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Call for Vendors: Holiday Market
Calling all creative and crafty vendors to the NEON Holiday Market! One of the favorite events of the NEON calendar, the local market at the Plot can accommodate 30 vendors. On Saturday, December 10 from 12pm to 4pm, bring your art and handmade goods to sell to more than 600 shoppers passing through. Apply by … Call for Vendors: Holiday Market
View PostWake Up Inspired: Breakfast & Brunch Options in The NEON
What better way to start the day than a mouthwatering breakfast from a locally-owned business, among the big murals of the NEON District? The NEON, which is nestled between Downtown and Ghent, offers some of the tastiest breakfasts in town — and they won’t gobble up your wallet, either. Whether getting some food in your … Wake Up Inspired: Breakfast & Brunch Options in The NEON
View PostCall for Artists: NEON Stars
The NEON District will be lit this season! At the gateway into Downtown Norfolk, the NEON District often provides the first glimpse of city lights, historic buildings and bustling streets to visitors. One or more new artists will be selected to refresh the District’s creative holiday décor this fall. The NEON Stars adds to the … Call for Artists: NEON Stars
View PostTips from the Experts: How to Win a Public Art Call
How does public art happen? Rarely is art in the public sphere an act of spontaneous inspiration.For a piece of public art to become a reality, it typically takes months of planning, and multiple meetings of stakeholders with varied interests, including property owners, funding sources, community and civic organizations and, ultimately, the artist her or … Tips from the Experts: How to Win a Public Art Call
View PostExpert’s Guide to Parking in the NEON
Unlike many of the neighborhoods in Hampton Roads, which have been built from scratch in the last handful of decades, the NEON District is an evolving adaptation of a historic neighborhood. Horses and carriages used to travel these same pathways, as did early iterations of the cars we drive today. Being part of an adapted … Expert’s Guide to Parking in the NEON
View PostReasons to Be Excited for the Bright Future of the NEON District
Three Reasons to Be Excited for the Bright Future of the NEON District This October brings with it the seventh NEON Festival, marking seven years of murals, performances, new local businesses, and creative people being creative in the neighborhood that will go down as the first arts district in Hampton Roads. More than half a … Reasons to Be Excited for the Bright Future of the NEON District
View PostUncovering Hampton Roads: The Canvas
The NEON District owes its earliest roots to a group of ambitious art advocates who asked a simple question of local property owners…Mind if we paint on your boarded up windows? In the early 2010s, murals projects in Richmond, Virginia and arts districts like Wynwoods Walls in Miami were experiencing the early and positive impact … Uncovering Hampton Roads: The Canvas
View PostSeptember 2022
Only a few short weeks away, the 7th Annual NEON Festival is the NEON District’s yearly coming out party. You can expect live music, dance, pop up galleries, food trucks and more on Thursday October 20 and Friday, October 21. Presented by Arts Alliance and Old Dominion University, the festival brings more than 5,000 visitors to the neighborhood for can’t miss entertainment.
View PostAugust 2022
Before the 7th Annual Festival descends upon the district this October, art and mural making is taking front and center. This September, watch for familiar faces and new friends as the 2022 selection of artists commence projects around NEON. We can’t wait to unveil the new murals and more to you this October 20 and 21!
View Post7th Annual NEON Festival
The 7th annual NEON Festival returns to NFK October 20 & 21, 2022. Light up the night with performances, music, murals, art and more!
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