Rock Spring Art Show

Sept. 16-Oct. 31, 2025

The Rock Spring Art Show is for artists ages 18 and older; a separate Reynolds Homestead Student Art Show will be held in Spring 2026. Eighteen-year-old students may participate in either show, but not both.

Photography is not eligible for this show. The Nancy Susan Reynolds Memorial Photography Show will be held later this year.

Eligibility and Requirements:

• Artists must be 18 years of age or older.
• Artists must reside in Patrick, Henry, Franklin, Floyd, Carroll, or Wythe counties in Virginia, or Surry or Stokes counties in North Carolina.
• Any Patrick County native, regardless of place of residence, is eligible.
• Any member of Bull Mountain Arts may enter, regardless of place of residence.
• All work must be your original work, completed within the last 3 years, and not shown in a previous Rock Spring Art Show.
• Two works of art may be entered per artist.
• A non-refundable entry fee of $30.00 per artist is required; members of Bull Mountain Arts may enter for $25.00. Please make entry checks payable to VT Foundation
• If you would like to join Bull Mountain Arts, you may do so at the time you enter your artwork. Membership fee is $20.00, and a separate check in that amount should be made out to Bull Mountain Arts.

Categories of Work:

• Category 1: Oil Paintings
• Category 2: Acrylic Paintings
• Category 3: Watercolor Paintings
• Category 4: Drawing (Charcoal, pen & Ink, pencil, colored pencil, pastels)
• Category 5: 2D Mixed Media and 3-Dimensional
•  *NEW* Category 6: Textile **
• *NEW* Category 7: Glass **

• All two-dimensional art must be framed and wired for hanging, no saw tooth or triangle hangers. There is no restriction on size of 2D artwork. Stretched canvas on a wooden frame does not need to be reframed, but it does need to be wired for hanging.
• All 3D artwork must either be freestanding or include its own display apparatus.
• All textiles should be ready to hang and hanging dowels or rods should be supplied by artist.
• Art in-take will take place downstairs at the Reynolds Homestead’s Community Engagement Center
• If you are interested in volunteering to assist with the art show, please contact us for opportunities (email wrayse88@vt.edu or call 276-694-7181 x 27)