Donna's Cave Paintings Blog - by Donna Liguria Art: Post 296: Art at the Mill: Art at the Mill - Art Drop Saturday, March 25, 2023 12:38 pm. I learned something new today after I drove out to Clarke County to drop off...
See the video on the website for more info https://www.clarkehistory.org/art-mill.html
There are several times a year here in Woodbridge, that our local Michael's Store announces those beautiful, immortal words, "70% off all Canvases". Joy fills our little artist hearts. After a quick check at the bank account and grabbing any available coupons, we are OFF to Michael's in that mad dash to get the best pickings...
Literally and in some different ways!
I get to the store and grab a cart. I really wish they had bigger carts because those wee wheeled baskets don't hold the big canvases. I make a beeline to the art section. With all of the level one, two, three canvases on sale at 70% off, it doesn't get much better than that. All those gallery-wrapped canvases - 4x4, 5x7, 6x6, 8x8, 8x10, 9x12, 10x10, 10x20, 11x14, 12x24, 16x20, 20x20 and on and on...livin' in the artist paradise... Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye... (or was it Gangsta's Paradise?)
If you get there early in the sale, the choices in sizes are best of course. I grab all my favorite sizes plus that size over there. Maybe I need two of those? I wonder if I should have borrowed a tractor trailer?
I turn to go down another aisle and who should appear? A PWAS member thinking the same way I am. I go to the checkout and low and behold, another PWAS member. Impromptu artist meeting! A quick trip? Bah! An afternoon with friends!
OR I have met an artist friend at Michael's before to shop some recommended special effects paints. New toys to play with! Interference, Dragonfly and Color Shift paints are too much fun!
OR as I go up and down the art supplies, I come across another person pondering the merits of mediums. A quick question will open up the conversation, "Oh, are you an artist?" Followed by, "What do you paint?" You know what, you tell them about the Prince William Art Society and bam, you have a new friend and fellow painter!
I did invite some of them to the next PWAS meeting on Monday, March 27 at the Tall Oaks Community Center at 7:30pm. Planting those seeds you know.
I'm happy now as I put away all my new blank canvas purchases, oh the potential. I see the question mark hovering over their cotton surfaces wondering what they will grow up to be.
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
For those that came by the Open Space Arts gallery and voted during the "Reflecting on Women's Point of View in Literature" show for March - here is the winning artwork. This show ends on March 26, so come by and see all of the art.
This was a first. One artist won first, second AND third. Congratulations Saul!
1st: Searching for Truth2nd: Boots and Dog3rd: Man in Indian Costume
See https://artistryspin.blogspot.com/2023/03/post-314-lets-go-to-show-april-is.html
Drop a well-deserved congratulations to Saul in the Comments below!
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
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
Have you been to Open Space Arts? If yes - GREAT! The current show for March is coming to a close this weekend, Sunday, March 26, 2023 - Women in Literature and the new show is quietly being built behind the scenes...(dramatic pause)
Woo-hoo! A full year of ART at Stonebridge!! THANKYOU to everyone that helped to make art happen!
From the good folks that run Stonebridge - JBG Smith, to the Prince William County Arts Council, to the Prince William Art Society - and ALL of the various artists, musicians, dancers, authors, and everyone that helped Open Space Arts be what it is today - April 2, 2023 is our full one-year anniversary. We have had some AWESOME art, great food from local restaurants, and so many talented people working to have OSA be here and had some TASTY art receptions!
Beginning on Wednesday, March 29 to April 30 we are featuring "Emerging Student Art" at the gallery. The ages are from 15 to 25 year olds, all local artists - so come by and see the creativity and wonderful imaginations of these artists!
We actually began Open Space Arts (OSA) in Nov-Dec of 2021 for a 3-week art show. Everyone loved it so much, we came back and opened the art space in April 2022. But we are still having a LOT of people say that they did not know such a wonderful art gallery was in Prince William County.
We will also feature a section of the gallery with an invitation to our past artists -People Choice Award-winning art!
We love having the visitors to the gallery vote on their favorite piece of art hanging at our local artist's shows. Actually, on this blog, if you see the "Most Popular Posts" section, most of them are the winner list posts as the most viewed.
We have asked our past winners to bring in a piece that has won First, Second or Third place - so if the artist still has the piece (wasn't sold), you might recognize your favorite!
In honor of our past People's Choice Winners, here is a list:
"African American Voices and Visions"
1st place - Three way tie!
2nd place: Tom Payne - "Slave Hands"
3rd place: Rita Nolan - "The Whole World in his Hands"
Reference Blog Post: https://artistryspin.blogspot.com/2023/02/post-304-open-space-arts-gallery.html
"After the Master's Style"
1st Place is Tom Payne's "Vermeer's Vision" (sold)
Second Place is Bettie Sperty's "Sweet Dreams"
Tied for Third Place are
Reference Blog Post: https://artistryspin.blogspot.com/2023/01/post-286-open-space-arts-peoples-choice.html
"Deck Your Halls"
First Place went to Fatima Farzana for “Modern Hearth”
Second Place went to Penny Shaw for “All Seasons in One”
Three way tie for Third:
No Blog Post for this one, folks. Hey! It was a busy month!
"Harvest of Artists"
1st. Anna Gatling "Raspberry Crush"
2nd. Ann McCarty "Gulf Sunset"
3rd. Sumi "Autumn Flame" (sold)
Reference Blog Post: https://artistryspin.blogspot.com/2022/11/post-263-winners-we-got-winners.html
"Hispanic Heritage Art Show"
1st. Saul Roldan - "Inspiration"
2nd. Kevin Johnson - "Mexican Flower"
3rd. Saul Roldan - "Eggs on a Pan"
Reference Blog Post: https://artistryspin.blogspot.com/2022/10/post-327-peoples-choice-for-hispanic.html
Was the PWCAC India Show
Was the PWCAC Ghana Show
"Summer Spotlight on Art" Art Show
1st Place Blue Ribbon: Tom Payne for ”Last Hope”
2nd Place Red Ribbon: Fatima Farzana for “Dreaming in Purple”
3rd Place White Ribbon: Scott McDonald for “Midnight Dunes”
Reference Blog Post: https://artistryspin.blogspot.com/2022/07/post-187-summer-spotlight-on-art.html
Was the PWCAC "Emerging Artist" Art Show
"Beauty and the Beach" Art Show
1st Place Blue Ribbon: Stephanie McGee for "Parrot Fish" 3-D Collage/paper filigree 18x24
2nd Place Red Ribbon: Scott McDonald for "Midnight Wave" Oil, 24x28
3rd Place White Ribbon: Scott McDonald for "Seaside Sunset" Oil, 20x26
"Coloring the County" Art Show
1st Place: Bettie Sperty "Bees on Pink Flower" - Acrylic with Silver Metallic Leaf on Canvas 36x36
2nd Place: Stephanie McGee "Octopus Fan" - Approx. 20"x28" 3-D collage and paper filigree
3rd Place: Stephanie McGee "The Owl and the Pussycat" Approx. 21"x21" 3-D collage and paper filigree
Reference Blog Post: https://artistryspin.blogspot.com/2022/04/post-143-and-winners-arepeoples-choice.html
First Place: Otis Stanley received the most votes for his painting of the girl with the braided hair called "Sultry"
Second Place Tie:
Reference Blog Post: https://artistryspin.blogspot.com/2021/12/post-89-pwas-congratulations-and.html
And if your answer to the above question was "no" (?!?!)...you will need to plan a trip to Open Space Arts! It is located up from Wegman's between Ulta and the Loft, on the same block as Barnes and Noble, across from DSW. There are so many great restaurants and nice places to shop around, or grab a cup of Joe - then come on in and wander the gallery. See you there soon!
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
Open Space Arts at Stonebridge featured 2 weekends of local authors for Women's History month. March's art show is called "Reflecting on Women's Point of View in Literature". The show will run from March 1 - 26, 2023.
On Saturday, March 11 and March 18 there were a total of 5 authors in the gallery available to meet and discuss the business of books and celebrating the art of writing and more.
March 11 featured authors Jackie Thomas and Michelle Baker.
March 18 featured authors Liletta Harlem, Helen Joyce Burroughs and Sharon Krasny.
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
Prince William Art Society member, Otis Stanley, recently was invited to have an 'art talk' with the fifth-grade art students at Kilby Elementary School in Prince William County, Virginia.
Art is all around us, as well as the artists that create the things we see and touch every day. Who knew that the person that helps the children safely cross the street on their way to another day of school was the creator of beautiful paintings that are hanging in a local gallery?
After visiting the Open Space Arts gallery at Stonebridge, the Kilby Elementary School's social worker, Mrs. Castro, discovered Otis' art. Knowing that he is one of the school's crossing guards, she shared some images with the school staff which then appeared on their morning news show. Then the art teacher, Ms. Woodson, asked if Otis would come in and share his art and talk to her fifth-grade classes about creating art.
On March 6, 7, 8 and 10, 2023, Otis Stanley shared his journey as a working artist with the students. The curious children asked lots of questions and look forward to coming by Open Space Arts.
Photos from Otis' recent art talk with PWC fifth-grade students:
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
