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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!

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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!!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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“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!

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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).

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Entry Deadline for Judged Art Show EXTENDED

To allow everyone a bit longer to finish up their entries to our 2024 spring judged show “Art in Bloom”, the entry deadline is extended to Saturday, April 20. The show itself has been extended to July 30, since Degallery will be closed for a few weeks this summer. The extension gives more time for the public to view and hopefully purchase your art.

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Need Volunteers for Paint Out 2024

Calling all volunteers to help VAS in Paint Out Bryan 2024 April 12-13. We already have many artists participating in our Plein Air event, but we need help to pull it off. Please sign up on this google document. All volunteers can bring prints & small originals in a box, small stand or basket to sell. VAS gets 20% and will manage all sales and sales tax. For more information, click HERE. It was lots of fun last year and the volunteers had good sales.