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Stockley Gardens Arts Festival
October 7th, 2009
2009 Stockley Gardens Fall Arts Festival
Hope House Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides support services for people with developmental disabilities since 1964, announces the dates for the 2009 Stockley Gardens Fall Arts Festival—October 17-18, 2009, at the Stockley Gardens Park in the Ghent section of Norfolk. The park is located on the corner of Stockley Gardens and Olney Road in Norfolk. The hours of the festival, which is free and open to the public, are Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 5:00 p.m. All proceeds benefit Hope House Foundation.
Proud Sponsors of the event include: Miller Oil, Old Point National Bank, The Ghent Business Association, Levin’s Brass Beds, and Media partners Bob-FM, WNIS-WTAR, PortFolio, WHRO, and Hampton Roads Magazine.
Over 150 artists have been selected to exhibit at the festival, which offers exhibition opportunities in every fine-art medium, such as painting, ceramics, sculpture, photography and jewelry.
The awards for the festival will be presented at the After Hours Party/Artist Award Ceremony to be held on Saturday evening from 5-7 p.m. at the stage in the park. There will be over $5,000 in artist awards. A list of all award winners will be displayed at the Hope House Foundation Hospitality Booth on Sunday, October 17th.
The student exhibition will feature college students selected to compete for cash awards, with the Futures Awards also being presented at the Artists’ Reception on Saturday evening.
The Stockley Gardens Arts Festival poster design for this fall was created by artist well known local photographer Jeffrey Deiner.
The festival judge will be Timothy Van Laar an artist and writer who lives and works in Chicago and Champaign, Illinois. He produces paintings, drawings, collages, and installations that have been exhibited throughout North America and Europe. He is co-author of two books and has also written numerous reviews and catalog essays. Fulbright, Yaddo, the Howard Foundation, the Illinois Art Council, the Karl Hofer Gesellschaft, and the Ucross Foundation are among the many organizations that have supported his work. Recently he was a fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Among the collections that include his artwork are The Detroit Institute of Arts, The Illinois State Museum, and Herman Miller. He has been a Visiting Senior Lecturer at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland and currently is a Professor of Art at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Specialty food items will be available from many area vendors throughout the weekend. Vendors include such favorites as Ben & Jerry’s, My Dad’s, Hawaiian Sno, and Eat-a-Pita.
Local musical talent will be featured over the two days, and will include well-known favorites such as the Jim Newsom Quartet, Ampersand, Rip Dizzy, and Skip Friel.