Twenty-five volunteers worked to install this exhibit. It is typical that only artists that were accepted into the exhibit participate in it’s installation. It is exciting that, in this case, we had several volunteers who did not have work in the show; and there was even a new member present. The strength of VAA was demonstrated today!

May 1st, 2013

April 17, 2013

Jean Caslin & Diane Griffin Gregory of Caslin Gregory & Associates guided VAA’s members and our guests through a brief career assessment in an amazingly interactive and playful way. Our thanks to Art Supply on Main for hosting the event.

April 2, 2013

VAA members and our guests attended the first recreational program at Mixed Emotions Fine Art for a very interesting and exciting Group Critique. Our most sincere thanks to Paula Siegel for hosting the event at her business. The next one will be Monday, May 13.

March 16, 2013

“Painting Conservation at the MFAH: four case studies” by Maite Leal, at Art Supply on Main, 2711 Main Street, 77002.

What is conservation and what exactly do painting conservators do?

This talk  presented four painting conservation treatments describing the technical examination, science and technology used in the different approaches and methods of treatment.

Thanks to Maite Leal and Art Supply on Main for this great event.

You can download the (4.3 MB) presentation here.

February 23th., 2013

As part of VAA’s commitment to provide artists with tools and opportunities to build a successful art caree, a FREE workshop was held by VAA to help fellow artists to optmize their images for submissions to our upcoming 30th. Juried Open Exhibition.

Click HERE to download the prospectus for the 30th Juried Open Exhibition.

Today, we finished installing the 3rd Juried Invitational Exhibition. 105 pieces were submitted and 32 were selected. Patrick Palmer (MFAH Glassell School Studio School Faculty Chair/Dean) provided his services to this exhibit.

The Invitational series of exhibits is a benefit of volunteering. There is no entry fee and awards are given at the reception. Join us on Friday, February 8 at 1201 Louisiana St, Houston 77002 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Patrick Palmer will announce the awards at 7:00. Parking lots are to the south of the building.

February 2nd, 2013

Sandi Seltzer Bryant kindly hosted VAA’s members and our guests for a very interesting tour and talk at her studio at Winter Street Studios.
Bryant is a Houston based artist, whose abstract paintings are confident and seductive while being reflections of her own life.

Her work embraces the expressionistic genre and is expressed  with mixed media on canvas, paper and board, in both small and large format.

She is represented by McMurtrey Gallery in Houston, TX.

January 9, 2013

Ellen Orseck graciously hosted VAA’s members and our guests for a tour and talk at her studio at Winter Street Studios.

Orseck is an Adjunct Professor of Art at the University of Houston Downtown and works in her studio at 2101 Winter Street in Houston. She earned her Master’s Degree in Painting from New York University, which included one semester in Venice, Italy, and two in New York City.

Ellen Orzeck – Studio Tour & Talk

January 9, 2013, 5:45 P.M.

 
Winter Street Studios
2101 Winter Str.
Studio #C3
Houston, TX, 77007

Visual Arts Alliance visited the CAMH for a docent conducted tour of “Radical Presence” - a survey of decades of Black performance art – on December 5th., 2012.

Program venue:

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)

5216 Montrose Blvd.

Houston, TX 77006

October, 2012

The 30th Juried Exhibition was installed on October 13th, 2012 led by Exhibitions Chair Mike Reed.
Juror, Catherine Anspon, curated the exhibition.

Join VAA for the Reception and Presentation of Awards.
Opening Reception: Friday, October 19th, 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Presentation of Awards by Juror, Catherine Anspon, at 7:00 PM

Heritage Plaza
1111 Bagby Street,
Houston, TX, 77002

Exhibition on view: October 19th – December 1st, 2012

Members and their guests are invited to the following program:
 

Tour of the Station Museum

November 17, 2012, 10:00 A.M.

The Station Museum  (1502 Alabama St., Houston, TX, 77004)

Kari Steele

Patrick Palmer graciously opened his space at Winter Street Studios to VAA members and our guests to preview his “Fall 2012 Paintings” Exhibit. Patrick entertained us with his history as an artist, which includes 25 years in the Houston art community, leading to his current position as Dean of the Glassell School of Art, MFAH. Many of us know Patrick from his many years as a beloved instructor at Glassell, which likely contributed to the high attendance of this event.

Members and their guests are invited to the following program:
 

Meet with Patrick Palmer

October 3, 2012, 6:00 P.M.

Winter Street Studios  (210 Winter St., Houston, TX 77007)

Patrick Palmer

Meet with Patrick Palmer in his studio at Winter Street Studios.
After almost 25 years as an artist in the Houston art community he will talk about his paintings, the circuitous paths available to artists in Houston, and his position as Dean of the Glassell School of Art, MFA,H. Houston as an art community is thriving and about as diverse and full of opportunity as anyone can possibly imagine.