2026 Sponsors

Our Partners

Logo for the Cook Foundation featuring a stylized letter 'C' and 'F' in blue with the text 'COOK FOUNDATION' underneath.

Presenting Sponsor

A close-up image of a silver Apple MacBook laptop keyboard with a black screen

Presenting Sponsor

Seal of Gloucester County, Virginia, featuring a beehive, a dock, and water, with the text 'Gloucester County Virginia Estab. 1651' around the border.

Community Partner

Event Sponsors

Logo with text reading 'Martin, Ingles & Hensley, Ltd. Attorneys at Law'

Brews & Brine & Wine

CRAIG DEREMER & DONNA GIVENS

Mathews Paint Out & Reception

Outline logo of the National Endowment for the Arts with a red, white, and blue striped bar and the website arts.gov.
The logo of the Virginia Competitive Alliance (VCA), a sports organization, featuring a circular design with a multicolored border, the website URL www.vca.org, and an inner circle with the text 'VCA'.

Symphony Co-Sponsors
Logo of TCV Trust & Wealth Management with a blue shield emblem containing the initials 'TCV' in white, and the company name written below in blue and red letters.

Patron Preview Party

Paint Main Event

Heart of the River Gala

Village Arts Day

It’s A Wrap Reception

The Cook Foundation is proud to present the Gloucester Arts Festival with the support of the Virginia Tourism Corporation, the Virginia Commission for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Fine Arts Museum of Gloucester. The support of our fellow arts organizations helps us foster a love of the arts and access to the arts in our community and region.

A circular logo with a border of colorful blocks, centered with the text 'VCA' inside a diagram resembling a hockey rink, with surrounding text reading 'Virginia' and 'The Mission for the World.'
Design with black and red text saying 'Virginia is for art lovers', with the words 'art' and 'lovers' highlighted in red, and a red heart shape replacing the letter 'V' in 'lovers'.
Outline design promoting National Endowment for the Arts with the website arts.gov and a red, white, and blue striped line.
Logo with blue gradient circular shape and a stylized quill pen in the center, representing writing or publishing.
A person painting outdoors on an easel with a landscape scene, with a clear blue sky and greenery in the background, overlaid with the text 'Plein Air Invitational'.

PLEIN AIR INVITATIONAL SPONSOR

RENÉ WENLEDER

Award Sponsors

Grand Prize - Best in Show

THERESA STEWART HUPP

Artist’s Choice Award

JOHN & SHERRI MILNER

Second Place Award

Paint Main Invited Artist Awards

Third Place Award

Paint Main Community Artist Awards

Best of Sponsors

Black and white logo of Gloucester Brewing Co., featuring a large ship's bow with a small building or bridge on top, wheat stalks on each side, and circular text around reading "Gloucester Brewing Co." with "Virginia" at the top and "Established 2016" at the bottom.

Best Marine View

Best New Artist

Roxanna & William
Andersen

Margaret & John
Singleton

Best Use of Light

Best Water

Best Architectural

Best Floral

Best Boat

Best Sunrise/Sunset

Best By A Virginia Artist

Carolyn Dudley

Best Nocturne

H. Stone Digital Solutions

Best River

Pam & Skip Driggs

Best Symphony

Best Tree or Wooded Setting

Best Landscape/ Agricultural

Best Animal

Best Figurative in a Landscape

A painting of an outdoor festival scene with tables, umbrellas, and trees, overlaid with the word 'SYMPHONY' in bold white letters.

Symphony Patrons

Mari Ann Banks

Bobby Hatten - Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond

Dr. Robert & Mrs. Cheryl Davis

Roxanna & William Andersen
Burton Bland
Chesapeake Bank
Sara B. Delo
Carol Steele
Nancy & James Wesson

FRIEND OF THE FESTIVAL

Eugene Thompson