Arts on Main

Community Arts Center in Gloucester, Virginia

Annual Juried Exhibition

In response to the developing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Arts on Main has decided to cancel the Opening Reception & Awards Ceremony for the Annual Juried Show. However, Juror/Judge, Carrie Spencer, will still award first, second and third place prizes and make commentary on works. We will make artwork and images of the show available for viewing online and across our social media outlets. 

 

Join us for our Annual Juried Exhibition. Over 200 works were entered and judged by Carrie Spencer, Curator of Contemporary Art + Education at the Hermitage Museum & Gardens, with 45 pieces selected for the show. The winners will receive the following:

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

Second Place – $500

Third Place – $250

 

Exhibiting Artists include Sammy Anderson, Jack Banks, David Beeler, Jessica Belvin-Coker, Gulay Berryman, Mensah Bey, Yvonne Boone, James Bouie, Bob Carlson, Kacey Carneal, Jacquie Colligan, Carolyn Comras, Paula Dooley, Laurie Elder, Jordan Flower, Fred Freeman, Karen Freidt, Janet Griffin, Totter Hardy, Carol Joannette, James Warwick Jones, Jo Kennedy, Amy Lee, Charlotte McAdams, Jackie Merritt, Wade Mickley, Carolyn Miller, Rose Nygaard, Shelley O’Connor, Deidre Pistochini, Anna Raff, Mary Montague Sikes, Nancy Sowder, David Stifel, Theresa Wells Stifel, John Alan Stock, Brenda Sylvia, Nickolai Walko, and Victoria Watson.

2019 Juried Show Winners

Congratulations to our 2nd Annual Juried Show winners!

  • 1st Place – Theresa Wells Stifel “Constance”
  • 2nd Place – Mary Montague Sikes “Point of Entry”
  • 3rd Place – Trotter Hardy “Circular Reasoning”
“Constance” by Theresa Wells Stifel
“Point of Entry” by Mary Montague Sikes
“Circular Reasoning” by Trotter Hardy

There is ongoing voting at the gallery for the month of April for the “People’s Choice Award” which will be given at the close of the show. If you haven’t seen this show, stop by, enjoy the artwork and vote! If you have seen the show, come again and vote!! Congratulations to all our winners and to each artist who submitted their works for judging!

2nd Annual Juried Show

Join us for our 2nd Annual Juried Art Show. Over 150 submissions were entered and judged by
with 58 pieces selected for the show. The winners will receive the following:
1st Place  – $300 plus a future Solo Show at Arts on Main
2nd Place – $200
3rd Place – $100
Selected artists and their works for the show are:

Allyson Childress- This Rose is For You & Shimmer
Annette Thompson – Infinite
Aprille Zammit – Grandparents & Girl in Field
Bob Carlson – Konza Prairie Trail & Arch Street Gallery Window
Coakley Brown – Sunrise at Windmill Point Marina
Caroline Garrett Hardy – Cat & Mouse and Fox & Fish
CarolAnne Taylor – Adrift and Fine Feathers Flying
Doris S. Roland – Sienna Mood and Out of Africa
Ellen Davidson – Working Late
Gudrun Kiel-Bullock – Mandi’s Toad
Jessica Belvin – The Big Migration
Jacquie Colligan – Unspoiled Universe
Janice Ducharme – Summer Reflections
Janet Griffin – Moonrise at Ware Landing & Ware River Sunset
Judy Mays – Entwined and Sweet Temptation
Joan Stewart – Experimental I
Joann Sybil Lawson – The Party’s Over & Brownlee’s Boots
James Warwick Jones – Hilton Village Snow, Workboat with Red Mast and Rudder & Stern Line
Kacey Carneal – Hello Grandmother Moon
Katherine Doyle – And Then We Danced
Kat Jamieson – Blue Archipelago
Kathleen Noffsinger – Latitude Attitude Deconstructed
Linda Tjossem – Cardinal in Blizzard
Linda Marshall – Study of Dog
Mary Ellis – Living on Higher Ground
Margaret Morris – Morgan & Friend and Point of Entry
Mel Neale – Great Blue Reflected & Trophy Wall
Paula Dooley – Tiger in Water & Came Owl
Peg Poole – All Three Works (There were no titles)
Quincy Gray McMichael – Travel & Climbing the Mountain
Rose Nygaard – Life Phases
Roy S. Geiger – Just a Dive Through the Park
Ron Taylor – Obstruction & Survivor
Rebecca West – Jabari
Sammy Anderson – Swag I
Sharon Beaver – Blue Floral
Shelley O’Connor – Inner Goddess
Sharon Parker – Jockey’s Ridge I
Trotter Hardy – Circular Reasoning
Theresa Wells Stifel – Constance

 

 

Something Different Duo, from Gloucester, VA. A quality easy-listening father /daughter duo of Brad Sindle & Ashley (Sindle) Wenner performing the classics from old jazz …

The opening is on April 5th from 6pm-8pm and is free and open to the public, with beer, wine and paninis available.

First Friday sponsored by Lynne Manning