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5th Annual RiverJam

Music ● Food ● Beer & Wine 

Special thanks to our RiverJam Sponsors… Platinum: Hugh and Barbara Bryan ● The Cook Foundation ● Riverside Walter Reed Hospital ● Mr. and Mrs. E.Claiborne Robins, Jr. ● Chesapeake Bank ● Mathews Pharmacy ● Gold: The Inn at Warner Hall ● H. Stone Digital Solutions ● Connie and Bill Fulton ● Water Pro, Inc. ● Nuttall Country Store ● White Marsh Shopping Center ● Virginia Country Real Estate ● Yolanda’s ● Silver: Nester Dental ● Ron and Kacki Haggerty ● Village Landscape LLC ● Gloucester Brewing Co. ● Freedom Rentals ● Gloucester Graphic Design ● C. Eric Altizer Photography

Ticket and T-Shirt Sales

Our 5th annual River Jam will take place at the historic Channelside, in Mathews County, thanks to the generosity of the owners, Drs. Barbara Allison-Bryan and Hugh Bryan. Enjoy food trucks, beverages, and more while you jam to live music by an eclectic variety of bands.

This has been a sold-out event in past years with nearly 400 people in attendance, so tickets will be limited. No tickets will be available at the door so make sure to get yours now! Please, no pets allowed on the premises.

Food and Drinks

  Music

How to Become A Sponsor

You are invited to support Arts on Main to help achieve its mission of creating a vibrant art center serving the entire community. Sponsorship opportunities include publicity, event recognition, tickets, and more.

We appreciate your support and participation and encourage you to visit us in person!

VIP Tent and Tables
Watch for our RiverJam signs everywhere!
Table Buddies
Awesome setting
Girl’s Day at the River!
Big Smiles
Lawn Revelers
New Friends
Yummy Food Trucks
Thanks to our Sponsors!
Dancing Queens!
Raffle Master

Images courtesy Sara Harris Photography

Tagged With: Channelside, live music, riverjam, The Ballast Band

Artist in Residence Concert: An Afternoon with the The Bergamot Quartet

Join us for An Afternoon with The Bergamot Quartet, our current Artist in Residence! The Bergamot Quartet will be playing at Arts on Main THIS SATURDAY from 12:30pm – 1:30pm.

Seating is limited and many reservations have already been made! To reserve your spot, call the gallery at 804-824-9464 or email gallerymanager@gloucesterarts.org. Reservations will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis. We cannot guarantee a seat if reservations are not made.

This is a FREE event.

Tagged With: AiR, artist in residence, Artist in Residence Concert, live music, The Bergamot Quartet

Art & Flowers – First Friday CANCELLED

In response to the developing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Arts on Main has decided to cancel the April 3rd First Friday event.

 

Our Annual Art & Flowers exhibit during the Daffodil Festival is one that combines the world of visual arts with floral arts to create a show bursting with color and blooms.

Join us on Friday, April 3rd from 6pm – 8pm for beautiful florals and live music from The Tidewinders!

First Friday events are free and open to the public, with beer, wine, and paninis for purchase.

April’s First Friday event is sponsored by Ron & Karen Flowe

Tulips by Rebecca West

Tagged With: art & flowers, exhibits and events, first friday, floral arrangements, florals, live music, the tidewinders

Two Views in the Tidelands: The Works of Carolyn Dudley & George Jennings

Our November exhibit features the work of local artists, Carolyn Thompson Dudley & George Jennings. The joint exhibit showcases the local landscapes of the beautiful areas surrounding us in Gloucester.

“My artwork comes from my perception of landscape and the people around me.”

-Carolyn Thompson Dudley

“Art, in one form or many, has always been in the back of my mind, often finding its way forward to be examined and  practiced.”

-George Jennings

Live music by Lori De los Santos and John Sullivan with special guest, Bill Gurley

Lori de los Santos is a singer/songwriter who lives in Gloucester, Virginia. With her husband, John Sullivan on bass, she plays acoustic songs from all genres of music including folk, blues and Americana as well as some of Lori’s original songs.

Lori has been playing guitar and writing songs since the mid-1970’s, influenced by artists such as Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt, Billie Holiday, Lead Belly and Flora Purim. Currently, Lori is performing and touring with Virginia Beach singer/songwriter, Mark Rogers, as part of his band. Her harmony vocals are featured on Mark’s new 2019 album “Laying It Down.”

John Sullivan has been studying bass for the past five years and is performing with local musicians as well. He decided that after years of being a “roadie” he wanted to play!

First Friday is on November 1st from 6pm-8pm and is free and open to the public, with beer, wine and paninis available.

Friday Sponsored by Theresa & Troy Stavens

Tagged With: art exhibit, bill gurley, carolyn dudley, first friday, george jennings, john sullivan, live music, lori de los santos

kathy klein: “Women’s Worlds”

“Women’s Worlds” an exhibition by artist kathy klein will be in the gallery for the month of May.

Klein has always been drawn to abstraction where form and color take over. In her heart, she is a descendant of the Fauves, those color-mad French painters from the turn of the nineteenth-twentieth century. Her paintings have been called “poetic” and “lyrical.”

Klein says: “My work grows out of the issues facing women in the world. Drawing on my experience as a teacher of women’s studies. I read deeply and widely in what­ever subject which has caught my attention. This early immersion in the ideas allows me to paint freely later. My continuing challenge is to deconstruct women’s verbal narratives and reinscribe them visually without resorting to unmediated representation. Visually, my mixed-media paintings are evocative rather than naturalistic. Layers of color predominate whether paint or collage elements, challenging or lyrical. Hard and soft edges play off each other in the same place. The work leaves ‘gaps’ to be filled in by the viewer using hints and suggestions found in the abstract forms. Although the works suggest a literal meaning, they can also be read metaphorically. Even though I usually work in a series, each of the works has individual and specific resonance. And, when shown together, they play off each other for a cumulative effect.”

See more of kathy’s work at www.kathykleinstudio.com

Paige Melton

Live music will be provided by Paige Melton, a classic folk musician who plays the hits from the 60’s and 70’s.  Her repertoire consists of Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Janis Joplin and James Taylor in addition to a number of popular artists from more current decades. 

The opening is free and open to the public, with beer, wine and paninis available.  The exhibition runs for the month of May.  

First Friday sponsored by Yolanda Teschner

The opening is from 6:00pm-8:00pm and is free and open to the public, with beer, wine and paninis available. The exhibition runs for the month of May.

Tagged With: art exhibition, arts on main, gloucester arts, kathy klein, live music

Larry Burnett & Don Chapman – Music on Main Concert Series

Larry Burnett

Recently inducted into the Colorado R&R Hall of Fame, Firefall’s Larry Burnett is one of the fortunate few who have the ability to look at the world around him and reflect it back to others in song.

At 23 years old, with many songs in his arsenal, he joined a group of fellow musicians and formed Firefall. The band, including Burnett, developed a pop-rock-midwest country sound, in the tradition of Crosby, Stills and Nash, the Byrds and the Eagles’ early recordings. Touring with such acts as The Band, Doobie Brothers and Fleetwood Mac, “Firefall” became Atlantic’s fastest album to sell 500,000 copies and eventually sold six multi-platinum albums.

Larry Burnett’s most recent release as a solo artist is 2009’s “Guitars and Vocals.” The CD also features Burnett’s musical partner Don Chapman on backing vocals and accompanying guitar, with whom Burnett regularly performs live in concert. Recorded in Virginia, “Guitars and Vocals” includes retakes of several tracks from “Confidence Game” as well as several new compositions, all written by Larry Burnett.

Don Chapman

35 years of professional musical experience as a solo artist, performing in duos and in bands touring, recording, composing, and performing, Don Chapman is a musical fixture in the mid-Atlantic region and has performed on many national stages, including hundreds of Native American events and festivals. He is well known for his acoustic 6 and 12 string prowess and his exploits also include “sideman” services for other singer/songwriters serving as a lead guitarist and harmony/backing vocalist both live & in the studio. In 2009 Don and Larry Burnett teamed up and recorded “Guitars & Vocals” which features Larry’s songwriting, vocals, and the duo’s harmonies.

 

Doors open at 6:30, Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door




Tagged With: don chapman, larry burnett, live music, music on main

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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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