The Vicksburg Art Association’s annual spring show for members will kick off Saturday with an opening reception.

“The show gives people the ability to show their artwork,” VAA president Leslie Horton said. “It gives us an outlet to share our art.”

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The Vicksburg Art Association’s spring members show will kick off at 8 p.m. Saturday with a reception at the Firehouse Gallery at Main and Openwood streets. The works will be on display from 1 to 4 p.m. March 28 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 29-31. Entry registration is this afternoon from 2 to 4 and Monday evening from 4 to 6. The fee is $15 for as many as three pieces and $3 for the special category called Angels. Call 601-638-9221 or visit www.vicksburgart.com.

To participate in the annual exhibit, artists must be members of the association. The fee to join is $15, and allows a maximum of three pieces to be submitted to the show. An extra $3 is charged for entries to a special category called Angels.

VAA members will take entries from 2 to 4 this afternoon, and from 4 to 6 Monday evening at the group’s headquarters, the Firehouse Gallery at Main and Openwood streets.

Categories are 3-D, acrylic, computer graphics, drawing, fiber, mixed media, oil, photo-color, photo-mono, print-making and watercolor. Entries to the special category may be in any medium.

The show will open Saturday night at 8 with a reception at the gallery. Works may be viewed from 1 to 4 p.m. March 28 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 29-31. Works will be for sale, with the VAA taking a 20 percent commission.

“There’s a lot of really good art, and the prices are reasonable,” Horton said. Prices, she said, range from $10 to $600.

Awarded will be three cash prizes for Best in Show and a $200 David A. Leenknecht prize in photography. The People’s Choice award will be chosen by show attendees.

The VAA hosts two other shows throughout the year, in the fall and at Christmas.

Contact Manivanh Chanprasith at mchan@vicksburgpost.com