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Petersburg, VA — In a tradition of more than thirty years, the Petersburg Area Art League (PAAL) is hosting one of its most popular exhibits: The Trees of Christmas. For this event, PAAL invites area schools, businesses and organizations to design and decorate a tree in the gallery space. While some trees are decorated in a traditional style, other trees are designed to creatively reflect the sponsoring business or organization.
“We are thrilled to welcome the businesses and organizations from the community to join in this exhibit, and we’re excited that this is one of the biggest Trees of Christmas exhibits in our history with well over 35 participating organizations,” said Garry Curtis, coordinator for the Trees of Christmas exhibit. “Not only is it a beautiful exhibit, but it’s a great opportunity to showcase all the artistic talent in our community,” added Curtis.
Interspersed between the trees will be holiday photos by John Rooney, Jr. Entitled “Christmas in Old Towne,” this collection captures beautiful holiday scenes from the streets of Old Towne.
The exhibit officially opens to the public at 6 p.m. on Friday, December 14 during Friday for the Arts. In addition to the Trees of Christmas exhibit, PAAL will also be hosting Santa Claus for the evening on Friday, December 14. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be available to meet with children and pictures will be available for purchase. Additional highlights for Friday evening include jewelry and accessories by Lady DiLisa available for purchase, with part of the proceeds benefiting PAAL.
The exhibit is free to the public and runs through January 1, 2013.  This year, 35 trees will be displayed in the downstairs gallery and the upstairs Education Center. The trees are designed by: the Petersburg High School Art Department, St. Joseph’s Catholic School, Kimberly Ann’s Petersburg Pickers, PAAL Summer Art Camp students, the Petersburg Tourism Department, Cockade City Camera Club, Rebuilding Together*Tri-cities, HCA Physician’s Services — Primary Health Group of Hopewell, The Law Office of Corine Bailey, StudioAmmons, Garry Curtis, PAAL Home School Art Class students, The Mosaic Marketplace, GYN Specialists of VA, Colonial Honda, Houchins Pest Control, Sycamore Rouge, Angel de Souza School of Dance, West End Christian School, Heretick Feed & Seed, Riggs and Co. Investment Management, Wanagi Jewelry, Appomattox Tile Art Company, Curl Up or Dye Salon, Second Hand Rose, the Petersburg Sheriff’s Department, Tantrum Tattoos, ARGS Art Club, Therapeutic Massage Center & Boutique, Joan Gardiner, Boulevard Flower Gardens, Swift Creek Woman’s Club and Saucy’s Walk-up BBQ.
The Friday for the Arts! gallery shows start at 6 p.m. with light refreshments. Call 804-861-4611 for more information or visit www.paalart.org.
Posted: December 5th, 2012 under Current Exhibits.
This month, the Petersburg Area Art League will feature two art exhibits during Friday for the Arts! night on November 9.
In the main downstairs gallery, PAAL will feature artwork by the faculty members of the Virginia State University Art and Design Department.
In the upstairs gallery, PAAL will host “Tweet for the Street,” a silent auction to benefit the Low Street Park Project. Low Street Park Project (LSPP) is an organization dedicated to enhancing our neighborhood park by adding a playground, walking path, butterfly garden, and space for free play at Low Street Park located at 339 Low Street. In essence, the LSPP is creating a space for kids to play safely, parents to meet and gather, and space for enjoying outdoors.
For the “Tweet for the Street” silent auction, each participating artist has created a variation of the Low Street Park Project logo and translated it to their medium of choice.
The “Tweet for the Street” silent auction will start at 6 p.m. and close at 9 p.m.
Participating artists include: Dolly Holmes, Mark Pehanic, Bobby Lynch, Barry Roebuck, Liz Saval, Elizabeth Thacker, Mary Kilmon, Ashley Barton, Cherry Turner, Elmo Tham, Denise Carrozza, Harrison Raven, Elizabeth McCormack, and Tom McCormack.
The Friday for the Arts! gallery shows start at 6 p.m. with light refreshments. Call 804-861-4611 for more information or visit www.paalart.org.
Posted: November 15th, 2012 under Current Exhibits.
The Petersburg Area Art League will being to host two Open Studio sessions each month for local artists. Open Studio sessions offer artists the opportunity to work in the studio, add structure to creative efforts, or enjoy the camaraderie of working side-by-side with fellow artists.
Open Studios are held in the afternoon on the third Thursdays (1 – 4 p.m.) and in the evening on the fourth Wednesday (5:30 – 8:30 p.m.) each month. The upcoming Open Studios are: October 18 and 24, November 15 and 21. Open Studios will take a break in December and resume in January.
Open Studios are free for PAAL members and are $30 for non-members. No pre-registration is required.
Call PAAL at 804-861-4611 or visit www.paalart.org with any questions.
Posted: October 18th, 2012 under Open Studios.
The Petersburg Area Art League is inviting all children into the gallery to celebrate Halloween! PAAL will host a Halloween Party for kids of all ages on Saturday, October 27 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. There will be arts activities, snacks and treats, and a costume contest. Children are encouraged to come in their Halloween costumes.
“It is a great privilege for PAAL to open its doors to the children of the community for a safe, fun and creative celebration of Halloween,” said Russell Kvasnicka, President of the Board of Directors of PAAL. “The children who attend art camp and classes at PAAL and who play in the Art Park always fill the atmosphere with excitement and this is PAAL’s way of saying thank you,” Kvasnicka explained.
PAAL staff and volunteers will lead the children in Halloween and fall themed arts activities, provide light snacks and refreshments, and host a costume contest. The event is open to all children. The party will take place in PAAL’s upstairs gallery at 7 East Old Street in Old Towne Petersburg and last until 6 p.m.
The Halloween Party is open and free to all preschool and elementary school students, but space is limited, so reservations are required by Wednesday, October 24 at 5 p.m. To make reservations, call PAAL at 804-861-4611 (parents will need to provide the child’s/children’s names and ages at the time of making the reservation).
Parents are welcome to stay for the Halloween Party.
Snacks have been donated in part by Panera Bread.
Call 804-861-4611 for more information or visit www.paalart.org.
Posted: October 18th, 2012 under Events.
As fall begins, the Petersburg Area Art League will feature two art exhibits during Friday for the Arts! night on October 12. Both of the exhibits run for the entire month of October.
In the main downstairs gallery, PAAL will feature e-art, an exhibition by renowned local artist Susan Brown. All of the paintings in the exhibit were created on Brown’s iPad. “When I purchased my first iPad in the Fall of 2011, it had been 20 years since I had done any painting. A couple of months later, I downloaded a painting application called, “Procreate” and began to work again,” explained Brown.
For Brown, painting on the iPad is very similar to painting on canvas. “I begin with a rough drawing, block in color, and proceed to gradually refine the image and add detail,” explained Brown.
The paintings in the e-art exhibit feature topics of quantum physics, religion, medicine and social issues such as water conservation.
Brown earned a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and completed a graduate fellowship with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, as well as doing two years of graduate work in printmaking at Virginia Commonwealth University. Brown was on the faculty of Richard Bland College and has exhibited in a number of museums including the following the Virginia Museum of Fine Art, the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, NC, and the Mariner’s Museum in Newport News.
In the upstairs gallery, PAAL will feature works by Elizabeth Longstreet-Titmus, winner of the Viewer’s Choice Award from the Members’ Miniature Show in June. Elizabeth is joined by fellow artists Joe Longstreet and Dennis Lock in this exhibition.
Elizabeth, a Sutherland resident, began painting six years ago when she retired from a local advertising agency. She initially learned to paint at PAAL though lessons with Carol Meese and has continued her artistic education at PAAL and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Elizabeth finds painting to be her most relaxing activity.
Elizabeth paints a wide variety of subjects – landscapes, still life, animals and portraits – in oils.
The Friday for the Arts! gallery shows start at 6 p.m. with light refreshments. Call 804-861-4611 for more information or visit www.paalart.org.
Posted: October 3rd, 2012 under Current Exhibits.
Posted: September 26th, 2012 under Newsletter.
Posted: September 19th, 2012 under Events.
September Friday for the Arts! at PAAL Features Art, Photos and Jazz
The Petersburg Area Art League will feature two art exhibits and a musical concert in its outdoor Art Park for the September Friday for the Arts! night on September 14.
PAAL’s Art Park Summer Concert Series concludes with the fourth outdoor concert of the summer featuring the music of the award-winning jazz ensemble from the Appomattox Regional Governor’s School of Arts and Technology. “Pieces of the Puzzle” is composed of students from the surrounding districts and counties and has performed often in Richmond and beyond. The concert is free to the public and begins at 7 p.m. People should bring lawn chairs and blankets.
In the main downstairs gallery, PAAL will continue an exhibit of works by Bell Worsham, a nationally renowned artist originally from Petersburg. Bell Worsham was born in 1908 at her grandparents’ home on Petersburg’s Washington Street. She grew up in Richmond and became one of city’s best-known and most consistently active artists and art teachers.
Worsham showed her paintings widely, including at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and in shows at galleries in Pennsylvania, Florida, Washington, D.C., and New York. Her oil paintings, watercolors, and drawings are in many public and private collections, including Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Virginia, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and her murals were installed in several public buildings.
The work displayed at the Petersburg Area Art League is derived from a family collection, ranges from school work, academic still lifes, bold landscapes showing the influences of Grant Wood and Edward Hopper, plein-air watercolors of her family’s garden, pencil studies, formal portraits, and lithographs tinged with social realism.
Bell Worsham lived and painted most of her life in her family home in Richmond’s Ginter Park. Her last exhibition was a one-woman show of her latest work at the Petersburg Area Art League, held just before her death in 1989. The Bell Worsham Exhibit will be on display through the end of September.
In the upstairs gallery, PAAL will feature the opening of Cockade City Camera Club’s Best Shots, a collection of photographs by Petersburg’s own Camera Club.
The Friday for the Arts! gallery shows start at 6 p.m. with light refreshments. The live music in the Art Park begins at 7 p.m. Food and beverages from a curbside vendor will be available for purchase. Call 804-861-4611 for more information or visit www.paalart.org.
Posted: September 13th, 2012 under Current Exhibits.
The Petersburg Area Art League will offer several classes this fall for children of all ages. The classes will start in September and be held at the PAAL gallery. Class information, material description and cost are below. To register, visit click on the link below the class, stop by the PAAL gallery or call 804-861-4611.
Homeschool Art Class
Thursdays, September 13, 2012 - October, 18 2012
(6 sessions)
11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Registration: $50/$45 for members + $5 materials fee
Looking to expand your homeschool experiences? Join us for beginner – intermediate (K-5) art class specifically designed to accommodate home-schoolers. Taught by an art educator and home-schooling mother of three, children will be introduced to artists, art works and techniques to broaden their knowledge and abilities in the visual arts over a six-week period. This is a great opportunity for children to meet other area home-schoolers while having fun and getting creative in the PAAL studios. Stephanie Barr has been a homeschooling mother of three in Chesterfield since 2006 and holds a BFA from VCU in Art Education. Stephanie teaches a preschool art class at PAAL and has taught or led numerous classes with children of all ages over the last 20 years. Her interests and skills include many forms of creativity including gardening, cooking, bookmaking and collage, but most avidly, she pursues her passion for photography.
Cockade City Camera Club Presents: Intro to Point-and-Shoot Digital Photography for Kids
Saturday, September 15, 2012
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Registration: $10/$8 for members
Ages: 7-12
The Cockade City Camera Club will give a lesson on basic camera instructions and composition. The students will take photographs of nearby locations, download them onto computers and use a simple version of Photoshop to enhance the photos. Students need to bring a disk or a flash drive to download their photos. The Camera Club will provide the point-and-shoot cameras. However, if a student owns a camera, please bring it with the instruction book to class for personal instructions.
Pre-School Art at PAAL with Carrie Smith
Fridays, September 28 – November 2, 2012
10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
$15/$12 for members + $5 materials fee
Pre-School Art at PAAL introduces children ages 3-5 (accompanied by a participating parent) to artists, art work and art techniques through interactive discussions, examples, stories and hands-on activities. Come learn, create and have fun!
Posted: August 29th, 2012 under Youth Classes.
Posted: August 2nd, 2012 under Uncategorized.
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