| March |
Artists: The Next Generation
Hampton high school juniors and seniors and students attending Christopher Newport University, The College of William and Mary, Hampton University and Thomas Nelson Community College are eligible to submit two entries in any media for these two juried exhibitions on display concurrently in the galleries. In addition to selecting over 115 pieces of artwork to be included in the exhibitions, the juror, professional artist and art educator Janice Gay-Maker, will select awards.
This exhibition continues through Apr 13, 2008
Opening Reception: Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:30pm |
| April |
Jean Craig Jones and Allan Jones
Long time Hampton resident Allan Jones met Philadelphia native, Jean Craig as students at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia in the 1940’s. They married and returned to Hampton around 1942, where they lived, painted and taught art for over sixty years. Allan Jones passed away in 1989, but Jean Craig Jones still lives and maintains her studio in the Olde Wythe neighborhood of Hampton.
Both artists are represented in the collections of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Hollins College, Longwood College, Washington and Lee University, and many others.
This exhibition of over 100 works spans their artistic careers over sixty years from their student days till now and includes Jean’s latest oeuvre of paper cutouts. Works in the exhibition include drawings, dry brush drawings, watercolors, oils and acrylics and sculpture drawn from the collections of Jean Craig, her family and prominent peninsula collectors. Also on view will be intimate family objects such as the artist’s paint boxes, easels, palettes, sketchbooks, journals, favorite still life objects and personal photographs.
This exhibition continues through June 8, 2008
Opening Reception: Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:30pm |
| June |
Seven Cities Sculpture
Sculptors from throughout Hampton Roads were selected to participate in this group exhibition featuring approximately 100 peices of interior and outdoor sculpture. This pioneering exhibition explores the diversity of media, content and style of the three-dimensional form.
This exhibition continues through July 20, 2008
Opening Reception: Fri June 20, 2008 7:30pm |
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