Festival

An Occasion for the Arts (2026)

Name: An Occasion for the Arts (2026)
Start: 2026-10-03
End: 2026-10-04
Location: Merchants Square, Williamsburg, VA

2026-10-03 – 2026-10-04

Merchants Square, Williamsburg, VA · Williamsburg · Historic Triangle

An annual juried outdoor visual-arts festival in Williamsburg's Merchants Square, presenting over 150 juried artists from around the country working in painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography, jewelry, wood, glass, fiber, and mixed media, alongside local-artist programming.

Organizer: An Occasion for the Arts (with the Kiwanis Club of Williamsburg)

Participating artists

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Nicoli Baranova

Williamsburg

Williamsburg painter working under Nika Art Studio, inspired by everyday abundance — food, labor, and quiet moments — captured through light, texture, and timeless realism.

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Mandy Bealer

Williamsburg

Williamsburg painter working under Artemis Rising Studios, exploring the world through different artistic mediums.

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Erin Blair

Williamsburg

Williamsburg mixed-media artist working as Havyn Handmade — a former art therapist whose nature-inspired mixed-media work draws on the processes she used in that practice.

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Ryan Eure

Williamsburg

Williamsburg jewelry designer working as Ryan Eure Designs, taking timeless fine-jewelry design in new directions influenced by sacred geometry.

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Robert Lauer

Williamsburg

Williamsburg painter capturing watercraft and colonial architecture along the Mid-Atlantic's Intracoastal Waterway against vivid sunrise and sunset color.

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Wendy Nelson

Williamsburg

Williamsburg wildlife photographer working as Wendy Nelson Photography, focused on capturing intimate, unguarded moments in animal behavior.

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Joseph Nickerson

Williamsburg

Williamsburg astrophotographer working as Stage Fright Astrophotos, capturing and processing deep-sky imagery of nebulae and other astronomical subjects.

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Bobby Oller

Williamsburg

Williamsburg mixed-media and digital artist blending illustration with fine art — intricate hand-drawn digital vector paintings, some built from tens of thousands of individual elements.

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Clare Spooner

Williamsburg

Williamsburg painter working en plein air in watercolor and oil, painting quickly and intuitively from direct observation.

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Gaetano Galoppo

Gloucester County

Gloucester County sculptor with 50 years of experience working to render the beauty of nature in porcelain form.

Source & verification

Convention/event organizer:An Occasion for the Arts — official site (juried artist roster)Last checked: August 12, 2026

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