My hope is that if you’re coming this year, you’ll be using Art Thief of the Patrons’ Show, the app designed and built just for this event. If you’re not sure about going to the Patrons’ Show, stop that nonsense — you need to buy a ticket now.

September 6, 2018

Repost: 5 Things I Learned in Basic Drawing

Art Classes

As someone with a busy career and other life demands, I was feeling depleted creatively. Basic drawing was enriching and fulfilling in ways I didn’t expect.

February 7, 2018

Make the Most out of Patrons’ Show With the Art Thief App

Events

Here are some features of Art Thief that many users aren’t aware of.

January 26, 2018

Kathleen Best Gillmann’s Winter Landscapes

Artist Interviews

“My goal in painting March Thaw was to capture the briskness, barrenness, and beauty of this location.”

December 27, 2017

Terri Rea Paints “The Immigrants”

Exhibits

The Immigrants seemed to paint itself.

November 24, 2017

Take a Tour of Karin Lithell’s “Home Sweet Home”

Exhibits

Guest post: As a Swedish expatriate and observer of human migration, Karin Lithell is concerned with the question of what makes a home a home.

September 12, 2017

What’s in a Bowl of Ice Cream?

Art Classes, Events

Patrons get more than a bowl with ice cream, they get all the great, calm energy and enthusiasm baked right into the clay.

September 9, 2016

5 Things I Learned in Basic Drawing

Art Classes

As someone with a busy career and other life demands, I was feeling depleted creatively.

April 1, 2016

Art of the Air: Fritz DesRoches on the Airbrush

Artist Interviews

I love the airbrush better than the brush because of the smooth transition of the paint to the canvas.

February 11, 2016

Guest Post: Creating “Art Thief”

Events

To understand why someone would write an app that would be used by a few hundred people only once a year, you have to understand a bit about the Patrons' Show.

July 16, 2015

Guest Post: Stone Sculptor John Ploch

Artist Interviews

With abstracts, the mind can flow as the work flows.

May 22, 2015

Guest Post: John Gosling’s “Faces of Alexandria”

Exhibits

This is a guest post by John Gosling, whose exhibit "Printed Art: The Potomac" is open through Monday, June 1.

January 21, 2015

Lessons in Frozen Watercolor

Art Classes, Artful Resources

What I learned painting in 17 degree temperatures today: when it's cold enough out, watercolor crystallizes on your palette, and then solidifies on your paper.

August 27, 2014

Artist Larry Fransen’s Kinetic Sculptures

Artist Interviews

“My journey to create wonderful objects that move began over three decades ago when I put together a wood shop. Building clocks seemed like a challenging goal.”

November 18, 2013

You’re the Artist! Happy Trails to Sculpture Instructor Chuck Johnson

Art Classes, News

After more than 18 years of challenging students to “dare to be great” in his Art League sculpture classes, Charles “Chuck” Johnson has retired at the end of the fall 2013 term.

July 17, 2013

Sarah Dale: Accepting Rejection as a Challenge

Artful Resources, Exhibits

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