As a member of Blue Ridge Arts Center, you are invited to participate in our Member Challenges. These challenges are hung in the Foyer in coordination with our main gallery shows. Challenges are designed to motivate our members to explore new directions as artists… whether it’s a new medium, color scheme, or subject matter… who knows where it might lead. Artists are encouraged to create new work specifically for the Members’ Challenges, not pull from inventory. Each artist can enter up to two pieces per challenge. This is a free opportunity for our members, but we do ask that you offer these works for sale during the show. Artwork should be pre-registered online, then dropped off during the appropriate drop-off period.
“Flower Power” – On display: January 17 – February 21
“I must have flowers, always and always.” – Claude Monet
Get excited by a flower’s bold color, its quiet movement, its blossom! Capture the beauty of your own flowers — the flowers in nature or the ones you imagine!
There is no cost to enter, but you must be a current member of Blue Ridge Arts Center to participate.
Please note revised dates below due to inclement weather…
- Register Your Work Online by Saturday, January 11 @ Noon
- Drop Off Artwork on Sunday, January 12 (Noon-3pm) or Monday, January 13 (10am-Noon)
- Opening Reception: Friday, January 17 (5:30-7:00pm)
- Closing Reception: Friday, February 21 (5:30-7:00pm)
- Pick Up Artwork: Friday, February 21 (7:00pm) or Saturday, February 22 (10am-4pm)
“Wild Things” – On display: March 21 – April 25
“Let the wild rumpus start!” – Maurice Sendak
Go wild with your art – wild subjects, wild hues, wild style!
Take a walk on the wild side!
There is no cost to enter, but you must be a current member of Blue Ridge Arts Center to participate.
- Register Your Work Online by Thursday, March 13 @ 5pm
- Drop Off Artwork on Friday, March 14 (1-4pm) or Saturday, March 15 (10am-1pm)
- Opening Reception: Friday, March 21 (5:30-7:00pm)
- Closing Reception: Friday, April 25 (5:30-7:00pm)
- Pick Up Artwork: Friday, April 25 (7:00pm) or Saturday, April 26 (10am-4pm)
“Art on the Edge” – On display: May 16 – June 20
“On the edge you see things you can’t from the center.” — Kurt Vonnegut
Don’t play it safe! Be bold in subject, color, and style!
Banish the middling and humdrum!
There is no cost to enter, but you must be a current member of Blue Ridge Arts Center to participate.
- Register Your Work Online by Thursday, May 8 @ 5pm
- Drop Off Artwork on Friday, May 9 (1-4pm) or Saturday, May 10 (10am-1pm)
- Opening Reception: Friday, May 16 (5:30-7:00pm)
- Closing Reception: Friday, June 20 (5:30-7:00pm)
- Pick Up Artwork: Friday, June 20 (7:00pm) or Saturday, June 21 (10am-4pm)
” Up Close & Personal – Zoom In!” – On display: July 18 – August 22
“If your pictures aren’t good, you’re not close enough!” – Robert Capa
Put your subject or ideas under a microscope! Create the whole, or only a small secret piece.
What will you discover up close?
There is no cost to enter, but you must be a current member of Blue Ridge Arts Center to participate.
- Register Your Work Online by Thursday, July 10 @ 5pm
- Drop Off Artwork on Friday, July 11 (1-4pm) or Saturday, July 12 (10am-1pm)
- Opening Reception: Friday, July 18 (5:30-7:00pm)
- Closing Reception: Friday, August 22 (5:30-7:00pm)
- Pick Up Artwork: Friday, August 22 (7:00pm) or Saturday, August 23 (10am-4pm)
“Movement” – On display: November 21 – December 19
“How wrong are those simpletons who look more at color than at figures that show spirit and movement!” – Michelangelo
Movement in art brings life to your work.
Play with rhythm, line, color, and space!
There is no cost to enter, but you must be a current member of Blue Ridge Arts Center to participate.
- Register Your Work Online by Thursday, November 13 @ 5pm
- Drop Off Artwork on Friday, November 14 (1-4pm) or Saturday, November 15 (10am-1pm)
- Opening Reception: Friday, November 21 (5:30-7:00pm)
- Closing Reception: Friday, December 19 (5:30-7:00pm)
- Pick Up Artwork: Friday, December 19 (7:00pm) or Saturday, December 20 (10am-4pm)