Prince William Art Society

Monday, June 27, 2022 PWAS Meeting, Program by Carol Rusaw

PWAS will meet on June 27th at the Tall Oaks Community Center in Lake Ridge at 7:30 pm. There will be a business meeting to share news abour art show and gallery opportunities with members, followed by light refreshments then a program which is free and open to the public. The June program will feature new member Carol Rusaw who will share some of her oil paintings and discuss how she thinks about an artist's inner vision, and how over-coming difficulties in the painting process can be used to create something beautiful from the unexpected. Ms. Rusaw has worked as a draftsman-illustrator with the Air Force and as an advertising copywriter as well as exercising her creativity as a reporter, adult education teacher and coach.

Friday, June 17, 2022 James Gallagher Art Reception

The June art show for "Emerging Artists" has a section of the gallery set aside to remember a PWAS friend, Jim Gallagher, and for the evening of Friday, June 17 an artist reception was held in his honor. 

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Thursday, June 16, 2022 Student Art Reception

June's "Emerging Artists" show at Open Space Artists had 8 young artists from the area featured in their first artist reception in a gallery.  It has been great working with these young people - L.A. Mejias (above), Amairra Taylor, Carlos Sanchez, Kofi Karikari, Isabel Kinney, Kyla Erickson, Roberto Leon, and Taylor Briggs

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Sunday, June 12, 2022 Taste of Woodbridge PWAS Popup Event

In front of Open Space Artists, PWAS had 2 tents for the June "Taste of Woodbridge" event. 14 Prince William Art Society artist had artwork on display along with a great assortment of art prints. The original date was Saturday, June 11, but the threat of rain moved it to Sunday. After initial drizzle Sunday morning, it cleared and ended up with a great day.

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Wednesday, June 1 through Sunday, June 26, 2022 Emerging Artists

The Open Space Artists June art show is called "Emerging Artists" where PWCAC worked with local art students, jurying in eight artists, ages 15 to about 24, displaying their extraordinary, very creative artwork. The artwork of these 8 students is in most of the gallery, with one cubicle saved for the artwork of long-time PWAS Member Jim Gallagher (1948-2022) and a small area for PWC artists.

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Saturday, May 14, 2022 ARTfactory PWAS 50th Anniversary Reception

The ARTfactory hosted the Prince William Art Society in celebration of our 50th Anniversary at 9419 Battle Street, Manassas, VA on Saturday, May 14, 2022. Eleven PWAS members were juried into the art show, which ran between May 4 and June 4, 2022. It was a lovely evening of networking, catching up with friends and making new ones, good nibbles and good conversations - and a good many art sales!

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Seefeldt Awards at the Hylton Performing Arts Center

Thursday, May 12, 2022 The Seefeldt Awards ceremony was held at the Hylton Performing Arts Center at 10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas, VA. Several PWAS Members were in attendance and several were also nominated for this highly valued art award.

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Saturday, May 7, 2022 Tall Oaks Community Center Spring Art Show

Eight PWAS Members braved the dismal spring weather, but still had a very nice art show at Tall Oaks.

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"Beauty and the Beach" Art Show at Open Space Arts at Stonebridge Wednesday, May 4 through Sunday, May 29, 2022

Twenty PWC artists are featured in this juried art show at Open Space Arts, displaying artwork in multiple mediums including acrylics, oils, watercolors, pastels, photography, and sculpture, pottery and jewelry.

Open Space Arts at Stonebridge Saturday, April 2 through Sunday, May 1, 2022 "Coloring the County" Art Show

Open Space Arts, sponsored by JBG Smith and PWCAC opens with local Prince William County artists displaying their art.

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