Community members will get the chance to view and purchase the works of more than 150 artists at the Nansemond-Suffolk Academy art show and sale later this month.

A variety of art, including oil paintings, blown glasswork and jewelry, will be featured throughout the halls of the lower school at NSA from Jan. 28 through Feb. 5.

This year, painter Angela Bounds will be the honorary chairman for the event, and her art will be the centerpiece of the show.

“This is a great art show,” she said. “This is where I sold a painting for the first time.”

This is the 26th year the school has held the event, which is a fundraiser for its fine arts department.

Bounds has participated in the NSA art showcase every year since 2006, just a year after she started painting when she and a friend decided to take a painting class for fun.

“Painting was just for some stress relief from work,” she said. “We were just doing it to have some girl time.”

Bounds said she almost gave up the hobby before she even started when she discovered the class was for oil painting, which is a difficult medium to use.

“I almost withdrew,” she said. “But the teacher was so easy, nice and relaxed, and that made the lessons easy, nice and relaxed.”

Bounds said she doesn’t have a main subject she likes to paint — she portrays whatever inspires her.

“The thing I’m most drawn to is strong sun shadow patterns, first, and color, second,” she said.

She enjoys painting landscapes, flowers and still life, and she usually paints scenes and objects from photos.

“I do almost everything except portraits,” she said.

Bounds also works with acrylic paint and recently started creating paper collages.

As the show’s honorary chairman, Bounds will have 30 pieces of art featured and for sale. The other artists in the show are permitted to have up to five pieces.

The artwork ranges in price from $25 to $7,000, and the artists take home 65 percent of the funds raised, and the rest goes to funding NSA’s fine arts program.

On average, according to NSA officials, the show raises $40,000 to $50,000 for the school.

The school also raises money through event sponsors, who receive credit toward artwork and can attend a special reception to view and purchase the art before the public sees it.

The show will be open both on the weekends and during the school week. On Saturday Jan. 28 and Feb. 4, it is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. On Sunday Jan. 29 and Feb. 5, it is open from 1 to 4 p.m.

From Jan. 30 to Feb. 3, it is open 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

On Feb. 1, there will be a grandparents’ reception from 9 a.m. to noon, and Feb. 4 and 5 will be kids’ days, during which Bounds will show the kids how to make collages.