Summer Mural Camp at Fredericksburg Academy

PONSHOP Owner, Gabriel Pons is partnering with Fredericksburg Academy this summer to embark on a 36-foot long, 12-foot tall mural on their campus during the summer’s Camp FA Program.  Learn the planning and creative techniques required to turn an idea into a full-scale work of art that will adorn their school for years to come.  Campers will work as a team to help bring Pons’s creative vision to life. This year’s mural will be the largest ever attempted at Fredericksburg Academy, so big in fact it will span two weeks. You can sign up for either week, or both.

Cost: $275

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

First Week (Week 8): July 21-25

Second Week( Week 9): July 28-August 1

Grade 6 to Grade 12

Walker-Grant Center Mural Project Announced

PONSHOP is excited to announce our latest mural collaboration with Sophiola, Rapp Arts, Fredericksburg City Schools, Cary Street Partners - Team Bayne/Pineda, and Sherwin-Williams. In the Spring of 2025, we are endeavoring in a 58-foot long (560 Square foot) mural to adorn the playground wall at the Walker-Grant Center (210 Ferdinand Street Fredericksburg).

Conceived in late 2024, the content of the mural was developed by Gabriel Pons and Sophia Pineda. Pons and Pineda embarked on a history lesson of Joseph Walker and Jason Grant, two key African American leaders in Education in Fredericksburg, and the namesake for the original Walker-Grant School, the first public African American High School in the city. The mural incorporates motivational language inspired by the school’s legacy as well as the historic class of 1950 student protest. They also included messaging for the next generation of students at Fredericksburg City Schools. This mural project is the fifth in the “Heart for Art” initiative that PONSHOP and Sophiola started in 2021 - a collaborative effort between students and faculty, artists, and community members.

Call for Volunteers

We are always happy to receive help from volunteers! If interested in pitching in to paint, Contact PONSHOP.

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"Happy Day" Mural at Embrey Mill - Stafford, Virginia

Gabriel Pons returned to Embrey Mill in Stafford, Virginia to incorporate additional graphics on the future Turning Point Restaurant location. Based on conversations with the client, Pons proposed incorporating farm animals such as a chicken and cow to the South Elevation as well as the slogan “A Happy Day Starts Here” on the East Elevation.

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First Friday Opening Reception: Paintings by Hayden Griffith

PONSHOP is excited to exhibit the paintings of Hayden Griffith for the month of February. Hayden is an Alum of The University of Mary Washington where she studied Studio Arts, graduating in 2024. She also works at PONSHOP, providing classes and sharing the process of their painting among the community.

Hayden’s work connects natural environments and animals with the home. This harmonization expresses feelings on environmentalism and childhood memories. Hayden emphasizes the process, organic form, and color scheme in these paintings. Done in oil, the works range in size (the largest is 36” x 36”) to emphasize the details.

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