Virginia Beach Art Center
532 Virginia Beach Blvd., Virginia Beach, VA 23451 · Virginia Beach · Southside Hampton Roads
A nonprofit community art center in the ViBe Creative District — known locally as "the Purple Building" — offering monthly exhibitions, art and pottery classes, and public access to over 50 resident and exhibiting artists working in their own on-site studios.
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Exhibitions
- current
A Thing of Beauty
2026-08-14 – 2027-01-10
A satellite exhibit at the Towne Pavilion Center I location, curated by Virginia Beach Art Center.
Official site:Virginia Beach Art Center — official site (Exhibitions)Last checked: - upcoming
AWARE '26 "Love our Earth"
2026-10-02 – 2026-11-01
A themed environmental-art exhibition in the Main Gallery, part of the Art Center's recurring "AWARE" exhibition series.
Official site:Virginia Beach Art Center — official site (Exhibitions)Last checked:
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Other galleries nearby
- Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries — Norfolk
- Barry Art Museum — Norfolk
- Chrysler Museum of Art — Norfolk
- d'Art Center — Norfolk
Artists shown here
Jenny Ambrose
Virginia Beach
Resident artist at the Virginia Beach Art Center, a nonprofit cooperative gallery and studio space in the ViBe Creative District.
Michele Barnes
Virginia Beach
Resident artist at the Virginia Beach Art Center, a nonprofit cooperative gallery and studio space in the ViBe Creative District.
Vinnie Bumatay
Virginia Beach
Resident artist at the Virginia Beach Art Center, a nonprofit cooperative gallery and studio space in the ViBe Creative District.
William T. Campbell
Virginia Beach
Resident artist at the Virginia Beach Art Center, a nonprofit cooperative gallery and studio space in the ViBe Creative District.
Susan Check
Virginia Beach
Resident artist at the Virginia Beach Art Center, a nonprofit cooperative gallery and studio space in the ViBe Creative District.
Claudia Croneberger
Virginia Beach
Resident artist at the Virginia Beach Art Center, a nonprofit cooperative gallery and studio space in the ViBe Creative District.
Constance Fahey
Virginia Beach
Resident artist at the Virginia Beach Art Center, a nonprofit cooperative gallery and studio space in the ViBe Creative District.
Fred Freeman
Virginia Beach
Resident artist at the Virginia Beach Art Center, a nonprofit cooperative gallery and studio space in the ViBe Creative District.
Georgie Harding
Virginia Beach
Resident artist at the Virginia Beach Art Center, a nonprofit cooperative gallery and studio space in the ViBe Creative District.
Jean A. Hearst
Virginia Beach
Resident artist at the Virginia Beach Art Center, a nonprofit cooperative gallery and studio space in the ViBe Creative District.
Kay Hofler
Virginia Beach
Resident artist at the Virginia Beach Art Center, a nonprofit cooperative gallery and studio space in the ViBe Creative District.
Judy Jackson
Virginia Beach
Resident artist at the Virginia Beach Art Center, a nonprofit cooperative gallery and studio space in the ViBe Creative District.
Maggie Kerrigan
Virginia Beach
Resident artist at the Virginia Beach Art Center, a nonprofit cooperative gallery and studio space in the ViBe Creative District.
Susan Owens
Virginia Beach
Resident artist at the Virginia Beach Art Center, a nonprofit cooperative gallery and studio space in the ViBe Creative District.
Amy Ratliff
Virginia Beach
Resident artist at the Virginia Beach Art Center, a nonprofit cooperative gallery and studio space in the ViBe Creative District.
Dick Rawls
Virginia Beach
Resident artist at the Virginia Beach Art Center, a nonprofit cooperative gallery and studio space in the ViBe Creative District.
Kathy Staicer
Virginia Beach
Resident artist at the Virginia Beach Art Center, a nonprofit cooperative gallery and studio space in the ViBe Creative District.
Elizabeth Waitekus
Virginia Beach
Resident artist at the Virginia Beach Art Center, a nonprofit cooperative gallery and studio space in the ViBe Creative District.
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