39th Annual Fall Stockley Gardens Arts Festival: October 21st & 22nd

Stockley Gardens Park in historic Ghent

Since 1984 Hope House Foundation has hosted the Stockley Gardens Arts Festival, a two-day event featuring over 125 artists from across the U.S. and overseas to participate and showcase their art in a variety of mediums, including photography, pottery, sculpture, painting, mixed media and jewelry. Stockley Gardens Park offers the festival a distinctive atmosphere with its peaceful garden setting in the heart of the historic district in Ghent, Norfolk. The festival is free and open to the public and attracts thousands of people who enjoy the art, live music, an array of food and the community atmosphere of the event held in the spring and fall each year.

If you would like to volunteer at the festival please sign-up at this link: https://www.volunteerhr.org/opportunity/a0C6O000024LXY6UAO/2023-fall-stockley-gardens-arts-festival

100% of the proceeds from the festivals support individuals with developmental disabilities supported by Hope House Foundation.

Saturday, October 21, 2023 from 10:00AM to 5:00PM

After Hours Party from 5:00PM – 7PM – all welcome and it is free and open to the public.

Sunday, October 22, 2023 from 12:00PM to 5:00PM

Participating artists:

Aidien Shapiro, Davide/JE

Anderson, Tracy/PA

Andrews, Patrick/ME

Baldauf, Stephen/PA

Barnaby, Caleb/JE

Barnes, Tom/PA

Baron, Javier/JE

Beightol, Henrietta/PA

Benkendorf, Jason/WO

Benvenuto, Jean/PA

Booth, Tracy/PA

Bradley, Anita/MM

Britt, Anne/JE

Bruce, Kathleen/MM

Bryant, Gregory/JE

Burkett, Hillary/JE

Campbell, Fatima/JE

Chaochang, Ariannah/PO

Check, Mary Jane/PA

Chen, Michael/PH

Childress, Curtis/WO

Clark, Chad/SC/GL

Clarke, Caroline/LE

Cockman, Pui-Lan/PA

Collins, Derek/PA

Conner, Dana/DR

Connolly, Karin/PH

Currie, Carolyn/PA

Dahms, Kristen/MM

Dailey & Nestor, Eva & Mark/WO

Daniel, Arlene/PA

Darden, Patricia/PO

Davin, Lisa/JE

Dekel, Limor/PA

Delisle, Tracy/SC

Diener, Jeffrey/PH

Doody, Liz/MM

Duvall, Sharon/LE

Elliot, Robert/PA

Engel, Joe/MM

Epstein, Jana/PH

Finnie, Kelsey/GL

Gal, Yoram/PA

Gao & Chang, Wayne & Michelle/MM

Gerety, Meaghan/PA/PH

Gillen, Courtney/JE

Gladu, Michelle/PH

Glassman, Alan/PH

Green, Malika/JE

Gupta, Ruchi/PO

Hall, Tricia/JE

Hayden, Beverly/MM

Heath, Kessy/PA

Helfant-Frye, Andi/PA

Herndon, Galina/PA

Hill, Pamela/PA

Hill, Sue/GL

Hopson, Tonya/PA

Horta, Jeanette/JE

Horvath, Corinne/JE

Huston-Field, Victor & Megan/MM

Jeanguenat, Chris/PA

Johansen, Leif/MM

Johansen, Shayna/JE

Johnson, Eafrica/PA

Johnson, Michelle/PA/GL

Kapoor, Gopal/JE

Karl, Caitlyn/GL

Keckler, Jane/PA

Kelischek, Misty/PA/MM

Kennedy, Kristine/JE

Kiebert, Albert/WO

Kline, Brandon/PH

Kulbeth, David/MM

Lauer, Robert/PA

Lee, Letitia/PA

Liebel, Cindy/JE

Lillemoe, Ethan/PO

Little, Sam/PO

Liu, Weihong/PA

MacKenzie, Lance/ME

Maurer, John/PA

McCann, Fahey/PH

McCrary, Elginia/PA

McCutcheon, Danielle/JE

McLaughlin, Olena/JE

McWhite, Monique/PA

Middleton, Michael/PO

Mitchell, Tony/PO

Mueller, Barb/GL

Nelson, Wendy/PH

Nesbitt, Brandon/PH

O’Brien, Allison/PO

Pembroke, Gene/PH

Pesic, Ivan/PA

Potrafka, Cory/PO

Pratelli, Rejane/JE

Robins, Dicke/MM

Schrieber, Susan/PO

Sellers, Catherine/PO

Sertzen, Cesar/JE

Sleeper, Carolyn/PO

Smith, Joseph/PH

Snowden, Amy/JE

Solomon, Josh/GL

Stone, Rebecca/MM

Supraner, Scott/PO

Sweet, Melissa/JE

Thaw, Ava/PO

Tobin, John/SC

Toft, Richard/PA

Trimble, Karen/PA

Twose, Fiona/MM

Vinson, Ellen/GL

Wang, Yandong/ME

Wilson, Sharon/JE

Wolf, Susan/MM

Wylie, Terry/PA

Yu, Zu Sheng/PA

Zidarov, Tatyana/GL

Zuk, Tom/MM

Medium Key:

PA= Painting

PM= Printmaking

JE= Jewelry

DR= Drawing

GL= Glass

MM= Mixed Media

LE= Leather

PH= Photography

PO= Pottery

ME= Metal

SC= Sculpture

WO= Wood

Live musical performances:

Saturday, October 21

11:00am-11:30am: Regina Scott Sanford
11:45am-12:30pm: Richard David Spano
12:45pm-1:30pm: Jackie & Resa
2:00pm-3:00pm: The Warm Hug
3:30pm-4:30pm: Paul Urban & Friends
5:00pm-7:00pm: The Lazy Dangers

Sunday, October 22

12:00pm-12:30pm: Kaitlyn Barbee
12:45pm-1:30pm: Dan Pellegrino
1:45pm-3:00pm: Cody Christian
3:30pm-5:00pm: Ben Phelps Project

For the most up to date information visit our Facebook Page!

Are you an artist and interested in participating?

Applications are closed for the upcoming Fall festival in October, but will re-open January 1st through February 14th for the 2024 Spring Festival on Zapplication.org.

SGAF	Date Artist Application is Available	Date Artist Application is Due
Spring 2024	January 1st	February 14th

Standards

All work displayed must be original, created and executed by the displaying artist’s or artisan’s own hand and of professional quality. This work is absolutely limited to the work of a single artist or two-person collaborative team.

Photo-mechanical reproductions of an artist’s original work may be present in a small quantity in a spin tower or portfolio/bin or hung on one side of one wall, whichever is lesser. The individual prints must be clearly labeled as reproductions. THIS WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED.

Ineligible items include items made with commercially available molds or patterns or any item produced commercially or by anyone other than the artist. No representatives or dealers may show. Artists bringing ineligible items to the show risk disqualification. Artists violating the rules of this show or who fail to cooperate with the Festival committee will not be permitted to exhibit.

All displays will be reviewed by the standards committee at intervals throughout the show to ascertain that all items in the booth are the same or better quality as the slides submitted. The artists will be required to remove ineligible items based upon the show’s standards. Please notify the Arts Festival Committee if you see any infractions of the standards.

Emerging Artists

Applicants for the Emerging Artist Exhibit for Stockley Gardens Fall Arts Festival on October 21st & 22nd must be currently enrolled in a college, university, high school, or be a recent graduate.

The application can be found here and must be turned in with artwork by Friday, October 6th, 2023.

For more information contact Laura DeVore at ldevore@hope-house.org