58th annual
ART IN THE PARK
at Gypsy Hill
Saturday
AUGUST 30
10am-5pm
Sunday
AUGUST 31
11am-5pm
Held over Labor Day weekend, this family-friendly festival highlights the fine art and fine crafts of local and regional artists. We welcome everyone for a weekend of art, food, music, and activities for the whole family. Visitors are encouraged to enjoy the artwork and chat with the artists who have been juried into this show. Food and beverages are available by a variety of vendors. We have interactive art activities and a free Kid's Tent, with projects to make and take home. Aspiring artists, young and old, are welcome to participate in a variety of hands-on activities.
The Staunton Augusta Art Center is celebrating its 64th year of supporting visual artists and promoting arts education within the community. We thank you for all your support over the years to make events like this possible!
2025 AWARDS JUDGE
Elsabe Loubser-Johnson Dixon
South African born artist and curator Elsabé Dixon is dedicated to conservation, to public service, and to advancing the role of art, culture, and education through community engagement projects centered around eco and social concerns. She sits on the Advisory Board of the McLean Project for the Arts in Virginia and the Hillyer Gallery near the Phillips Museum in DC.Dixon is past Executive Director of the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History and previously served as President for the Washington Sculptors Group, Washington DC. She facilitated docent training and public interfacing with local communities while working for the Glenstone Museum in Maryland (2009 – 2018). Dixon taught studio art at George Mason and Averett Universities in Virginia and has had a three-decade long relationship with the DMV Triad Galleries. Dixon currently maintains a studio practice at the Sam Harris and Whitner Art Studios in Chatham, Virginia.
Food vendors
Thank you to this year's sponsors!
