Ruth Ensley Ruth graduated from Fairleigh Dickenson University in 1965 with a Bachelor in Fine Arts majoring in Art and a certification to teach Art K through 12. During that time she also attended the Cleveland Institute of Art in Cleveland, Ohio and Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ruth taught Art for three years in […]
Patricia Deege Born in Singapore, grew up in England and loved photography from an early age– Patricia began serious work in this medium after retirement. A member of several area clubs dedicated to the arts, Vienna Photographic Society, Northern Virginia Photographic Society, League of Reston Artists, the Art League and Vienna Arts Society; Patricia’s work […]
Leo Deege Painting has been a lifelong hobby. I studied painting with some of the best local artists including Danny Dawson, Rick Weaver and Rob Liberace. I am also a graduate of Nelson Shank’s advanced painting course. Most of my landscape paintings have been done on location and I have done several portrait commissions of […]
Davi D’Agostino I began drawing and painting as a child and continued through my graduate studies. After following a completely different career path for the next 33 years, I retired and began taking studio and oil painting classes at Virginia’s Lorton Arts Center and then privately. I studied with Suzanne Clark, Diane Frykman, Marni Maree, […]
Michael Colby Michael E. Colby Michael Colby began making photographs at the age of seventeen (17), motivated by his plans to spend a semester between high school and college studying animal behavior and African cultures in Kenya, East Africa. His first “models” were his sister’s horses and his brother’s racecars. His knack for “panning” on […]
Ahmed Ansari Ahmed Ansari Ahmed Ansari was born and raised in Mumbai. While in college, he worked doing textile, jewelry and commercial design including Arabic calligraphy. Mr. Ansari left India and worked for nine years as a graphic designer and art director in advertising agencies in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. In 1990, […]
Photography Show, “Open Door” WINNERS Congratulations to the winners of 2019 Photography Show : Open Door. 1st Place: “In Search of Oz” by Kathleen Furey 2nd: “What Lies Beyond this Ancient Door?” by Patricia Deege 3rd: “Pass By or Go In?” by Janet Gelb Five Honorable Mentions: “Door into the Sanctuary”, Patricia Deege “Passage to Sand Dune Arch“, […]
Continuing Shows Continuing shows are in place for two to three months in exhibition spaces in and around Vienna. We are grateful to commercial business community for their support of the Vienna Art Society. VENUE and SHOW CHANGE Dates/ 2018 L’Image, Pan Am Shopping Center, 3079 Nutley St., Vienna, VA 22031: Mondays at 1:00PM […]
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The artist-volunteers of the Vienna Arts Society have tackled quite a bit in our 50th anniversary year. Beginning our year, VAS moved from a charming historical “church building” to a sleek modern gallery space and revived their Treasury of Art show inviting artist from all over the United States to join them. Now the phenomenal […]
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Healing Wall–Fort Belvior The Vienna Arts Society reaches out to the community in a variety of ways. Creating a composite artwork, one piece of a puzzle at a time: the Healing Wall. Members of the Vienna Arts Society have been visiting the Fort Belvoir Community Hospital since 2014, bringing art supplies and giant puzzle pieces […]