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Artist in Residence Program

Artist in Residence Michael Rosato paints in the details of TC Walker’s face on the mural in downtown Gloucester Saturday October 3, 2020.

Image: Sara Harris Photography

In 2019 a residency program for artists was begun with generous funding from the Cook Foundation. The program brings into our community interesting ideas from afar, with the artists working in any creative format. The program’s director identifies artists to be invited to apply for a residency of several weeks.

Coming soon…

February 10th – 26th :   Steve Doherty   

Steve Doherty

February’s artist in residence has had a distinguished career editing art magazines and books, lecturing about art,, and also painting. In Gloucester he will give a lecture intended for both artists and collectors that will  include a power-point presentation on ways to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of composition, paint handling, subject matter, and style.

“I knew you could write well, and your knowledge of art history is impressive, but I wasn’t prepared for being so enlightened and entertained and educated all at once.  Artists come alive with your descriptions and anecdotes.  So many folks are afraid of stepping into a gallery or a museum because of their lack of any type of education in the arts.  You provided a bridge for everyone who was interested in learning about paintings, and provided so much information I hope you have a recording?  I loved the way you ended the talk with images of Natural Bridge and your own painting, bringing us back to the idea of making paintings, studying and looking at good work.” 

-Attendee of Steve Doherty Lecture


March 2nd:   Deliece Blanchard  

Deliece hard at work in the Goshen AiR Studio

Former AiR resident Deliece Blanchard will be at Arts on Main for a free demonstration “Improvising Color – Creating a Large Painting from a Plein Air Study”. Find out more here.


March :   The Bergamot Quartet   

Bergamot Quartet, l to r: Ledah Finck, Sarah Thomas, Irène Han, Amy Huimei Tan

“We work primarily with living composers, with a priority given to music by women, and aim to place this new, genre-bending music in meaningful dialogue with the histories that precede it. We aim to create an increasingly flexible definition of performance that is sensitive to the fabric of our global community. Bergamot comes the name of a plant as a homage to the spirit of growth that we strive to embody. The name serves as a constant reminder of the inspiration that we draw from the natural world and the care and respect it necessitates.”

-The Bergamot Quartet


June :   Larry Moore   

Larry Moore, 2021 Gloucester Arts Festival Plein Air and Paint Main Judge

Larry Moore has been a professional visual communicator for the past 45 years, working from his roots as a mural and apparel artist in the surf industry into graphic design, advertising, illustration and fine art, achieving national recognition for his work in each of these areas of visual communication. He has been a college and workshop instructor since 1990 and has just published a successful book on creativity for artists titled Fishing for elephants: Insights and exercises to inspire authentic creativity.

Moore will be teaching a workshop, Principles of Abstraction in the Landscape at Arts on Main during the Gloucester Arts Festival, June 13th – June 19th. For more information please click here.

“My art has always been, in one way or another, an expression of place. I have adapted the skills acquired through lifetime of plein air painting to myexploration for a language with which to express and symbolize nature in a nonliteral way. My process begins with on-site studies, usually in gouache, which are gradually distilled down to a series of paraphrased expressions of nature. As I am normally juggling studio painting, teaching, gallery life and the usual work-day routines, a dedicated span of focused time to soak in and explore a specific location without interruption would be most welcome.”

-Larry Moore


Please check our ” Events and Classes” for more information on gallery talks, workshops & performances hosted by AIR.

  • Joe Gyursak
  • Mensah Bay in the Studio
  • Gallery Talk by Andre Tullier
  • Gallery Talk by Nancy McCarra
  • Preliminary work on the Watermen Mural by Amy Bartlett Wright
  • Maura Allen
  • Botanical Workshop
  • Bookbinding Workshop by Dr. Charlie Lee Potter
  • Lynn Mehta
  • David Heath Plein Air Painting
  • David Heath
  • Ron Heath
  • Deliece Blanchard
  • Carole Boggeman Pierson

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Memories from a past RiverJam. Come join us this y Memories from a past RiverJam. Come join us this year at Channelside on May 22!
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We've pushed back our submission date to allow for We've pushed back our submission date to allow for more entries! The new submission deadline is now May 29th. Submit your watercolor work to our SUMMER OF COLOR VWS Regional Exhibit in partnership with The Bay School Community Arts Center and RAL Art Center.

You do not need to be a member of the VWS to apply. However, if accepted into the show, you must be willing to become a member. 

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Locally Homegrown Featured at May 22 RiverJam! Art Locally Homegrown Featured at May 22 RiverJam! Arts on Main invites you to the 5th annual RiverJam where hosts Drs. Hugh and Barbara Bryan will open the grounds of Channelside on the North River for an afternoon of music with headliners The Ballast Band as well as Edison & Co., and Saint Juliens Creek Revival. 

RiverJam local vendors include: Gloucester Brewing Co. providing refreshing microbrews on tap, Short Lane Ice Cream serving ice cream by the scoop, and delectable food trucks Wild Horse Country Cafe, Va Blue Crab Co., Shore Bites, and On the Flip Side cooking up diverse fare. Tickets and T-shirts on sale now! 

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CALLING ALL WATERCOLOR ARTISTS!! Arts on Main, in CALLING ALL WATERCOLOR ARTISTS!! Arts on Main, in Gloucester, Virginia is excited to host the VWS Middle Peninsula Regional Artists for the “Summer of Color Exhibit” in partnership with The Bay School Community Arts Center in Mathews, Virginia and The RAL Art Center in Kilmarnock, Virginia. Arts on Main looks forward to exhibiting your work in the following subject matter:

Flora & Fauna

Artists may submit up to two works per gallery, for a total of six entries. Works must have been created after May 1, 2018 and can be representational, nonrepresentational or abstract. All entries must be received in digital format by May 1, 2021 and can be sent to director@gloucesterarts.org. Notification of accepted art will be made on May 31, 2021. Arts on Main will notify artists of which entries will be included in the show based on the number of entries received. Artists are not required to be members of the Virginia Watercolor Society upon time of entry but, if accepted into the show, must be willing to join. Visit the link in our bio to submit your work!

Featured Image: Wings, Jan Finn-Duffy, Watercolor, 8.5" x 11"
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