARTfactory! The Manassas train station parking lot was filled with many vendors selling their wares and munchies. There was the Christmas train so that kids could meet Santa Claus and review their Christmas lists. There was the inevitable road blocks. And inside the ARTfactory gallery - many local art groups and artists also selling their original artworks - where it was WARM inside!

There were 10 PWAS Members set up and sharing space showing quite the variety of art that visitors enjoyed viewing and purchasing.

The PWAS members participating at our PWAS table were:

Staci Blanchard
Kelly Haneklau
Mark Murphy
Richard Tyler
Nicole Fisher
Ana Quispe
Carol Noboa 
Seth Hatfield
Nicole Goble
Donna Liguria

Click on the image to enlarge your view. Just the diversity with these 10 artists is amazing to see in their styles and mediums - anything from acrylics, watercolors, photography, oils and mixed media. There was tiny art to much larger works, books, prints, original art, jewelry, mixed media, and of course, Christmas ornaments.

 







Here are a few pictures that Staci Blanchard took:





Artists Rubbing Elbows

It is always a learning experience in so many ways when having an art group show, especially when a room is filled with multiple art groups and artists. Not only do you get time to catch up with your fellow art group member friends but you can spend some time visiting with the other artists from around the county too. We get to greet friends and sometimes meet for the first time and get to know and be inspired by their art as well. We ask each other questions about what they create, like "how did you do that?" or "what did you use to achieve that?", getting great tips that may help in what we do.

As can often happen, many of the artists are members of multiple art groups. Some of the PWAS members were spread out across the room too.

It was nice to see the Manassas Art Guild (MAG) group and see Laura Lavarnway's annual Santa paintings as well as all of the other MAG members and their beautiful art.

The P-Art-Ners Art Group with Michele Frantz, Patty Gulledge, Mike Flynn (who manages the biannual Artist Inventory Sale [thankyou Mike!]), and Maria Briganti were there with their wonderful works too. 

Christine Reilly from the Creative Brush studio had a table with her incredible creations, as well as other local and very talented art creators.

Inspiration and fellowship with other creative souls is a beautiful thing and was much appreciated. A BIG thank you to the ARTfactory, Jordan Exum and to Mike Flynn for hosting this event and we hope that this can happen again in 2025!


Author: Donna Liguria
Artistry Spin Blogmaster and an artist member of PWAS in Woodbridge, VA, specializing in acrylic painting. She paints landscapes, seascapes, animals and many subjects. Visit her Website at DonnaLiguriaArt.com, her Donna's Esty site and her Blog at Donna’s Cave Paintings.

Photography/Video Credits: Donna Liguria, Staci Blanchard

Local Art: The Prince William Art Society is a 50+-year-old non-profit art group in PWC for the appreciation of fine art throughout the county and Northern Virginia. Visit us at any of our local art shows or join us for our monthly meetings - held on the 4th Monday of the month at the Tall Oaks Community Center at 12298 Cotton Mill Dr, Woodbridge, VA at 7:30pm

Want to join PWAS? Go to https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/membership

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Sunday, November 17, 2024

Post 519: PWAS Current Calls for Art

PWAS Current Calls for Art

If you are a member of the Prince William Art Society (PWAS) or are thinking about becoming a member, we have a variety of art show opportunities for members to participate in to show their art. Here are a couple of art show Calls for Art out now for our artist members to sign up for as they wish.

Artist Inventory Sale at the ARTfactory

PWAS Members only. Limited space available so sign up soon.

Show Coordinator: Staci Blanchard, Contact: thegoddessofglitter.art@gmail.com

Location of Show: ARTfactory 9419 Battle Street, Manassas, Virginia

Art Show Exhibit Date(s): December 14 from 12 to 5pm

Submission Deadline Date: December 8, 2024 midnight

Drop Off/Pick Up Date: TBD...but Friday, December 13 we can start setting up.

Special Instructions: Table provided (chairs BYOC). Staci will provide more info because of space being limited - for artwork AND artists.

Fee to Enter: $10

Commission on Sales: 20%

Where to Register Online? https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/register

    Member must register online and fill out the art show info form.

Juried on Unjuried Show? Unjuried but must follow the PWAS Display requirements found on https://artistryspin.blogspot.com/p/display.html

*Contact Staci to help with setup and take down.

The Artist Inventory Sale is a very nice change of pace for this Manassas Art Show which is typically held twice a year in the spring and fall - outside at the Harris Pavilion (which has historically been affected by the weather). The ARTfactory will hold the show INDOORS for this event. Get signed up TODAY.

Three Fox Vineyards & Brewery Art Show

PWAS Members only. Submit up to 3 pieces. Limited space is available so enter right away.

Show Coordinator: Sandra McClelland Lewin, Contact: sm22026@comcast.net

Location of Show: Three Fox Vineyards & Brewery 10100 Three Fox Ln, Delaplane, VA 20144

Art Show Exhibit Date(s): December 15, 2024 to March 9, 2025

Submission Deadline Date: Friday, November 22 midnight

Drop Off/Pick Up Date: Sunday, Dec. 15 from 12:00 to 1:00 at Tall Oaks Community Center parking lot or Monday, Dec. 16 at Three Fox Vineyards from 10:00 to 11:00 am. Pickup Date is TBD.

Special Instructions: No artwork or photos of foxes. Larger artworks only - 16x20 and up.

Fee to Enter: None

Commission on Sales: 30%

Register Online? Register with Sandra via email. Contact Sandra for entry form.
 
Juried on Unjuried Show? Juried and must follow the PWAS Display requirements found on https://artistryspin.blogspot.com/p/display.html

Acceptance/Regrets Email Notification: December 6

Bull Run Library Art Show

PWAS Members only. More info on this Call for Art (C4A) will be coming out soon.

Show Coordinator: Bettie Sperty, Contact:

Location of Show: TBD

Art Show Date(s): TBD - January 2025

Submission Deadline Date: TBD

Drop Off/Pick Up Date: TBD

Special Instructions: TBD

Fee to Enter: TBD

Commission on Sales: TBD

Register Online? TBD
 
Juried on Unjuried Show? TBD - Must follow the PWAS Display requirements found on https://artistryspin.blogspot.com/p/display.html

Artists and Show Coordinators - More Info

NOTE that the Show Coordinator is who you contact for ANY questions or more information, forms, labels, etc.

Artists: Check your artwork BEFORE you drop off your art for a show. We have artists that deliver artwork that is not wired! Ensure you follow the submission requirements for each show - they always vary in some way.

Also note that some art shows charge PWAS a fee to participate in their event and/or to use their space, so a fee is charged to the PWAS participating artists to recoup that fee. This is different from the Commission fee that is deducted from an art sale.

Call for Art Page

Current Art Show - Ongoing - Montclair Library

The Prince William Art Society is now showing art at the Montclair Library - check out a book and the art!

Show Coordinator: Sandra McClelland Lewin

Location of Show: Montclair Library, 5049 Waterway Dr, Montclair, VA 22025

Location to Purchase Art: https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/category/all-products 

Art Show Date(s): Saturday, November 2, 2024 until end of December 2024 actual end date and time TBD

Submission Deadline Date: closed

Pick Up Date: TBD

Special Instructions: Artwork must remain on display for the duration of the show and if the artwork sells via our online art store, the Artist works with the Buyer for art hand off at the end of the show. https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/category/all-products

Commission on Sales: 20%

Register Online? closed

2025 Art Shows

The line up for art shows for the 2025 calendar is under development now too! Join PWAS and get involved with the group in any capacity you can help in!

PWAS Artist Members: Are you on Facebook? Join the PWAS Chat group where we share fun stuff as well as links to other art shows and opportunities.


Author: Donna Liguria
Artistry Spin Blogmaster and an artist member of PWAS in Woodbridge, VA, specializing in acrylic painting. She paints landscapes, seascapes, animals and many subjects. Visit her Website at DonnaLiguriaArt.com, her Donna's Esty site and her Blog at Donna’s Cave Paintings.

Local Art: The Prince William Art Society is a 50+-year-old non-profit art group in PWC for the appreciation of fine art throughout the county and Northern Virginia. Visit us at any of our local art shows or join us for our monthly meetings - held on the 4th Monday of the month at the Tall Oaks Community Center at 12298 Cotton Mill Dr, Woodbridge, VA at 7:30pm

Want to join PWAS? Go to https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/membership

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Saturday, November 2, 2024

Post 516: PWAS Now Showing Artworks at the Montclair Library

PWAS Now Showing Artworks at the Montclair Library

Saturday, November 2, 2024 through about December 31, 2024. The Prince William Art Society (PWAS) members will have artworks showing at the Montclair Library by about 14 local artists. See the show at 5049 Waterway Dr, Montclair, VA 22025 and while browsing for a great book, take the time to also browse the delightful art presented in the library.

PWAS Art Store

The art on display is for sale, and there is a price list posted along with a QR Code. The PWC libraries do not handle the sale of the artworks, thus the Prince William Art Society has available to interested persons an online Art Store on our website:

https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/category/montclair-library 

All artwork must remain for display for the length of the show. If any questions, please contact store@princewilliamartsociety.com

The artwork will immediately show that it is SOLD on the website and the Artist will work with the Buyer to either pickup at the show end date OR arrange with the Buyer for pickup/drop off. Please print your online receipt.

PWAS Art Store QR Code

To browse the PWAS Art Store, use the Category filters available in the navigation.

Shortly after an art sale, a Prince William Art Society member will place a "Red Dot" on the artwork which is the universal sign in art communities that an artwork has sold.

The Montclair Library

This is a beautiful library located just off Dumfries Road on Waterway Drive.

Click on Map to enlarge

Library Hours:

Monday – Wednesday: 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Thursday – Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Closed Sunday

Montclair Library - Photo by Donna Liguria

An Artwork Sampling

The Prince William Art Society members showing at the Montclair Library are listed below and all of these artworks are showing in the PWAS Art Store. The following is just one of the pieces by each of the artists on display so be sure and browse all of the art. Click on a picture to enlarge it and the link to see it in the Prince William Art Society's online Art Store.

Staci Blanchard

Donna Liguria

Zee Berrios

Kelly Haneklau

Jewell Pratt Burns

Maria Briganti

Carol Noboa

Mark Clifton

Katie Keller Dugan

Mark Murphy

Mandy Powell

Nicole Goble

Ana Quispe

The Prince William Art Society

The Prince William Art Society is a nonprofit art group in Prince William County that got its start in 1971. The membership is populated with artists of all backgrounds, all art levels, and quite a variety of art styles. The group frequently shows art in various venues all around the Woodbridge, Haymarket, Manassas, Gainsville, Nokesville, Lake Ridge, Occoquan, and more areas and beyond. 

PWAS has annual art events that the members participate in every year including the Tall Oaks Community Center Spring and Fall Art Shows, Arts Alive in Manassas, various festivals like the Bee Festival in Manassas, wineries like Sunshine Ridge Winery and an upcoming 3 Fox Winery, and is constantly expanding our reach.

PWAS holds monthly meetings (except in December) on the 4th Monday of the month at the Tall Oaks Community Center at 12298 Cotton Mill Road, Woodbridge, VA at 7:30pm. The public is welcome to attend and we definitely urge new, upcoming, retirees, and elderly artists to come check out the art group!

The art group has begun offering a variety of art classes open to the members and the public offered for free. So far this year (2024), PWAS has had 10 classes which are announced and registered on their PWAS website at https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/register and on their PWAS Artistry Spin Blog at https://artistryspin.blogspot.com/ and on their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/princewilliamartsociety

To Learn More About PWAS See

About PWAS History

About the PWAS Scholarship Program

About PWAS Membership

Artists and Buyers - Any questions about the PWAS Art Store? Please see  https://artistryspin.blogspot.com/p/art-store.html


Author: Donna Liguria
Artistry Spin Blogmaster and an artist member of PWAS in Woodbridge, VA, specializing in acrylic painting. She paints landscapes, seascapes, animals and many subjects. Visit her Website at DonnaLiguriaArt.com, her Donna's Esty site and her Blog at Donna’s Cave Paintings.

Local Art: The Prince William Art Society is a 50+-year-old non-profit art group in PWC for the appreciation of fine art throughout the county and Northern Virginia. Visit us at any of our local art shows or join us for our monthly meetings - held on the 4th Monday of the month at the Tall Oaks Community Center at 12298 Cotton Mill Dr, Woodbridge, VA at 7:30pm

Want to join PWAS? Go to https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/membership

Have an idea for a blog post? Are you a writer and want to help with the blog? Let me know! Thank you for visiting, and remember to Share, Follow, and Comment! pinterest-site-verification=3ad32cc9cfeae507ba5a382d62fcee17

Sunday, October 6, 2024

Post 504: An Art Show in Pictures from PWAS

An Art Show in Pictures from PWAS

The Prince William Art Society (PWAS for short) just held its Fall Tall Oaks Art Show this past Saturday, October 5, 2024 at the Tall Oaks Community Center on the corner of Cotton Mill and Hedges Run in Woodbridge. We had 9 PWAS members showing their art.

PWAS Members at the Show

The PWAS members that helped with this show are Staci Blanchard and Ana Quispe (the coordinators), Ken and April McKether (who helped load the gridwalls), Richard Tyler, Maria Briganti, Doreen Dauer, Jewell Pratt Burns, and Donna Liguria.

The Tall Oaks Community Center at 12298 Cotton Mill Drive, Woodbridge, Virginia
 
It was a beautiful day, thankfully. We had plenty of visitors and had a very productive show and so enjoyed the meeting and seeing all the visitors. We had several patrons with Christmas gift-giving in mind too! We saw a past member and so many that just plain enjoyed seeing the outstanding and quite varied types of art and topics on display.
 





















The Prince William Art Society uses the Tall Oaks Community Center for our monthly meetings which are on the 4th Monday of the month at 7:30pm. The public is always welcome to attend the meetings where we often have very interesting artist guest speakers. We also use the community center for our Spring Tall Oaks Art Show and again for the Fall Art Show, and often for our member's December Christmas Party. 

Many thanks to everyone that helped make this show happen - an art show is always a lot of hard work. A lot of folks may not realize that. 

And thank you to the many visitors, we hope you enjoyed the show!


Author: Donna Liguria
Artistry Spin Blogmaster and an artist member of PWAS in Woodbridge, VA, specializing in acrylic painting. She paints landscapes, seascapes, animals and many subjects. Visit her Website at DonnaLiguriaArt.com, her Donna's Esty site and her Blog at Donna’s Cave Paintings.

Photography/Video Credits: Donna Liguria

Local Art: The Prince William Art Society is a 50+-year-old non-profit art group in PWC for the appreciation of fine art throughout the county and Northern Virginia. Visit us at any of our local art shows or join us for our monthly meetings - held on the 4th Monday of the month at the Tall Oaks Community Center at 12298 Cotton Mill Dr, Woodbridge, VA at 7:30pm

Want to join PWAS? Go to https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/membership

Have an idea for a blog post? Are you a writer and want to help with the blog? Let me know! Thank you for visiting, and remember to Share, Follow, and Comment! pinterest-site-verification=3ad32cc9cfeae507ba5a382d62fcee17