Location: Building 6
On View: November 14 - December 6, 2026
Opening Reception: November 14, 2026, Saturday 6 - 9pm
Gwen Bragg is an artist, workshop leader, and art instructor who lives in Alexandria, VA. Holding a BS in Art Education and MFA in Painting and Drawing from James Madison University, she currently teaches watercolor at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, VA where she has her studio. In addition to an annual workshop in Orkney Springs Virginia almost every year she leads an international painting workshop to “someplace with interesting architecture, artifacts and rocks.” Past destinations have included Croatia, Greece, Italy, Spain, France, Mexico, and Peru. She holds signature membership in the National, Southern, Alabama, Baltimore and Virginia Watercolor Societies and is the past president of both the Potomac Valley Watercolorists and the Virginia Watercolor Society. Her work is included in the collections of the National Institutes of Health, the Carrier Library of James Madison University, Philip Morris, American Bank, and The Petersburg Area Art League.
I have always enjoyed history and visiting archeological sites and have fortunately been able to visit many -- both here and in other parts of the world the world. What we know, or think we know of past peoples and civilization for what they have left behind has always inspire my imagination