Juried Fine Art Show
Adult & Youth Categories!
Located at The Abingdon Arts Depot
July 25 - August 3, 2025
Daily 10am to 5pm, Sundays 1pm-5pm
Did you spend the past year creating new art in any 2-D medium?
We have a space to share it with the world!
Opening Reception Friday, July 25
Patrons Exclusive Preview & Reception, 4:30-5:15pm. Public viewing begins at 5:15pm.
Juror’s Remarks at 5:30pm
Art intake: July 19 & 20, 2025: 2-5pm (Saturday and Sunday)
2025 Juror: Charles W. Goolsby
Charles W. Goolsby, Professor Emeritus of Art at Emory & Henry College and former Chair of the Division of Visual & Performing Arts, has been a practicing professional artist for more than forty years. He held the Allen & Agnes Rowlett Chair of Creative Studies from 2015-2018. He earned his B.F.A. in Art from Radford University in 1980 and the M.F.A. in Art from James Madison University in 1994. Goolsby’s work has been featured in more than 45 solo exhibitions throughout the southeastern United States at various college, university, fine arts center, museum and commercial galleries. Blue Spiral I Gallery, in Asheville, North Carolina represents him.
Marathon, oil on canvas, 60” x 72”, 2020
Monotype Workshop with Charles W. Goolsby
“Monotype combines the immediacy of painting with the graphic character of printmaking. First, I paint my image onto a printmaking plate that has not been engraved or etched. Once I finish the painted image, I transfer the image from the plate to paper using an etching press. The resulting image is a one-of-a- kind print. This medium allows me to experiment quickly with a variety of ideas. I explore etching plates as physical objects with the intention of the printed images functioning as liminal ports.”
—Charles W. Goolsby
Fort Loudoun Dam, monotype,
18” x 24”, 2013
Congratulations to Our Winners and to all
included in last year’s juried exhibition.
Best in show (shown at left):
Jeff Chapman - Crane
Finding the Light, Egg tempera, 18” x 24”
1st Place
Ken Johnson, Faith on Federal and Princeton, oil on canvas, 28 ½” x 40 ½”
2nd Place
Susi Lawson, Daddy's Home, photography on canvas, 19” x 24”
3rd Place
Jack Hagerman, Center of Attention, oil, 24” x 30”
Honorable Mentions
Leslie Davis, The Shepard is Calling, oil, 30” x 40”
Tim Tate, Lake Jumpers, oil on canvas, 36” x 48”
Tim Tate, Handmade, oil on canvas, 12” x 16”
Laura Bays Reynolds, Self Reflection, acrylic, 25 ½” x 25 ½”
Adult Winners Gallery
1st Place: Ken Johnson, Faith on Federal and Princeton, oil on canvas, 28 ½” x 40 ½”
2nd Place: Susi Lawson, Daddy's Home, photography on canvas, 19” x 24”
3rd Place: Jack Hagerman, Center of Attention, oil, 24” x 30”
HM: Tim Tate, Lake Jumpers, oil on canvas, 36” x 48”
HM: Laura Bays Reynolds, Self Reflection, acrylic, 25 ½” x 25 ½”
HM: Leslie Davis, The Shepard is Calling, oil, 30” x 40”
HM: Tim Tate, Handmade, oil on canvas, 12” x 16“
Best in Show: Jeff Chapman-Crane, Finding the Light, Egg tempera, 18” x 24”
Youth Winners Gallery
2nd Place: Noelle Jackson, Tranquility, watercolor, 9” x 5”
3rd Place: Olivia Jackson, Shirakaba-rin, acrylic paint, 14” x 11”
HM: Josha Bond, Lake of the Loons, watercolor pencils, 8” x 10”
1st Place: Alice Tester, Party Cat, ink on paper, 15” x 12”
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Peoples’ Choice Award
With over 270 ballots cast, the 2024 Virginia Highlands Festival People's Choice Award goes to…
Leslie Davis, The Shepard is Calling, oil, 30” x 40”
