Upcoming Event - Art Show 2025
Entry Deadline Extended to: Oct 9, 2025
Oct 17 – 26, 2025
Kaleidoscope Gathering Place
2500 Hardy Rd,
Hardy, Virginia
This year, the show will be open for nine days, giving more viewing opportunities. We hope you will consider entering this year’s event.
Opening Reception/Awards Ceremony
Fri Oct 17, 2025, 6:30 pm
Gallery Viewing
Sat Oct 18-25, 10 am – 4 pm
Sun Oct 19 and 26, Noon – 2 pm
Entry Deadline Extended to: Oct 9, 2025
All entry forms, along with a check made out to “SMAC,” must be received by October 2, 2025.
Eligibility
Adult entrants to this non-juried show must be 18 years of age or older. Limit 4 entries per person. Middle-/High School students may submit 3 pieces of art to be judged in the student category. ALL WORK MUST BE ORIGINAL. No reproductions, copy work, computer-aided work or photography will be accepted.
Adult Awards
$400 Best in Show
$100 First Place
$50 Second Place
Judges Merit Award
Student Awards
$100 First Place
$50 Second Place
$25 Merit Award
People’s Choice Award
Cash donations collected will be awarded to the artist whose work receives the most votes.
Meet the Judge - Allen Tenbusschen
Allen Tenbusschen was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He received his Master’s Degree in Fine Arts in painting from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Brigham Young University in Idaho. Allen is currently the Chair of the Art Department at the University of Lynchburg. He has specialized in figurative art, in contemporary realism, and perceptual painting. Allen has cultivated a robust exhibition record, with shows in New York City, Boston, and Detroit winning numerous awards and accolades. With a focus on Realism, Allen’s practice is about the search for authenticity in our perceptions of one another and the spaces we inhabit. See his work at allentenbusschen.com or follow him on Instagram at @tenbusschen.
Painting by Allen Tenbusschen