Free and Open to the Public to Attend!
​ +Featuring 28 pieces of artwork by 22 artists
from members & guest artists
+Solo Show by Kelsey Finnie - Best in Show 2017!
+Small Works Show featuring Virginia Glass Guild Members Showcase
+Vote for your favorite work for the People's Choice Award Announcement on December 2nd.
+Awards for the Runner Ups, Honorary Mentions,
​ Awards of Excellence,
​ & Juror's Choice were presented on October 14th
by Juror Hank Murta Adams​​

31st Annual Juried Exhibition Awards

The Charles Taylor  Visual Arts Center
4205 Victoria Boulevard
Hampton, VA 23669

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SPECIAL GUEST JUROR: HANK MURTA ADAMS
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​Hank received his undergraduate degree in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design and continued on with his education at Tennessee Technological University, Penland, Pilchuck, and other institutions.  He has been active as a visiting artist, critic, designer and consultant with many institutions and communities ever since. He has been awarded three Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, a New York State Arts Council fellowship grant as well as other awards and honors. He has exhibited widely for over 30 years. Currently, he is the Creative Director at Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center in Millville New Jersey and sits on the Creative Glass Center of America Board of Trustees. In 2016 he was named a Fellow of the American Crafts Council.

Featuring: SOlo Show by kelsey finnie

Kelsey Finnie won Best In Show for the 30th Annual Juried Exhibition, so she will have a solo exhibition alongside ours.

Glasswork by Kelsey Finnie

Going through personal family struggles that have confronted loss and loneliness; I‘ve endeavored to make life and glass a wonderful and unforgettable adventure. Along this journey, my life being in a constant state of motion has had little stability like that of this molten material.
Glass lives a life in flux between fluidity and form. My work explores these dichotomies and pushes to put glass at the brink of make or break moments.  I make installations that confront this balance between order and chaos and attempt to give structure to this amorphous material. My process is experimental, momentary and outcome not always known.