Here is our June 2025 newsletter and our June Art Spotlight! You can always catch up in our Newsletter Archive.
Several VAS artists are showing their art at the Parker-Astin gallery in historic downtown Bryan, TX. You can find photography by Joel Kitchens, and original art and prints by artists Stacey Mayer, Theodora Krc, Vicki Richardson-Halsell, and Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt. The gallery is open Thursday, Friday and Saturday through June. Check the hours on the poster. We would love to see you.
Entry Deadline for Fall Member Show – August 25
Put August 25 on your calendar – it is the deadline for entering our member show that will run from September 5-26 at Degallery! The theme is “Ciaroscuro: The Interplay of Light and Shadow.” The call for art can be found HERE.
Visual artists have been using the interplay of light and shadow for hundreds of years. One only needs to look at paintings by masters such as Vermeer, da Vinci, Goya, Caravaggio, Reubens, Rembrandt, or Raphael, to see the power of this style to produce 3 dimensional forms and enhance the illusion of depth . Although chiaroscuro is usually interpreted as having very strong contrasts between light and shadow, for this show, artists are challenged to highlight the interplay more generally; examples could be the emphasis of rough textures, using strongly contrasting colors, or dark subjects against a light background (the reverse is equally valid). Show us how you use light and shadow to tell your story, or direct the viewers’ attention.
A part of VAS’s mission, is to help our members grow as artists. If you are still uneasy about chiaroscuro, here are three Youtube videos to help explain. There are many more.
Here is our May 2025 newsletter! Take a look HERE! If you missed a previous newsletter, you can find it in our Archive HERE. We are also introducing our ART SPOTLIGHT which will come out periodically. Here is the April 2025 Edition. You can alyas catch up in our Archive.
Here is our April 2025 newsletter! Take a look HERE! If you missed a previous newsletter, you can find it in our Archive HERE. We are also introducing our ART SPOTLIGHT which will come out periodically. Here is the March 2025 Edition.
Our current exhibit, Art Feeds the Soul, is currently showing at The Arts Center of Brazos Valley. It is running until March 6, so catch it while you can.
Our new call for art “All Things Bright & Beautiful” is for our annual spring judged art show, which will run from April 18 – May 16. Acceptable mediums include Acrylic, Charcoal, Collage, Color Pencil, Computer Art, Digital Art, Digital Photography, Drawings, Fiber Arts, Glass Art, Graphite, Gouache, Illustration, Mixed Media, New Media, Oil, Pastel, Pen and Ink, Printmaking, Sculpture, Studio Fine Crafts, Traditional Photography, or Watercolor and others. We are introducing a new category: AI Mediated Art. Learn more HERE. The deadline to enter is Monday, April 7, 2025. There are ribbons, cash Judges’ Awards and cash People’s Choice Awards.
We are so excited! We partnered with Destination Bryan to create a digital passport to navigate through our Aggieland Art Trail! The Aggieland Art Trail spans the entire Bryan-College Station area, showcasing art galleries, public art and installations in our community, including the Texas A&M University campus, and the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. There are over 100 art stops! You can check off the stops you have visited and earn prizes! It is mobile exclusive, instantly delivered via text and email with no apps to download! Go to aggielandarttrail.app to sign up!
We have listed three local scholarships with March deadlines:
- VAS College Scholarship – The Visual Art Society is offering two $1000 scholarships to high school seniors graduating (by August 2025) from a high school located in Bryan/College Station and who plan a course of study and a career in the visual arts, restricted to painting, drawing, sculpture, printing ceramics, photography, fiberart, digital art etc. Applications are due before 5:00 PM, Monday, March 31, 2025. The application is on the link.
- The Arts Center of Brazos Valley – Our Arts Center is offering different scholarships: college scholarships and emerging artist scholarships. Their scholarships cover visual arts, dance, music etc. Applications due by 5pm on Friday, March 21, 2025. The application is on the link.
- Benjamin Knox Art Gallery scholarship opportunity – This is a scholarship for artists aged 17-25 to attend the National Plein Air Convention & Expo on May 19-25, 2025 in Lake Tahoe/Reno. Deadline: March 19, 2025. More information on the website.