Post 403: Artists Art Reception Strutting OUR Stuff!

Artists Art Reception Strutting OUR Stuff!

The Strut Your Stuff art show is coming to a close on Sunday, September 17, 2023 at Open Space Arts, but the artists came out for the art reception on Friday, September 15 celebrating the show. A new art show called "Honor Your Heritage" will begin on September 20, 2023. The People's Choice Winners are at the bottom of this post.

An Art Reception in Photos

Photos taken by artist Tom Payne unless otherwise noted.

 

Penny Shaw and Bettie Sperty - who is wearing her "Bib and Tucker".

 

 

 

The art reception notification asked for the artists to wear their "Bib and Tucker" - which many of the artists had to Google. Of course, the characters that we are, a couple of us actually made "bibs". Evelyn modeled one of the bibs. Photo taken by Donna Liguria. PWAS bib, created by Donna Liguria

 

Photo taken by Evelyn Chatters.

 

Penny Shaw modeling the "bib". Photo taken by Evelyn Chatters.  

And the Winners of the People's Choice Awards Are

Evelyn Chatters sent me the results for the People's Choice Awards for the Strut Your Stuff art show along with the pictures.

 3rd Place Living Water by Kathleen Gates

2nd Place Haze by Pierre Georges

1st Place Feather of Fortune by Fatima Farzana

Let's give a big congrats to the winners!

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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 Donna's Esty site and her Blog at Donna’s Cave Paintings.

Photography/Video Credits:
Tom Payne, Evelyn Chatters, Donna Liguria

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

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Post 397: Military Call 4 Art and the Artists at the New Open Space Arts Show

Military Call for Art and Artists at the New "Heritage" Show

A Military Call for Art and a congratulations are in order.

A Military Call for Art at the Workhouse Residency

Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA

Check out the details here:

https://www.jotform.com/form/230675763109157

Open Space Arts Show

Congratulations to the following 24 artists whose work was juried into the Honor Your Heritage art show that will be displayed at OSA from September 20 - October 15, 2023. 15000 #140 Potomac Town Center, Woodbridge, VA.

Akon Otoyo
Ana Quispe
Anna Huerta
April S. Mckether
Connell Calvert
Elizabeth Stathis
Erika Romo
Evelyn Chatters
Silvio Amurrio
Jeffrey Holman
Katie Keller Dugan
Kenneth L. Mckether
LA “ZERO” MEJIAS
MUNOZ, L
Mayra I. Torres Juarez
Nicholas Sweitzer
Nicole Serna
Otis L. Stanley
Pierre Georges
Scott Elliott
Sheri Herrick
Sonya Cromwell
Tom Payne
Zee Berríos 

The Art Reception for the current show at Open Space Arts is Friday, September 15, 2023 - "Strut Your Stuff" will end on September 17 with the "Honor Your Heritage" show starting up Sept 20.

Let's have a show of hands for these artists! Ok, leave a congratulations in the comments!

Note that the Prince William Art Society will no longer be the managers of the gallery space as of October 1, 2023.

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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 Donna's Esty site and her Blog at Donna’s Cave Paintings.

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Local Art: 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 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 396: PWAS Busy Weekend - ChiliFest and Arts Alive

PWAS Busy Weekend - ChiliFest, Arts Alive, Strut Your Stuff

The hills are ALIVE, with the sound of...paint brushes...How about some big art shows this weekend? Two days of ART - Saturday, September 9 at Stonebridge, in front of and IN Open Space Arts and Sunday, September 10 at the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas, ARTS ALIVE!

PWAS Arts Weekend

Prince William Art Society (PWAS) will be at both! Many of your favorite LOCAL artists with all flavors of art for you to enjoy! Three art shows in 2 days!

 

FREE - Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center, Open Space Arts Gallery AND PWAS Popup Art Show in front of the gallery

15000 #140 Potomac Town Center

Woodbridge, VA

(across from DSW)

Chilifest Saturday, September 9, 2023 11am to 6pm

 

https://www.kojamproductions.com/events/stonebridge-fall-fest-and-chili-cook-off-2023

 

Stop in to see the "Strut Your Stuff" art show at Open Space Arts - art in and outside the gallery!
 

 

FREE - Arts Alive on Sunday, September 10, 2023 

Hylton Performing Arts Center 10960 George Mason Cir
Manassas, VA 20110 12-5pm

 

https://www.pwcartscouncil.org/artsalive/

Stop by and say HELLO!

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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, Donna's Etsy Site and her Blog at Donna’s Cave Paintings.

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Local Art: 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 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 389: Call For Art Open Space Arts - Honor Your Heritage

Call For Art Open Space Arts - Honor Your Heritage

Call for ART - Open until Saturday, September 2, 2023. Artists need to be 18 or older. Additionally, the artist must live in Prince William County OR be a member of a Prince William County art group or photography group.

Honor Your Heritage

September's call to art titled show is Honor Your Heritage. You are invited to submit your work between August 25, 2023 - September 2, 2023.

Recognition will be given to artwork that highlights Hispanic culture. Submissions from other groups that contribute to the story of the richness of our American heritage will be accepted for jurying..Please submit quality work that has not been juried in or displayed during the past three shows at Open Space Arts Gallery.

While our focus will always be on Prince William Art Society and Prince William County Arts Council members, we are extending this event to outside artists as an opportunity to showcase the exceptional artists who reside in Prince William County. Photography works for this exhibit are also welcomed.  There are some glass-topped display drawers that can hold small pieces such as jewelry and small ceramic pieces. We are highly interested in 3-D sculptors and artists who use other media as well. Please note the size requirements for the different areas of the display areas listed in the entry form. 

There is NO entry fee, but artists that are selected to show are expected to volunteer at the gallery. Read the submission form for further information.

All work must be for sale.

All work will be juried into the show. 

Contact

Contact Penny Shaw for the submission form! All artwork is submitted as attachments to shawonesent@gmail.com. Remember your submitted work should show the best imagery possible with cropped out background, frames and squared images in the photo.

NO FRAMES in the photos and NO BACKGROUND

The next Call for Art is for Threads, October 18 - November 12, 2023. 

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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.

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Local Art: 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 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 388: Strut Your Stuff at Open Space Arts

Strut Your Stuff at Open Space Arts

Art Show at Stonebridge's Open Space Arts August 23-September 17, 2023. Local Prince William County artists strut their stuff at this art show bearing that name. The art reception is scheduled for September 15. For those that live too far away to see it, here is a view into this gallery in Woodbridge, Virginia.

Open Space Arts

We have 42 local artists with some new faces and styles displaying this month at the show. Let's take a stroll around the gallery and see what we see...and see if you spot yours too!

 

Don't miss my "Strutting My Peacock Stuff" up in the front window! (right behind the Open Space Arts sign) - Donna Liguria 

15000 #140 Potomac Town Center, Woodbridge, VA Wed-Thur 12-7pm, Fri-Sat 12-9pm, and Sun 12-5 Gallery Hours

I may not have an image of every nook and cranny in the gallery and it is ALWAYS best to see the art in person. But you get the idea of what a wonderful show this one is, so come by the gallery and meet the artists, that are indeed, strutting their stuff.

Pierre George

Photo by Otis Stanley

Please vote for your favorite art piece too - we award ribbons for first, second and third place for each show - People's Choice.

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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.

Photography/Video Credits:
Otis Stanley and Donna Liguria

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Local Art: 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 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!