Artists’ Undertaking Gallery

The Artists’ Undertaking Gallery was established in April, 1977, when a group of local artists recognized their need for studio space and the community’s need for an art center. The group set up nine studios at 309 Mill Street, in a building where a funeral home had once been. The 1972 hurricane, Agnes, and the rising waters of the Occoquan River put the funeral home out of business. The building’s basement still contained mud from the floods, but the artists cleaned it out and officially opened April 1, 1977. They displayed their work and taught art classes, instructing 80-100 students per week. The play on words, “The Artists’ Undertaking”, became the name. In 1982, the current first floor gallery was created to display and sell the artists’ work. Stories of floods and ghosts abound from those early years. In 1984, the basement studios and classes were discontinued, but the artists continued the first floor gallery.

Today, 20 established local artists offer original art and staff the gallery daily. Media include watercolor and oil paintings, etchings, photography, drawings, encaustics, block prints, mixed media collage, pottery, fused glass artwork, wood boards and  boxes, cut paper art, color pencil, and pressed flower art. Commissions are welcome in all media—for example, paintings of special places, unique pieces of jewelry, or the creation of unique artworks for display.

The gallery is open from 11 AM to 5 PM every day, except for one Tuesday a month. Please check our calendar, at the bottom of our home page (Here).

It is located at 309 Mill St, Occoquan, VA, and its artists enjoy meeting visitors and answering questions. The Artists’ Undertaking Gallery offers quality original works at reasonable prices directly from the artists themselves.

Prospective Artist Members

The Gallery is currently looking for 3D artists to join this very successful cooperative gallery that has been in operation since 1977. The gallery is open 7 days a week, except for  one Tuesday a month, with member artists working one day every other week (or one day every four weeks for a half-space). The gallery takes no commissions from sales.

If interested , please contact one of our co-chairs with questions or to request an application:

Patti Durbin: (703) 901-3505, pldurbin@gmail.com
Janet Stoeke: (703) 901-4591, stoekej@verizon.net

Alternatively, you can download the Application Form HERE

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