2026 Exhibit Calendar

GALLERIES I & II      

Mon-Fri 8:30-5pm  Weekends by Appointment  

Open Studio

The opening of Open Studio at Rock School Arts Foundation welcomes all two-dimensional artists to paint/draw together on Thursdays in Studio 101, located in the Old Rock School in Valdese, NC. Studio hours will be from 11 am to 3 pm. 

January 16 - February 13, 2026 

Online: January 16-March 6

Reception: January 18 from 2-4pm

Jane Best - Oil & Pastel

Hannah Hubbard - Pen & Ink

Krista Skelton - Watercolor

March 6 - April 3, 2026

Online: March 6-April 24 

Reception: March 8 from 2-4pm

Kathy Kmonicek - Photography

Manny A. Maldonado - Acrylic 

Zan Thompson - Watercolor

April 24 - May 22, 2026

Online: April 24-June 12

Reception: April 26 from 2-4pm

Bobby Regenbogen - Mixed Media

High Country Watermedia Society 

Stephanie Tenery - Pastel

June 12 - July 10, 2026

Online: June 12-July 31

Reception: June 14 from 2-4pm

Brush & Palette Art Club

Anne Thompson - Photography 

Eugenia Welch - Oil

39th Annual Open Art Competition/Exhibit

July 31 - August 28 

Online: July 31-September 11

Opening Day August 8

Artists in the Waldensian Room - 9am to 4pm

September 11 - October 9, 2026

Online: September 11-October 15

Reception: September 13 from 2-4pm

Kimberly Bost - Acrylic

Preeti Happer - Mixed Media

Carol Turner - Acrylic, Oil, Mixed Media 

October 16 - October 29, 2026

Reception: October 18 from 2-4pm

Elementary School Students & Art Teachers Exhibition

November 20 - December 18, 2026

Online: November 20-January 15

Reception: November 22 from 2-4pm

Steve Ohnesorge - Photography

Kathy Oravecz - Watercolor

Chris Parsons - Mixed Media