WILLIAMSBURG — “Artwork at Wessex Hundred,” the long-running artwork exhibit at The Williamsburg Vineyard which opened in April 2022 shall be closing in Could following eight rotations of art work from native artists.
The present rotation, “Journey by means of the Seasons,” is on show now within the Susan Fixed Tasting Room on the vineyard. Artwork aficionados from throughout the area and guests to the vineyard have just a few extra weeks to get pleasure from this distinctive exhibit earlier than it closes the week earlier than Memorial Day.
The inspiration of vineyard founder Patrick Duffeler, the continuing exhibit has celebrated the fantastic thing about The Williamsburg Vineyard and the higher Williamsburg neighborhood of which it’s a half. The exhibit showcases the work of over 30 native artists working in numerous media, and the art work has modified with the seasons. On this ultimate rotation, artists had been free to decide on a topic within the season of their alternative.
“The exhibit has given the artists an exquisite exhibit alternative on the identical time enhancing the expertise for Vineyard guests having fun with the ambiance of the tasting room,” mentioned Mary McCormick, one of many organizers and managers of the exhibit.
Mary and Jim McCormick and Cary Garnet — The Artwork Folks — are volunteers from the Williamsburg arts neighborhood who undertook the enterprise as a strategy to give native artists extra publicity. Along with the exhibit, the trio additionally facilitated three cabaret-like performances on the vineyard with Opera in Williamsburg and the Williamsburg Symphony, and orchestrated a charity artwork public sale that includes art work from a number of the exhibit artists that raised over $8,000.
The Artwork Folks mentioned they’ve been delighted with the general public’s response to the exhibit and its success for the artists, noting over 150 items of art work have been bought for the reason that exhibit opened. Though this expertise is coming to an in depth, The Artwork Folks mentioned they plan to proceed to search out methods to assist artists and make artwork an necessary a part of the neighborhood expertise.
The exhibit is free and open to the general public seven days every week. Examine the vineyard’s web site for tasting room hours.