42nd Annual Spring Stockley Gardens Arts Festival:

May 16th & 17th

Stockley Gardens Park in historic Ghent

(2026 Fall Stockley: October 17th & 18th, 2026)

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 Here !!

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

Saturday, May 16, 2026 from 10:00AM to 5:00PM

After-Hours Garden pARTy and Awards featuring The Storyweavers from 5:00-7:00pm – all are welcome & it’s free and open to the public. Funding for this event honors the life of Germaine Clair, one of the Festival’s most enthusiastic supporters.

Sunday, May 17, 2026 from 12:00PM to 5:00PM

2026 Spring Participating artists:

Aidien Shapiro, Davide/JE
Allen, David/DR
Anderson, Tracy/PA
Andrews, Patrick/ME
Aude, Paul/LE
Baldauf, Stephen/MM
Baron, Javier/JE
Bulusu, Sameera/PA
Burkett, Hillary/JE
Butts, Mark/PA
Byerley, Susie/PA
Byerley, Wayne/WO
Carrington, Johanna/PA
Chagnon, Sean/PH
Chessey, Joey/PO
Cimino, Lisa/JE
Clemons, Jenn/PA
Cobb, Candace/PA
Darden, Patricia/PO
DeSerres, Lauren/MM
Dobie, Robert & Susan/WO
Dominguez, Mara/JE
Doody, Liz/MM
Duvall, Sharon/LE
Easley, Bruce/MM
Eckard, Tim/PH
Ehlman, Hannah/JE
Eidolon, LJ/MM
Epstein, Jana/PH
Evans, Terry/WO
Finnie, Kelsey/GL
Fitzpatrick, Kate Meyer/PA
Flora, Phyllis/JE
Furnas, Jenny/PA
Gingrich, Carol/MM
Glassman, Alan/PH
Gritzinger, Jesse/PO
Gupta, Ruchi/PO
Harris, Steven/WO
Heiser, Tiffany/PA
Helfant-Frye, Andi/PA
Hill, Pamela/PA
Howard, Teresa/JE
Huston-Field, Victor &
Megan/MM
Iglio, Elise/DR
Ivanova, Petya/PA
Jeanguenat, Chris/PA
Johnson, Eafrica/PA
Johnson, Brittany/DR
Kamolpornwijit, Wiwat/JE
Kapoor, Gopal/JE
Keckler, Jane/PA
Kline, Brandon/PH
Krasner, Dani/PM
Kulbeth, David/MM
Lee, Letitia/PA
Leist, Lori/PA
Ligmont, Alyssa/PO
Linn, Andria/PA
Liu, Weihong/PA
Lowe, Tom/SC
MacKenzie, Lance/MM
Madigan, Cindy/LE
Maiwald, Andre/WO
Manning, Rhonda/JE
Master, Kathleen/PA/MM
Maurer, John/PA
Mayberry, Karla/PH
McCann, Fahey/PH
McCrary, Elginia/PA
McLaughlin, Olena/JE
Miller, Joshua/WO
Minasyan, Araik/PA
Mitchell, Tony/PO
Morgan, Norman/JE
Moss, Leanne/PA
Nikitchenko, Paul/PA
Noiseux, Debbie/JE
Obermeyer, Ed/PA/PH
Oliver, Amy/PO
Perkins, Kristin/JE
Poole, Amber/PO
Potrafka, Cory/PO
Pound, Seda/PA
Pratelli, Rejane/JE
Price, Barbara/PH
Rawson, Marjorie/JE
Ridnouer, Katy/PO
Roberts, Scott/WO
Robins, Dicke/MM
Rodrigue, Kevin/PO
Rogers, Joshua/ME
Rowlands, Steve/PA
Saggus, Frank/MM
Sannuto, Tanya/MM
Schappell, Melissa/MM
Sellers, Catherine/PO
Sertzen, Cesar/JE
Snowden, Amy/JE
Supraner, Scott/PO
Thompson, Laura/MM
Tobia, Joseph/MM
Toft, Richard/PA
Twose, Fiona/MM
Walko, Nickolai/MM
Watts, Jama/JE/MM
Whitlow, Bill/PH
Williams, Colleen/PO
Winigrad, David/MM
Wolf, Susan/MM
Woodell, Glenn/PH
Wylie, Terry/PA
Young, Kenn/WO
Zen, Tiffany/MM
Zidarov, Evgeny/JE
Zoschke, Marc/MM
Zoschke, Wendy/JE

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, May 16

11:00 AM Chase Davidson (Emerging Artist)/Keyboard & Harmonica

12:30 PM The Harris Creekers/Harmony-Driven Americana

2:00 PM Dan Pellegrino/Singer-Songwriter

3:30 PM Marty Jones/Americana Singer-Songwriter

5:00 PM The Storyweavers/Original Americana

Sunday, May 17

12:00 PM Tim Seibles & Chris Brydge/Jazz Blues

12:45 PM Baygrass (Emerging Artist)/Bluegrass

2:00 PM The Porch Cats/Alternative Folk

3:30 PM Roberta Lea/Country Soul-Pop

KIDS ACTIVITIES

Saturday, May 16

10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Bobby the Clown/Magic Show and Balloon Animals

10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Chrysler Museum of Art/Scratch Art

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Beach Creations by Jodi: Make & Take Art

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Fred Heutte Center Activity

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM C Shells/Music for Kids

Sunday, May 17

12:00 PM – 5:00 PM Bobby the Clown/Magic Show and Balloon Animals

12:00 PM – 5:00 PM Chrysler Museum of Art/Scratch Art

12:00 PM – 5:00 PM Norfolk Botanical Gardens/Kids Explore The World of Plants

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Beach Creations by Jodi: Make & Take Art

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Fred Heutte Center Activity

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM C Shells/Music for Kids

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Are you an artist and interested in participating?

Applications for the upcoming 2026 Spring festival in May will be open from January 1st through February 15th on Zapplication.org. Here is the direct link to apply: Click Here!

SGAF	Date Artist Application is Available	Date Artist Application is Due
Spring 2026	January 1st	February 15th

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 the Stockley Gardens Fall Arts Festival on May 16th & 17th must be currently enrolled in a college, university, high school, or be a recent graduate.

The application can be found below and must be turned in with artwork by Friday, April 17th, 2026.

Application Form and Exhibit Rules

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