Arts on Main

Community Arts Center in Gloucester, Virginia

Artful Giving and Small Works

Join us as we “Celebrate Artful Giving” Find one-of-a-kind, handcrafted gifts for your special someone!

This show features work by local and regional artists and artisans. New this year, Selected Small Works, a “pop-up” show, will take place during Artful Giving.

If you are interested in displaying your work, please call the gallery at 804-824-9464 or email gallerymanager@gloucesterarts.org.

First Friday, December 3rd

Beverages for purchase and complimentary snacks.

Music for the evening provided by Louis Vangieri

Thank you to our First Friday Sponsor Gibson Singleton PLLC

EXHIBITION DATES DEC 4th – 26th

 

 

About Louis Vangieri (The LCV Project)

Hailing from Williamsburg, Vangieri has over a decade of experience playing out Virginians’ stresses, easing his listeners into a state of existential acoustic bliss with his instrumental folk renditions and original songs.

Annual Juried Exhibition & Awards Ceremony

Join us for our Annual Juried Exhibition. Over 200 works were entered and judged by Jeffrey Allison, Paul Mellon Collection Educator and Statewide Manager at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The winners will receive the following:

First Place – $1,000 + A Future Solo Show at Arts on Main

Second Place – $500

Third Place – $250

Submit your work

Awards Ceremony & First Friday Celebration, October 1st 6pm – 8pm

Thank you to our First Friday Sponsors Walt Evaniak & Mike Ivey

Quilts of River Country

The art of quilting has expanded through the years. From the days of scissors, cotton fabric, and hand needles to today’s rotary cutters, acrylic rulers, sewing machines, fusible batting, and embellishments, quilting is an exciting art form.

The quilters of the Middle Peninsula are at the forefront of a new style of quilting fusing the old and the new. In this show, you’ll see the beauty and precision of traditional quilting artfully blended with the new techniques and patterns that keep the craft of quilting relevant today.

 

 

First Friday, September 3rd

Thank you to our First Friday Sponsors Troy and Theresa Stavens

Virginia Watercolor Society Regional Member Show “Summer of Color”

“Summer of Color”

First Friday, July 2nd

Thank you to our First Friday Sponsor The Gloucester Women’s Club

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.  

Flora & Fauna

From the tiniest flower to the largest land and sea mammals, the exhibition at Arts on Main celebrates the diversity of the natural world and its enduring influence in art.

 

Jordan Flower – Un/Changing Light: Exploring Urban Landscapes

First Friday Opening Reception Friday, May 7th

Beverages for purchase and complimentary snacks.

Two, Timed Viewing Sessions

Reservations are suggested, walk-ins are welcome, up to 50 people.

Reservations may be made for both viewing sessions.

Please call the gallery or email gallerymanager@gloucesterarts.org to reserve your spot!

5pm-5:45pm

6pm-6:45pm

**Masks are required in the gallery**

This First Friday event is sponsored by Will & Tish Grant

The Exhibition is sponsored by James and Carolyn Dudley

EXHIBITION DATES MAY 7 – 29

 

About the Artist

Jordan Flower was born in Keflavik, Iceland, to a military family. Like many military families, he moved frequently, allowing him to experience living throughout the US, including Upstate New York, Rhode Island, California, and the Pacific Northwest

His mother nurtured his love of the arts from an early age, which eventually led him to pursue a career in the arts. A graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, Jordan is in his 13th year as an art teacher and remains active in the art community as a producer of fine art.

Jordan’s work focuses on the interaction of man and nature, with special interest paid to the play of light and shadow. His work is primarily representational, and he loves to capture the details that give each painting its own identity. He works in acrylic and incorporates a unique layering technique in order to bring forth dimension and brightness to each painting.

Jordan is represented by Cabell Gallery, in Lexington, VA, and has shown his work throughout Virginia and New York. He has also had several paintings place in juried art shows throughout the previous year.

 

Artist Statement

My subjects range from rolling hills and bustling cities to coastlines and beaches, but the common thread that ties my work together is an emphasis on two interactions: that between man-made and nature, and that between light and shadow.

City streets that are engulfed by the light of a setting sun, glistening snow-covered roundabout in a small town, the little details on a long-forgotten Coca Cola advert on the front of a building; this is where I find my inspiration. My goal is to find the beauty in things many people overlook, the everyday made magical and meaningful.