Jomo Tariku: A Furniture Designer’s Story

Jomo Tariku’s career arc leading from Ethiopia to Springfield, VA, can yield insights into the experience and opportunities of a creative life. The Vienna Arts Society and the Patrick Henry Library in Vienna co-sponsored a special event showcasing his biography, his artistic works, and how his furniture came to be featured in the film Wakanda […]

Artist demo and membership meeting with Peter Ulrich

The Vienna Arts Society welcomes the public to free-of-charge virtual artist talks and demonstrations the second Thursday of each month. THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 7:00 P.M. The Vienna Arts Society welcomes the public to free-of-charge virtual artist talks and demonstrations the second Thursday of each month. Our featured artist in March is award-winning mid-Atlantic artist Peter […]

Artist talk and membership meeting with Rosemary Gallick

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 7:00 P.M. The Vienna Arts Society welcomes the public to free-of-charge virtual artist talks and demonstrations the second Thursday of each month. Our featured artist in February was Rosemary Gallick, Professor of Art/Art History at the Northern Virginia Community College-Manassas campus. Her work is inspired by the treasure box of Crayloa crayons […]

Artist demo and membership meeting with Amelia Hankin

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 10:00-NOON. Please note: Amelia Hankin’s demo will start promptly at 10 o’clock. The Vienna Arts Society welcomes the public to free-of-charge virtual artist demonstrations the second Thursday of each month. Our featured artist in November was Amelia Hankin, Artist-in-Residence in Screenprinting at American University. Professor Hankin, who received her MFA from the […]

Artist demo and membership meeting with Karen Tyler

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 10:30-NOON The Vienna Arts Society welcomes the public to free-of-charge virtual artist demonstrations the second Thursday of each month. Our featured artist in October was Karen Tyler, who paints full time in her studio at the Torpedo Factory in Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia. As Karen explains, “My paintings are abstracted interiors rendered […]

Artist demo and membership meeting with Joyce McCarten

The Vienna Arts Society welcomes the public to free-of-charge virtual artist demonstrations the second Thursday of each month. Thursday, September 8, 2022, at 10:30. Our featured artist in September was Joyce McCarten. Years of outdoor landscape painting and figure drawing have given McCarten a rich painting vocabulary, which she uses to develop her abstract work. […]

VAS artist demo and membership meeting with Zofie King

The Vienna Arts Society welcomes the public to free-of-charge virtual artist demonstrations the second Thursday of each month. Zofie King, our featured artist in July, described her unique creations in her demo: “The Art of Assemblage.” As Zofie describes her work, “My pieces are psychological cabinets of curiosity, inspired by all that is Gothic.” She […]

VAS artist demo and membership meeting with Catherine Hillis

Thursday April 14, 10:30-noon Acclaimed South Carolina artist Catherine Hillis demonstrated her approach to creating vibrant PLEIN AIR watercolor paintings. As Catherine explained, her paintings can be described as traditional landscapes, still lifes and figures, but she tries to use her unique perspective to draw the viewer into the world as she sees it, incorporating […]