Opening Reception, Nostalgia feat. PWAS

“Nostalgia” Exhibit Brings Together 25 Local Artists in a Reflection on Memory and Time
On display: July 10, 2026 – August 9, 2026
ARTfactory, 9419 Battle St, Manassas, VA
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 11, 2026, 6–8 PM
Exhibition programming sponsored by Micron.
Exhibit Summary
The Prince William Art Society presents “Nostalgia”, a group exhibition featuring work by 25 local artists and members. On view from July 10 through August 9, 2026, at ARTfactory in Historic Manassas, the exhibition explores nostalgia as an emotional landscape shaped by memory, longing, and the passage of time.
Through a wide range of artistic interpretations, the works in the exhibition serve as portals into moments that feel half-remembered—places once known, emotions once lived, and histories inherited rather than personally experienced. Texture, sound, color, and form become vehicles for memory, evoking both personal and collective pasts while revealing how nostalgia shifts across individual perspectives. What feels intimate and familiar to one viewer may appear distant or uncanny to another.
Rather than recreating the past with literal accuracy, the artists reconstruct memory as it is emotionally felt. The exhibition invites viewers to linger in the space between then and now, where memory becomes a living presence: tender, unreliable, and deeply human. In doing so, the works ask not only what we remember, but why certain moments continue to call us back—and what those returns reveal about who we are today.
An Opening Reception will be held on Saturday, July 11, from 6–8 PM, offering visitors an opportunity to meet the artists and experience the exhibition in community.
Participating Artists
Danielle Bancroft, Fatima Batool, Zee Berrios, Staci Blanchard, Larry Burch, Evelyn Chatters, Doreen Dauer, Katie Keller Dugan, Scott Elliott, Michelle Evans, Nicole M Fisher, Kathleen Gates, Sheri Herrick, Lizzy B. Javier, Absku KOY, Sandra Lewin, Donna Liguria, April Mckether, Mark Murphy, Katharine Owens, L Palladino, Tom Payne, Mandy Powell, Tinnetta Putney, Bettie Sperty
Press Inquiries
Jordan Exum, Gallery Director
ARTfactory | Caton Merchant Gallery
703.330.2787 | jexum@virginiaARTfactory.org
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