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Peninsula Fine Arts Center
Explore the arts at Peninsula Fine Arts Center (PFAC) with an ever-changing array of exhibitions, programs, events and studio classes for kids and adults. Pfac provides a balanced and stimulating program of visual arts, through dynamic exhibitions and educational programs throughout the year that appeal to adults and children. Their Studio Art School presents classes in oil and acrylic paint, watercolor, pottery, drawing, art appreciation and more. Taught by practicing artists, offerings range from one-day workshops to intensive ten-week courses with a new roster of classes each quarter. From June 17 to August 29, they offer ARTventures Summer Camps. Each week they explore different themes in art for kids ages 6-13. You can pick and choose the weeks that best suit your schedule and interests. They can create special art-related activities for groups of six or more. Their Hands On For Kids gallery has self-guided activities year-round and Paint Days on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am to 4:00pm.
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Peninsula Fine Arts Center
101 Museum Drive
Newport News, VA 23606Phone: 757.596.8175 | Official Website
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Current Events
05/09/12-
05/30/12Clay Camp- Afterschool Clay (Ages 5-8)
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/09/12-
05/30/12Next Step: Handbuilding (Wednesday)
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/08/12-
05/29/12Next Step: Handbuilding (Tuesday)
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/04/12-
06/01/12Surface Design and its Relation to Form
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/03/12-
05/24/12More Crochet and Relax
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/01/12-
05/22/12Clay Fundamentals: Handbuilding
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/07/12-
07/08/12Who We Are, Past and Present
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/04/12-
05/30/12Beginning Drawing
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/04/12-
05/23/12Beginning Acrylic Painting
Peninsula Fine Arts Center03/31/10-
OngoingAfter School Clay Camp
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/16/09-
OngoingNewport News Public Schools Senior Miniature Artworks 2009
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/12/09-
OngoingHands On For Kids Gallery: Paint Days!
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Upcoming Events
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Upcoming Events-
Current Events
05/09/12-
05/30/12Clay Camp- Afterschool Clay (Ages 5-8)
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/09/12-
05/30/12Next Step: Handbuilding (Wednesday)
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/08/12-
05/29/12Next Step: Handbuilding (Tuesday)
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/04/12-
06/01/12Surface Design and its Relation to Form
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/03/12-
05/24/12More Crochet and Relax
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/01/12-
05/22/12Clay Fundamentals: Handbuilding
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/07/12-
07/08/12Who We Are, Past and Present
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/04/12-
05/30/12Beginning Drawing
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/04/12-
05/23/12Beginning Acrylic Painting
Peninsula Fine Arts Center03/31/10-
OngoingAfter School Clay Camp
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/16/09-
OngoingNewport News Public Schools Senior Miniature Artworks 2009
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/12/09-
OngoingHands On For Kids Gallery: Paint Days!
Peninsula Fine Arts Center
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Upcoming Events
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Past
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Past Events
05/19/12 One- Day Oriental Watercolor Workshop
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/19/12 Experienced Clay Student Orientation and Evaluation (2)
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/17/12 Experienced Clay Student Orientation and Evaluation (1)
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/05/12 Glaze Testing and Predicting Results
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/05/12-
05/12/12Drawing Animals for Ages 8-12
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/02/12 Girls Night Out at Pfac
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/28/12 Little Helping Hands-Spring Sunshine and Clay
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/28/12 Me and My Grown-Up-Spring Sunshine and Clay
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/21/12-
04/22/12Special Guest Artist Amy Sanders Soft Slab Construction Demo Workshop
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/19/12 Art After Five
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/15/12-
04/22/12More Manga Action Drawing For Ages 10-15
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/14/12-
05/12/125 x 5 For Ages 8-12
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/11/12-
05/02/12Clay Camp- Afterschool Clay (Ages 9-12)
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/07/12-
04/29/12Genesis 2012: College Student Juried Exhibition
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/07/12-
04/08/12Free Admission Weekend
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/07/12-
04/21/12Art in Words: Ekphrasis Poetry For Teens
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/07/12-
04/21/12Art in Words: Ekphrasis Poetry for Adults
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/05/12-
04/19/12Try It: Knitting For Fun
Peninsula Fine Arts Center12/03/11-
12/04/11Artful Holidays Free Weekend at Pfac
Peninsula Fine Arts Center11/17/11 Art After 5 with The Annie Johnson Band
Peninsula Fine Arts Center11/10/11-
12/08/11Experimental Acrylics
Peninsula Fine Arts Center11/05/11-
11/06/11Pfac Free Admission Weekend
Peninsula Fine Arts Center11/05/11-
11/12/11Teen Jewelry Making
Peninsula Fine Arts Center10/20/11-
11/10/11The Art of the Portrait, Part 2
Peninsula Fine Arts Center10/01/11-
10/02/11October Free Admission Weekend
Peninsula Fine Arts Center09/24/11 Little Helping Hands: Holiday Clay
Peninsula Fine Arts Center09/24/11-
11/19/11Saturday Still LIfe Painting
Peninsula Fine Arts Center09/24/11 Me & My Grown-up: Holiday Clay
Peninsula Fine Arts Center09/22/11-
10/13/11The Art of the Portrait, Part 1
Peninsula Fine Arts Center09/21/11-
10/12/11Clay Camp – Afterschool Clay for Ages 9-12
Peninsula Fine Arts Center09/21/11-
11/16/11Beginning Drawing
Peninsula Fine Arts Center09/16/11-
11/18/11Masterclass: Advanced Watercolor
Peninsula Fine Arts Center09/15/11 Art After 5
Peninsula Fine Arts Center09/15/11-
11/17/11Daytime Beginning-Intermediate Clay
Peninsula Fine Arts Center09/15/11-
11/17/11Evening Watercolor
Peninsula Fine Arts Center09/15/11-
11/17/11The Potter's Wheel
Peninsula Fine Arts Center09/13/11-
10/04/11Fundementals of Clay: Potter's Wheel
Peninsula Fine Arts Center09/13/11-
11/15/11Beginning-Intermediate Clay
Peninsula Fine Arts Center09/13/11-
11/15/11Oil Painting
Peninsula Fine Arts Center09/06/11-
11/29/11Discover Watercolor: Putting It All Together
Peninsula Fine Arts Center09/03/11-
09/04/11Free Weekend - Sept 3 & 4
Peninsula Fine Arts Center08/06/11-
08/07/11Pfac Free Weekend
Peninsula Fine Arts Center08/02/11 Curator Tour: Pfac Landscape Exhibitions
Peninsula Fine Arts Center07/23/11-
10/02/11New Exhibition! The Virginia Landscape – Works on Paper
Peninsula Fine Arts Center07/23/11-
10/02/11New Exhibition! Unbroken Thread: The Art of Philip Koch
Peninsula Fine Arts Center07/23/11 Visiting Artist! LANDSCAPE PAINTING WORKSHOP WITH PHILIP KOCH
Peninsula Fine Arts Center07/19/11-
07/21/11Visiting Artist! FINDING YOUR CREATIVE STYLE WITH ROSE METZ
Peninsula Fine Arts Center07/19/11-
07/22/11PRACTICE SEEING COLORS AND PAINTING THEM
Peninsula Fine Arts Center07/02/11-
07/03/11Pfac Free Admission Weekend
Peninsula Fine Arts Center06/28/11-
07/14/11Colored Pencil Workshop
Peninsula Fine Arts Center06/28/11-
07/07/11Abstract Painting in Acrylics
Peninsula Fine Arts Center06/25/11 Southern BBQ and Ice Tea Party: An Affair of the Arts Event
Peninsula Fine Arts Center06/21/11-
08/26/11Morning ARTventures for Ages 5-8
Peninsula Fine Arts Center06/21/11-
08/26/11Afternoon ARTventures for Ages 9-12
Peninsula Fine Arts Center06/19/11 Gloria Coker - “Meet the Artist” Exhibition Reception
Peninsula Fine Arts Center06/18/11-
07/10/11Joie de Vivre: Gloria Coker
Peninsula Fine Arts Center06/05/11 The Electric Kiln Demystified
Peninsula Fine Arts Center06/04/11-
06/05/11Pfac Free Admission Weekend
Peninsula Fine Arts Center06/04/11 Skating Party: An Affair of the Arts Event
06/04/11 ARTini Soiree at Pfac: An Affair of the Arts Event
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/28/11-
06/05/11Teen Art Sampler for Ages 12+
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/19/11 Art After 5
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/13/11-
06/12/11Prefaces 2011: High School Juried Exhibition
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/11/11-
06/01/11Clay Camp for Ages 5-8
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/07/11-
05/14/11Children Can Draw! For Ages 5-10
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/07/11-
05/08/11Pfac Free Admission Weekend
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/06/11 Hilton Progressive Party - A Taste of the South
05/04/11-
05/25/11You Can Draw!
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/03/11-
05/31/11Japanese Decorative Painting
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/30/11 Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso Bus Trip
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/28/11-
05/05/11Art Appreciation: A Survey of Modern Sculpture
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/13/11-
05/04/11Clay Camp for Ages 9-12
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/09/11-
06/04/11Saturday Beginning Drawing
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/09/11-
05/07/11Introduction to Weaving for Ages 10+
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/09/11-
07/10/11Richard Hunt: Sculpture and Works on Paper
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/09/11-
07/10/11Form and Shadow: Recent Work by Greg Henry
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/08/11-
05/08/11Genesis 2011: College Student Juried Exhibition
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/02/11-
04/09/11Little Helping Hands - Spring Sunshine & Clay
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/02/11-
04/09/11Me & My Grown-Up - Spring Sunshine & Clay
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/02/11-
04/09/11Jewelry for Teens
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/02/11 April Free Day
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/01/11-
06/10/11Master Class: Advanced Watercolor
Peninsula Fine Arts Center03/31/11-
06/02/11The Potter's Wheel
Peninsula Fine Arts Center03/31/11-
06/02/11Intermediate-Advanced Clay
Peninsula Fine Arts Center03/31/11-
06/09/11Evening Watercolor
Peninsula Fine Arts Center03/31/11-
06/02/11Drawing 101
Peninsula Fine Arts Center03/30/11-
06/01/11Beginning-Intermediate Clay
Peninsula Fine Arts Center03/30/11-
06/01/11Intermediate-Advanced Clay
Peninsula Fine Arts Center03/30/11-
06/01/11Watercolor Plus
Peninsula Fine Arts Center03/29/11-
05/31/11Oil Painting
Peninsula Fine Arts Center03/29/11-
05/31/11The Potter's Wheel
Peninsula Fine Arts Center03/29/11-
05/31/11Beginning-Intermediate Clay
Peninsula Fine Arts Center03/17/11 Art After 5: Godspeed & Good Fortune
Peninsula Fine Arts Center03/09/11 Girls Night Out Party
Peninsula Fine Arts Center03/05/11-
03/12/11Turn a Fairy Tale for Ages 9-12
Peninsula Fine Arts Center03/05/11-
03/06/11Peninsula Fine Arts Center Free Weekend
Peninsula Fine Arts Center02/27/11-
03/13/11Drawing Sampler
Peninsula Fine Arts Center02/17/11 Art After 5
Peninsula Fine Arts Center02/14/11-
03/27/11Modern American Prints: Selections from the David & Susan Goode Collection
Peninsula Fine Arts Center02/13/11-
02/20/11Jewelry Making for Teens Ages 12+
Peninsula Fine Arts Center02/11/11-
03/11/11Surface Design and Its Relation to Form
Peninsula Fine Arts Center02/10/11-
02/17/11Art Appreciation: A Survey of Modern Printmaking
Peninsula Fine Arts Center02/09/11-
03/02/11After School Clay Camp for Ages 5-8
Peninsula Fine Arts Center02/08/11-
04/19/11Discover Watercolor
Peninsula Fine Arts Center02/05/11-
03/12/11Sampler Art Class
Peninsula Fine Arts Center01/29/11-
02/05/11Little Helping Hands - Winter Cheer
Peninsula Fine Arts Center01/29/11-
02/05/11Me & My Grown-Up - Winter Cheer
Peninsula Fine Arts Center01/29/11-
02/12/11Aha! The Discovery Process in Poetry and Visual Art
Peninsula Fine Arts Center01/22/11-
01/29/11Introduction to Drawing for Ages 7+
Peninsula Fine Arts Center01/20/11 Art After 5
Peninsula Fine Arts Center01/16/11-
01/30/11Japanese Manga for Ages 9+
Peninsula Fine Arts Center01/15/11-
03/12/11Saturday Beginning Drawing
Peninsula Fine Arts Center01/15/11-
03/27/11Goya, Dali, Warhol: Masterpieces from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Peninsula Fine Arts Center01/12/11-
02/02/11After School Clay Camp for Ages 9-12
Peninsula Fine Arts Center01/07/11-
03/11/11Master Class: Advanced Watercolor
Peninsula Fine Arts Center01/07/11-
02/04/11Exploring a Personal Aesthetic in Clay
Peninsula Fine Arts Center01/06/11-
03/10/11The Potter's Wheel
Peninsula Fine Arts Center01/06/11-
03/10/11Intermediate-Advanced Clay
01/06/11-
03/10/11Drawing 101
Peninsula Fine Arts Center01/06/11-
03/10/11Evening Watercolor
Peninsula Fine Arts Center01/05/11-
03/09/11Beginning-Intermediate Clay
Peninsula Fine Arts Center01/05/11-
03/09/11Intermediate-Advanced Clay
01/05/11-
03/09/11Watercolor Plus
Peninsula Fine Arts Center01/04/11-
03/08/11The Potter's Wheel
Peninsula Fine Arts Center01/04/11-
03/08/11Oil Painting
Peninsula Fine Arts Center01/04/11-
03/08/11Beginning-Intermediate Clay
Peninsula Fine Arts Center12/28/10-
12/31/10Winter Break Printmaking Workshop for Ages 7-10
Peninsula Fine Arts Center12/16/10 Art After 5
Peninsula Fine Arts Center12/11/10 Better Holiday Pix
Peninsula Fine Arts Center12/11/10 Try It - Oil Pastels
Peninsula Fine Arts Center12/05/10 Holiday Card Making for Families
Peninsula Fine Arts Center12/04/10-
12/05/10Peninsula Fine Arts Center Free Weekend
Peninsula Fine Arts Center12/04/10 Alternative Wreaths for Families
Peninsula Fine Arts Center12/04/10-
01/02/11Season's Greetings: Holiday Scenes from the Noland Company Collection
Peninsula Fine Arts Center12/04/10 Thinking Outside the Box - Making and Using Molds and Molded Forms
Peninsula Fine Arts Center10/30/10-
11/06/10Japanese Manga for Ages 10+
Peninsula Fine Arts Center10/27/10-
11/17/10Clay Camp for Ages 5-8
Peninsula Fine Arts Center10/21/10 Art After 5
10/16/10 Me & My Grown-Up
Peninsula Fine Arts Center10/09/10-
10/10/10Port Warwick Art and Sculpture Festival
10/06/10-
10/27/10Plein Air Sketching
Peninsula Fine Arts Center10/03/10-
10/17/10An Introduction to Sumi Ink
Peninsula Fine Arts Center10/02/10-
01/02/11Biennial 2010
Peninsula Fine Arts Center09/23/10-
10/28/10Paint Days!
Peninsula Fine Arts Center07/18/10-
09/19/10How Artists See Their World: Outsider Art from the Collection of Dan Prince
Peninsula Fine Arts Center06/10/10-
07/11/10Pencil to Paper: Drawings by Mary Lee Ruff
Peninsula Fine Arts Center06/10/10-
07/11/10Emanuele De Reggi: Francesco and Other Sculpture
Peninsula Fine Arts Center06/05/10 Artistic Verses 2010
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/20/10 Arts Cafe - Michael Young
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/20/10-
05/27/10Historical Overview of Still Life Painting
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/07/10-
06/06/10Prefaces 2010: High School Student Juried Exhibition
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/15/10 Musician Bryan Forrest
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/13/10 Free Gallery Talk and Tour
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/03/10-
07/11/10The Common Object
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/03/10-
06/06/10Looking Large: Photographs by Sarah Hazlegrove and Georgianne Stinnett
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/03/10-
05/02/10Genesis 2010: College Student Juried Exhibition
Peninsula Fine Arts Center03/26/10-
04/16/10Children and Art
Peninsula Fine Arts Center03/18/10 Acoustic duo Susan and Lloyd
Peninsula Fine Arts Center03/13/10 ARTventures: Carlton Abbott
Peninsula Fine Arts Center02/18/10 Neil Forrester
Peninsula Fine Arts Center01/16/10-
03/28/10Carlton Abbott - 50 Years of Art and Architecture
Peninsula Fine Arts Center12/29/09-
12/31/09Snowmen Near and Far
Peninsula Fine Arts Center12/18/09 O Christmas Tree--An Affair of the Arts
Peninsula Fine Arts Center12/17/09 Arts Caf
Peninsula Fine Arts Center12/12/09 Class: Ornament Making
Peninsula Fine Arts Center12/12/09 Class: Pastel Still Life "Try-It"
Peninsula Fine Arts Center12/12/09 Class: Watercolor "Try-It"
Peninsula Fine Arts Center12/06/09 Season's Greetings: A Holiday Reception
Peninsula Fine Arts Center12/05/09 Hand-painted Holiday Candle Holders
Peninsula Fine Arts Center12/03/09-
12/10/09American Modernist Painting
Peninsula Fine Arts Center12/03/09 American Modernist Painting
Peninsula Fine Arts Center12/01/09-
12/31/09Hands On For Kids gallery - Paint Days!
Peninsula Fine Arts Center11/07/09-
01/03/10Artful Giving
Peninsula Fine Arts Center11/07/09-
11/29/09Pfac Artists League Invitiational Exhibition
Peninsula Fine Arts Center11/07/09-
01/03/10An American Original - Margaret Lefranc, Fifty Years of Watercolors
Peninsula Fine Arts Center11/07/09-
01/03/102009 American Watercolor Society International Exhibition
Peninsula Fine Arts Center11/03/09 Simple Pleasures - An Affair of the Arts Event
Peninsula Fine Arts Center10/31/09 Rock The Center
Peninsula Fine Arts Center10/09/09 Art and the Profession of Arms: Sons and Daughters in the Military
Peninsula Fine Arts Center09/17/09 Arts Cafe
Peninsula Fine Arts Center07/25/09-
11/01/09In the Line of Duty: The Art of America's Armed Forces
Peninsula Fine Arts Center06/16/09-
08/23/09Pfac Studio Art School
Peninsula Fine Arts Center06/16/09-
08/28/09Pfac ARTventures Summer
Peninsula Fine Arts Center06/14/09 Sunday in the Park
Peninsula Fine Arts Center06/13/09-
07/12/09Every Picture Tells a Story: The Art and Times of Edward Welch
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/30/09 Published Poets: Artistic Verses 2009
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/29/09-
06/14/09Artists on the Edge
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/21/09 Art Cafe
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/16/09-
06/07/09Prefaces 2009: High School Student Exhibition
Peninsula Fine Arts Center05/14/09 Artists of the Future
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/16/09 Arts Cafe
Peninsula Fine Arts Center04/04/09-
07/12/09Celebrating Hampton Roads
Peninsula Fine Arts Center03/28/09 Disco Ball
Peninsula Fine Arts Center03/19/09 Arts Caf?: March
Peninsula Fine Arts Center02/14/09 ArtVentures Saturday
Peninsula Fine Arts Center02/11/09 Girls' Night Out!
Peninsula Fine Arts Center01/15/09 Arts Caf?: January
Peninsula Fine Arts Center01/10/09-
03/22/09Earthscapes
Peninsula Fine Arts Center12/07/08 Sunday in the Park Holiday Festival
Peninsula Fine Arts Center11/08/08-
01/04/09Uncommon Vision
Peninsula Fine Arts Center
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