Art shows and art events in Sterling, VA tonight and this week
407 listings in and around Sterling, VA, Thursday, November 12 through Wednesday, November 18. Soonest: The American West by Jay Moore at Artists’ Gallery (Saturday 12 p.m.); Portrait Drawing in Charcoal at Delaplaine Arts Center (Thursday 6 p.m.); Homeschool Art Exploratory: Printmaking at Delaplaine Arts Center (Tuesday 9:30 a.m.); Knit Kindness at The Haven at Fuse (2500) (Tuesday 5:30 p.m.). Every listing links the venue's or organizer's own page it was checked against.
Runs across the dates shown. A charcoal portrait class working from a live model, starting with the anatomy and planes of the head. Students study value, blending, paper and making their own charcoal, and tuition includes all supplies. Some drawing experience is recommended.
ParkingParking: The Delaplaine is located next door to the East All Saints Parking Deck.Metered street parking is also available.From delaplaine.org, Oct 24, 2026
Runs across the dates shown. A homeschool art class where each month brings a new artist, method or medium, here printmaking with foam plates, gelli plates and cardboard collagraphs. Tuition covers supplies, and cost ranges from free to $40.
ParkingParking: The Delaplaine is located next door to the East All Saints Parking Deck.Metered street parking is also available.From delaplaine.org, Oct 24, 2026
Runs across the dates shown. Encounter, Myungsook Ryu Kim's exhibition blending classical East Asian art and philosophy with media techniques of the West, exploring change, impermanence and Korean history.
Runs across the dates shown. ARTfactory presents "3rd Culture: Unseen Threads," a free solo exhibition by Kwaku Ofori-Yirenkyi exploring family, migration, memory and identity, with an opening reception.
A beginner jewelry-making program using beads, wire and simple techniques to design pieces you take home. Supplies provided; spaces are limited and pre-registration is recommended.
An introduction to bilateral art, where you create with both hands at once to connect mind and body. The techniques can boost creativity, reduce stress and promote relaxation.
ParkingGarage parking is free on Sunday from 8AM–2PM.Weinberg Center patrons primarily use the Court Street parking garage.From weinbergcenter.org, Oct 12, 2026
ParkingFree two-hour street parking is available on nearby side streets.Metered parking is available in front of the gallery until 4:00 p.m. on weekdays.From washingtonprintmakers.com, Oct 24, 2026
An exhibit at Goucher College's Special Collections showing how a labor acknowledgement was shaped with descendants of people enslaved at Hampton Plantation.
Color Columbia, an exhibit of artwork made by local artists at the annual plein air paint out at Lake Kittamaqundi and Wilde Lake, juried by Amanda Milliner. Free.
An exhibition of Gari Melchers' studies for history murals commissioned for prominent libraries and two state capitols. Dozens of GMHS sketches and paintings, inches to nine feet tall, show his process. Subjects run from allegory to posthumous portraits, among them General Nathanael Greene, Commodore Oliver Perry and Mark Twain.
Exhibition of 37 African objects from the GW Collection, researched by 59 students in four seminar courses led by Assistant Professor Clement Akpang, with images and video.