April 2019
2nd Annual Juried Show
Join us for our 2nd Annual Juried Art Show. Over 150 submissions were entered and judged by Jennifer Morningstar, Gallery Manager of the Charles Taylor Visual Arts Center with 58 pieces selected for the show. The winners will receive the following: 1st Place - $300 plus a future Solo Show at Arts on Main 2nd Place - $200 3rd Place - $100 Selected artists and their works for the show are: Allyson Childress- This Rose is For You & Shimmer Annette Thompson…
Find out more »Refine Drawing & Sketching Skills
Bring your drawing materials to this four week workshop class. We will be focusing on line drawings, composition, shading, balance and perspective to help you sharpen your technical and observational skills. This should help to form the basis for finished work in any media. Terri Doyle has taught arts and crafts at the local community college to the SOAR program for the past 5 years. Her formal education in the arts was what she was able to get in public…
Find out more »Flow Art – Create a Geode Canvas
Create a Geode on canvas using fluid acrylics on canvas. Taught by Patrizia Giovanna Smith. Please register by 5pm the day prior.
Find out more »Open Studio
Every Friday Morning If you enjoy painting with company and getting good advice, bring your art and supplies and paint with us every Friday morning. 9am – 12pm Free
Find out more »Art in the Garden
Calling all artists! The annual Garden Club of Virginia historic Garden Tour takes place on Saturday, April 27th, bringing thousands of visitors to our community. Arts on Main and Brent & Becky's Bulbs are partnering to showcase our local artists on that day. Brent & Becky's is providing space for artists to set up booths (at a nominal fee) to sell their work. Click here for a vendor application and join us for Art in the Garden!! Please direct any…
Find out more »Felt Construction with Janet Griffin
Construct a Felted Purse by Janet Griffin Fabricate a wearable art piece! Form of purse will be approximately 12" wide by 14" tall. We will choose our top quality colors of Corriedale and Romney fibers, as well as silk and mohair to construct our one-of-a-kind work of art. This class is suitable for teens as well as adults! Cost of Class: $50 plus $15 material fee
Find out more »May 2019
kathy klein: “Women’s Worlds”
"Women's Worlds" an exhibition by artist kathy klein will be in the gallery for the month of May. Klein has always been drawn to abstraction where form and color take over. In her heart, she is a descendant of the Fauves, those color-mad French painters from the turn of the nineteenth-twentieth century. Her paintings have been called "poetic" and "lyrical." Klein says: "My work grows out of the issues facing women in the world. Drawing on my experience as a teacher…
Find out more »Our 3rd Annual River Jam!!!
Music ● Food ● Beer & Wine Enjoy it all on the River at The Inn at Warner Hall THREE GREAT BANDS Slapnation ● Tom Euler ● Ralph Motley and The Last Minute Grass Our 3rd annual RiverJam will take place at the historic Inn at Warner Hall, on the banks of the Severn River in Gloucester County, thanks to the generosity of the owners, Troy and Theresa Stavens. Food trucks, beverages and more while you jam to live music by an eclectic variety of bands. Inn…
Find out more »Oil Painting Demonstration at RiverJam
OIL PAINTING DEMO with Dutch artist Carole Boggemann Peirson Carole has been a professional oil painter and teacher since 2005. She is mainly inspired by the light illuminating East Coast landscapes. She tries to captures the atmosphere, time of day and season to share the beauty of a particular moment with those who view her works. Her demo will give visitors to the River Jam event on Saturday May 4 (1-4pm) a unique opportunity to see an artist work in…
Find out more »Critique Sessions
'Crit' Sessions on the First Tuesday of every month, bring your current work to get a critique. Are you stuck in the middle of a painting? Would fresh eyes help? Do you want to learn more about composition or color balancing? We help each other improve. Email: Kathy Klein at kleinrkr@aol.com to sign up and get on the email reminder list. 10am – 12pm Free
Find out more »Color Your Canvas Kidz – SOLD OUT!
Color Your Canvas-KIDZ is an ongoing monthly paint class for kids taught by Christina Micket. For May, we have our our first Mom & Me class! Children can sign up with, or without mom. No adults will be registered without a child present in the class. The moms will be guided through a painting of a mother elephant, and the children will paint the young elephant; Elephant symbolism represents sensitivity, wisdom, stability, loyalty, intelligence, peace, reliability and determination. Tickets are $15 per…
Find out more »Wire Sculpture Class
Taught by Ron Heath, art teacher, carpenter, sculptor, painter and one of May's Artist in Residence. This class is "a real live wire". The workshop is designed to help "sculptors of all ages" use simple materials like coated electrical wire, paper napkins, masking tape, and a coating layer of plaster gauze (i.e. plaster cast) to create a small, realistic human figure-rigid or articulated. The figures end up being about a foot tall with a small simple wooden base. A part…
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