| December |
Peninsula Glass Guild Juried Exhibition and Rick Schneider and Nikki Vahle
This annual juried exhibition showcases the many forms of art glass created by members of the Peninsula Glass Guild. The PGG, established in 1986 to promote quality art glass in the community, is a membership organization of glass artists working in Virginia. The exhibition offers an exciting range of creative processes, including blown, carved, cast, painted, flame worked, fused, leaded, neon, sandblasted and stained glass.
Rick Schneider and Nikki Vahle, winners of the 2006 Best in Show will also be featured in a solo exhibition.
This exhibition continues through Jan 13, 2008
Opening Reception: Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:30pm |
| January |
Hampton Arts League Open Members Show
This annual exhibition features recent works by over 150 Hampton Arts League members in all media, including drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, crafts, sculpture and watercolor. Cash awards totaling $850, including First, Second, and Third Place, five Awards of Merit and five Honorable Mentions will be selected by the juror; painter, printmaker, sculptor and Christopher Newport University Art Professor, Greg Henry.
This exhibition continues through Feb 17, 2008
Opening Reception: Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:30pm |
| February |
Artists Who Teach and Linda Carey
Artists currently teaching art in the four peninsula colleges and universities, as well as local public, private, and parochial schools are featured in this juried exhibition of over 115 art works. Works in drawing, watercolor, painting, printmaking, photography, crafts and sculpture will be on view. The juror, award-winning Williamsburg artist and architect Carlton Abbott will select prizes.
First Place Award recipient from Artists Who Teach 2007 will exhibit recent pastels and drawings. Williamsburg artist, Linda Carey received her BFA and MFA degrees in Drawing and Painting from the University of Arizona, Tucson and currently teaches at the College of William and Mary.
This exhibition continues through Mar 23, 2008
Opening Reception: Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:30pm |
| March |
Artists: The Next Generation
Hampton high school juniors and seniors and students attending Christopher Newport University, The College of William and Mary, Hampton University and Thomas Nelson Community College are eligible to submit two entries in any media for these two juried exhibitions on display concurrently in the galleries. In addition to selecting over 115 pieces of artwork to be included in the exhibitions, the juror, professional artist and art educator Janice Gay-Maker, will select awards.
This exhibition continues through Apr 13, 2008
Opening Reception: Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:30pm |
| April |
Jean Craig Jones and Allan Jones
Long time Hampton resident Allan Jones met Philadelphia native, Jean Craig as students at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia in the 1940’s. They married and returned to Hampton around 1942, where they lived, painted and taught art for over sixty years. Allan Jones passed away in 1989, but Jean Craig Jones still lives and maintains her studio in the Olde Wythe neighborhood of Hampton.
Both artists are represented in the collections of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Hollins College, Longwood College, Washington and Lee University, and many others.
This exhibition of over 100 works spans their artistic careers over sixty years from their student days till now and includes Jean’s latest oeuvre of paper cutouts. Works in the exhibition include drawings, dry brush drawings, watercolors, oils and acrylics and sculpture drawn from the collections of Jean Craig, her family and prominent peninsula collectors. Also on view will be intimate family objects such as the artist’s paint boxes, easels, palettes, sketchbooks, journals, favorite still life objects and personal photographs.
This exhibition continues through June 8, 2008
Opening Reception: Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:30pm |
| June |
Seven Cities Sculpture
Sculptors from throughout Hampton Roads were selected to participate in this group exhibition featuring approximately 100 peices of interior and outdoor sculpture. This pioneering exhibition explores the diversity of media, content and style of the three-dimensional form.
This exhibition continues through July 20, 2008
Opening Reception: Fri June 20, 2008 7:30pm |
|
