POUR - MAA Art at Windridge Tasting Room

  • 16 Sep 2026
  • 27 Dec 2026
  • Windridge Vineyards, 15700 Darnestown Rd, Darnestown, MD 20874

Registration

  • This is a juried show - work will be selected by the Windrige owners or marketing staff. Artists whose work is selected will pay the show fee of TBD at the time of art drop off.
Registration is closed

Pour

MAA Art at Windridge Vineyards 

Key dates

  • Show Dates:  Sept 16 - Dec 27, 2026
  • Registration: August 3 - 17
  • Juried Art Selection:  August 25
  • Notification to Artists: August 27
  • Artwork Drop Off: Monday, September 14,  10am - noon 
  • Meet the Artists: Thursday, October 29,  5:00 - 8:00pm Tasting Room 
  • Art Pick Up: Monday, January 11, 2027,  10am - noon



Bouquet by Holly Buehler 

Featured artwork: Holly Buehler's Bouquet, whose blooms appear to pour outward from the center of the composition, releasing color, light, and energy into the surrounding space—a fitting expression of this year's theme, Pour.

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Theme for Submissions: POUR

A single word with many possibilities, Pour invites artists to explore ideas of movement, emergence, abundance, and expression.

Pour does not have to depict the act of pouring. It may be expressed through flowing water, cascading light, moving clouds, falling rain, abundant gardens, streams of color, emotional expression, or any subject where energy, movement, release, or abundance are present.

Artists are encouraged to interpret the theme broadly through their own unique perspective. Whether realistic, impressionistic, abstract, or conceptual, we welcome artwork that captures the spirit of something flowing, emerging, overflowing, or being shared.

Show us what Pour inspires in you.


  • Number of Artworks Allowed:  MAA Members are invited to submit for consideration up to 2 artworks. Artists may submit work in any of the following categories: 
    • Natural Landscapes, Maritime, and Seascapes
    • Cityscapes, Townscapes, Urbanscapes 
    • Still Life 
    • Abstract Art 
    • Portraiture - People and Animals 
  • Eligible Media:  2D works in oil, acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, pastel, encaustic, hand-pulled prints, drawing/ink mediums, textile, digital painting (read Digital Painting Requirements) and photography.  3D works are not included in this show.  
  • Cost: There is no cost to submit your work to for consideration. If your artwork is selected by the curators, a fee of TBD  will be required at the time of art drop off. 
  • Process:  Submitted artwork will be selected by the vineyard owners.  Approximately 18 - 25 selected works will be exhibited for a three month period.  All artwork must be for sale. Windridge will notify artists when work is sold.  Windridge will provide payment to the artist, less a 20% commission. 
  • Framing and Wiring Requirements ( MAA Framing & Wiring Requirements):  All selected works must be framed, gallery wrapped or professionally finished, securely wired with hanging wire (no loops, sawtooth hangers).  If submitting an unframed canvas, edge must be painted or finished to a professional level.  No wet canvases will be accepted. 
All accepted work must be exhibition-ready and delivered to Windridge Vineyard Tasting Room on Monday, tbd 10am-noon. 
    • Replacement of Sold Artwork: Artists whose work is sold during the show period may contact the show manager or VP Shows to replace the sold work.  Artists are not to contact the staff at Windridge Vineyard to replace artwork. 
    • Membership Requirement:  You must be a MAA member to register for this show.  If you need to renew your membership go to Join MAA.
    • Show Prospectus: Please read the SHOW PROSPECTUS  for show requirements that may not be in the announcement. 

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