Watercolor Wednesday: Finding the Milky Way
Venue: Market Square Park, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Time: 2:00 - 4:00 PM
Event Types: Arts & Theatre
Cost: Free

Description:
The Virginia Tech Perspective Gallery presents "Watercolor Wednesday: Finding the Milky Way" on Wednesday, August 19, 2026 and August 26, 2026 at Market Square Park in downtown Blacksburg, VA.

Watercolor Wednesday Schedule:
• Wednesday, August 19th from 2:00-4:00 PM
• Wednesday, August 26th from 3:00-5:00 PM

Enjoy the process of painting whether you have any experience or not. Join us in our new social practice exhibit Finding the Milky Way and learn why dark skies at night are important in the world. We will provide materials to create a celestial body that you may donate to the exhibit to be held in the Perspective Gallery in 2027.

Market Square Park is located at 100 Draper Road in Blacksburg, VA.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://res.cloudinary.com/du5lfb5z3/image/upload/v1787149385/776640483_1356349500046073_107239360703931815_n_y8d4hi.jpg.

For more information, visit: https://campuslife.vt.edu/student_centers/Squires/Perspective_Gallery/art-reach.html or https://www.facebook.com/VTPerspectiveGallery/ or https://www.instagram.com/perspectiveartgalleryvt/.

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