BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2508951:Event:22858 DTSTAMP:20260422T044212Z SUMMARY:2009 Stockley Gardens Fall Arts Festival DESCRIPTION:Hope House Foundation, a non-profit organization that prov ides independent living support to adults with developmental disabilit ies since 1964, announces the dates for the 2009 Stockley Gardens Fall Arts Festival—October 17th & 18th, 2009, at the Stockley Gardens Pa rk in the historic Ghent section of Norfolk. The park is located on th e corner of Stockley Gardens and Olney Road in Norfolk. The hours of t he festival, which is free and open to the public, are Saturday, Octob er 17th from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. All proceeds benefit Hope House F oundation.\n\nOver 150 artists have been selected to exhibit at the fe stival, which offers exhibition opportunities in every fine art medium , such as painting, ceramics, sculpture, photography and jewelry.\n\nT he awards for the festival will be presented at the After Hours Party/ Artist Award Ceremony to be held on Saturday evening from 5 – 7 p.m. at the stage in the park. There will be over $5,000 in artists awards . A list of all award winners will be displayed at the Hope House Info rmation Booth on Sunday, October 17th.\n\nThe student exhibit will fea ture college students selected to compete for cash awards, which will also be presented during the After Hours party on Saturday evening.\n\ nThe Stockley Gardens Arts Festival poster design for this fall was cr eated by local photographer Jeffrey Diener. Jeffrey won the Norfolk Ar tist Award at the 25th Anniversary Stockley Gardens Spring Arts Festiv al, which is sponsored by the Norfolk Commission on the Arts and Human ities.\n\nThe Festival judge will be Timothy Van Laar. He is an artist and writer who lives and works in Chicago and Champaign, Illinois. He received his MFA degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. H is work consists of paintings, drawings, collages, and installations t hat have been exhibited throughout North America and Europe. He is co- author of two books and has also written numerous reviews and catalog essays. Fulbright, Yaddo, the Howard Foundation, the Illinois Art Coun cil, the Karl Hofer Gesellschaft, and the Ucross Foundation are among the many organizations that have supported his work. Recently he was a fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Among the collec tions that include his artwork are The Detroit Institute of Arts, The Illinois State Museum, and Herman Miller. He has been a Visiting Senio r Lecturer at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland and currently is a P rofessor of Art at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.\n\n A wide variety of musical talent will be featured over the weekend and will include well-known favorites such as the Jim Newsom Quartet, Rip Dizzy, Duncan & Danielle and the Tidewater Guitar Orchestra.\n\nThere will be two special guest performances:\nNorfolk native Matt Miller†™s band Graydon who now hails from Hollywood, California. Miller and h is band Graydon formed in the fall of 2008, developing a high-energy p op rock sound blending the 60’s with today’s rock n’ roll. They have played packed shows at L.A.’s famed Hotel Café’, performed a t the 2009 South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, TX you can che ck them out at www.myspace.com/graydonmusic. They will perform on Satu rday, October 17th from 5-7 p.m.\n\nAll the way from Manchester, Engla nd we welcome Vinny Peculiar (aka Alan Wilkes), singer-songwriter and poet. He’s released seven critically acclaimed albums, created SOUP ART with Bill Drummond (KLF, The 17) and his various bands have includ ed ex members of The Smiths, The Fall and OASIS. Vinny Peculiar, will perform Saturday, October 17th from 4-5 p.m and a special encore perfo rmance at The New Belmont beginning at 10PM.\n\nProud sponsors of the event include: Miller Oil, Old Point National Bank, The Ghent Business Association, Levin’s Brass Beds, Target, Stihl, Dominion Virginia P ower and media partners: Bob-FM, WNIS/WTAR, WHRO and Hampton Roads Mag azine.\n\nFor more information visit https://vbnightlife.com/events/20 09-stockley-gardens-fall DTSTART:20091018T020000Z DTEND:20091018T210000Z CATEGORIES:special, event, fundraiser LOCATION:Stockley Gardens Park WEBSITE:http://www.stockleygardens.com URL:http://www.stockleygardens.com CONTACT:757-625-6161 ORGANIZER:Hope House Foundation ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/1664088130?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Elena Be rry":https://vbnightlife.com/profile/ElenaBerry END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR