Director updates Center’s agenda
By Hope Wallace Our 65th Annual June Art Exhibit is on view and for sale in-house and online. Art can be purchased in-house or directly through…
Hope Wallace
Art center puts artists on call
Winds of Change: Art Exhibit Call-for-Entry The wind can be exhilarating. It can also be challenging and so can change. The Wassenberg Art Center in Van Wert, Ohio is challenging…
June show on the horizon
At the Wassenberg with Hope Wallace, Executive Director We are getting the place ready for the check-in process for our 58th Annual June…
WAC director says . . .
The “Sketchbook Project” got me thinking. I’ve been told I think too much, but in this case it was a good …think… ugh. Anyway, I read an article the…
Art, Arks & Vitality
You can tell when a town has been blessed with sponsors who find that a community’s culture and arts breath alive and imperative. I want to take some…
New classes at the WAC
I love my job. Wait, I’ve said that before. Regardless, thanks to all who brought me to the Wassenberg Art Center. I am fortunate in the fact that I do…
Thank you. That was fun.
Sometimes the rewards for doing a particular job come at the least expected times. Recently two groups of young people participating in a program through Westwood Behavioral Health…
Got Woodwork?
Pieces have begun to creep in for our “Out of the Woodwork” exhibit scheduled to open on July 4. Do you have something unique that has been hand-made out…
Youth class offers many rewards
By Hope Wallace The art of Zentangle is coming to the Wassenberg Art Center in the form of a one-day class for ages 11-14 on July 16 as part…
“Chair-ity Art”
Artists have begun painting cast-off and Adirondack chairs in earnest for the upcoming “Chair-ity” Auction, June 3 and 4, during the ArtRageous on Main festival. The only rule is…
Show has new twists this year
There has been plenty of activity here at the Wassenberg Art Center over the last couple of weeks! In addition to our current double exhibit “The Art of Therapy”…
Wallace talks about Bruce
We all can learn a thing or two about ability from Bruce Lynn Dellinger. Bruce is an artist from Timberville, Virginia, whose work we are fortunate to currently have…
Dual shows opens soon
By Hope Wallace, Executive Director This Sunday marks the opening of our new dual exhibit “It’s in the Cards” and “The Art of Therapy”. In the Cards showcases an unusual…
Week of the Young Child
This is the Week of the Young Child and one of the most important things in a young child’s life is imagination. It’s important to encourage children to use…
What’s in a watercolor besides water?
(NWPR-OH) – “Watercolor” encompasses many mediums and techniques, and quite a few of them can be found in the Ohio Watercolor Society Exhibit which opened at the Wassenberg…
Looking ahead to the watercolor exhibit
    (NWPR-OH) – The Wassenberg Art Center’s exhibit, “The Art of Fiber,†ended last Friday. As these story-backed quilts and rugs come down to make way for the traveling Ohio…
Words to guide us
    Hi Van Wert!     It’s very exciting to be here! I am humbled and grateful for the open, warm welcome from all of you. Thank you! It will equally…