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The Aggieland Art Trail brochure got an update!
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!
Come visit our spring judged show at Degallery thru July 30
Come visit our art show, Art in Bloom! It is open at Degallery through July 30. Maybe you will fall in love with a piece and give it a good home! Put July 26 6-8pm on your calender – our closing reception and People’s Choice Award Party!!
Call for Art Deadline is August 26, 2024
CALL FOR ART for our Member Show 2024 – open to all members! Our next show is “Our Stories – with the power to connect.” Artist deadline is Monday, August 26, 2024. Check it out HERE! If you are not a member, it is easy to join. Click HERE.
Art Show “Practice What We Teach”
Several of our members have art in this show that celebrates Brazos Valley art educators! Please join the MSC Visual Arts Committee in the James R. Reynolds on Saturday, June 22 from 2 – 4 pm for a reception and celebration of “Practice What We Teach.” Artists, friends and family are welcome to attend this informal reception. Admission is free and refreshments will be provided. The show will be on display until July 31, 2024.
The James R. Reynolds Gallery is located on the second floor of the Memorial Student Center at Texas A&M University, College Station campus. Additional location details and a virtual tour are available at https://vac.tamu.edu.
Parking is available in the University Center Garage and Gene Stallings Blvd Garage.
Tim “Pops” Vanya’s Handouts from Member Meeting
Wendy forgot to copy Tim’s notes from last nights June Member Meeting, so here they are as a pdf – handouts. So informative!
Our June 2024 Newsletter is Here!
Take a look at our June 2024 newsletter. A new look from our new secretary, Joana Rocha. You can always glance at our old newsletters HERE.
Art Scholarship Winners are announced!
The Visual Art Society is proud to announce three winners of our $500 scholarships to high school seniors graduating (by August 2024) from a high school located in Bryan/College Station and who plan a course of study and a career in the visual arts. We had problems deciding between the top applicants, so we decided to offer scholarships to three deserving students: Norah Robinson from Bryan High School, Melanie Sweet from College View High School and Margaret Whitten from A&M Consolidated High School.
Congratulations to all three winners! They and their families are invited to the closing reception of our Spring Judged Show, “Art in Bloom,” coming up on Friday, July 26th 6-8pm at Degallery. Come by to meet them.
A Week of Plein Air with Degallery’s DEGART Grand Art Event – April 4-11, 2025 (FREE Community Paint Out Postponed to Sunday 4/27/25
The Community Paint Out and the the Downtown Bryan Street & Art Fair , has been postponed to Sunday 4/27/25 due to weather concerns. Please register on the form below. There are extra benefits if you are a VAS member (only $45 to join). If you are not a VAS member, we would love to have you join us, but you are responsible for your own tent (you must sign up on the above link – 10’x10′ booth is $200) and sales. Either way, we would like you to register if you are planning to participate on April 5. Anyone who registers, member or not, can come to the Meet and Greet held on Friday, April 4, 2025 6-8pm which is still a go at Degallery. The form is at the bottom of the page.
This is the kick-off event for Degallery’s “DEGART International Art Event” April 4-11, 2025 for local, national and international artists & art lovers. It’s a week of plein air opportunities and more! Additional information, schedule and registration for the week-long event can be found HERE.
VAS members have the following opportunities – most are free:
VAS/Degallery will have a tent, 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 plein air art is sold that day, artists get 80%, VAS gets 10% and 10% goes to a charity chosen by Degallery.
This is the kick-off event for Degallery’s “DEGART International Art Event” April 4-11, 2025 for local, national and international artists & art lovers. It’s a week of plein air opportunities and more! Additional information, schedule and registration for the week-long event can be found HERE.
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!
REGISTRATION FORM FOR COMMUNITY PAINT OUT DAY 4/5/25
“What’s On Your Easel?” at May 13 Meeting
Our May 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! Learn more HERE.
Doors open at DEGALLERY at 5:30pm for our May meeting. There will be light refreshments. Come by a bit early, chat and catch up!
Our April newsletter is here!
Here is our colorful, informative April 2024 Newsletter! Lots of great things in store. You can delve into our old archived newsletters HERE (the direct link is under the About tab).