at Lake of the Woods
Locust Grove, VA
LOW Arts meetings are open to artists and art lovers in LOW. We meet monthly.
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Our LOW artists work in a variety of media and invite you to view samples of their artwork.
Mark your calendar for November 16-17, 2024 for our Fall Art Show and Sale
Community Center Room 2
Please join us on Monday, October 7 for our monthly meeting. Come at 9:30am for optional and friendly art critique, then the meeting begins ...
Community Center Room 2
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Visit our show page to get all the details about our upcoming 40th LOW Fine Art Show & Sale. Registration for exhibiting artists is open and...
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Thank you to everyone who attended our opening reception for the new Fall exhibit at Fareways on September 21st. Every time a piece of artwork sells a new piece goes up --- so always look around for something new when you're visiting Fareways!
Our Fall exhibit will be on display through the holidays - so pick up a piece of art as a gift for a friend, family member, or yourself!
Click here to view the price list for the current exhibit.
Busy Bee #3 by Jen Heinz
THANK YOU to friends and neighbors who came out on April 20, 2024 to tour our studios. Your interest and support for our artistic endeavors is very much appreciated. We look forward to holding our 2nd annual tour next year!
If you missed the tour you can still learn a bit about our participating artists -
Congratulations to our artists exhibiting locally and in nationally juried exhibitions and events. Please visit our Call for Artists page to learn about upcoming exhibits in our area and beyond.
Congratulations to Sigrid Wares and BJ Elvgren for having multiple paintings juried into The Art at the Mill exhibit in Millwood VA. The exhibit is vast and will be open from September 21 to October 6. Learn more here. Well done, ladies!
Kathy Walters is the featured artist in September at Artful Dimensions Gallery in Fredericksburg. Stop in and see her work!
Artist and art educator Maribeth Logan has her own studio right here in LOW, ca
lled Creative Gatherings, offering artistic learning opportunities. To be added to her list for notices of programs, email her here. We also appreciate Maribeth making her studio available for our DoArt events.
Congratulations to Catherine Hillis for being awarded "Best Virginia Artist" at the Gloucester Plein Air event in June. Well deserved!
The FCCA show in May, "Landscapes Near and Far" features work by 5 of our LOW artists: Pete Brown, Eve deVito, Bill Mann, Karen O'Donnell and Sigrid Wares. Congratulations to all!
The Fredericksburg Fine Art Show was held March 22-24 at the Dorothy Hart Community Center. LOW Artists participating were Pete Brown, BJ Elvgren, Bill Mann, Christy Rappoport, Karen O'Donnell and Toni Ruther. Congratulations to Karen and Christy for winning awards in the show!
Christy Rappoport and Pete Brown had works accepted into the "Artists' Choice" exhibit at the Fredericksburg Center for Creative Arts. The exhibit runs March 30 to April 27. Well done!
Lisa Spencer Ballard won 2nd place in the "Uniquely Stafford" exhibit with her work "Goddess of the Garden." Congratulations, Lisa!
Karen O'Donnell received an Honorable Mention award in the FCCA juried "All Photography" show. Well done, Karen!
Catherine Hillis won 3rd place out of the 100 finalists in The National Plein Aire Salon online competition. Fabulous!
Catherine Hillis had an article published in the Fall 2023 issue of PleinAir Magazine (available at Barnes & Noble), which focused on choosing the right watercolor paper for plein air painting. The article content is available to view on the American Watercolor website here. Thank you for sharing your expertise, Catherine!
Here's a good book to pick up to learn more about the value of artmaking to you health and wellbeing - "Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us" by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross. LOW Arts photographer Buck Best reports that he is mentioned in this book....we can't wait to read it!
The Artful Dimensions Gallery in Fredericksburg, dedicated to exhibiting 3-D artwork, has accepted jewelry artist Kathy Walters into their gallery. Stop in and see her wonderful creations.
Catherine Hillis now has a studio in the Sophia Street Studios, 2nd floor, 1104 Sophia Street, Fredericksburg, VA 22401. Please visit her website to learn more at https://www.catherinehillis.com/workshops.
Spend some time with 13 of our artists as they introduce you to their art and their studios here at Lake of the Woods. Each segment is 3-5 minutes in length. Scroll to see the artists and click on any image to view the video. We also have videos of our Artist Spotlight presentations on our YouTube channel here - enjoy!
Lake of the Woods is located in Locust Grove, Virginia, halfway between Fredericksburg and Culpeper on Route 3. Our 500 acre lake is the center of this vibrant community of more than 8,000 residents, the largest population center in Orange County.
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