Artist Teacher Exhibition: Color Stories

 

The Artist Teacher Exhibition: Color Stories opening reception will be held on Saturday, October 11, from 6:00–8:00 p.m. at the Workhouse Arts Center.

This year’s exhibition features 78 art faculty from 61 FCPS schools, showcasing the incredible range and creativity of our artist teachers.

Color Stories celebrates the power of color — how it can evoke memory, emotion, and narrative, or simply be downright visually delicious! This exhibition is a vibrant tribute to the artistry and dedication of our educators. The show is on display until December 6th.

A Gallery Experience for Art Educators

Join us for a Gallery Experience for Art Educators 
at Tephra ICA 
 November 7th, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

This free event offers a unique opportunity for art educators to connect, explore contemporary art, and gain inspiration to bring back to their classrooms. 

Don’t miss this enriching experience!

Practice What You Teach

Practice What You Teach opens today, October 1! The awards presentation will be streamed at https://www.facebook.com/ArtCenterVB this evening at 7:00 pm. Juror, Barbara Laws will be presenting awards! 

Barbara Laws is an esteemed art educator, she taught in the Norfolk Public Schools for 42 years at elementary, middle, and high school levels, until her retirement. During that time, she also served for 8 years as an Assistant Principal and an Arts Supervisor for 15 years. She served in many roles in VAEA, including President of VAEA.

If you are attending the VAEA conference later in the month, come to our Educator’s reception on Oct. 16th, 5-7 pm.  The Art Center is also open throughout the conference:  Thurs-Fri, 10 am- 5 pm, Sat. 10 am- 4 pm, and Sunday 12-4 pm.

I am so tickled to have two mixed media pieces in this show. If you are in the Virginia Beach area please stop into the Art Center to enjoy the stellar skills of art teachers! 

Painting with Light and Everything Bright...

Had a blast this afternoon practicing light painting with my department today! 
Look out we are ready to inspire MADNESS.

You can never practice enough, it is such fun! 

We will be presenting our play at VAEA this weekend!!!

#22...Gaining Inspiration..

As I prepared to begin another school year, nice even year 22,  I had the total pleasure of taking off to NYC for a day trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. I went with my clever and intrepid studio art department friends! 

   It was awesome to see the work of Diane Arbus: In The Beginning in the new Met Breuer as well as the Thoughts Left Unfinished a thorough and beautiful exhibition of artwork that remain unfinished by their makers beginning from the Renaissance to now.

Our studio art department has grown this year! We are so lucky to have four in our little department!

To celebrate we headed down to Richmond to enjoy the Kehinde Wiley A New Republic as well as the Gordon Parks: Back to Fort Scott exhibitions.

If these short inspirational jaunts are any indication, it is destined to be fabulous school year!