The Pleasure Island Art Association is located in beautiful Orange Beach,
Alabama, on the Alabama Gulf Coast.
The Pleasure Island Art Association was founded in the 1970's to bring
local artists together to create, exhibit and teach while enhancing
art appreciation in the community. If you haven't experienced the Gulf
Coast and Orange Beach you'll be sure to discover why their motto is
"Life is Better Here." Guided tours, free of charge, are available
to interested groups and organizations upon request. The gallery
includes a wide variety of art and fine crafts from the areas finest!
All items in the association's center are for sale.
You can contact the Pleasure Island Art Society:
Orange Beach Art Center
Pleasure Island Art Association
26389 Canal Road
Orange Beach, AL 36561
Tel: 251-981-2787
Email: information@pleasureislandartassociation.com
Or visit their website: http://www.PleasureIslandArtAssociation.com
In July of 2003, the City of Orange Beach welcomed the PIAA and we moved
into the historic Orange Beach Hotel thus our new location is known
as the Orange Beach Art Center, Home of the PIAA. This beautiful old
mansion provides excellent gallery space, gift shop, classrooms, and
workshop space. Set on the shores of Wolf Bay, the grounds serve as
a breath-taking backdrop for their art shows.
Through fund raising events such as workshop classes, festivals, and
gallery sales, The Pleasure Island Art Association awards scholarships
to local high school seniors to help with their continued studies of
art each year. Their community involvent extends to support of the local
Relay for Life, Art for Heart, and many other charity events and community
happenings.
A workshop for local teens sponsored and conducted by the Pleasure Island
Art Association
The Pleasure Island Art Fair on the Alabama Orange Coast. The Center
hosts a wide variety of events including an ongoing schedule of juried
exhibitions throughout the year.
To view a selection of Art from the Pleasure Island Art Association:
Click Here
Memberships in the association are not limited to artists,
our current roster is 187. An extremely unique aspect of the Pleasure
Island Art Association is their relationship with The
Burnie Coastal Art Group in Tasmania as a sister organization..
Past
Featured Societies :
June, 2005: Venice Beach Art
Walk
May, 2005: Transparent Watercolor
Society of America
April, 2005: Louisiana Watercolor
Society
March, 2005: California Community
College Media Arts Competition
January, 2005: Mystic Arts Center
October, 2004: Carlsbad 2004 ArtSplash
September 2004: Watercolor West
July, 2004: Morro Bay Art Association
June, 2004: Alabama Watercolor
Society
April, 2004, The Watercolor
Scoiety of Missouri
December, 2003 The Lakewood
Artists' Guild
July 2003, The Sausalito Art
Festival
June 2003, The Northern Arizona
Watercolor Society
May 2003, The Paso Robles Art
Society
April 2003, The Virginia Watercolor
Society
March 2003, The Canadian Society
of Painters in Water Colour
January 2003: The Experimental
Artists of Alabama
December 2002: The San Diego
Watercolor Society
November 2002: The Portrait Society
of America
September-October
2002: Colored
Pencil Society of America
August 2002: Citrus
Watercolor Society
July
2002: Pennsylvania
Watercolor Society
June 2002:
Taos National Society of Watercolor
May 2002:
Lodi Community Art Center
April 2002: Pastel Painters
of Maine
March 2002:Alaska Watercolor
Society
February 2002: Pastel Association
of Ontario
December 2001: South Carolina
Watercolor Society
November 2001: Central Ontario
Art Association
October 2001: Kentuckiana
Artists Pastel Society
September 2001:
San Gabriel Fine Arts Association
August 2001: Northern Arizona
Watercolor Society
