Post 450: A Saturday in Manassas, Virginia

A Cold Saturday in Manassas, Virginia

Twas a Saturday, April 6, 2024. The weather: partly sunny, around 55 degrees. The place:The Harris Pavilion on Center Street in Manassas, Virginia. The who: with the Prince William Art Society (AKA PWAS) and twelve other artist members. The what: An art show of local artists in Prince William County, showing their art to the public, at Mike Flynn's Artist Inventory Sale.

Setting Up a Group Art Show

Unloading all the art equipment and getting it set up is the first order of business for the day. The entire group helps stacking the gridwalls allowing for good traffic flow while other members set up the "sales table". After the walls are up, typically for the Prince William Art Society, we designate by random draw, who hangs where.

And up goes the art. So the battle with the breeze ensues...

Correction on the weather: C-C-C-Cold, windy, downright gusty and did I say COLD?!? Such is the weather for an early April day.

 

Tom Payne, David Dillon, Mark Clifton, Otis Stanley and Richard Tyler all helped in getting the gridwalls set up.

 

Sonya Cromwell, a friend of Kelly's, Doreen Dauer, Evelyn Chatters and Richard Tyler

 

Kelly Haneklau

 

Sandra Lewin, Donna (where's a hat when you need one) Liguria, and Mike Flynn

 

Evelyn Chatters with a friend

 

Kelly Haneklau, Sonya Cromwell and Staci Blanchard

Funny how quickly an art show can come down compared to how long it takes to go up.

Art Show in Gail Force Winds

A painting whether framed or not against a wind gust, well, isn't a particularly good mix. The wind just may win and often does. The Artist Inventory Sale artists hung out for a couple of hours, some visitors did come out for the day and some art sales were made, but we all folded up shop well before the 5pm closing time. 

Nonetheless, it was so good to see everyone and have so many hands ready to help in any way they could.

---

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: Otis Stanley - As always, thankyou Otis!

---

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!

Post 448: PWAS at the Artist Inventory Sale, Harris Pavilion, Manassas, VA

PWAS at the Artist Inventory Sale, Harris Pavilion, Manassas, VA

The Spring Artist Inventory Sale at the Harris Pavilion in Manassas, VA will be attended by 13 members of the Prince William Art Society as a group on Saturday, April 6, 2024. Come by and see the artwork on display from 1 to 5pm.

Artist Inventory Sale, Harris Pavilion, Manassas, VA

Saturday, April 6, 2024 is the show date and the rain date is Sunday, April 7 - but the weather is supposed to be partly sunny and 54 degrees on Saturday!

This will be the first time the PWAS Artists as a group will have reserved a spot at this annual event and we hope to attend again! The Artist Inventory Sale is held twice a year, in the Spring and the Fall art shows at the Harris Pavilion in Manassas, VA. Renown artist, Mike Flynn is the organizer of this event.

The Artist Inventory Sale is a great place to browse the work of local artists with very diverse styles and backgrounds. And you may just find the perfect piece for your own home or a gift - Mother's Day and Father's Day are right around the corner!

Many artists will also have prints available as well as miniature paintings.

PWAS Members at the Artist Inventory Sale

The Prince William Art Society is the oldest art group in Prince William County, and also the largest with well over 60 members currently. The group began in 1971 and is a nonprofit art group that has shown art in and around the county in art shows, popup shows, galleries and every way we can! We call ourselves PWAS for short, pronounced as "P-WAZ". Find out more here https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/

These are the thirteen artists that will be showing on Saturday, April 6th.

Staci Blanchard
Donna Liguria
Kelly Haneklau
Nicole Goble
Katie Keller Dugan
Sonya Cromwell
Sandra Lewin
Mandy Powell
Richard B. Tyler
Doreen Dauer
Brittney Walker
Mark Clifton
Evelyn Chatters

 

Artist Inventory Sale 2023

 

Artist Inventory Sale 2023 

Come by and enjoy the art, talk to the artists and have a great day!

PWAS will also be at the Bluebell Festival in Nokesville, VA on Sunday, April 7 along with their new off-shoot group of plein air artists out painting the day.  This will be the first time also at this awesome event and this should be a beauty! Seas of blue along the forest floor...I can hardly wait! Find out more here http://www.pwconserve.org/merrimacfarm/bluebellfestival/

PWAS is also currently showing at the Sunshine Ridge Farm Winery in Gainsville in the upper room, so check if there is an event upstairs first! It's a wonderful spot with a beautiful view of the lake!

Art is in bloom!

---

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!

Post 338: Artist Inventory Sale and OSA May Art Show

Artist Inventory Sale and OSA May Art Show

A date change for the Artist Inventory Sale in Manassas this weekend and the artists juried into the next Open Space Art Gallery Art Show for May. The reception for the May show is SATURDAY, May 6, 2023 at 6:30 for this, our largest art show so far!

Artist Inventory Sale in Manassas

Several PWAS members will have spots at the Manassas Artist Inventory Sale in downtown Manassas on SUNDAY, April 23, 2023. The date for this show was changed because the weather on Saturday is reported to be BLAH. Although held under the Harris Pavilion (9201 Center St, Manassas, VA 20110), who wants their art out in a down pour, right?

This is a very nice show to be in and to visit, run by a local artist Mike Flynn, and it is held twice a year, in the Spring and the Fall. Come out for a visit on Sunday between 12 and 4.

Open Space Arts Gallery "April Showers Bring May Flowers" Art Show

PWAS and OSA (Open Space Arts) are celebrating our largest art show yet to be held in the gallery! We are especially excited for this show! 

"Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own." — Charles Dickens

The OSA jurors have been busy viewing 354 art works submitted by 54 artists. We selected 206 beautiful works from this group to showcase at Open Space Arts Gallery from May 3 - June 18, 2023. The show is called "April Showers Bring May Flowers" with the art reception for this show held on Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 6:30 pm. This should be a big event for the gallery and ALL our artists and PWAS members are requested to attend.

Please join us as we celebrate the remarkable artistic images of flowers, growing things and the Spring weather that will be on display. If you LOVE supporting the arts, especially LOCAL art, and have a spot on your wall open for something artistically special, come by the gallery!

As you know, "the early bird gets the worm".

Congratulations to the following 50 juried recipients of the May Exhibition at Open Space Arts Gallery.

Aaron Kimmel              Akon Otoyo                        Anna Gatling            

Anthony Macaluso        Ava Beckman             Bettie Sperty               

Brenda Vann              Connie Huebner            Donna Liguria              

Doreen Dauer               Dylan Baylor                 Elizabeth Stathis            

Evelyn Chatters          Ginnefine Jalloh            Helen Joyce Burroughs  

Ivonne Virginia Sokol      Jeffrey Holman         Javier Silvio Amurrio     

Kate Brogdon                Katharine Owens           Kc Claure                

Kelly Haneklau             LA Mejias                        Larry Burch                 

Leah Boyton                Luis Munoz                     Marisol Coy                 

Mark Murphy                Michael Kent                   Michelle Baker           

Moises Reyes             Nicole Fisher                Peter Smolens             

Pierre G. Georges      Richard Tyler                 Phung Pham              

Sandy Painter             Valerian                           Sareen Rashid            

Saul Roldan               Scott McDonald              Sheri Herrick               

Susan Furr             Sandra McClelland Lewin         Kristina Steffen           

Tom Payne                Tony Muller                        Trang Pham

Virginia Holman          Walter Manzano               Zorri Berrios

A lot of local talent and so many diverse styles! Congratulations to all that were selected. You will see flowers of every sort, including cherry blossoms, hydrangeas, daffodils, cornflowers, roses, hollyhocks, orchids, African violets, day lilies, lavender, tulips and wonderful gardens. If only we had paints with the smell of the blooms being featured!

 

Artwork by Betty Sperty

 

"Blossom by blossom the spring begins." — Algernon Charles Swinburne

---

Author: Penny Shaw

 

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

---

Local Art: Visit us at Stonebridge Open Space Arts at 15000 #140 Potomac Town Center, Woodbridge, VA - Open Wed to Sat 12-7 and Sun 12-5
The Prince William Art Society is a 52-year-old non-profit art group in PWC for the appreciation of fine art throughout the county and Northern Virginia.

Want to know how to get involved at OSA? If you are an artist (18 or older) living in Prince William County, or a are a member of a PWC art group, you are welcome to get on our next art show's emailing list. Send it to us, OR come by the gallery to find out more.

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

Thank you for visiting, and remember to Share, Follow, and Comment!