Seminars at
The Apple Tree

SEMINARS WITH GAYLE ORAM, MDA VGM

OS TRAY
FRIDAY, MAR. 25, 2011
9 am - 5 pm
$85
Details



TELEMARK BOWL AND
EUROPEAN FLORALS GIFT CARD BOX
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, MAR 26 & 27
9 am - 5 pm
$170
Details
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SEMINAR WITH
BOBBIE TAKASHIMA:
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Thursday, July 7 - Sunday, July 10
9 am - 5 pm
Details
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SAVE THE DATE!
Lynne Andrews will be at The Apple Tree
September 9 - 11, 2011!
Projects and Price to be determined.
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COME AND PAINT WITH HEIDI ENGLAND
OCTOBER 28 - 30 (FRIDAY - SUNDAY)
9 AM - 5 PM
PROJECT TBA

   
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New Store Location!
Come visit us in our new upstairs studio ABOVE Kilroy's Restaurant.
Go through the breezeway by the post office and in the second door on your left. Then follow the RED APPLES to our door.

5240 Port Royal
Road, Suite 208, Springfield, VA 22151

(Braddock Rd (West) & Interstate 495)

Phone: 703.321.9311
Fax: 703.321.8450

Mon, Wed & Fri
10 am - 5 pm.
First and Third Sat:
11 am - 4 pm.
and by appointment.

CLASS LOCATIONS:
Please note that most of our classes are temporarily being held at the new Community Center located in Springfield Mall.  Access to the Community Center classroom is easiest via Mall Entrance #6 which is located between the Macy's parking garage and the JC Penney store.
You can park fairly close to the building there and there are no stairs to negotiate.  Once inside the mall turn left and go down the hall past Mrs. Field's Cookies and TCBY Yogurt.  Turn right at the escalator and proceed down the hall AWAY from JC Penney.  The Community Center is 2-3 storefronts down the hall on your LEFT.  The signs are painted on the glass and look like a crossword puzzle that says Springfield Art Guild.  If you get to the information desk you've gone too far.

 
 
CLASS LOCATIONS:
Please note that most of our classes are temporarily being held at thenew Community Center located in Springfield Mall.  Access to the
Community Center classroom is easiest via Mall Entrance #6 which is
located between the Macy's parking garage and the JC Penney store.
You can park fairly close to the building there and there are no
stairs to negotiate.  Once inside the mall turn left and go down the
hall past Mrs. Field's Cookies and TCBY Yogurt.  Turn right at the
escalator and proceed down the hall AWAY from JC Penney.  The
Community Center is 2-3 storefronts down the hall on your LEFT.  The
signs are painted on the glass and look like a crossword puzzle that
says Springfield Art Guild.  If you get to the information desk you've gone too far.

The Apple Tree has been home to Tole and Decorative Painting for the last 25 years. Our studio and store is located in Springfield, Virginia, just 15 minutes south of the museums and sites in Washington, D.C. We're SO easy to get to -- right off the Beltway (Interstate Rt. 495) at the Braddock Road West exit in Ravensworth Shopping Center.

 

What is Decorative Painting? It is art on functional pieces that enhances our living space. It's an art form that has its roots in the beginning of time: since prehistoric days we humans have been decorating our homes with paint. Many of our colonial ancestors found that wallpaper and carpets were too expensive to import from England. So they painted their furniture, painted murals on their walls and created floorcloths to make their homes more attractive and liveable. Styles may have changed over the years but many traditional techniques remain largely the same having been passed from artist to artist. At The Apple Tree we are proud to be part of this tradition of one artist teaching another.
What's the difference between decorative art and fine art? Generally speaking fine art is on a canvas, in a frame and hanging on a wall. Decorative art is on functional pieces. The skills, techniques and artistic principles are the same. Critics maintain that decorative painters are not truly artists because we work from someone else's designs. We may work from designs created by other artists but look around any classroom. You will see that each student brings her/his own artistic style and interpretation to the design being painted. Past generations had an apprentice system in which to perfect their art. Today we have studios like The Apple Tree.
We carry a full line of painting supplies including paints, brushes, mediums, books, pattern packets and many unique painting surfaces in floorcloth canvas, tin and wood.

SHOP HOURS:

Mon, Wed & Fri
10 am - 5 pm.
First and Third Sat:
11 am - 4 pm.
and by appointment.

Happy to open by appointment
if the above hours are not convenient for you
--call 703.321.9311.

SHOP CLOSURES: The Apple Tree is often closed on federal holidays.

When visiting the Washington, DC area please come visit us!

 
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