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Community Arts Center in Gloucester, Virginia

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A Year of Firsts for Arts On Main

The fiscal year 2016-2017 was a year of Firsts for Arts On Main in an extraordinary period of growth and stability. From coming together to meet and exceed the Cook Foundation Challenge, through the success of our first Open Juried Exhibition, the expansion of the enrichment program, the triumph of RiverJam, to our considerable role in organizing and hosting major parts of the Gloucester Arts Festival’s first Plein Air week, it has been a year of challenges sought and overcome. With the help and involvement of countless of our members, partners, supporters, volunteers and donors, we have much achieved so much for which we can all take pride.

July 2016 through June 2017 at Arts On Main

Colonial reenactors and artist at work
Artist David Heath at work in the Court Circle with ‘local’ passersby. Gloucester Arts Festival, a week long plein air event hosted by the Cook Foundation and Arts on Main.

July
• 5th anniversary celebration
• Meeting the Cook Challenge
• Exhibit of Vernon Carter Collection to benefit Woodville school
August
• Mullins Sisters concert
• Jeffro exhibit
September
• Carvers and Cabinetmakers exhibit
October
• First Member’s Juried show
• First “Movie On Main”
November
• Animal Art show with GMHS
• Gala—First Sell out crowd
December
• Holiday Art Show
• Community Orchestra and the Snow Queen
January
• Hired First Paid Staff—Betsy and Alisa
• Found art show
February
• Monti Sykes Mayan Art Show
• VMFA speaker on Mayan art
March
• Carolyn Dudley show
• Donor recognition event
• Pat Dews week long workshop
• First Singer/Songwriter Concert by Julie Clarke

River Jam sponsors
Our friends at River Jam 2017, pictured left to right, John Phillips, Herb Graham, Joseph K. Reid III and Carter M. Reid

April
• Art in Flowers exhibit of floral arrangements interpreting artwork
• 1200+ visitors for Daffodil Festival
• GCG Kids workshop
• RiverJam—FIRST, almost $20,000
May
• Kay Van Dyke show
• First Gloucester Arts Festival and week long plein air event
June
• First Open Juried Show
• Singer/Songwriter, Tray and Joann Eppes
• After school Art Enrichment Program ends 5th year with 550+ kids in 4 schools benefiting. Over 1200 kids impacted to date. Support for the GCF, VCA, Gwathmey, Treakle, Edward T. Bedford foundations and many individuals and business.

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Open Wednesday – Saturday
Noon – 5:00pm
Closed Sun, Mon & Tue
Call: (804) 824-9464

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Every Friday Morning, 9am-Noon
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Ongoing classes in all mediums for kids of all ages.
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  • Color Your Canvas KIDZ is an ongoing monthly paint class at Arts on Main in Gloucester Village. For our St. Patrick's Day celebration, the young artist will be guided through a painting of a festive rainbow and more colorful activities! Recommended age is 5-12. Tickets are $15, a snack is included. Please bring an apron if you own one. Only a few spots left!  March 16th from 10:00am- 11:30am. Register today at Arts on Main (804)824-9464 or gloucesterarts.org. #kidspaint #art4all #livetocreate #artsonmain #gloucesterva
  • Lynn Mehta, Arts on Main Artist in Residence, paints large work while in Gloucester.  See her paintings on display at Arts on Main and listen to her gallery talk on February 21st. Free and open to the public! #artsonmain #lynnmehta #mpfaa
  • Save the date! Our 3rd annual River Jam will be at  The Inn at Warner Hall. May 4, 2019. Live music by Slapnation, Tom Euler, and Ralph Motley and the Last Minute Grass. Check out our website to purchase tickets. This is a sell out event! #riverjam #artsonmain #livemusic #gloucesterva
  • First Artist in Residence! Arts on Main and the Cook Foundation welcome award winning artist, Lynn Mehta, to Gloucester, VA.
Sign up for Lynn’s oil painting workshop: “Color & Light in the Landscape” at Arts on Main, February 10th and 11th from 10 am - 3:30 pm. 
https://gloucesterarts.org
Call: (804)825-9464 to reserve your spot! #gloucesterarts #artistinresidence #cookfoundation #paintingworkshops
  • Kacey Sydnor Carneal, is a self–taught artist who lives in in Gloucester, Virginia. She works only in oil on wood or canvas. Characteristic of Carneal‘s work is her distinctive use of the frame. In most of her paintings, the frame acts as a painted extension of the canvas; in others, it acts as an accent. The heart of her work is in the spirit of the painter herself, her vision of what touches her life, and events that haunt her. She paints full–time, eight hours a day seven days a week while listening to the music of Tony Bennett at her studio located on her property on the banks of the creek leading into the Mobjack Bay.. Her favorite question came from a seven–year–old girl who asked, “Do you dance while you paint?"
#livetocreate #artsonmain #art4all #gloucesterva

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Activities at Arts on Main are partially funded by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Arts on Main is a 501(c)(3) non-profit
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Upcoming Events

Sat 16

Color Your Canvas Kidz – SOLD OUT

February 16 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Sat 16

Oil Painting

February 16 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Thu 21

Gallery Talk with Lynn Mehta

February 21 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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