Expand your artistic social circle through local groups and events.
Art Social: Creative Conversations
The Fredericksburg Arts Commission hosts this free event for artists, makers, students, arts educators, the art-adjacent, and the art-curious to socialize, network, share, and learn as a community. All disciplines and experience levels are invited.
Next event:
Curitiba Art Café // May 2026
Details will be announced soon.
Previous events:
February 2026 // Ironclad Inn Bourbon Tasting Room
Social gathering at the former Kenmore Inn
October 2025 // Curitiba Art Café
Panel discussion addressing the importance and challenges of creating in uncertain times, featuring Patrick A’Hearn, Riverside Center for the Performing Arts; Cori Blanch, musician and co-owner of Curitiba Art Café; and Coorain Devin, Artist and Assistant Professor of Studio Art at the University of Mary Washington.
Meet-ups and Events
Regularly scheduled get-togethers for artists, writers, and performers to connect
Fredericksburg Photography Club
FXBG Street Photography Collective
Fredericksburg Urban Sketchers (sketch group)
FXBG Figures (model drawing class)
Ukulele jam at the Fredericksburg Food Co-op (semi-monthly)
Northern Virginia Motion Picture Co-op
Riverside Writers
Various writing groups convene at the library
Art Attack (annual art-in-the-streets event)
Educational Opportunities
Art-centric outings, lectures, etc.
UMW Theater Road Trips
UMW music performances
Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts workshops
RappArts: The Arts & Cultural Council of the Rappahannock
Gari Melcher’s Home and Studio
University of Mary Washington Galleries
Looking for an art class? Check here.
Volunteer
What better way to get to know your fellow artists? Here are just a few ideas:
Become a docent at Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts or another gallery.
Get involved with First Fridays.
Answer an open call for a theater or dance production.
Enjoy good tunes while volunteering at Sounds of Summer, Music on the Steps, or PorchFest.
Give tours at Gari Melchers Home and Studio.
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