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Below  you'll find entries about our artists for the current month - where you might see their art, shows they have been juried into, awards they have won and classes they are offering. Further information may be available by clicking on the artists name. These items will be updated monthly!



LEANNE FINK

Small Treasures Holiday Art Show and Sale

December 6, 2024 through February 14, 2025 

Small Treasures describes a special holiday art show and sale that takes place annually at American Painting Fine Art Gallery.

Once again, Leanne Fink has been invited to participate. She presents 3 gouache landscape paintings in this show.

Opening reception Sunday, December 8, 4-6pm

This is a great opportunity to begin or add to your personal collection while purchasing work from top artists of the DMV.

5125 MacArthur Blvd. NW, Suite 17,

Washington, DC 20016

(202) 244-3244




LEANNE FINK

Meet the Masters Art Reception

Thursday, December 4th, 2pm to 4pm

Meet the artists whose work grace the walls of Visitation Hotel. The public is invited to attend and celebrate the season at the historic and elegant boutique hotel. Leanne Fink displays five of her oil and cold wax landscape paintings throughout the venue. All works of art are available for purchase.


Visitation Hotel

211 East Church Street, Frederick, MD 21701

(240) 931-1120






Colleen Regan

Holiday Ornament Fundraiser


The Arts of Great Falls  and Great Falls Citizens Association present their annual holiday ornament, featuring the historic Forestville School in an original watercolor by local artist Colleen Regan—$20 at Great Dogs of Great Falls (cash or check). Proceeds support historic markers for the site.

Great Dogs of Great Falls

9859 Georgetown Pike, 9859 VA Rte 193

Great Falls, VA 22066










CHIP BECK

Masters Academy 2026

Starting 3rd year with David J. Rogers Watercolor Masters Academy in Morro Bay California. Ended this year with a 17-day Plein Air trip to Italy. 


LYNNE BLAKE

Women Artists of the DMV

at ARTSpiration

Frederick, MD

Exhibition Dates: Nov. 1, 2025 - Jan. 4, 2026

Opening Reception: Nov. 8, 2025 — 2-6 pm

ARTSpiration, 915 Toll House Ave, Frederick, MD

Women Artists of the DMV is now recognized as the largest curated survey of contemporary living women artists in the nation, and the first to spotlight female visual artists working across the DMV.






LEANNE FINK

Women Artists of the DMV

November 1, 2025 through January 4, 2026.


Leanne Fink has been invited to exhibit her painting, Nebulous, at ARTSpiration as part of the Women Artists of the DMV, a first ever survey of female visual artists from the DMV (District, Maryland and Virginia, or the Greater Washington, DC metro area).

The exhibition is hosted in 18 major art spaces around the region and feature the work of more than 400 female artists. Curated by artist and arts activist Florencio Lennox Campello.

ARTSpiration is located at 915 Toll House Avenue, Frederick, MD 21701. The show runs 

 (657) 627-0554







 KIM RICHARDS


Painting with Gouache

Nov 10, 2025, 10 AM -2PM, Loft Gallery, 313 Mill Street, Occoquan, VA

Register HERE

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Fall Landscape Workshop


Celebrate the colors of fall! In this workshop, you’ll learn techniques for painting vibrant autumn landscapes using oil or acrylic, with a focus on color mixing, depth, and capturing the beauty of the season.

Choose the date that works best for you - Tuesday November 11 from 10AM-2PM, and again on Saturday November 15th From 8AM-12PM at the Artists in Middleburg gallery (102 W. Washington St. Middleburg

Register HERE




ANNE STEIN

Women Artists of the DMV at Melissa Ichiuji Gallery


WOMEN ARTISTS OF THE DMV: Shenandoah Valley Region

Opening Reception: October 18, 6PM - 9PM

Melissa Ichiuji Studio Gallery

223 East Main Street, Front Royal, Va

The American University Museum serves as the central venue for this groundbreaking regional survey, conceived by curator Lenny Campello, spanning 17 locations across the Greater Washington, DC area—including Melissa Ichiuji Studio Gallery in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. It is now recognized as the largest curated survey of contemporary living women artists in the nation, and the first to spotlight female visual artists working across the DMV. Anne Stine has four encaustic abstract paintings included in the exhibit.





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