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A Week of Plein Air with Degallery’s DEGART Grand Art Event – April 4-11, 2025

VAS has joined with Degallery for the “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.

All artists are welcome to join their fellow artists for free in the Community Paint Out Day – plein air painting downtown Bryan during the Downtown Bryan Street & Art Fair on April 5, but we want you to 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 at Degallery. The form is at the bottom of the page.

VAS members have the following opportunities:

  • Attendence at Meet & Greet with DEGART’s invited artists and guests on Friday, April 4, 2025 at Degallery, 930 N Rosemary Dr, Bryan, TX 77802. Please register below.
  • Participation at Community Day Paint Out at the Downtown Bryan Street & Art Fair on Saturday, April 5, 2025.
    VAS/Degallery will have a tent, so VAS members can sell their art, prints, etc. 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.
  • Free participation in all paint outs and demonstrations for free during DEGART’s many plein air events. However, VAS members must sign up and pay for any workshops (10% off) and if you wish to attend the gala, you must purchase a ticket.
  • Degallery is planning a show during the event of plein air art and members are welcome to apply to enter their plein art work. Your art must be preapproved by the Show Chair. The artist will receive 60% of any sales.   More information to come.

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


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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.

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Art & Craft Rummage Sale at April 8 Meeting

Have art & craft supplies, including art books that you no longer need?  Donate them to VAS for an art rummage sale at our April 8 meeting.  Bring them to the meeting. Attendees can pick out what they want for a donation to VAS. Learn more HERE. Our publicity chair, Mindy Austin, will also give a short presentation on our upcoming Paint Out Bryan event on April 12-13. Deadline to sign up as a registered plein air artist is extended to April 10. Learn more and sign up HERE! Registration is free and there are cash prizes.

Morgan Allen

Website: seedystudios.etsy.com
Email: morgan.allen.seedystudios@gmail.com
Hometown: Hearne, Texas

Morgan Allen is a surreal-expressionist painter, story book illustator, world explorer, and a Bryan, TX native. Morgan travels around the world to paint landscapes en plein air, including scenes in Spain, Italy, Colorado, the Midwest, and Texas.

You can find her at First Fridays in Bryan, TX.

Latoya Auston

Email: latoya.auston@icloud.com
Hometown: Bryan, Texas

Hello, my name is Latoya and I’m just looking to paint and have fun.

Ivy Chatwin

Instagram: awed.one.out
Email: ivychatwin@gmail.com
Hometown: Somerville, Texas

Ivy is new to both Texas and the world of painting, having spent most of her life in Utah studying science, music, and outdoor recreation. She’s a mom to two little boys who keep her very busy, and especially enjoys capturing the personality of pets and the fleeting beauty of blooms in her overflowing garden.

Hannah Cowart

Email: hannahcowart597@gmail.com

Hometown: Bryan, Texas