Neptune Festival Art & Craft Show

Consistently recognized by Sunshine Artist Magazine in the Top 10 of 200 Art Shows in the country, the Neptune Festival Art and Craft Show is one of the many events during Neptune Festival Boardwalk Weekend. Artists and craftsmen of original work are eligible for the show, with acceptance based on a jury process. This show does not accept food products, body care, recorded music, commercially manufactured, production studio work, buy-sell, kits or imported items.

There is an area of the show devoted to selected exhibitors who work with the highest degree of originality, handcrafting, and excellence. Only those artists are awards-eligible.

The Neptune Festival includes a commercial section that is not part of this Art and Craft Show. For more information on the Boardwalk Marketplace, click here.

The Neptune Festival Art & Craft Show wants to help kids start their very own art collection! Fostering an interest in the arts at a young age is crucial to the development of a well-rounded society. The Young Collectors Art Gallery for Kids will offer children ages 6-12 the opportunity to select a professional work of art to take home for just $5.

Visit the Young Collectors Art Gallery for Kids:

Saturday, September 26 – 11:00am-3:00pm
Sunday, September 27 – 11:00am-3:00pm
32nd Street on the Virginia Beach Boardwalk

First Place
Leanne Moss, Virginia
Booth #2926
A Long Goodbye

Second Place
Barbara Umbel, Florida
Booth # 3028
Maine Sea Urchin

Third Place
Jenn Clemens, Virginia
Booth# 2606
Yggdrasil

Awards of Merit

• Phillip Radcliffe Virginia
  Booth #2820
  Untitled: navy carrier with helicopters
• Hannah Howard, Virginia
  Booth# 2906
  Love is a Back Scratch
• Scott Roberts, Virginia
  Booth #2914
  Paradise Guitar
• Blake Gore, Virginia
  Booth #2916
  Red Reader
• Candace Rawling, Virginia
  Booth #2517
  First Sister

2025 ART & CRAFT SHOW JUDGE
Kate Pittman, ViBe Creative District

Kate Pittman, Executive Director of the ViBe Creative District in Virginia Beach, will be our judge for the 2025 Neptune Festival Art & Craft Show and we could not be more pleased. She has held the ViBe position from its inception in 2016 as the first arts district in Virginia Beach. Prior to that, she worked at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art for 11 years as the Director of Operations. She also served as the director of the Boardwalk Art Show in 2006. Kate’s entire career has focused on the promotion and support of the arts and the building and enhancement of opportunities for artists.