Visual Art Society Bryan-College Station

VAS "Lunch Together", Friday 11-14-25
2025-11-14 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Another Broken Egg Cafe, 11655 FM 2154, Bldg. C1, Suite 100, College Station, TX, 77845, United States
Come join us Friday November 14 11:30am-1pm for our November “Lunch Together.” We are meeting at Another Broken Egg Cafe located at Jones Crossing 11655 FM 2154, Bldg. C1, Suite 100 College Station, TX 77845. Here is their traditional brunch menu and lunch menu.
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 12/4/25
2025-12-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
The VAS Board will meet at 7pm, Thursday December 4 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 a few days before for meeting id information.

First Saturday Holiday Art Market at Degallery
2025-12-06 12:00 - 16:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
Welcome to the Degallery Holiday Market! As a VAS member, you may show/sell your art for free at the First Saturday Art Market 12noon-4pm on the Degallery grounds, now called Degallery Square. Some artists will be set up earlier. You also have the use of a free tent (there are 7 available). Contact Dary, the owner of Degallery, a week ahead by emailing her HERE if you want to participate and if you need a tent. More information is on the Degallery website HERE. It would be great to promote the Visual Art Society at your booth. As a note, items under $100 sell better. Of course you need to ready to sell by 12noon and be charging sales tax. You can include the sales tax in your price. You can apply for a sales tax permit ONLINE. If you have questions, contact Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt at webmaster@visualartsociety.org.

December Meeting: Annual Holiday Social 2025
2025-12-08 18:00 - 20:00 | 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 8, 6-8pm – doors open at 5:30pm! Bring a couple dozen of your favorite plate of holiday cookies for a cookie exchange. We will provide the beverages. Families are welcome! There will be dancing!!
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.
Hope to see you there!

No VAS "Lunch Together" in Dec, BUT...
2025-12-18 11:30 - 15:00 | Brazos Watercolor Retreats, 13161 Hopes Creek Meadow Circle, College Station, TX, 77845, United States
We are not having a VAS “Lunch Together” in December, BUT our president, Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt, is inviting folks to her studio on Thursday, Dec 18, 11:30-3pm for an open house. Just drop in anytime for coffee, water, snacks and chat! Bring a sack lunch if you want! The address of her studio, Brazos Watercolor Retreats, is 13161 Hopes Creek Meadow Circle (HCM Circle), College Station, TX 77845. After lunch our treasurer Jacqui Miller invited you to stop by her place (just around the corner) to see her newborn lambs and maybe take some pictures. Her address is 12970 Valley Circle College Station, TX 77845 (North Star Equestrian Center).
Directions: You cannot see Wendy’s house from the road, but the driveway is directly opposite her mailbox. Just drive right in. Wendy will have hanging beach balls and sign by the driveway. Her cell is 979-492-0262 if you need to call or text. There is parking for approximately 6 cars next to the retreat. Please do not pull off the driveway into the grass – you might get stuck in her septic field and we definitely don’t want that!

First Saturday Art Market at Degallery
2026-01-03 11:00 - 16:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
Welcome to the First Saturday Art Market at Degallery Square! As a VAS member, you may show/sell your art for free at the First Saturday Art Market about 11am-4pm. Some artists will be set up earlier. You also have the use of a free tent (there are 7 available). Contact Dary, the owner of Degallery, a week ahead by emailing her HERE if you want to participate and if you need a tent. More information is on the Degallery website HERE. It would be great to promote the Visual Art Society at your booth. As a note, items under $100 sell better. Of course you need to ready to sell by the time and be charging sales tax. You can include the sales tax in your price. You can apply for a sales tax permit ONLINE. If you have questions, contact Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt at webmaster@visualartsociety.org.

VAS Board Meeting 1/8/2026
2026-01-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
The VAS Board will meet at 7pm, Thursday January 8 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 a few days before for meeting id information.

January 2026 VAS Meeting: Meet Jacqui Miller
2026-01-12 18:00 - 19:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
Meet member Jacqui Miller at our January 12 meeting when she shares her story.
My artistic practice began in childhood, shaped first by my love for horses and then by my exposure to the Vietnam War. The moment I encountered Nick Ut’s photograph of the young girl fleeing the bombing, my work shifted from beauty to advocacy. Even at nine, I understood that images can carry moral force—that art can confront, witness, and demand response.
Over the years, my creative life intertwined with a long professional career in the equestrian world and a parallel path in design and communication. These disciplines trained me to observe closely, to understand emotion in form, and to appreciate how visual language shapes perception.
After retiring from the horse industry, I returned fully to art, only to find an oversaturated visual landscape. This challenged me to ask essential questions: Why contribute more images to a world teeming with them? What is my voice? What is the purpose?
The answer lies in my earliest motivations. I am drawn to art that provokes thought, challenges assumptions, and opens space for empathy. My work engages themes of injustice, resilience, and the human cost of political and social systems. I often use found materials and symbolic forms, transforming the familiar into commentary.
My practice is still evolving, but its intention is clear: to create imagery that compels the viewer to pause, question, and feel—and perhaps to see the world, and their place within it, a little differently.
Doors open at DEGALLERY at 5:30pm. There will be light refreshments. Come by a bit early, chat and catch up!

VAS "Lunch Together", Friday 1-23-26
2026-01-23 11:30 - 13:00 | Wild Pita, 1437 Wellborn Rd Suite 200, College Station, 77845, United States
Come join us Friday January 23 11:30am-1pm for our January “Lunch Together.” We are meeting at Wild Pita located at 1437 Wellborn Rd Suite 200, College Station, TX 77840. Here is their menu.
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 2/5/2026
2026-02-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
The VAS Board will meet at 7pm, Thursday February 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 a few days before for meeting id information.

First Saturday Art Market at Degallery
2026-02-07 10:00 - 16:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
Welcome to the First Saturday Art Market at Degallery Square! As a VAS member, you may show/sell your art for free at the First Saturday Art Market about 10am-4pm. You also have the use of a free tent (there are 7 available). Contact Dary, the owner of Degallery, a week ahead by emailing her HERE if you want to participate and if you need a tent. More information is on the Degallery website HERE. You can team up with other members to sell in a tent. Contact Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt at webmaster@visualartsociety.org if you need VAS to handle your sales and tax (VAS takes 10%). As a note, items under $100 sell better. Of course you need to ready to sell by the time and be charging sales tax. You can include the sales tax in your price. You can apply for a sales tax permit ONLINE. If you have questions, contact Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt at webmaster@visualartsociety.org.

February 2026 VAS Meeting: Meet Joel Kitchens
2026-02-09 18:00 - 19:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
Meet member Joel Kitchens at our February 9 meeting when he shares his story and his new book!
Where will your art take you? For Joel Kitchens, it led to a doctoral degree and a book newly published by Texas A&M University Press. In the early 2000s, Joel had been changing his photographic technique from 35mm color to 4×5 large format black and white, and a return to the traditional wet darkroom. San Antonio’s five colonial-era missions became the preferred subjects he photographed as he honed his skills. Because Joel was neither a native Texan nor Catholic, he began to read and research the missions in order to make better informed images. Somewhere along the way, he realized there was a story about the missions that was not being told. The research escalated exponentially and he chose to make these missions the focus for his doctoral dissertation, and after many revisions, the present book, San Antonio and Its Missions: Three Centuries of History, Memory, and Heritage. The missions are “sites of memory,” and the book defines this concept and explores how and why Spain built the missions, what happened to the missions after the Spanish colonizers left, and how and why the missions came to weigh so heavily in American imagination and identity, even into the twenty-first century. Now with the book published, Joel can return to the style of photography he loves most, the silver gelatin print, created on film, and made in the traditional wet darkroom.
Doors open at DEGALLERY at 5:30pm. There will be light refreshments. Come by a bit early, chat and catch up!

Aggieland Art Trail Celebration!
2026-02-12 18:30 - 20:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
The Visual Art Society of Bryan-College Station is having our first Aggieland Art Trail reception to celebrate the businesses, museums and galleries on the Aggieland Art Trail. We are hoping that you can find it in your schedule to drop in even for a few minutes to support the Aggieland Art Trail! Of course the community and members & supporters of VAS are invited! If you are planning on coming, please email Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt, our president, at president@visualartsociety.org.

Date/Time: Thursday, Feb 12, 2026 6:30-8pm
Place: Degallery, 930 N Rosemary Dr, Bryan, TX 77802
(across from KBTX TV)

We are so proud of the Aggieland Art Trail and what we all have accomplished together supporting the arts in our community. We would like to get to know you better and for you to get to know each other.

Because of how busy everyone is, this is a come-and-go event with remarks at 7pm. We will have wine and hors d’oeuvres for you.

VAS "Lunch Together", Wednesday 2-25-2026
2026-02-25 11:30 - 13:00 | Dimassi’s Mediterranean Buffet, 1133 University Dr suite 500, College Station, TX 77845, College Station, TX, 77845, United States
Come join us Wednesday February 25 11:30am-1pm for our February “Lunch Together.” We are meeting at Dimassi’s Mediterranean Buffet located in Century Square at 1133 University Dr suite 500, College Station, TX 77845 Here is their menu.
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.

5th DEGART International Grand Art Event
2026-03-28 08:00 - 2026-04-03 20:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
The DEGART International Grand Art Event is a week-long immersive art retreat hosted in Bryan, Texas, where creativity, education, and community come together. Organized by DEGALLERY and the DEGA International Art Association, this event welcomes celebrated invited artists as well as visiting artists from around the world.
Registration Fee:

Members of DEGA International Art Association and VAS members($45)
Non-members ($65)

Registration includes:

Participation in all DEGART events, including Plein Air Week on private ranches, businesses, and country/cities sites
Welcome, Meet, and Greet with wine and cheese.
Art Show “Art and Body” and Auction (1-7 artworks accepted)
Open Studio with Life Model
Free admission for Lectures and Demo
The First Saturday Art Fair included 10’x10 individual vendor place
The Art Festival Community Painting Day free admission
1 Ticket for GALA (April 5th)
10% OFF for Workshops

Throughout the retreat, participants enjoy

Plein-air (paint-out) sessions
Hands-on demonstrations
Skill-building workshops
Open studios with live models and still life setups
Artist talks, meet-and-greets, and community events
Invited master artists lead teaching sessions, while visiting artists paint, learn, collaborate, and grow together in a supportive environment

2026 Judged Show Entry Deadline - April 20
2026-04-20 23:58 - 23:59 | Virtual
We are pleased to announce our annual 2026 Spring Judged Show, “America The Beautiful,” as we celebrate 250 years of America’s creative spirit. The show is open to all artists. Our call for art can be found HERE. The deadline for submissions is April 20th.
