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My Happy Place

5/22/2023

 
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Ralph Thomas, Hello Neighbor, oil and acrylic on canvas.
If you were to close your eyes and allow your mind to go to a peaceful, centered place, what would you see? Artists explore this very idea in the juried exhibition, My Happy Place. The exhibition, on view May 5-28, features familiar places of serenity such as painterly landscapes and nature photography but also renders more abstracted concepts like book reading, playing an instrument, or pulling a childhood memory into view.

The exhibition was juried by Mac Houfac, an avid gardner, who has served on the board of Norfolk Botanical Gardens and as president of the Virginia Beach Garden Club. Mac selected the award winners for the show.
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Top left: Sally Cade, A Spot by the Lake. Top right: Tonya Hopson, Sunday Afternoon. Bottom left: Trudy Jones, A Very Secret Garden. Bottom right: Stacey Allin, my Mother's Violets.
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Alison Sykes-Fryer, My Cello, mixed-media collage, Special Recognition.
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Linda Greek, Late Afternoon, oil on canvas, 3rd Place.
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Terry Cox-Joseph, The Beauty of Petal and Pages, acrylic on canvas, 2nd Place.
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Ralph Thomas, 65th Anniversary Through the Eyes of a Butterfly, oil on canvas, 1st Place.
My Happy Place is on view May 5 - 28 and concludes with an Artist Talk on Sunday, May 28, from 3:00-4:00 pm.

Mother Earth Exhibition

4/20/2023

 
As we walk deeper into spring and celebrate Earth Day this month, we invite you to take a look at our planet through the lens of art. Mother Earth is a juried exhibition featuring the artwork of regional artists from the Hampton Roads area. Artists were asked to explore both the inherent beauty of our environment and the way it suffers at the hands of its inhabitants.
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Leafy Bowl and Feather Vase, stoneware, Catherine Geronimo.
This juried exhibition features a multitude of works from textiles, ceramics and paper sculptures to watercolor, acrylic, and oil paintings. We love to see the variety of approaches artists take to explore our monthly exhibitions.
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Seed, acrylic on canvas, Paige Whitley. Oops a Daisy, clay pottery, Kristi Edwards. Blue Clematis and Luna Moth, porcelain, Heidi Faith. Breathe and Lip Service, clay pottery, Sherry White.
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A Hawaiian Welcome, altered book, 9x9x9, Maggie Kerrigan.
Here are the winners of Mother Earth 2023.
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Top left: The Mud Hen, digital painting, David Gwaltney. Top right: Tommy's Toxic Rainbow, acrylic on canvas, Terry Joseph. Bottom left: Orchid Explosion, acrylic on canvas, Nicole Benson. Bottom right: Mother's Hidden Treasures, wood sculpture, Mike Dennis.
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Cheryle Alexander, Monarch Migration, photograph, 24x26. 1st place.
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Laurie Hoen, Weather the Storm, oil on canvas, 32x32. 2nd place.
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Heidi Faith, Luna Moth Triptych, wheelthrown porcelain. 3rd place.
Mother Earth is on view April 7 - 30 and concludes with an Artist Talk on Sunday, April 30 from 3:00 - 4:00pm.

We're hiring! Bookkeeper wanted.

3/29/2023

 
The Virginia Beach Art Center is looking to hire a part-time bookkeeper. Please click the button below to read the job description and apply. We look forward to meeting our next art-loving, number-crunching team member!
Now Hiring

Show Off! National Exhibition

3/22/2023

 
Each year, we open our gallery walls to contemporary artists from across the United States in a national exhibition. This year, Show Off! asked artists to submit their best work to a juried exhibition. We ended up with a stellar show of over 80 works of art from artists from 18 states and Washington DC. 
Joyland Polka, acrylic on canvas, Norman Carr
Desert Jewels, acrylic on copper, Gale Smith
The Selection Committee, watercolor, Charles Frances
Separate but Equal, digital photo, Tony Van Pelt
Eukaryotic, red earthenware, Lars Westby
The Temptation of Privilege, oil on wood, Laurie Hoen
Leap, archival digital print, Michael Potts
Oak Tree, wood, Dennis Meyer
Unidentified African-American Woman, ca. 1860, chlorophyll print, Robert Schultz
Show Off! was juried by Lloyd DeWitt. Mr. DeWitt is an Irene Leache Curator of European Art and the Chief Curator at the Chrysler Museum of Art​. The selection process included an awards ceremony that can be viewed on our Facebook page. Here are the winners.

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Show Off! is on view March 3rd through April 2nd and concludes with an Artist Talk on Sunday, April 2nd from 3:00-4:00pm. The Artist Talk is free and open to the public. All works on view are also available for purchase. ​
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3rd Place: Oak Tree, wood, Dennis Meyer
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1st Place: The Warren, linoleum print on paper, Sarah Bogdal
Written by Jaimie Kelley Choi

Fabulous Forgeries: Reboot

2/9/2023

 

​Fabulous Forgeries is a recurring exhibition that asks local artists to reimagine famous works of art with their own spin. This year, we saw interpretations of works by Van Gogh, Picasso, Homer, Cezanne, Rembrandt, Gauguin, Warhol, Basquiat, Monet, Manet, O'Keefe, Escher, Hilma af Klint and many more. Artists were asked to recreate or reimagine masterworks in a different medium or size and add a modern twist. Some went subtle, some added humor, and others took off in a whole new dimension.
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Opening night was standing room only with hundreds of visitors braving the cold for an evening of fine art, good conversation, and inspiration.
Winners of this juried exhibition were selected by renowned oil painter and teacher, Thomas Murphy.
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Fabulous Forgeries: Reboot is on view February 3-26.
The exhibition will conclude with an Artist Talk on February 26 from 3-4pm.
Photos by Chris Tolton and Jaimie Kelley Choi.
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