OAA Events- Present and Past

EVENTS - 2025

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

Jan 3 - 10:00am – 11:00am Drop off artwork at the Bohrer Park Activity Center, Gaithersburg

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

Feb 24 - 10:00 AM – 11:00AM Pick up unsold artwork from Bohrer Park Activity Center, Gaithersburg

March/April DATE TBD - Plein Air at the Azalea Garden at Brighton Dam (when they blossom - not til April) https://visitmontgomery.com/directory/brighton-dam-azalea-garden/

April 14 - OAA Board Meeting 10am at The beachKraft Gallery 18200 Georgia Ave Olney Md/2nd floor https://www.thebeachkraft.com

May 5 to June 16 - May show at Brookside Gardens. Registration from April 10 to April 30. June 16th take down. https://montgomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/brookside-gardens/

May 11 - Plein Air at Lone Oak Brewery. https://loneoakbrewingco.com/ Plein Air painting and charity fundraiser from 11:30-7:00 pm. 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. More information to follow.

May 12 - OAA Member Meeting at The beachKraft Gallery 18200 Georgia Ave Olney Md/2nd floor https://www.thebeachkraft.com.  It will be an art supply swap meet, 6:30 to 8:30 pm.

May 21 - Change out at Olney Library

June 9 - OAA Board Meeting 10am at The beachKraft Gallery

June - DATE TBD (before the 16th) Plein Air at Brookside Gardens https://montgomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/brookside-gardens/

June 16 - Take down at Brookside Gardens.

July 14 - Annual Member Meeting art critique at The beachKraft Gallery 18200 Georgia Ave Olney Md/2nd floor https://www.thebeachkraft.com

July 20 - Plein Air at Lilypons, Frederick MD https://lilypons.com/

July 23 - Change out at Olney Library

Aug 1-30 - Show at The beachKraft Gallery; price is $15 for two works, 2D and 3D. REGISTRATION DATES TBD.

Aug 2 - October 22 Annual juried show at the Meetinghouse Gallery in Columbia, MD;  price will be $25 for 3 works, they also take 3D works. https://themeetinghouse.org/map-and-directions REGISTRATION DATES TBD.

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

Sept 3 to Oct 26 - Show at the Delaplane Art Center in Frederick, MD. REGISTRATION DATES TBD. https://delaplaine.org/

Sept DATE TBD - Plein Air at Waredaca Brewery https://www.waredacabrewing.com

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 Meetinghouse Gallery

Nov 10 - Annual OAA Holiday Dinner 

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

PAST EVENTS - 2024

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

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.

Mon, 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.

Join the Olney Art Association (OAA) at Lone Oak Brewery in Olney on Saturday, May 11 for a 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.

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

Oct 25 thru end of December - date TBD are the dates for the OAA Affordable Art Show at Olney Public Library. See the Olney Library Gallery page for more information

Mon, Nov 13, 7 - 9pm Annual OAA dinner at Sandy Spring Meeting, 17715 Meeting House Rd in Sandy Spring, MD. Dinner is in the Lyceum, the white building on the left as you enter the Meeting campus. Look for signs. Dinner will be catered by Kloby’s. Registration is now closed.