In its 2010 program PAAL expanded the two-week Summer Art Camp to include both elementary school and middle school children. Based upon parent feedback from the 2009 program, this year’s program also expanded to offer full-day rather than half-day sessions. Further, through the help of Petersburg Parks and Leisure Services, for the first time the program was able to offer students breakfast and lunch each day. These changes helped PAAL accommodate 42 children during this year’s Summer Art Camp, up from approximately 20 last year.
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On the second floor of 7 E. Old St. is a storage facility that PAAL’s visitors rarely enter. This storage facility contains a variety of materials used to host gallery shows and art education classes. But it also holds approximately 150 works from local students and artists that were acquired over the years through art shows and donations. To learn more about the works in their possession, PAAL president Ellen Ende allowed Janelle Wilson, a Master’s candidate from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, to organize and document PAAL’s permanent collection as part of her thesis project.
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September 10–12
Friday: Auction begins, 6–9pm during Friday for the Arts!
Saturday: Bidding continues, 10am–4pm.
Sunday: Arty Party, final bidding (ends 6pm), raffle & claiming of all works, 4–8pm · affordable original art works, music, wine & food provided by local chefs, and Celtic music!
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In an effort to expand its educational art programming for adults and children in the greater Petersburg area, PAAL will be hosting a silent art auction and ARTy PARTY September 10‐12, 2010.
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An exhibition of artwork created by more than 40 area youth who have participated in PAAL’s art camp will open in the organization’s second floor gallery this Friday, August 13, in conjunction with Old Towne Petersburg’s Friday for the Arts! Dioramas depicting scenes from ancient Rome, landscape watercolors, quilts, pottery and more will be on display. A reception for the art camp exhibition will begin at 5:30 p.m. on the second floor.
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PAAL is offering a wide range of classes in September.

For children, a mask-making workshop will be available. For adults, PAAL will offer a book-binding workshop plus a series of classes on drawing basics, oil and acrylic painting, wire and metal jewelry making, and memorial art and sculpture.

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Please note that the main email address for PAAL is now: galleryadmin AT paalart.org.

PAAL announces its upcoming exhibit, in conjunction with Old Towne Petersburg’s Friday for the Arts! this Friday, July 9. Come help resurrect the past, and bring the present and future of PAAL to life, as the fascinating history of its building at 7 E. Old Street is told through artwork, photographs, and news clippings.
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PAAL will be closed Saturday, July 3. But we are getting ready for a FANTASTIC History Exhibit, which will be opening next Friday, July 9.

Happy 4th!

Details are available here.