Elizabeth Stathis

Elizabeth Stathis is currently the owner of EAS Art Studio LLC, the 2024 President of Prince William Art Society, the newly elected Executive Director of Art of Life Charities and a member of the Prince William County Arts Council. She is a native of Philadelphia, PA and became interested in art at a young age watching her mother sketch. 

After jumping from Art I to Art Major in High school, completely skipping Art II, Elizabeth then began taking classes at Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia before she even graduated high school. Her work was selected to be exhibited in the MCA boardroom as she was handed her acceptance letter. She graduated with a BFA from Moore and moved to Vermont where she continued to study art at local colleges. 

She became a co-owner of a Monument business where she designed and etched personalized monuments for 27 years. She also worked freelance for individuals and businesses alike, all while building her own art studio. Once completed she produced art for gallery exhibits up and down the east coast and taught art to private students as well as students in private school settings. Elizabeth continues to submit her art to juried art exhibitions located up and down the east coast and has won awards for First place, Second place, Honorable mention, and Best in Show.  

In 2004 she moved to be near DC and worked in art galleries that were in McLean, VA, Fairfax, VA and DC. In 2023 she was elected president of PWAS where she led the society with the vision of  “Art with Good Purpose”. This consisted of four core goals: Art education, Art Sales, Socialization, and Giving Back to the Community. She applied for and was awarded three different grants from Prince William County that were based on the use of Healthcare Art as a tool toward mental health awareness and wellness. She chaired multiple fundraising art exhibits that benefitted other Prince William County non-profits that were focused on local water and soil conservation efforts as well as those that preserved native plants and wildlife. 

She taught a therapeutic art class at The Muslim Association of Virginia, as well as Prince William County ibraries and the Benedictine Monastery. She Partnered PWAS with veteran based non-profits such as Willing Warriors and Tunnel to Towers to bring therapeutic art workshops to veterans suffering from PTSD. She also chaired two healthcare art exhibits in two medical facilities that benefitted patient recovery and reduced patient trauma. She is currently working in partnership with the Manassas City Park City Council members to obtain a community grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. She brought in to the mix the Prince William County Arts Council to help the city council’s efforts bring art and recognition to their community. Shortly after she began her PWAS presidency, she was asked to be the Executive Director of AOLC, and she is now heavily invested in their yearly fundraiser that benefits the local Boxes of Basics charity. 

In the month of May of this year, she was asked to judge the 2024 Congressional Art Competition hosted by Representative Abigail Spanberger and now she is currently working on creating a local art alliance in the western side of PWC, where individual artists and art groups alike can utilize a shared space where all can teach art, hone their art, exhibit their art, and give back to the community by using their art talents for good purpose.

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