2026 Art Shows
The art show season begins early in the year, perhaps depending on where you live, it is year around. Nonetheless, there are art shows scheduled throughout the Spring, Summer and Fall that I, along with many of the other area artists enter faithfully every year. And some shows spring up with little or no advance warning on occasion, hence the need for some art inventory! Let's take a look at what is on my spidey art radar so far in 2026.
January 2026
Somehow, I did not paint anything new from the end of November 2025 until the beginning of February 2026. Sometimes you just have other things you must get done. I did not enter any shows but I heavily updated my Etsy page! Not sure WHY, but I had a very good January on Etsy too. Perhaps folks were spending their Christmas money.
February 2026
Did not enter any shows, but continued to update my Etsy page (on going).
Time to start submitting some art! I missed entering one of the shows at the Falls Church Arts group's gallery space. And the PWAS art group missed the Bluebell Festival Show too. I do like that art show!
March 2026
75th Annual Fredericksburg Fine Arts Show & Sale
Friday, March 20, 2026, 10am–8pm
Saturday, March 21, 2026, 10am–6pm
Sunday, March 22, 2026, 10am–4pm
at the Dorothy Hart Community Center, 408 Canal Street.
Free admission, the public is invited to attend
2024 Me with "No One Can Teach Riding So Well As A Horse"
Etsy updates are ongoing as well as needing to rehash the Donna Liguria Art Website.
April 2026
Applied to or submitted art to enter several shows. Just because you pay to enter, doesn't necessarily mean that your art is accepted to show in many of these shows. They are juried (which means someone selects what will show).
Spring Art at the Mill at the Burwell-Morgan Mill - 2 of my artworks were accepted.
15 Tannery Lane, Millwood, VA
Saturday, April 18, 2026 through Sunday, May 3, 2026
Art reception on Sunday, April 26.
Burwell-Morgan Mill photo taken 2025 by Donna Liguria
Annaburg Manor will probably host several shows through the year with April 24 being the first show. I entered several to this show but I do not know yet if I got in.
9201 Maple Street, Manassas, VA 20110
April 24-26, 2026
Art Reception April 24
2025 Annaburg Manor photo by Donna Liguria
May 2026
May 2, 2026 Spring Tall Oaks - the PWAS art group members show art at the community center next to the pool.
Time TBD
12298 Cotton Mill Drive, Woodbridge, VA
Tall Oaks Community Building photo by Donna Liguria
June 2026
June 27 - August 15, 2026 Creative Brush Studio "America the Beautiful". I hope to have a few pieces ready for this show.
8951 Center Street Manassas VA. 20110
Art Reception Saturday, June 27 11am-5pm
2021 Creative Brush Small Works Show, top left is "Great Horned Owl" by Donna Liguria
July 2026
ARTfactory in Manassas, VA. The Prince William Art Society will have a member art show with the theme of "Nostalgia" coming up. I'll be looking through my inventory and painting some new art to enter this show.
"Sunrise at Historic ARTfactory" by Donna Liguria
August 2026
Time to start thinking about the fall seasonal shows and applying to them. The Fall Tall Oaks Show, the Fall Art at the Mill, and Annual Piedmont Regional Show at The Plains calls for art will come out in August and September.
September 2026
Fall Art at the Mill TBD
15 Tannery Lane, Millwood, VA
Show Dates
Art reception
"Art Delivery to Art at the Mill" by Donna Liguria
October 2026
Oct. 2026 The Annual Piedmont Regional Art Show
Exact Date and Time TBD
Art Reception TBD
6507 Main St, The Plains, VA 20198
There is a fee to enter - at least for the Art Reception. Check before you go. Artists get a pass for the AR.
Grace Church at The Plains by Donna Liguria
Oct. 2026 Fall Tall Oaks Art Show - the PWAS art group members show art at the community center next to the pool.
Time TBD
12298 Cotton Mill Drive, Woodbridge, VA
2023 Fall Tall Oaks Show by Donna Liguria
Arts Alive TBD as the PWCAC has been discontinued, do not know the status of the show. Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas.
Hylton Performing Arts Center George Mason Circle, Manassas, VA photo by Donna Liguria
November 2026
The Fall ARTfactory show may be on the calendar again. This used to be the Artist Inventory Sale.
December 2026
PWAS Art Group has a members only Christmas party and do not meet.
Any art shows are TBD. As updates to the schedule occur, I'll update this blog!
Art Inventory
You quickly realize as an artist that you do need a LOT of inventory to enter shows, for several very important reasons:
- Many art shows do not want you to resubmit art they have seen before. This means you need to track ALL of your art and where its been and when.
- Some art shows have themes, so your work needs to clearly "fit" the display they are promoting for their guests. This means that you may end up with a lot of art that is for specific types of shows - for better or worse.
- Artists gotta create and try new things, so its an ongoing NEED to make new art. Storing all that art begins to be a challenge in many a studio or home.
- If an artist is scheduling a solo art show, the artist will need a cohesive body of work that the art space/gallery will display in a way that 'tells a story'.
- Often, size does matter when it comes to art, which is a blessing and a curse in calls for art shows. Watching the size restrictions - both minimum and maximum sizes may shut out not only some of your art, but artists that only work large, or potentially work very small.
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