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Pfac

Art Is What You Make It.

About Me

At Pfac Art is What You Make It

Explore the arts at Pfac with an ever-changing array of exhibitions, programs, events and studio classes. Our Mission is to provide a balanced and stimulating program of visual arts, through dynamic exhibitions and educational programs that appeal to both children and adults. Pfac’s Studio Art School offers experiences ranging from one-day workshops to ten-week courses in drawing, painting, photography, pottery and more. Show us your creative side; there is something for everybody. Art is what you make it!

Make Arts Cafe Your Thursday Getaway

Experience art on a higher frequency. Enjoy a refreshing change of pace at Pfac for an evening of chardonnay, coffee and conversation on Thursdays throughout the year. Arts Café offers an alternative venue to mix and mingle in artistic ambiance featuring some of the area’s most talented musicians. Food and beverages provided, donations encouraged.

Peninsula Fine Arts Center is located within Mariners' Museum Park, close to Christopher Newport University and the Ferguson Center

My Interests

Art, music, food, and fun, creative people

I'd like to meet:

People who like people who like art and music.

Music:

Arts Café is taking a break in June to partner with the Mariners' Museum for Thursdays By The Lake concerts

Heroes:

Artists of all types and creative people everywhere

My Blog

Major Abstraction Exhibition Opens June 14

BEYOND THE IMAGE: ABSTRACTION TODAY Abstraction, one of the most exciting and yet challenging art forms, is explored in a major exhibition at Peninsula Fine Arts Center from June 14-August 31, 2008. ...
Posted by Pfac on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:04:00 PST

Artists Bring the World to Pfac

See The World Through Artists’ EyesThe people, places, flora and fauna of destinations around the country and throughout the world, as recorded by nine artists in watercolor, oil and photography...
Posted by Pfac on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:51:00 PST

Surfboards, skateboards and trail bikes...oh my!

Surfboards, skateboards, trail bikes and Star Trek in an art museum?  At Pfac, why not!Also on display during Speed, How We Get From Here To There features an entertaining and diverse show of art...
Posted by Pfac on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:53:00 PST

Amazing miniature ships to see at Pfac

In conjunction with the exhibition Speed from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Peninsula Fine Arts Center presents The Shipbuilder's Art: Models by Heinz Schiller January 19 through March 23, 200...
Posted by Pfac on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:47:00 PST

Speed from Virginia Museum of Fine Arts opens 1/19

Speed, the third of three Virginia Museum of Fine Arts exhibitions in a special statewide outreach initiative, will open at Peninsula Fine Arts Center on January 19 and continue through March 23, 2008...
Posted by Pfac on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:45:00 PST

Asian Art Highlights Artful Holidays

Travel to Asia with two stellar exhibits at Peninsula Fine Arts Center as part of Artful Holidays through January 6, 2008. Images of the Floating World: Japanese Prints, 1683-1952 and Shapes and...
Posted by Pfac on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:58:00 PST

Artful Holidays Nov 3, 2008

Artful Holidays begins on Nov 3, 2007 and runs to Jan 16, 2008. It will feature Japanese woodblock prints, Chinese ceramics, Encaustic paintings (paint is mixed with wax), alternative wreath...
Posted by Pfac on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:01:00 PST

Reality...what a concept

REALITY AS A POINT OF VIEW EXPLORED Opening at Peninsula Fine Arts Center on September 1 and continuing through October 30, 2007, The Reality Show 2 explores the idea that reality is not concrete, but...
Posted by Pfac on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:36:00 PST

Watercolor! explores an often misunderstood medium

Watercolor!, a trio of exhibits exploring various aspects of watercolor   American Watercolor Masters American Watercolor Masters survey the work of thirty early 20th century American artists wh...
Posted by Pfac on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:42:00 PST

Photos explore life on Chesapeake Bay and Eastern Shore

In celebration of Jamestown 2007, Peninsula Fine Arts Center is presenting two exhibitions of photographs, Eastern Light and Looking Back, illustrating the history and beauty of the Chesapeake Bay an...
Posted by Pfac on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:19:00 PST