Around Longwood's Rotunda and Colonnade, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sponsored in part by Davenport & Company LLC
Situated along High Street on the shaded lawns in front of the Longwood College Rotunda, the 24th Outdoor Fine Arts Show begins at 9 a.m. The works of many artists will be on exhibit for show and sale and will be professionally judged for over $2,500 in prize money. The award ceremony begins around 2 p.m.
In addition to the competition awards there will be several Merit and Purchase Awards, including the Hampden-Sydney College Fine Arts Award, the Buckingham Arts Council Awards, and the Longwood Visual Arts Merit Award. These awards total over $500.
The Art Show began 24 years ago and was so successful that four years later the Heart of Virginia Festival grew up around it. It has remained the mainstay of the Festival, drawing artists from up and down the east coast and providing high-quality art to Festival goers from throughout central Virginia.
A reception for the artists, sponsored by Central Virginia Arts, will follow the show.
Avis Addleman, Farmville Eldridge Bagley, Victoria Gail Barnes, Drakes Branch John Bell, Chesapeake Sandra Breil, Farmville Janet Cardwell, New Market Mary Ann Carlton, Farmville Cora Carter, Farmville Dora Chaffin, Pamplin Lloyd Chaser, Chesterfield Mary Elizabeth Cloud, Waynesboro Richard Cruise, Moneta Missy DeRegibus, Farmville Cricket Edmondson, Farmville Tray Eppes, Cullen Diane Faison, Farmville Shari Glass, Port Republic Steve Goodspeed, Buckingham Donna Groseclose, Farmville Melinda Harleman, Manassas Hugh Townsend Harris, Richmond |
Spencer Hayden, Rice George Henley, Farmville Ronald Holyfield, Cumberland Charles S. Hooper III, Crewe Paul Hughes, Farmville John Jessiman, Appomattox Harvey Jeter, Victoria Judith Ligon, Farmville Nancy Lockwood, Farmville Rhoda MacCallum, Richmond Cyndi Mann, Farmville Arthur Markel, Midlothian Ed May, Howardsville Deborah McClintock, Hampden-Sydney Chrys Meador, Salem Don Meador, Salem Rabb Muhammad Charles Norton, Pendleton, SC Herbert Pettway, Chesapeake Darcy Phillips, Charlottesville Judith Schaier, South Boston Carole Seay, Mechanicsville |
Andy Smith, Lititz, Pennsylvania Jennifer Smith & Varonica Varner, Rice Sean Springer, Farmville Bernice Sprinkle, Pamplin Robert Stanley, Cumberland Mark Staples, Richmond Paul Stevens, Achilles John Taylor, Suffolk James Underwood, Bedford Jackie Wall, Farmville Luleen White, Staunton Linda Lee Wilkes, Gladstone Robert Wilkes, Gladstone Fran Willis, Victoria Kay Williams, Cumberland Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Farmville: "Heart & Soil: Southside Folklife" And additional artists |
Sponsored in part by Rolleighdon Books
In the spirit of the 20th Anniversary of the Heart of Virginia Festival, an old tradition is back. This year there will be a Literature Corner in conjunction with the annual Outdoor Art Show. We will have several authors there to share their works, which include children's stories, Ghost Stories and Civil War tales. You will be able to meet the authors and purchase signed copies of their books.
Authors will include:
Eldridge Bagley, Victoria
L.B. Taylor, Jr., Williamsburg
Gary Walker, Roanoke
Francis Wood, Farmville
Sponsored by Barboursville Winery and Circle Sales
For the first time ever the Heart of Virginia Festival will indulge your palate with a wide array of wines from Barboursville Winery. This will be an opportunity to replenish your stock of the excellent Farmville Bicentennial Wine. Also sample the other excellent selections from Barboursville Winery, one of Virginia's finest wine vendors, available from Circle Sales. This event will last from 11:00 until 3:00 in front of Granger Hall.
Back in Bluegrass
Performing at the Longwood Bicentennial Park this year is Back in Bluegrass. We are glad to have the group back with us again. They bring in many years of experience in bluegrass, performing a full spectrum from the old traditional to the "new grass." Members of the group include David Woodall from Buckingham playing mandolin, Earl Carter of Farmville on banjo, Wilkie Chaffin of Darlington Heights on guitar, and Jack Woodall from Appomattox on upright bass. Four-part harmony is a specialty for this band.
The Southside Jazz Quartet
A local jazz group, The Southside Jazz Quartet will be performing at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. around Longwood's Rotunda.
