<![CDATA[W.A. Dodge Contemporary Fine Art - NEWS]]>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 21:28:04 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[TBR News Media's Artist of the Month Feature]]>Fri, 23 Oct 2020 17:49:00 GMThttp://www.wadodge.com/news/tbr-news-medias-artist-of-the-month-feature
I was recently featured as TBR News Media’s Artist of the Month for September. I had the pleasure of speaking with Irene Ruddock who wrote a very nice article to accompany some of my work. Hope you enjoy!

​Click the link below to read the full interview:
Bill Dodge Interview with Irene Ruddock from TBR News Media
]]><![CDATA[Flatiron in the Snow - Magazine Feature]]>Tue, 21 May 2019 23:21:33 GMThttp://www.wadodge.com/news/flatiron-in-the-snow-magazine-featureI was honored to have Flatiron in the Snow featured by the online magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur, in their most recent April issue. Flatiron in the Snow was awarded the "Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine Award of Excellence" in the oil painting category at The American Artists Professional League's 90th Anniversary Grand National Exhibition.

See the Flatiron in the Snow feature on Fine Art Connoisseur's website:
https://fineartconnoisseur.com/2019/03/featured-artwork-william-dodge/
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]]><![CDATA["Baby, It's Cold Outside" at the Long Island Museum]]>Fri, 01 Dec 2017 16:57:50 GMThttp://www.wadodge.com/news/baby-its-cold-outside-at-the-long-island-museumMy contribution to the upcoming "Baby, It's Cold Outside," show at the Long Island Museum, posted in Newsday's LIArts section. 
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]]><![CDATA[Come See Paris With Me]]>Sun, 29 Oct 2017 18:58:51 GMThttp://www.wadodge.com/news/come-see-paris-with-me
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11 Day Art and Culture Trip to Paris

The Hudson Valley Art Association is excited to announce the first in what will be an ongoing, annual series of workshops and tours. We’ve partnered with the Study Abroad Association, and in 2018 we will be offering two unique and exciting experiences for artists and art appreciators, alike. In May we have organized an 11-day art and culture trip to Paris.

A brief overview of each trip can be found below. If you’d like further information, have questions, or would like to receive a full itinerary and payment breakdown, please email board member James Adkins: jamesadkinsart@gmail.com
Additionally, a portion of the price of the trips will go towards funding the HVAA’s awards and scholarships programs.

Thank you, we look forward to seeing you on this enriching trip.
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​Paris Art and Culture Retreat May 29 - June 8, 2018

Travelers will stay in the vibrant Montmartre neighborhood of Paris, a district famous as the home for such artists as Picasso, Renoir, and Degas. Each day travelers will be led on tours of various Parisian landmarks such as: the Louvre, Musee d’Orsay, Notre Dame, Ste. Chapelle, Eiffel Tower, and Art Historical walking tours. The travelers will also enjoy excursions to Versailles, and Giverny to visit Monet’s gardens, home, and studio. As well, travelers will have ample free time to explore Paris, or, take inspiration from the city and create work, either during optional workshop sessions, or on their own.

The program price includes: Nine nights of lodging in Paris, all ground transportation, entrance into all advertised sites, full-time guides, daily continental breakfast, two traditional group dinners, and round-trip airfare from Newark, NJ (if the travelers selects that option.)

Instructor: William A. Dodge- Is an HVAA board member and has been a faculty member of the Visual Communications Dept. at SUNY Farmingdale for nearly twenty years and has just been awarded the New York State Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is an award-winning artist, concentrating on local landscapes and city scenes, dedicated to sharing his experience and the time-honored traditions of drawing and painting.

Trip Pricing:
Single gender quad room: $1,690 -or- $2,390 with round-trip airfare from Newark to Paris
Twin or Double private room: $1,875 -or- $2,575 with round-trip airfare from Newark to Paris

For full itinerary and booking information Click Here and then select the “Book Now” tab in the upper right to register.
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]]><![CDATA[Hudson Valley Art Association Exhibition]]>Tue, 14 Mar 2017 20:17:31 GMThttp://www.wadodge.com/news/hudson-valley-art-association-exhibition
An Unkindness
An Unkindness
I am happy to announce that my painting, An Unkindness, has been accepted into the Hudson Valley Art Association's 84th Annual Juried Exhibition. The exhibition runs from April 30th through May 5th at the Salmagundi Club in NYC (47 Fifth Avenue between 11th and 12th streets). The Awards Reception, open and free to the public, is Friday, May 5th, 2017, from 5-8 PM. Hope to see you there.

​Further info: salmagundi.org and hudsonart.org.
]]><![CDATA[An Unkindness]]>Sat, 04 Mar 2017 17:20:56 GMThttp://www.wadodge.com/news/an-unkindnessAn Unkindness
Here is my newest addition to the site!

​An Unkindness - oils on linen

Click the image to check it out in the Gallery.  
]]><![CDATA[Novelist Louisa May Alcott]]>Tue, 29 Nov 2016 23:44:28 GMThttp://www.wadodge.com/news/novelist-louisa-may-alcott In honor of Louisa May Alcott's 184th birthday today, enjoy covers I created for three of her novels during my career in illustration; Little Women, Eight Cousins, and Rose in Bloom. 
These paintings and many more can be viewed on my illustration website at  www.billdodgestudios.com.
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