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.
The Community Paint Out and the the Downtown Bryan Street & Art Fair is Sunday 4/27/25. It will be so much fun!! Please register on the form below (volunteers and painters) so we know who is coming! We will have a drawing for a Masters Touch beechwood table easel with drawer (retails $74) for just the plein air artists who come and join us.
VAS/Degallery will have a tent, located at the corner of 26th St and Bryan Ave, so VAS members can sell their art, prints, etc. if they help at the tent for morning or afternoon shifts. Contact Wendy at president@visualartsociety.org to sign up for a time slot. Sales will be handled by VAS; artists get 80% and VAS retains 20%. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Visual Art Society of Bryan-College Station, we would love to have you. It is $45/yr for adults, $10 for students and $80 for families. Here is the LINK to sign up to be a member!
Here is info on parking and street closures: https://www.destinationbryan.com/art-fair/getting-here/ Here the original map before the event was postponed – some artists may be different, but our tent is C1 – a prime spot. The red lines are where you can drive and drop off stuff. All vehicles will need to be out of the street closure area no later than 9:30AM!
REGISTRATION FORM FOR COMMUNITY PAINT OUT DAY 4/27/25
The owner of Degallery and our Shows Chair, Dr. Dary Dega, presented a Zoom call on how to professionally frame and wire art to hang in a gallery as well as other info on 3/27/25. This is critical information for artists submitting their 2-d work for our upcoming shows. You can view the talk on ourYoutube channel: https://youtu.be/o5qKIvO6Ulk
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:
Even though our Winter Show is ongoing, we are getting excited to present the prospectus for our next show, “All Things Bright & Beautiful.” This is our spring judged show – there will be ribbons and cash prizes! The Call For Art Deadline is April 7, 2025 and the show will run from April 18 – May 16, 2025 at Degallery.
To learn more about it, go HERE!
We are so excited for our upcoming show “Art Feeds the Soul” starting Tuesday January 7, 2025 at the Arts Center of Brazos Valley and will continue until March 6. The Opening Reception and Ribbon Cutting is Thursday, January 16, 2025 4:30 – 6pm.
The final numbers are in: we have 28 local artists and 99 art pieces: paintings (oil, acrylic, watercolor, mixed media), photography, digital art, ceramics and fused glass. Almost all are for sale, from $20 – $6000, so there is art to fit into anyone’s budget. Come by!
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The deadline for the VAS Winter Show “Art Feeds the Soul” has been extended to Monday December 30, 2024. To learn more, visit visualartsociety.org/2025-winter-show-art-feeds-the-soul/
Our Spring 2024 Judged Show “Art in Bloom” is now over and was very successful. Many pieces sold and the artists were able to showcase their work. At last night’s closing fun reception, we presented our Most Popular Artist Awards:
#1: Lauren Foster for “Warrioress” Color pencil $150
#2: Wenyi Zhu for “One Spring Day” Oil on stretched canvas $100
#3: Joana Rocha for “A Midnight Charm” Pastels $50
Congratulations to all!! The deadline for our next members only show “Our Stories” is August 26, 2024. You can find more information HERE. It is easy to become a member – sign up HERE!
Our main community project involves documenting all the public art in the Bryan-College Station area – The Aggieland Art Trail. We are now up to 102 art stops: galleries and museums, pottery, hotels, eateries, bars and a winery with indoor art, murals and sculptures. We just updated our brochure – take a look HERE and it is off to the printers.
Also, Jacqui Miller, our treasurer, and Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt, our president, wrote and received a City of Bryan’s Arts & Culture Development Grant for advertising and creating signage for stops on the art trail. They are presently applying for a renewal. It will include a Bandwango web application to create The Aggieland Art Trail on a mobile device with passports, check-ins, etc. We are excited. This entire project is great for advertising our organization and receiving sponsorships! We will keep you posted!