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Virginia Beach Art Center - home of The Artists Gallery Our mission is to inspire the community to engage with the visual arts through classes & exhibitions.
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New Exhibiting Artist — Perry Kesting! 🎨✨We’re excited to welcome Perry as an Exhibiting Artist at the Virginia Beach Ar...
10/13/2026

New Exhibiting Artist — Perry Kesting! 🎨✨

We’re excited to welcome Perry as an Exhibiting Artist at the Virginia Beach Art Center!

Mediums: ceramics

Styles: coastal, ancient Mediterranean, contemporary

Perry’s Why: As a lifelong artist, I can’t help but create! Sharing a piece of my inner world and my love of nature with people who appreciate it brings me immense joy. I love how ceramics brings together all the forms of nature, earth, water, and fire. My favorite part is throwing on the wheel. There’s something so satisfying about taking a lump of clay and slowly shaping it into something beautiful.

Check out Perry’s work here at the Virginia Beach Art Center!

We have TWO art classes coming up on Sunday, October 18! 🖌️ October Kids Art Class with Valentina Copeland1:00–2:00 PM |...
10/12/2026

We have TWO art classes coming up on Sunday, October 18!

🖌️ October Kids Art Class with Valentina Copeland
1:00–2:00 PM | Ages 6–12

Inspired by our current exhibition, AWARE ’26: Love Our Earth, young artists will explore colors, textures, and compositions while creating their own paintings inspired by the artwork on display!

🎨 October Youth Art Class with Valentina Copeland
2:30–3:30 PM | Ages 10–13

This semi-private class gives young artists the freedom to explore their own ideas, develop their artistic style, and strengthen their skills with personalized guidance and feedback.

✨ Ready to get creative? Register for an art class at artcentervb.org!

New Exhibiting Artist Alert!!We’re excited to highlight Kym Long-Wallace as a newly exhibiting artist at the Virginia Be...
10/10/2026

New Exhibiting Artist Alert!!

We’re excited to highlight Kym Long-Wallace as a newly exhibiting artist at the Virginia Beach Art Center!

Mediums: Acrylic, mixed media, collage

Styles: Abstract, modern, minimalism

Kym’s Why: Art is the ultimate form of self-expression. I paint for me, and then I share it when I’m ready. What I am feeling and thinking on any particular day shows up in my work. If that work resonates with viewers, leads them to feel and think, I believe I have contributed to a positive ripple effect in the world. My process is 80–85% play and the balance is refinement. I keep the play as long as possible, trying not to dictate or judge, and this is what I enjoy most. The art leads me. After I sense that the piece is headed in its correct direction, I often let it sit for days or even weeks. Refinement comes last — tiny adjustments that add the finishing touches.

Be sure to check out Kym’s work here at the Virginia Beach Art Center! 💜

Come visit us at booth 2803 at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art Boardwalk Art Show! We’ll be here until 6 PM toda...
10/09/2026

Come visit us at booth 2803 at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art Boardwalk Art Show!

We’ll be here until 6 PM today, 10 AM–5 PM tomorrow (Saturday, October 10), and 10 AM–4 PM (Sunday, October 11)!

We can’t wait to see you! 💜

Aware ‘26: Love Our Earth | First Place Spotlight Keeper Of The Marsh — Angelica Suciu Artist Statement: The Virginia Be...
10/09/2026

Aware ‘26: Love Our Earth | First Place Spotlight

Keeper Of The Marsh — Angelica Suciu

Artist Statement: The Virginia Beach marsh lives within her, its botanicals, birds, and quiet traces of life held together in one form. She is their keeper.

Congratulations, Angelica!

Aware ‘26: Love Our Earth will be on display through November 1, 2026. Come check it out!



10/08/2026

Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day with LRNow for Outdoor "Plein Air" Art Event this Monday.

All levels are welcome and you can use any type of media. Come have fun creating art in a fun and supportive environment in a beautiful setting! Think, “open studio vibes.” Local artist Jeannie Hearst and the Virginia Beach Art Center's Plein Air League will also be there.

We will also have plenty of art supplies available for sketching or painting with watercolors....and we will have snacks!

Come and paint the country life at Back Bay Gambol horse farm.

🗓Monday, Oct. 12
⏰10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
🔗https://www.lynnhavenrivernow.org/events/plein-air-art-event/

This is part of our partnership with Virginia Beach Art Center - home of The Artists Gallery for October's Aware '26 "Love Our Earth" Exhibit.

Aware ‘26: Love Our Earth | Second Place Spotlight Take a Hike — Maggie Kerrigan Artist Statement: What better way to lo...
10/08/2026

Aware ‘26: Love Our Earth | Second Place Spotlight

Take a Hike — Maggie Kerrigan

Artist Statement: What better way to love your earth than to go and be with her in nature. The hiking boots honor Emma Gatewood, the first woman to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail (though she wore Keds sneakers). Book used: Grandma Gatewood’s Walk

Congratulations, Maggie!

Stay tuned as we highlight first place!



A message from our Education Manager, Vanessa Abbott: I’ve been thinking about adulthood lately and I want to explore a ...
10/07/2026

A message from our Education Manager, Vanessa Abbott:

I’ve been thinking about adulthood lately and I want to explore a thought. I think adulthood can flatten you. We stay in our lane. We color in the lines. These places feel comfortable. Within these walls there are so many things that make us feel like we excel. The people around us define us by all these excellent things.

Eventually we begin to feel like stepping outside of that box is risky. We begin to believe that there is embarrassment waiting on the other side of something new once you’ve already grown.

I have some good news for you my dear friend. This couldn’t be more wrong. Your willingness to be seen at the beginning of something reveals a beautiful softness in you. A softness that has not hardened into knowing. Not knowing is the path to discovering new things that light us up inside. Imagine picking up a paintbrush six months from today and saying , ‘This is who I am.’ I believe there is something you haven’t tried yet that is going to make you incredibly happy. And at the start.. it may just be a happiness in knowing you tried even though you didn’t know.

As we approach the end of this year, let’s allow ourselves to be seen at the beginning of something again.

We have curated a selection of courses for November at the VB Art Center that all hold space for this new beginning for you!

November classes are live! Browse and register for art classes at artcentervb.org.

“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” — Martin Luther King Jr.


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532A Virginia Beach Boulevard
Virginia Beach, VA
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Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm

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