OAA Events- Present and Past

EVENTS - 2025

NOTE: See the Calendar page for a list of Plein Air events.

July 14 - Annual Member Meeting art critique led by Bobby Wechsler at The beachKraft Gallery 18200 Georgia Ave Olney Md/2nd floor.

Aug 1-30 - Show at The beachKraft Gallery; price is $15 for two works, 2D and 3D. Registration dates May 21-June 25, 2025

Aug 2 - October 22 - Annual juried show at The Meeting House Gallery in Columbia, MD;  price will be $25 for 3 works, they also take 3D works. Registration dates May 20-June 20, 2025

Aug 11 - OAA Board Meeting 10am at The beachKraft Gallery

Sat, Sept 6 to Sun, Oct 26 - Show at the Delaplaine Arts Center in Frederick, MD. Open for entries from July 6 to Aug. 12; drop off Sept. 3. 10am - 11am.

Sept DATE TBD - Plein Air at Waredaca Brewery

Sept 28 - Plein Air at Bella Vista

Oct 13 - OAA Board Meeting 10am at The beachKraft Gallery

Oct 23 - Plein Air at Woodlawn Manor

Oct 25 - Takedown at The Meeting House Gallery

Nov 10 - Annual OAA Holiday Dinner 

Dec 8 - OAA Board Meeting 10am at The beachKraft Gallery

PAST EVENTS - 2024-25

May 5 to June 16, 2025 - OAA Member Show at Brookside Gardens.

Jan 9 to Feb 23, 2025 - OAA Show Boher Park Activity Center, Gaithersburg

Dec 4th - Dec 18th, 2024 Artists and Makers Small Works Show

Oct 25 thru end of December 2024. AA Affordable Art Show at Olney Public Library. See the Olney Library Gallery page for more information

August 4th - November 13, 2024, OAA 50th Anniversary Show: Celebrating OAA’s 50th Anniversary” with juror, artist, Greg Mort, at Sandy Spring Museum, Rte 108, Sandy Spring, MD - at this time see the Calendar page for more information. Click here to view the Prospectus before entering. Then pay the fee online and then fill out a form for each entry.

July 8, 7:00 to 8:30, 2024. Olney Art Association Annual Critique member meeting. The beachKraft Gallery, 18200 Georgia Ave, Olney. Our critic will be our member and champion watercolorist painter and teacher, Karen Norman. Her website is https://karennorman.net.

June 5th to June 30th, 2024. Registration period for OAA 50th Anniversary Show at Sandy Spring Museum. Registration will open on June 1st. Members in good standing can enter 3 artworks. If you are not a Member or need to renew Membership and wish to enter works in the Exhibition please go to the ABOUT page on this site. fill in the Membership Form and pay the Membership Fee. Click here to become a member or renew membership.

May 11, 2024. Olney Art Association (OAA) at Lone Oak Brewery in Olney plein air painting and charity fund raiser from 11:30-7:00 p.m. Lone Oak is one of the most popular breweries in the area. Horses from Common Ground at Paradise Stables will be on site. Artists will have the opportunity to display a work and do plein air painting.

April 2 to April 30, 2024. OAA Show at The beachKraft Gallery, 18200 Georgia Ave Olney Md - 2nd floor - Please read the attached Prospectus for instructions on how to submit your images.