VAS "Coffee Together" at Polite Coffee Roasters
2024-06-18 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | Kyle House/Polite Coffee, 800 S Bryan Ave, Bryan, TX, 77803, United States
Join us on Tuesday, June 18 10am at Polite Coffee Roasters in the Kyle House, a stop on the Aggieland Art Trail for coffee (or your favorite beverage and good conversation with like-minded artists and art lovers! See works by members, Jaimie Ladysh and Lupita Drumgoole, which you can see and buy HERE.

VAS "Coffee Together" at Polite Coffee Roasters
2024-07-23 10:00 - 11:00 | Kyle House/Polite Coffee, 800 S Bryan Ave, Bryan, TX, 77803, United States
Join us on Tuesday, July 23 10am at Polite Coffee Roasters in the Kyle House, a stop on the Aggieland Art Trail for coffee (or your favorite beverage and good conversation with like-minded artists and art lovers!

VAS "Coffee Together" at Polite Coffee Roasters
2024-08-27 10:00 - 11:00 | Kyle House/Polite Coffee, 800 S Bryan Ave, Bryan, TX, 77803, United States
Join us on Tuesday, August 27 10am at Polite Coffee Roasters in the Kyle House, a stop on the Aggieland Art Trail for coffee (or your favorite beverage and good conversation with like-minded artists and art lovers! Wander through the rooms looking at VAS artists’ work by Iva Banik and Garrett Hines shown HERE. In September, our “Lunch Togethers” at Degallery will start up again.

VAS Board Meeting 9-5-24
2024-09-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
The VAS Board will meet at 7pm, Thursday September 5 on Zoom. Our board meetings are open to members, so if you would like to attend and if you are a member good standing, please email Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt at president@visualartsociety.org at least the day before for meeting id information.

September 9, 2024 VAS Meeting with Joe Natowitz
2024-09-09 18:00 - 19:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
We are in for a real treat! Joe Natowitz, retired TAMU prof, will be sharing his passion for working with glass at our September meeting. His topic? “Glass Matters!” He says, “Glass, born of earth and fire, is a uniquely versatile artistic material. Simultaneously demanding and forgiving, it lends itself to a myriad of artistic techniques. Exploring those techniques can become an obsession.”

“I have followed this obsession down a number of different pathways. In some of these efforts I lead. In others the glass leads. Either way the result of this collaboration is a unique item not exactly duplicated anywhere in our universe. I like that and it gives me great satisfaction when the work resonates with another individual.
My formal training and career was as an academic scientist. Only after retirement have I pursued my interest in art. I have been fortunate that this has occurred in an age in which there is a vibrant and talented world wide community of glass artists from whom I could learn how to work with glass, both in person and via the internet. I am grateful to all of them.”
You can find out more at his website: JoeNatowitzglass.com
Doors open at DEGALLERY at 5:30pm. You can visit our latest show, “Our Stories.” There will be light refreshments. Our Social Chair, Renee Richards, always does a great job providing us with tasty treats! Come by a bit early, chat and catch up.

VAS "Lunch Together", Wednesday, 9/18/24
2024-09-18 12:00 - 13:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
Come join us at Degallery, Wednesday 9/18/24, 12-1pm for our September “Lunch Together.” You will have time to enjoy our fall member show, “Our Stories.” Go HERE for more info.
All members and future members are most welcome! If you want to be a member, you can join VAS HERE. We would love to have you!
Bring your lunch. Coffee, tea and some snacks are complimentary, thanks to Degallery. We’ll chat, share feedback on our current projects and everything else. If you want to bring art to work on, please do!

VAS Board Meeting 10-10-24
2024-10-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
The VAS Board will meet at 7pm, Thursday October 10 on Zoom. Our board meetings are open to members, so if you would like to attend and if you are a member good standing, please email Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt at president@visualartsociety.org at least the day before for meeting id information.

Meet with Charles Wallis - Concepts in Abstract Painting 10-14-24
2024-10-14 18:00 - 19:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
Attend our October meeting and hear esteemed artist Charles Wallis discuss Concepts in Abstract Painting. This talk is free and open to all! Doors open at DEGALLERY at 5:30pm. Everyone is welcome! There will be light refreshments. Our Social Chair, Renee Richards, always does a great job providing us with tasty treats! Come by a bit early, chat and catch up.
Charles says, “There are too many approaches to abstract art to get a firm number. So often times getting started is the most challenging part of the process. I will show some guidelines you can use to get going produce a piece of art of which you can be proud. I will do a 16″x20″ piece during the demo.”
To try abstract art yourself, sign up for his next workshop on Oct 20, 2024! Go HERE to learn more.
Charles Wallis is a master painter who currently is creating modern impressionist art. He is a graduate of the Baylor University fine art program. After college he opened a graphic design studio beginning his career as a professional artist. His paintings reflect mastery of his craft and versatility in a variety of styles and media. He paints in a variety of styles including traditional realistic, as well as impressionistic, abstract and non objective. His works have shown in the TVAA Gallery, Dallas; Cultivate 7Twelve, Waco; Adobe Western Art, Ft. Worth; Kissing Tree Vineyards Tasting Room, Eddy; and The Frame Gallery, Bryan TX. He recently won Best In Show Irving Art Association 66th Annual Member Show. In 2021, the Texas House of Representatives in the 87th session passed a resolution recognizing his art in HR000743.
ARTIST STATEMENT: The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure to others. My art is the expression of my spirit to the spirit of others that connect with it. I seek to create a memory, a wish, a fantasy or moment of joy or peace in the soul of the viewer. I pursue ideas, color combinations or images that attract my attention in the abstract; or as an impression; and some paintings are just for the fun of presenting something in an unusual style.

You can find out more at his website: charleswallis.com

VAS "Lunch Together", Wednesday, 10/30/24
2024-10-30 12:00 - 13:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
Come join us at Degallery, Wednesday 10/30/24, 12-1pm for our October “Lunch Together.”
All members and future members are most welcome! If you want to be a member, you can join VAS HERE. We would love to have you!
Bring your lunch. We’ll chat, share feedback on our current projects and everything else. Right now, we are working on a wreath project with the Arts Council to raise funds for us. The Arts Council says “Deck your walls with affiliate wreaths! Support local arts organizations and adorn your front door in style by placing a bid at our wreath auction. Each wreath is created by local arts, .culture, and heritage organizations. Place a bid in person or by calling (979) 696-2787. After December 5, the highest bidder gets to take the wreath home and all funds will be donated to that organization!” Bring fun items including gift cards for art supplies to the lunch.

VAS Board Meeting 11-7-24
2024-11-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
The VAS Board will meet at 7pm, Thursday November 7 on Zoom. Our board meetings are open to members, so if you would like to attend and if you are a member good standing, please email Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt at president@visualartsociety.org at least the day before for meeting id information.

Artist Pathways - Panel Discussion 11-11-24
2024-11-11 18:00 - 19:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
Our November 11th meeting will be a bit different and exciting! We will start with a mini-lesson from Dary, our show chair, on how to wire art work for a gallery. Check out this YouTube video for a similar lesson). VAS will create a handout for future shows. Then our main event – we will have a group of members who have volunteered discuss their pathways and their stories that began their journey to creating art. What was it that started your artwork journey? Did you always draw/paint/sculpt/photograph? Bess Brunton, Garrett Hines, Lori Pfeffer, and Tim (Pops) Vanya have all volunteered to talk. We still have room for more! If you would like to be involved contact Jaimie Ladysh at dwc@visualartsociety.org.
As always doors open at 5:30pm for social time and the meeting will start at 6:00pm.
Everyone is welcome! There will be light refreshments. Our Social Chair, Renee Richards, always does a great job providing us with tasty treats! Come by a bit early, chat and catch up.

VAS "Lunch Together", Wednesday, 11-20-24
2024-11-20 12:00 - 13:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
Come join us at Degallery, Wednesday 11/20/24 12-1pm for our November “Lunch Together.”
All members and future members are most welcome! If you want to be a member, you can join VAS HERE. We would love to have you!
Bring your lunch. We’ll chat, share feedback on our current projects and everything else. If you want to bring art to work on, please do!

VAS Board Meeting 12-5-24
2024-12-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
The VAS Board will meet at 7pm, Thursday December 5 on Zoom. Our board meetings are open to members, so if you would like to attend and if you are a member good standing, please email Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt at president@visualartsociety.org at least the day before for meeting id information.

December Meeting: Annual Holiday Social 2024
2024-12-09 18:00 - 19:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
Let’s enjoy this festive season together at our annual end-of-year celebration on Monday, December 9, 6-7pm – doors open at 5:30pm! Bring your favorite plate of holiday cookies for a cookie exchange. We will provide the beverages. Families are welcome! Members can take part in our white elephant gift exchange, which is totally optional but loads of fun!
If you’d like to participate, bring a small artsy gift (in size and cost) to contribute to the pool. Those of us who are artists typically bring a small something that we have created. Some have even brought note cards, artist supplies or custom calendars as gifts.

EXTENDED Deadline for VAS Winter Show: Dec 30, 2024
2024-12-30 23:58 - 23:59 | Virtual
The submission deadline has been extended to Dec 30th!
The Visual Art Society of B-CS invites submissions to “Art Feeds the Soul”. This winter exhibition will be on display in the gallery at The Arts Council of Brazos Valley January 7-March 6, 2025, and is open to all artists. We accept works from emerging, mid-career, and/or professional artists.
“Art Feeds the Soul” invites submissions that evoke a sense of wonder and connection. Does your art resonate with the human spirit? Do your pieces spark hope or encourage reflection? Does your art transform the commonplace into something extraordinary? Share your work and connect with viewers seeking artistic nourishment. This prompt is very open and subject to many different interpretations. Each artist can submit up to 6 pieces.
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.
All submissions must be family-friendly and meet the general theme of the show. Entries cannot have been exhibited in a previous Visual Art Society or Brazos Valley Art League show.
For more information, visit the Call for Entry.

VAS Board Meeting 1-9-25
2025-01-09 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
The VAS Board will meet at 7pm, Thursday January 9 on Zoom. Our board meetings are open to members, so if you would like to attend and if you are a member good standing, please email Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt at president@visualartsociety.org at least the day before for meeting id information.

VAS Meeting with Joana Rocha 1-13-25
2025-01-13 18:00 - 19:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
To kick off our first meeting of the new year, our member and secretary/newsletter guru, Joana Rocha, will present: “How I leveraged my passion to stay afloat, to stay sane, and to achieve success.” She is an amazing pastel artist, a wife and and working scientist at Texas A&M. She will be talking about her art journey and discuss her style, techniques and give time-lapse examples of her art.

“My name is Joana Rocha. I have the intellect of a scientist and the heart of an artist. Couple that with my love for animals, and you’ve got *me* in a nutshell. These 3 guiding lights of mine have helped me through forks in the road; they’ve given me resilience, joy, and connection. Ever since I can remember, I doodled. I always doodled animals. Animals fascinate me. Life fascinates me. Science fascinates me. But when life gets hard, when science gets hard, I find solace knowing there will always be art. Through my art, I forget the complexities of life and focus on the simple things that bring me joy. Like, painting a dog’s expressive eyes, or painting the warmth of a bright cheery sunlit morning.
My medium of choice is pastels. I find them to be very forgiving and intuitive. This therapeutic hobby of mine once helped me through a time when I had no other financial options. I know now it is something I can fall back on, and I am very grateful for it. But it takes more than good art. It takes a community you share common ground with; people who resonate with you. If you find your people, you’ll find your support. I paint for me, and I paint for those who see the world like me.”
You can find out more and see her work HERE.
Doors open at DEGALLERY at 5:30pm. There will be light refreshments. Our Social Chair, Renee Richards, always does a great job providing us with tasty treats! Come by a bit early, chat and catch up.

VAS "Lunch Together", Wednesday, 1-22-25
2025-01-22 11:30 - 13:00 | First Watch, 4501 S. Texas Ave., College Station, TX, 77802, United States
Come join us at First Watch, Wednesday 1/22/25 11:30am-1pm for our January “Lunch Together.” First Watch is located at 4501 S. Texas Ave., College Station, TX 77802 The restaurant is on the Aggieland Art Trail, our primary community project. You can view the special College Station mural painted on corrugated metal by Angela Delaplane .
All members and future members are most welcome! If you want to be a member, you can join VAS HERE. We would love to have you!
We’ll chat, share feedback on our current projects and everything else. This will be a fun way to start year 2025.

VAS Board Meeting 2-6-25
2025-02-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
The VAS Board will meet at 7pm, Thursday February 6 on Zoom. Our board meetings are open to members, so if you would like to attend and if you are a member good standing, please email Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt at president@visualartsociety.org at least the day before for meeting id information.

AI: Is It the Future of Art?!?? Is It Even Art?? Meeting 2/10/25
2025-02-10 18:00 - 19:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
AI (artificial intelligence) is very controversial topic. Some people, gallery owners, museum curators embrace it and some will not allow it. What do you think? Is it art? Should it be allowed in exhibitions and museums? Jaimie Ladysh and Renee Richards will present some information about this stimulating topic. Come and learn about the hottest topic in art circles today!

AI Image by Donna Dangott

Our VAS board has agreed to have a new provisional category added to our judged art show: AI-generated art. We think a discussion is necessary. Doors open at DEGALLERY at 5:30pm. There will be light refreshments. Our Social Chair, Renee Richards, always does a great job providing us with tasty treats! Come by a bit early, chat and catch up.

VAS "Lunch Together", Wednesday, 2-26-25
2025-02-26 11:30 - 13:00 | Daisy’s Table, 998 George Bush Dr W, College Station, TX, 77845, United States
Come join us Wednesday 2/26/25 11:30am-1pm for our February “Lunch Together ” at Daisy’s Table – Cafe & Market. The menu is on the webpage. It is located right next to the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library & Museum inside the recently opened Marine One/4141 Locomotive Pavilion. All members and future members are most welcome! If you want to be a member, you can join VAS HERE. We would love to have you!
We’ll chat, share feedback on our current projects and everything else. We had a great time in January – this should be just as enjoyable.

VAS Board Meeting 3-6-25
2025-03-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
The VAS Board will meet at 7pm, Thursday March 6 on Zoom. Our board meetings are open to members, so if you would like to attend and if you are a member good standing, please email Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt at president@visualartsociety.org at least the day before for meeting id information.

VAS Meeting with Film Photographer Joel Kitchens 3-10-25
2025-03-10 18:00 - 19:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
Observing, Performing and Why I Do What I Do
Come meet member and film photographer, Joel Kitchens at our March 10 meeting.
In a time when digital technology has transformed image-making, why would anyone continue to use obsolete equipment and techniques such as view cameras and film to make art? In this presentation, photographic artist Joel Kitchens tries to explain some of the method behind the madness of using a massive camera and secluding himself in a dark room for hours on end. Are there any parallels to other art forms?
Doors open at DEGALLERY at 5:30pm. There will be light refreshments. Our Social Chair, Renee Richards, always does a great job providing us with tasty treats! Come by a bit early, chat and catch up.

VAS "Lunch Together", Wednesday, 3-19-25
2025-03-19 11:30 - 13:00 | Marfa Texas Kitchen, 1551 Greens Prairie Rd Suite 100, College Station, TX, 77845, United States
Come join us Wednesday 3-19-25 11:30am-1pm for our March “Lunch Together ” at Marfa Texas Kitchen ! All members and future members are most welcome! If you want to be a member, you can join VAS HERE. We would love to have you!
We’ll chat, share feedback on our current projects and everything else. We had a great time at Daisy’s near the Bush Library in February – this should be fun too.

VAS Board Meeting 4-3-25
2025-04-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
The VAS Board will meet at 7pm, Thursday April 3 on Zoom. Our board meetings are open to members, so if you would like to attend and if you are a member good standing, please email Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt at president@visualartsociety.org at least the day before for meeting id information.

EXTENDED Deadline for VAS Spring Judged Show: April 13, 2025
2025-04-13 23:58 - 23:59 | Virtual
The Visual Art Society of B-CS invites submissions to “All Things Bright & Beautiful”. Our spring judged show will be on display at Degallery April 18 – May 16, 2025, and is open to all artists. We accept works from emerging, mid-career, and/or professional artists.
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 have a new category – AI-mediated art.
All submissions must be family-friendly and meet the general theme of the show. Entries cannot have been exhibited in a previous Visual Art Society or Brazos Valley Art League show.
For more information, visit the Call for Entry. Please be sure you submit on time.

April 14, 2025 VAS Meeting: What's on Your Easel?
2025-04-14 18:00 - 19:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
What’s On Your Easel?
Our April meeting will be focused on you! Let’s share a piece or 2 we are working on or have just finished! Bring your artwork to the meeting (no frames required). Tell us what you are doing; don’t be shy. Maybe it’s a photograph, a sketch or drawing, a painting (finished or not), a sculpture – let’s share and give/get some positive feedback!
Doors open at DEGALLERY at 5:30pm for our April meeting. There will be light refreshments. Come by a bit early, chat and catch up!

VAS "Lunch Together", Wednesday, 4-23-25
2025-04-23 11:30 - 13:00 | The Toasted Yolk, 700 University Dr E Suite B, College Station, TX, 77840, United States
Come join us Wednesday 4-23-25 11:30am-1pm for our April “Lunch Together.” We are meeting at another art stop on the Aggieland Art Trail – The Toasted Yolk. You can see the lunch menu HERE. All members and future members are most welcome! If you want to be a member, you can join VAS HERE. We would love to have you!
We’ll chat, share feedback on our current projects and everything else.

VAS Board Meeting 5-1-25
2025-05-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
The VAS Board will meet at 7pm, Thursday May 1 on Zoom. Our board meetings are open to members, so if you would like to attend and if you are a member good standing, please email Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt at president@visualartsociety.org at least the day before for meeting id information.

May VAS Meeting Combined with Closing Show Reception
2025-05-16 18:00 - 20:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
May Meeting Combined with Judged Show Closing Reception
Our May 2025 meeting is cancelled because we would like you to come to the closing reception of our Spring Judged Show “All Things Bright & Beautiful”. It will be at Degallery on Friday, May 16 6-8pm. We will be giving prizes for the most popular art works from the show. Please come and celebrate our show. Free and open to the public. Great refreshments!
