The Rivah Guide is holding its Best of the Rivah 2025 contest. We'd love your support by voting for us in the following categories: Place to Find Rivah Art, Festival, and Summer Camp. Voting ends July 7 at 5:00 pm. Thanks for your support!

We're back with another popular wine tasting this summer focusing on the vineyards and wineries of Virginia.

Visit the Art Speaks Gallery in June to see firsthand the textural creations of Christy Dunkle.

To celebrate the ending of school and beginning of summer, OpenArt After School kids showed off their work in the Art Speaks Gallery

We currently have three different Art Kits to Go that will ignite the creative spark in you! Come by the gallery and pick one up or get it online.

Registration is now open for artists wanting to participate in Mathews Plein Air 2025, September 18-20. This event is part of Mathews ArtFest which runs throughout the month of September.

As part of the Gloucester Arts Festival, The Bay School welcomed participating artists and the public to view and celebrate the work of the plein air artists who competed throughout the day in the Mathews Paint Out.

In this year's Best of Virginia 2025 edition of Virginia Living, editor-in-chief Madeline Mayhood highlighted The Bay School.

Running August 4-8 from 10 AM-3PM, kids ages 6-12 will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of fun sessions with the Mathews Memorial Library, The Bay School Community Arts Center, Mathews Maritime Foundation, Mathews Master Gardeners, and a field trip to CA&J Farm. The week will conclude with a field day August 8.

We have something for EVERYONE! Our 2025 Summer-Fall classes are now online and open for enrollment, and you can download a copy of the catalog. You can also request a hard copy of our newest class catalog.

We're starting the New Year with a new opportunity for artists to get together, share ideas, and make art in a community environment. The Creative Circle meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month. Participation is FREE; come to one session or come to all.

Want to be part of a fun-loving, creative community? Consider volunteering with us at one of our many events or exhibitions. We are currently seeking additional volunteers to help out with:

• Cuban Progressive Dinner, Wednesday June 18. Sign Up Here 
• Family Arts & Barks Festival craft booths, Saturday June 21. Sign Up Here to work a booth
• Family Arts & Barks Festival on June 21. Lots of jobs to fill! Sign Up Here

Start 2025 off by becoming part of a vibrant community of art lovers and creative individuals of all ages. The Bay School recently updated and improved our membership program to offer our community even more reasons to join us!