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The 26th Annual Stockley Gardens Spring Arts Festival
May 3rd, 2010
Hope House Foundation announces the dates for the 26th Annual Stockley Gardens Spring Arts Festival—May 15-16, 2010—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 6:00 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 6:00 p.m. All proceeds benefit Hope House Foundation.
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.
Specialty food items will be available from many area vendors throughout the weekend. Vendors include local favorites 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, Skip Friel, Ampersand, and Fat Tony Band
The awards for the festival will be presented at the After Hours Party/Artist Award Ceremony to be held on Saturday evening from 6-8 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, May 16th.
The student exhibition will feature high school students selected to compete for cash awards, with the Futures Awards also being presented at the Artists’ Reception on Saturday evening.
The festival judge will be Ben Dallas from Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Dallas is an artist who received his undergraduate degree in Art History from Indiana University in 1969 and an MA in Art History from the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana in 1971, Dallas has participated in many solo and group exhibitions locally and internationally.
The Stockley Gardens Arts Festival poster design for this spring was created by artists EJ Toudt and Hunter Spencer.
For more information log onto www.stockleygardens.com
Proud Sponsors of the event include: Miller Oil, STIHL, QVC, The Ghent Business Association, Ferguson Enterprises and Media partners Bob-FM, WNIS-WTAR, PortFolio, WHRO, and Hampton Roads Magazine.
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