Friday, October 11, 2019

Bethesda Row Art Festival This Weekend - October 12 & 13

Hope to see you at Booth #W18 on Woodmont Avenue in Bethesda MD.

Meet me at Booth #W18 on Woodmont Ave in Bethesda MD for the largest fine art festival in the region.  Looks like it will be UNBELIEVABLY great!
Bethesda Row Art Festival
Saturday, October 12, 11am to 6pm
Sunday, October 13, 10am to 5pm
You need my booth number W18 - on Woodmont Avenue between Elm Street and Hampden Lane - to be sure you'll find me -- I'm NOT in the program.

Get more info on my Events page here.

 Getting There:

METRO

The show is two blocks from the Bethesda Metro Station (Red Line). At the top of the escalator, turn left through the bus terminal to Woodmont Avenue. Turn left on Woodmont and walk into the festival.

DRIVING

The public garage in the middle of the festival is accessible from Bethesda Avenue via Arlington Road, and other lots near the event are also open. Please do not park in private lots, or the lots of other businesses.

BIKING

The Capital Crescent Trail crosses the show at the corner of Woodmont Avenue and Bethesda Avenue. There is plenty of bike parking throughout the show. Please do not block sidewalks or walkways.

 
Great Falls Studio Tour is Next After That -- October 18-20 -- Hope to See You At Both.
Our vehicle is packed with paintings, a tent and all the trappings to be unpacked, put up, spiffed up and presented ... hopefully to you starting at 11am on Saturday morning, October 12.   It's the second to last major public art event of 2019 (some Atelier First Fridays, a holiday gathering and my collectors party in November/December).  On October 18-20 is the Great Falls Studio Tour -- where I'll be that Friday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm daily at the Artists' Atelier at 756 Walker Road, Great Falls VA.

Each show and event is different -- not completely so but I can generally present more work in a booth/outdoor festival setting and depending on the show, I'll sometimes limit what kinds of art showing where.  Bethesda definitely has a concentration of urban and rural landscapes while a wider mix can be seen during Studio Tour.

October 12-13 - Bethesda Row Art Festival, Woodmont Ave., Bethesda MD

October 18-20 - Great Falls Annual Studio Tour,  Great Falls VA - Artists' Atelier, 756 Walker Road

Exhibits
Thru November 3 - Long Beach Island Plein Air Plus Exhibition, Loveladies NJ
Thru October 31 - Baltimore Nocturnes, Highlandtown Gallery, Baltimore MD - "Late Night on Light Street" awarded second place by judge Tim Kelly.

Visit my studio in the heart of Great Falls
Artists' Atelier, 756 Walker Road, Great Falls VA. Regular Open hours: Wednesdays, Noon to 4pm and Saturdays, 10am to 2pm. Or by appointment, 703.403.7435 or chance. First Friday Art Walk, April to December, 6-8pm
"Back in Time," oil, 12"h x 16"w -- painted plein air in Bologna Italy -- will be in my booth this weekend.
 
Contact me with any questions/comments here.  Web: www.JillBanks.com (subscribe to receive my email newsletter)  
Phone: 703.403.7435
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Really Hope to See You Soon!
Jill (Banks)

Saturday, October 5, 2019

"Late Night on Light Street" Wins Second Place in the MAPAPA Baltimore Nocturnes Show

Tim Kelly Awards My Plein Air Painting One of the Top Awards

"Late Night on Light Street," oil, 24"h x 12"w by Jill Banks wins Second Place
I barely squeezed in time to paint for this Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painter Association "Baltimore Nocturnes: A Plein Air Show." Work needed to be completed before August 31, created on location in Baltimore to be hung at the Highlandtown Gallery at the beginning of September.  With extensive travel including lots of painting days in the South of France, there was little time left to create this work and others with the same deadline in Long Beach Island NJ for the exhibit there.  Good thing weather was on my side.

Anyway, it is cool, unexpected news to have received this award for "Late Night on Light Street" from a fellow painter whose work I deeply respect.  Another happy dance ensues. See the exhibit through October 31.  Gallery Hours are:
Thurs/Fri/Sat
8am - 5pm
and by appointment
248 South Conkling Street • Baltimore, MD 21224
(410) 327-7035

MPA Artfest this Sunday - Tomorrow - October 6, 10am to 5pm

 I am one of 40+ regional artists exhibiting at MPA Artfest, this juried outdoor arts festival being held in McLean Central Park in McLean VA at the intersection of Dolley Madison Blvd. (Route 123) and Old Dominion Drive.  Hope to see you there!


Events
Sunday, October 6 - MPA McLean Artfest, McLean Central Park, McLean VA, 10am to 5pm
October 12-13 - Bethesda Row Art Festival, Woodmont Ave., Bethesda MD
October 18-20 - Great Falls Annual Studio Tour,  Great Falls VA - Artists' Atelier, 756 Walker Road
Friday, Nov. 1 - First Friday Art Walk in the Village, 756 Walker Road, Great Falls VA - 6-8pm



Exhibits
September 6-November 3 - Long Beach Island Plein Air Plus Exhibition, Loveladies NJ
September 12 - October 12 - Women Artists of the West Mountain Aire National Exhibition, Boulder CO
Thru October 31 - Baltimore Nocturnes, Highlandtown Gallery, Baltimore MD

Visit my studio in the heart of Great Falls
Artists' Atelier, 756 Walker Road, Great Falls VA. Regular Open hours: Wednesdays, Noon to 4pm and Saturdays, 10am to 2pm. Or by appointment, 703.403.7435 or chance. First Friday Art Walk, April to December, 6-8pm

Contact me with any questions/comments here.  Web: www.JillBanks.com (subscribe to receive my email newsletter)  
Phone: 703.403.7435
Follow me on Facebook: JillBanksStudio
Follow me on Instagram: jillbanks1

Really Hope to See You Soon!
Jill (Banks)

Here I am painting "Late Night on Light Street" on an overhead walkway in Baltimore MD this summer. Interesting perch.