December 21, 2016 - February 3, 2017
First Friday Receptions: January 6 & February 3, 2017 6-10pm
Brian Davis lives and works in Northern Virginia. Born in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, Mr. Davis was raised in Guam and South Carolina. He has taught New Media and Sculpture at The George Washington University and American University. Mr. Davis has a B.F.A in General Studio from Winthrop University and an M.F.A in Sculpture from the University of Florida.
Read More
Gretchen Quinn / United Arts Council
I make functional ceramics that are a reflection of my love for simple luxuries. By combining textures, colors, and clean shapes I craft wares that are a pleasure to both use and admire.
Read More
Caroline Coven / Janice Geller
In my images, I want the viewer to see contemplatively. Agnes Martin exhorted her viewers to look at her work as you would meditate on a landscape. But unlike Agnes Martin, I wish to describe a more specific narrative of human experiences.
Read More
Janice Geller / United Arts Council
In my artwork I seek to bring unconscious and collective unconscious knowledge into consciousness. When I paint I work intuitively, opening to my personal unconscious, and global collective unconscious through a deep listening. The paintings unfold, each piece strange, unique, slowly forming, with a playful logic that unifies, and is yet authentic. Themes that emerge are often about relationship, identity, diversity, nature, reactivity, new perspectives, struggle and resolution. Some paintings are fairly literal, others more abstract – dependent on the inner world I enter. The images range from whimsical and playful, calm or meditative, to full of struggle. Each piece circles the veils between reality and the imaginary.
Read More
George Gregory / Open Gallery at Red Hat
My production process often leaves me with scraps of wood that are too small to incorporate into my work, but too big to throw away. I find myself saving these scraps for potential use in the future. After much deliberation, I found myself dipping these scraps into acrylic paint and laminating them together. This process was the inspiration for Pixel-ed.
Read More
SPEED DATES are thematized 30-minute one-on-ones with area smartypants who can answer your pressing professional questions! This time, we are excited to host four marketing experts from Centerline to chat with you and answer any questions about marketing your work: audience, social media, press releases- you name it!
Read More
November 9th – December 21, 201
Main Gallery
The Annual Holiday Exhibition features work by VAE members at a price range that is perfect for gift giving! Come in to see and purchase works under $300 for all of your holiday needs.
November 9th – December 21, 201
Main Gallery
It's time to decorate for the holidays. Unfortunately, Brandon dropped the box of ornaments, when we were putting the decorations away...in March, and broke them all.
So, we asked our creative community to make beautiful ornaments for all of your holiday needs! Come by this season to pick up the perfect decoration for your home, or the perfect gift for a friend!
VAE will be going back in time to the early 1990s when the state of the art technology of the email attachment was invented. Since then it has changed information exchanges in a major way. It also opened doors for an arts organization to receive and accept submissions, free to both artists and organizations, it has allowed for the growth and opportunity.
Read More
January 6-26, 2017
Main Gallery
VAE will be showcasing the fantastic works created by our Three Dimensional Artist Group in the upcoming exhibition, DEPTH.
VAE's Three Dimensional Artist Group is a supportive network for artists who explore ideas and techniques and offer each other feedback. Artist are encouraged to bring a current work, but are by no means obligated to. This group is open to anyone who works with a three dimensional medium or would like to. All artists’ groups are free to VAE members and $5 for non-members.
Deadline for Submission: 11:59pm on December 21, 2016
VAE will be going back in time to the early 1990s when the state of the art technology of the email attachment was invented. Send us your artwork as attachments, and we'll wallpaper the gallery with them!
Deadline - 11:59pm on December 21, 2016
VAE showcases some of the most ambitious and timely works by artists from across the region in our annual exhibition, Contemporary South. The purpose of the exhibition is to gather a survey of what creative people in the Regional South are currently creating. Since 2012 this exhibition has grown and expanded to become one of VAE's most well-received exhibitions. We invite you to help us make COSO17 the best iteration yet!
Showcasing VAE's Three Dimensional Artist Group!
DEPTH is a showcase of VAE's Three Dimensional Artist Group who meet at the gallery the third Thursday of every month at 7pm in VAE's Main Gallery.
VAE is an organization for artists, supported by artists. Artists like you! A donation of your fabulous work will help us continue to empower emerging artists in 2017. And if community goodwill wasn’t reason enough, we also offer cash prizes, discounted tickets, and an opportunity to meet with this year’s esteemed gala jurors.
Read More
Silent Auction: 6:00 – 8:15pm
Buffet Dinner: 7:00pm
Coffee & Cake: 8:00pm
Live Auction: 8:45 – 9:30pm
Registration
No paper tickets will be issued, however everyone’s name and or company will be at registration. It is important to check in at the registration desk to receive your bid cards, complimentary drink tickets, valet vouchers and program at registration.
Parking
Complimentary valet parking will be available for all guests. Make sure to grab a voucher at registration to use at the end of the evening. There is also plenty of surface and deck parking in the area.
Attire
The attire is black tie optional. Creative attire is appreciated!
Sponsor & VIP Preview
Be the first to bid! Sponsors and VIPs are invited to arrive between 5-6pm to preview the artwork and register before the crowds!
AuctionPay
For your convenience, VAE uses Greater Giving’s AuctionPay credit card terminals to process all purchases made at the auction. When you arrive at the event a VAE staff member will swipe your credit card to ensure a secure, accurate and speedy check-out.
Drink Tickets
Wine, beer and spirits will be available throughout the evening. Two complimentary drink tickets will be give to each attendee and additional drink tickets and tickets for mixed drinks may be purchased at the event.
First Friday Receptions: November 4 & December 2, 6-10pm
Evan Reed was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and has lived throughout the United States. He develops forms by collecting and exploring the properties of material, many of which are discarded items, sourced from his community. The works pull from a variety of visual references including architectural forms, modes of transportation, and tools. His work is concerned with themes of Spirituality, History, Place, and Humor.
Read More
Artwork Deliver: Friday, November 4, 11am-6pm and Saturday, November 5, 11am-4pm
VAE’s annual holiday exhibition is one of the best ways to make your work available for purchase this holiday season! We shift the focus of our exhibition spaces to be more sales oriented in order to put cash in artists’ pockets around the holiday season (okay, we actually send checks, but cash is sexier!).
Artwork Delivery - Friday, November 4, 11am-6pm and Saturday, November 5, 11am-4pm
VAE will showcase creative holiday ornaments as part of our Annual Holiday Show! Artists are encouraged to bring up to 5 hanging ornaments representing any of the winter holidays. These ornaments will be displayed in the Main Gallery, and will make VAE more festive leading up to the holidays!
Deadline - 11:59pm on March 9, 2017
Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to create artwork that stay afloat in either water or air. VAE is challenging artists to think off the wall, and in the pool. Create work that rests in fluid transitions. Work that requires the viewers’ transitions. Work that floats on the surface, between substances, and in space.