Exhibitions in the Brock Gallery
There is always new art gracing the walls of the Brock Gallery! Here you will find the best that local and regional artists have to offer. Each month a new exhibition theme will take you into the minds of the artists and how they interpret the world around them.
While you visit, pick up our self-guided Art Talk to help you and your friends as you view and assess the art. Changing monthly themes guarantee that you'll find fresh and new eye candy each time you visit!
Join us on the First Friday of each month for the opening receptions. You'll meet and chat with artists, listen to the juror and get the insider's experience of art in Virginia Beach. Use the exhibition calendar below to plan your First Fridays for the rest of the year!
While you visit, pick up our self-guided Art Talk to help you and your friends as you view and assess the art. Changing monthly themes guarantee that you'll find fresh and new eye candy each time you visit!
Join us on the First Friday of each month for the opening receptions. You'll meet and chat with artists, listen to the juror and get the insider's experience of art in Virginia Beach. Use the exhibition calendar below to plan your First Fridays for the rest of the year!
Current Exhibitions:
Monochromatic
Main Gallery March 6 - March 29 
Cultural Affairs Exhibition
March 13 - May 17 Opening Reception Friday March 20 5pm - 7pm Jean Rawls Classroom |
RETROSPECTIVE
Satellite Exhibit at Towne Pavilion Center I 2101 Parks Ave, Virginia Beach, VA 23451 February 20 - July 5 Hours: M-F 7am - 7pm Doors close at 7pm so you want to be gone by 6:45pm. Art is on levels: 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 1 Upcoming Exhibitions:
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Virginia Beach Art Center exhibitions are generously supported by the Fine Family.
2026 Exhibitions Calendar
February: Retrospective at Towne Pavilion Center 1
Our first exhibit of the year at our satellite location will contain a retrospective body of work by artists that have exhibited at the center in 2025. Artists may submit any work that has graced the walls of our main gallery in 2025, 2024 or 2023. (Works shown in any satellite exhibition are not eligible for this exhibit.)
The theme is open to any interpretation and if the artist wishes to create something new, they may if they exhibited with us in the past 3 years. For those who create in 3D your work must be able to hang from a wall.
Submission Closed
March: Monochromatic
What if you could only use one color to express yourself? What would it be? How would you manipulate that color to create values and tones that convey what you are trying to say? Use texture to see how the eye perceives color change through shadow and light. Challenge yourself in this exercise of restraint and pure creativity.
Submission Closed
March: Cultural Affairs 2025 Arts and Culture Grantees
The Virginia Beach Art Center invites all 2025 arts and culture grantees to submit work for this exhibit being held in the Jean Rawls Classroom. The center has over 11,000 visitors a year and hosts over 20 exhibits in the main gallery, satellite location and the classroom. There is no fee to enter the exhibit with up to five submissions. The only requirement is that you are one of the grantees.
Submission Closed
April: The Four Seasons
The four seasons have been a concept represented in art for centuries. Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter can be expressed through color, emotion, and of course nature. Choose one or all four and show us what it means to you.
Submission Deadline: 3/12/26 – Exhibition Dates: 4/3 – 4/26/26 – Main Gallery
May: Feminine Spirit
The “feminine spirit” encompasses a powerful group of qualities that have shaped so much of our world. Whether expressed through nurturing, strength, compassion, creativity, beauty or the actual female form, there are so many ways to honor these inherent qualities. How do you interpret the “Feminine Spirit”?
Submission Deadline: 4/9/26 – Exhibition Dates: 5/1 – 5/31/26 - Main Gallery
Spring Market Event
The Virginia Beach Art Center will be hosting two days of Spring Markets the weekend prior to Mother's Day. The event is designed to bring in customers that will shop one-of-a-kind gifts for MOM. We invite all artists to apply and be part of the market weekend.
Submission Deadline: 4/9/26 - Event Dates: 5/ 2 - 5/3 - Main Gallery and Jean Rawls Classroom
June: The Great Heist, $100 and below Artwork
Just in time for the summer season at the beach the center will be presenting The Great Heist. Artworks priced $100 and below for a quick pick me up and take home. The center is visited by many tourists during the season, and the works are intended to be small and easy to carry. We will keep accepted art on reserve so as the works sell, we are able to replenish. Think no larger than 11" x 14" including a frame. We also not charging a submission fee and will be holding a ticketed fundraising event for this exhibit. Keep reading the art call for all the exciting news about this exhibit.
Submission Date: 4/16/26 – Exhibition Dates: 5/22 – 8/23/26 – Jean Rawls Classroom
June: Ebb and Flow
Ebb and Flow represent the very nature of life, a never-ending cycle of change. It could be the rise and fall of the tides, seasons changing literally or in life from young to old, welcoming a birth or grieving a loss. The one thing in life that is certain is change. How do you navigate the ebb and flow of life?
Submission Deadline: 5/14/26 – Exhibition Dates: 6/5 – 6/28/26 – Main Gallery
July: XS “Our Tiny Artworks Exhibition” - Art Call Coming Soon!
Submission Deadline: 6/11/26 – Exhibition Dates: 7/3/ - 8/2/26 – Main Gallery
July: Teachers & Students Exhibition at Towne Pavilion Center 1
It’s back, our annual Teachers and students Exhibition and this year we will be holding it at our satellite location at Towne Pavilion Center 1. Six levels dedicated to art created by our wonderful instructors and their students. We are looking forward to seeing how the instructors have influenced their students and even vice versa. The theme is open but there are some important guidelines to follow. The submission is open to students that have taken classes at the Virginia Beach Art Center during 2026. You do not have to be currently enrolled but may have taken a class earlier in the year, this also includes students that are or have taken private classes.
Submission Deadline: 5/21/26 – Exhibition Dates: 7/10/26 – 2/15/27
August: Illuminated - Art Call Coming Soon!
There are so many troubling things in our world today. We all need to feel a sense of “light at the end of the tunnel”. Where there is shadow, there is light! Illuminated can take on so many interpretations, whether it be shedding light on a social issue to spotlighting your muse for a photo shoot. Let light be your inspiration for this exciting exhibition.
Submission Deadline: 7/9/26 – Exhibition Dates: 8/7 – 8/30/26 – Main Gallery
September: Animalia - Art Call Coming Soon!
Animals of all kinds! From the tiniest microorganism to the largest animal on earth, they are all living things and contribute to our world. The options are too many to name! Impress us with your interpretation of Animalia.
Submission Deadline: 8/13/26 – Exhibition Dates: 9/4 – 9/27/26 – Main Gallery
September: Fundraiser
Dates to be Announced – Jean Rawls Classroom
October: AWARE ’26 “Love our Earth” - Art Call Coming Soon!
Submission Deadline: 9/10/26 – Exhibition Dates: 10/2 – 11/1/26 – Main Gallery
October: AWARE ’26 “Love our Earth”
We will have an art installation in the Jean Rawls Classroom which will be created
by local artists, VB schools, and other organizations.
More information coming soon!
November: Figure It Out - Art Call Coming Soon!
Figure it Out is a celebration of the human form in all its glory!
Submission Deadline: 10/15/26 – Exhibition Dates: 11/6 – 11/29/26 – Main Gallery
November: Solo Exhibition: Carol Anne McErlean
Exhibition Dates: 11/13/26 – 1/17/27 – Jean Rawls Classroom
December: VBAC Annual Exhibition - Art Call Coming Soon!
Submission Deadline: 11/12/26 – Exhibition Dates: 12/4 – 12/23/26 – Main Gallery
December Holiday Boutique Market: TBA
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