Day: February 10, 2017

Monday: Plan Your Escape

On Monday, you can get yourself an early Valentine’s present at the Best Place to Take Classes in the DC area!

Registration opens Monday, February 13 for all Spring classes and Summer Art Camps. (Spring classes will start the week of April 3, and Art Camp runs weekly from June 19 to August 20.) It’s the perfect getaway to rekindle your creative passion!

So what’ll it be? A nine-week escape for you in one of our 201 different classes? A five-day escape for the kids at Art Camp this summer?

Browse the school catalog

For more about Art Camp, see this page.

Make a match

Not sure which class is “the one”? The best way to find the class that’s right for you is by contacting our office. We know all the classes and instructors and can make suggestions for you:

Or, for a little bit of fun, take our quiz and find your next art class that way. And you can always find the full catalog online.

Cover image: detail from a painting by watercolor instructor Catherine Hillis

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The 2017 Patrons’ Show Fundraiser Judge’s Award Winners

On Wednesday, Patrons’ Show Fundraiser juror Jack Rasmussen, the Director and Curator of the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, visited the gallery to pick out the four judge’s awards. We’re very pleased to announce the award winners!

Yellowstone Thermal Zone #6, archival inkjet print, by Pete McCutchen. Winner of the Clemente Best in Show for Contemporary Realism award.
Old Town Marina, oil on primed paper, by Matt Pinney. Winner of the Clemente Faculty Award.
Dinghy Jam, oil on linen, by Cindy Packard Richmond. Winner of the TFAA Artist Award.
Tiny Dancer, colored pencil, by Wendy Donahoe. Winner of the Van Landingham Award.

These are the four awards chosen by the judge. Two more awards will be determined by ticketholders: the $1,000 Clemente Collector Award, which goes to the first piece chosen in the drawing, and the $250 Geri Gordon Award, to the popular vote winner! These will be announced at the drawing and here on the blog.

The 2017 Patron’s Show Fundraiser will be held Sunday, February 19. A few tickets are still available for purchase! The artworks are on view now in the gallery and on Flickr.

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