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 12 - Women Artists of the West Mountain Aire National Exhibition, Boulder CO

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)

Days in Italy

"Slow Lane," oil, 24"h x 12"w, ©2017 Jill Banks

Quick-ish blog post as these Summer days provide plenty to do and enjoy. We've escaped for awhile to Italy although getting here provided a few hurdles. Like four extra hours on the runway. A good bit waiting for baggage. Two hours waiting for a rental car. Et cetera.

This is ... like all times ... a painting trip.  It's hot here in the Tuscan town of Lucca. The good news is that there is ample shade if I choose my subjects and setting wisely. Many paintings are underway yet not finished.  "Slow Lane" is one that is ready to show.  This is the view from our balcony.  More to come ... on an easy schedule.

September Featured Artist of the Month at Ellis-Nicholson Gallery in Charleston, SC

Come to the First Friday Art Walk there on September 1. More pieces will be added to the ones that have recently arrived in the Gallery and I'll be there on First Friday to meet you! 

Really looking forward to being in the gallery, meeting you and introducing my work in this new venue.

More info to come but my tentative title for this collection/show is "Close Encounters." Hope I encounter YOU!

Upcoming Events

Shadyside: The Art Festival on Walnut Street, Pittsburgh PA, August 26-27

"Close Encounters" Featured Artist of the Month, First Friday Art Walk -- Charleston SC at the Ellis-Nicholson Gallery, September 1

Long Beach Island Plein Air Plus, Long Beach Island NJ, July 1-August 31 - Exhibit September 8-October 31

Gracie Square Art Show, Carl Schurz Park, NYC, September 9-10

Alexandria King Street Art Festival, Alexandria VA, September 16-17

Armonk Outdoor Art Show, Armonk NY, September 23-24

MPA McLean Artfest, McLean VA, October 1

 Sedona Plein Air Festival, Sedona AZ, October 14-21

Great Falls Annual Studio Tour, Great Falls VA (Artists' Atelier, 756 Walker Road, Great Falls -- I'll be there Sunday only.) October 20-22

Fall Classes and Workshop ... Register Now
Still Life Plus (Personal Projects Also) starts September 12.
Evening Paint starts Tuesday, September 12.
Painting the Portrait -- Three-Day Workshop -- October 27-29, 2017.
Class size is limited. The class and workshop are taught through the Arts of Great Falls School at 756-C Walker Road, Great Falls VA.
Get more info on my Classes page.  
I was chosen as one of the Top 9 Painting and Drawing Teachers in the Washington DC area by Expertise.com. (Pretty cool endorsement.)
https://www.expertise.com/dc/washington/painting-and-drawing-classes

Read the Article: Southwest Art Artist to Watch,  July 2017
Here's a link to the PDF of the wonderful Artist to Watch article written by Kim Agricola.

Paint Great Falls 2017 - September 6-9 - CALL FOR ARTISTS

Artists are invited to participate in this third annual event to paint plein air anywhere in Great Falls VA from September 6-9, 2017. Generous awards. Open to the first 40 registrants -- non-juried. I was the competition judge last year -- and it was tough to pick the winners from the fine work that sprang to life in the span of a few short days. Get more info at: www.greatfallsart.org/paint-great-falls/

Thanks for reading!

Jill Banks

Chosen as one of the Top 9 Painting and Drawing Teachers in the Washington DC area by Expertise.com.
https://www.expertise.com/dc/washington/painting-and-drawing-classes

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