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Next PGAA Meeting:   Tue. June 24, 2008   7:00 PM

NEW LOCATION (JUNE ONLY)!!!

Calvert House Inn

6211 Baltimore Ave

Riverdale, MD     20737

301-864-5220

Speaker:   There will be no guest speaker at this meeting, only a good time.

The June meeting will be the last meeting we will have until the fall. It will be held at the Calvert House Inn and will be a combination of fun and business meeting. The food here is delicious, and you are free to order whatever you would like; however, everyone is responsible for your individual check. We hope to see as many as possible at this meeting. Remember, they let us exhibit there all year long.

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"A Kaleidoscope of Art"
by the Prince George's Artists Association

at Oxon Hill Manor's Tea and the Arts

Saturday, June 14, 2008 1:00 - 3:00 PM

Participating Artists.     The following artists are participating in this show: Tyrone Bradshaw, Sharon Burton, David Cook, Allita Irby, Darren Jackson, Constance Mattox, Zenobia Rickford, Carl Tucker and George Tuggle.

Oxon Hill Manor
6901 Oxon Hill Rd.
Oxon Hill, MD     20745

Note for members: Drop off art/show hanging: Sat., June 14, 2008 by 10 AM at Oxon Hill Manor
Early drop off to Zenobia Rickford before June 14, call her 301-577-0058
Pick up art: To be determined

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The Prince George's Arts Council and
The University Town Center present

"A Flower Is ..." Show
by the Prince George's Artists Association

May 5th through June 30th 2008
Reception: Thursday, May 15, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Celebrate the splendor of the season with a gorgeous visual bouquet
presented by 19 artists of the Prince George's Artists Association

Participating Artists.     The following artists are participating in this show: Sharon Burton, Nathanial Charles, Emily Chimiak, Arbedella Dillon, Allita Irby, Darren Jackson, Bonnie Kaplan, Jean Magram, Gina Reininger, Zenobia Rickford, Louise Robinson, Bert G.F. Shankman, Nancy Tai, George Tuggle, Byron Williams, Elnora Wilson and Nancy Winchester.

University Metro Center - Kaiser Permanente Building
6525 Belcrest Road
Hyattsville, MD     20782
Entrance is on Toledo Rd., across from the Prince George's Plaza.

For more information, call the Prince George's Arts Council at 301-277-1402.

Note for members: Take down of the show/artwork is June 30 from 10:00 to 4:00.

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Prince George's Artists Association

“It's a SPRING THING” ART EXHIBITION
at SNOW HILL MANOR

March 20 to May 1, 2008
Reception -- Sunday, March 30, 2-4 PM

Participating Artists.     The following artists are participating in this show: Sharon Burton, Eileen Cave, David Cook, Katherine Holzer, Allita Irby, Darren Jackson, Bonnie Kaplan, Jean Magram, Constance Mattox, Gina Reininger, Zenobia Rickford and Nancy Winchester.

Snow Hill Manor
13301 Laurel-Bowie Rd.
Laurel, MD     20708
301-725-6037
For more information, visit Snow Hill Manor.

Directions to Snow Hill Manor: Located in Laurel, Maryland, at the intersection of Route 197 and Contee Road. From the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, take Route 197 (Laurel-Bowie Road) to Laurel. At the third light (Route 197 and Contee Road), make a right, then an immediate left into the property. Follow the cedar-lined driveway to the house.

Note for members: show art pickup is Fri. May 2, 2008     10 AM - 2 PM.

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The WSSC Art Gallery
Presents
Prince George's Artists Association
Art Show and Sale
February 4 to February 28, 2008

Participating Artists.     The following artists are participating in this show: Sherrill Bower, Sharon Burton, Nathan Charles, David Cook, Kathy Holzer, Allita Irby, Darren Jackson, Joe Jackson, Jean Magram, James Masters, Constance Mattox, Edward Pastula, Gina Reininger, Louise Robinson, Bert Shankman, Nancy Tai, Lillian Tanner, and Nancy Winchester.

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC)
14501 Sweitzer Lane
Laurel, Maryland     20707

Note for members: show take down/art pickup is Fri. February 29, 2008.

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Prince George's Artists Association
"In Black & White" Show
at the
Calvert House Inn
January 5 to February 29, 2008

Participating Artists.     The following artists are participating in this show: Eileen Cave, Timothy Edberg, Drena J. Glarza, Mo Goff, Ruth Horlick, Annette J. Little, Gina Reininger and James Searl.

Calvert House Inn
6211 Baltimore Avenue
Riverdale, MD     20737
301-864-5220

The Calvert House Inn has convenient free parking and a wonderful menu of traditional Maryland seafood favorites and other exquisite dishes. The Calvert House offers a great variety of dining options for lunch, dinner or Sunday Brunch. For more information, visit Calvert House Inn.

Members note: Art pickup is Saturday, March 1, 2008.

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Sharon Burton

Art Exhibition: "MY SPACE ON 7th"

July 9th thru August 2nd, 2008

Reception: Friday July 11, from 6 to 8:30 PM

Touchstone Gallery
406 7th St. N.W., 2nd floor
Washington, D.C. 20004
202-347-2787

Gallery hours are Wednesday thru Friday from 11:00 to 5 PM. and Saturday & Sunday from 12 - 5 P.M.

Bert GF Shankman

Open Studio Show and Sale

Saturday, June 7 and Sunday, June 8, from 12 - 5

3609 Patrick Henry Drive
Olney, MD 20832
301-774-0655


I will open my studio, gallery and gardens for two days for an artists's reception, party and sale.

I will be showing my Emancipation series with new additions. One of these was selected this spring for the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. In the show will also be the other two pictures selected for MFA's permanent collection.

'Goldfinch' will be displayed in my newly remodeled gallery/dining room. It is printed on canvas and stretched at an image size of 38 X 57". This sunflower picture is named after the numerous goldfinches which come to feed on the sunflowers growing in my garden. I have so much growing that the Goldfinches have arrived already.

You will get a 20% discount and 30% if you bring a friend (spouses and Significant Others are also considered friends :-) ) for the duration of the sale.

Members of my Support Team will continue to get a 10% extra discount. Ask about how you can join.

For views of many of my pictures, visit: www.cameraflora.org

Byron Williams

at Festival Events in Maryland and Virginia

see schedule below

Byron Williams shows his beautiful and unique artwork at a number of different Art Shows throughout the country. His enchanting work may be sampled on his website www.artbasketsbybyron.com, or you can visit him at one of the events in the area. Upon return from his "Western Tour" you can find him at the events in Maryland and Virginia listed below:

August 23

5th Annual Eastern Shore Arts Festival,
    The Inn At Perry Cabin, St. Michaels MD

info at dstevens@goeaston.net

September 14

Annual Takoma Park Folk Festival, Takoma Park MD

www.tpff.org

September 20-21

Artsfest, Annmarie Garden, Dowell [Solomon's Island] MD

www.annmariegarden.com

September 28-29

Quiet Waters Fine Arts Show, Annapolis MD

www.friendsofquietwaterspark.org

October 4

Art-on-the-Avenue, Alexandria VA

www.artontheavenue.org

October 5

Takoma Park Street Festival, Takoma Park MD

www.takomafestival.com

October 12

Pickering Creek Harvest Hoedown, Easton MD

www.pickeringcreek.org

October 16-19

Fair Hill International Horse Show, Fair Hill MD

www.fairhillinternational.com

November 1-2

Virginia Gourd Festival, Stevens City VA

www.virginialoversgourdsociety.org

And on Saturdays when he is not at the above events he can be found at the Alexandria VA Farmers Market in Market Square on King Street and Royal in Old Town Alexandria VA

Lillian Tanner Watercolors

on display

April, 2008

You are cordially invited to attend the artist's reception on
Thursday, April 10, 2008, 7 PM - 8:30 PM

Bowie Senior Center
14900 Health Center Drive
Bowie, MD
301-809-2300

The center is also open for viewing each weekday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings until 8:30 and Saturday until 2:30 PM. For directions - www.bowieseniorcenter.org/bscdir.html

Zenobia A. Rickford in "Art by Design"

Artworks presented by The Charles Sumner School Museum
Art Show & Sale

January 18 to June 26, 2008
Artist Reception: Fri. February 29, 2008   6:30 - 8:30 PM

The Charles Sumner School Museum
1201 17th St. at M St., NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-442-6060

Monday - Friday 10 AM - 6 PM
Saturday 10 AM - 4 PM (by appointment)

Parking lot on M St., or Rhode Island Ave.
Metro: Farragut North; Red Line

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Darren Jackson in

"3 Degrees of Abstractions"

A Color Blossom Art Show and Sale
Featuring Three Emerging Abstract Artists

Saturday, April 12 and Sunday, April 13, 2008 1:30 PM to 5:30 PM.

Free admission and door prizes.

Sycamore Club Community Center
in the Fairwood Community of Bowie, MD
12600 Fairwood Parkway
Bowie, MD 20720

For more information visit:
www.mileniumdesign.net/specialevents

Dave Cook in an International Exhibition: Glass3

A glass art show hosted by
The Shops at Georgetown Park

February 21 - March 9, 2008.

The Shops at Georgetown Park
3222 M Street, NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20007
(202) 607-0879

The exhibit is presented by the Georgetown Business Improvement District, in partnership with Artomatic, Inc., the Office of the Secretary for the District of Columbia, and Sunderland City Council, in the United Kingdom.

Glass3 debuts as the first Artomatic international collaboration. The show will be located on the lower level of the mall just past the food court. The exhibition will feature international glass artists from Sunderland, England, national artists organized by the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Ohio, and Washington, D.C.- area artists represented by the Washington Glass School.

Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday, 12 p.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday, 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.

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Nancy Winchester in a "Winter Exhibition"

by The Maryland Society of Portrait Painters
in the Willow Gallery at Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis, MD

February 14 through March 23, 2008

Reception:   Sunday, February 17, 2008, from 2 – 4 PM

Willow Gallery
Quiet Waters Park
Annapolis, MD    21403


For more information call Quiet Waters park office at 410-222-1777 or visit the website at www.friendsofquietwaterspark.org .

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Allita Irby in Show
"WITH THESE HANDS:
Textiles and Weaving by Prince George's County Artists"

Dates:     January 9 to April 7, 2008

Reception: Thur. February 7, 2008     4 PM to 6 PM
Rsvp to (301) 277-1402 or RSVP@artspg.org

Sponsored by The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (MNCPPC)
and The Prince George's Arts Council

Lowe House Office Building
Room 170
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21041

Paid parking is available at the Navy-Marine Stadium. Shuffles will operate until 8 PM between the stadium and the Lowe House Office Building. Photo ID required for entrance. Additional parking is also available at the Calvert Street Parking Garage located in the rear of the Lowe House Office Building.

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Dave Cook
at the Washington Glass School Open House

This multi-talented PGAA member is a glass artist, painter and photographer. His stained glass and glass pieces have graced public and private spaces.

Annual Washington Glass School Holiday Party and Glass Sale!
Date:     Saturday, December 15th, 2007 from 2 to 6 PM

The Washington Glass School
3700 Otis St.
Mt. Rainier, MD     20712
202-744-8222
Plenty of free parking and just 4 miles up Rhode Island Ave from Logan Circle.
For more information on the school: www.WashGlass.com

Tons of glass, class specials, work from a dozen prominent and emerging artists, music, food! Bowls, Jewelry, Incredible Sculpture, Lighting....anything that some of the best glass artists in the region can make! All at the best prices of the year! This yearly event is always the biggest bash of the season and this is the largest sale the School has ever had! The perfect way to pick up original holiday gifts!

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Bowie Artist Robert Bevard's work to air on MPT Sept 5th

Bowie Artist Robert Bevard will have his work shown on Maryland Public Television, on the Artworks this Week, Salon Art segment Wednesday September 5, 2007 at 7:30pm, with re-airing on Saturday morning September 8th at 9am. The Salon Art artist information is also found on MPT's website, www.mpt.org/artworks/thisweek/, or call (410) 581-4368 for further information.

Robert Bevard Show
"Art of the Chesapeake"

Meet artist Robert Bevard of Bowie MD
on Saturday, August 4th, 2007 from 11 AM to 6 PM (reception is from 1-5 PM)
Show runs August 1st to August 31st, 2007.

Artworks at 7th Gallery (next to the Post Office)
9128 Bay Ave
North Beach, MD    20714.
(410) 286-5278

Bob, a self taught artist, is known for his wildlife, bay scenes, and landscapes that depict the Chesapeake Bay region. Come see Maryland's famous blue crabs in action and other notable Bay works by Bob.

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Allita Irby Group Show
Presented by the Golden Flame Restaurant and Creative Artisans
Show runs to August 15th, 2007.

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Zenobia Rickford Solo Exhibition
"The Power of Water"

Dates:     Wednesday, February 28th - April 1st, 2007
First Friday Opening Reception:
Friday, March 2nd, 2007     6 to 8 PM

Foundry Gallery
1314 18th Street NW
Washington, DC     20036
202 463-0203
Preview and more information: www.foundrygallery.org

"Excellence of performance will transcend artificial barriers created by man."

My desire for a meaningful and fulfilling life has been immeasurably enriched through a life-long involvement in the visual arts. Various personal experiences, complex and simple, are manifested in a diverse and broad range in my work. Some works are rendered with fastidious attention to detail, others executed in bold vivid colors with controlled spontaneity. Each, however, adheres to the aesthetic demands of the medium.

Through the use of varied and experimental combinations of materials and media, I am developing my artistic skills, thereby opening the door to even more creativity and imagination which will insure artistic growth. This process is on going.

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Elnora Wilson Solo Show
"Artistic Fabrications: Mixed Media Creations"

Dates:     Thursday, February 15th - March 28th, 2007
Reception:
Thursday, March 15th, 2007     12 Noon to 2 PM

Arts and Cultural Heritage Division
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC)
6611 Kenilworth Avenue, Suite 200
Riverdale, Maryland
301-454-1450, TTY 301-454-1472

Vibrant, colorful, and full of texture describes the mixed-media creations of Artist Elnora Wilson. She is an uncompromising artist who paints with textiles as well as a variety of contemporary media of varying complexity. Imagination...inspired vision...these reflections are evoked by her ability to create unique works that seem to have perfect form and composition. Her art evokes our visual pleasure. It is colorful, whimsical, enchanting and quenches our thirst for originality.

“I enjoy creating in textiles because the use of a variety of fabrics of varying textures, lead the eye throughout the composition, while at the same time giving each piece a relief quality and a three-dimensional effect. The bold colors of the sometimes whimsical textile ---and painted images---not only appeal to sense of sight, but also provide great appeal to the sense of touch.”

“Whether creating in textiles or in paint, the colors are bright and bold and play off of each other to form an exciting dimensional quality; each piece of work creates its own mood and tells its own story. Each facial expression engages the viewer and leads them to wonder, '...what is she (are they) thinking?' ”

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Tom Ayers
Artist of the Month
Bowie City Hall Art Gallery

March 3rd - March 30th, 2007

Bowie City Hall
2614 Kenhill Drive
Bowie, MD 20715

Chemist, composer, poet, and photographer, Tom Ayers has been painting abstracted works in acrylics for over five years. Initially interested in sharing his enthusiasm for the Book of Proverbs, he began painting a series of Meditations in 2002. However, as middle-age, with its accompanying losses, reared its sometimes ugly head, he used painting to explore personal issues of artistic insecurity, grief, moving forward, and hope. Some particularly painful losses inspired his Passage series, a set of twelve paintings beginning with the loss of a dear friendship and ending with three visions of hope, dedication, and acceptance. You are invited to share the journey. Come and see.

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Gina Reininger
Artist of the Month
Bowie Senior Center

February 2nd - March 1st, 2007
Reception:
Thursday, March 1st, 2007     7 - 8 PM

Bowie Senior Center
14900 Health Center Drive
Bowie, MD     20716
301 809-2300

Gina first started painting after her retirement. Her love of the outdoors, coupled with her enthusiasm for reproducing the colors she sees in nature has resulted in a zest for painting landscapes from this area and locations around the world. While she has done some paintings in oil and watercolor, she basically considers herself a pastelist and recently has experimented with painting pastel over gold leaf. The immediacy of pastel as well as the brilliant pigments available in this medium help her to interpret the landscapes and city scenes that excite her.

Gina is drawn to the interplay of light and shadows and tries to express her reaction to these elements in her paintings. While all seasons have their own special elements that are fascinating, it is the creation of paintings that expresses her interpretation of what she sees that excites her most.

Gina has exhibited extensively throughout the area and has works in corporate headquarters in Chicago, Illinois as well as Panama and Raritan in Central America.

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Robert Bevard Open House

Quiet Waters Annapolis Show
Prince George's Artists Association
Juried Art Show and Sale
September 13 - October 20, 2007

Reception:   Sunday, September 16, 2007 from 2 – 4 PM

Opening September 13th in the Willow Gallery at Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis, the Prince George's Artists Association will present a mixed media juried art show.

The PGAA was founded in 1968 and is a group of artists dedicated to the promotion of the visual arts. Members work in various media including, sculpture, collage, pastel, photography, oil, watercolor, acrylics and pencil.

The judge for this exhibition is Eileen Cave, a working artist, art educator and arts advocate. She is president of the Hyattsville Community Artist Alliance, a board member of the College Part Arts Exchange and co-founder of the Art Spin Gallery.

There will be a reception on Sunday September 16th from 2 – 4 PM with the public invited. Music for the reception will be provided by Aimee Henderson on the Bowed Psaltery. The exhibition will run until October 20th.

Gallery hours are Mon, Wed, Thurs, Friday 9 AM –4 PM, Sat & Sun 10 AM – 4 PM. The Gallery is closed on Tuesday. For more information call Quiet Waters park office at 410-222-1777 or visit the website at www.friendsofquietwaterspark.org .

Participating Artists.     The following artists are participating in this show: Tom Ayers, Robert Ciesielski, Arbadella Dillon, Barbara Dolney, Aimee Henderson, Kathy Holzer, Allita Irby, Annette Little, Jim Masters, Mona Minnick, Gina Reininger, Zenobia Rickford, James Searl, Bert Shankman, Nancy Tai, Carl Tucker, Elnora Wilson and Nancy Winchester.

Willow Gallery - View artwork in Show (This Gallery webpage is displayed with permission from The Friends of Quiet Waters Park.)

Willow Gallery
Quiet Waters Park
Annapolis, MD    21403

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The WSSC Art Gallery
Presents
Prince George's Artists Association
Art Show and Sale
January 30 - February 27, 2007

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC)
14501 Sweitzer Lane
Laurel, Maryland     20707

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PGAA SPRING 2006 ART SHOW

A showcase of Art Work and Artists that represent the culture and diversity of Prince George's County

Tuesday May 2nd - Thursday June 15th, 2006

Huntington Community Center in Bowie.

Reception:

6 - 8 pm Saturday, May 6th, 2006.

The Center is providing a musician and preparing the reception.

Location:

in Old Bowie at
Huntington Community Center
13022 8th St.
Bowie, MD 20720.
Phone #: 301 464-3725.

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View Huntington Show awards & winning artwork

The above PGAA Banner on this home page comprises the following artworks (left to right): Robert Bevard, oil, "Hovering Tern"; Nancy Winchester, pastel, "Friends Forever"; Robert Ciesielski, oil, "Irish Village"; David Gleason, acrylic, "Hunter"; James Searl, photograph, "Still Waters" and Zenobia Rickford, mixed media, "Still Life with Mask".

Copyright 2006    

Prince George's Artists Association

P.O. Box 2902, Landover Hills, MD 20784