Events
16th Annual Wine & Art Festival
Make plans to join us for the 16th Annual Rosemont Wine & Art Festival!
This is our biggest event of the year, highlighting over 25 fine artists and exhibitors, adding new talent year after year. You’ll find art of all mediums, including paintings, photography, pottery, jewelry, woodworking, and more.
Gregory’s Grill and Beer Fed Beef will be on-site serving their amazing food and Adriel Genet and Little Red Birds will be playing throughout the day!
Featured Artists for This Year Include:
Granite Creations – Dave Almond – Virginia Beach, VA
Granite Pieces
Granite Creations has been in business since 2015 and has gained a strong following throughout Virginia, North Carolina, and DC Area. They take recycled granite pieces and turn them into Lazy Susans, cheese boards, and trivets!
Birdie’s Pimento Cheese – Robin Allen – South Hill, VA
Artisan Pimento Cheese
Birdie’s Pimento Cheese is a marvelous blend of sharp cheddar cheese, mayonnaise, pimento, and spices creating an approachable cheese spread/dip that easily pairs with crackers, chips, a vegetable tray, or a bottle of wine!
Simply Art – Jo Balazs – Louisburg, NC – New Artist!
Acrylic Paintings
Jo is a self-taught artist who’s passion began at the age of 12. They mostly paint nature; like sailboats, birds, trees, and hummingbirds but they love challenging themselves with new subjects like pets!
LiteEmUp Bottles – Marlene Barbera – Raleigh, NC
Reclaimed Glass
Marlene creates illuminated art from reclaimed glass. By transforming recycled bottles with solar, battery, and USB lighting, she gives discarded glass a second life as functional, light-driven designs.
Dukie Barner – Henrico, NC
Mixed Media Art
Dukie has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from VCU and was a middle and high school art teacher for 24 years. She is currently an exhibiting artist in Rosemont Winery’s Art Gallery. She is a member of the Halifax County Arts Council and was an art teacher for 22 years!
Birds By Danny B – Danny Blackwell – Washington, NC
PVC Bird Sculptures
Danny enjoys the creating and design element. Most importantly, his art connects him to those who appreciate his work.
Baskets by Jeannie B – Jeannie Blackwell – Washington, NC
Handwoven Baskets
Jeannie’s therapy is making baskets, creating, designing, and engaging with people!
Steady Porch Farm – Naomi Boswell & Steve Wickenkamp – Chase City, VA
Fresh Cut Flowers
Steady Porch Farm is a specialty cut flower farm located outside of Chase City, VA. They use regenerative farming practices to produce beautiful, fresh-cut flowers.
Peculiar Pantry – Beth Callis – South Hill, VA
Artisan Pecans
Beth has always loved making food-related gifts for family and friends. Peculiar Pantry is a small batch producer of snack foods founded in 2022.
Bob’s Bowls – Bob Dobson – Henrico, NC
Wood Turning
Bob is a retired USMC Colonel. He enjoys golfing, fishing, reading, traveling, and cooking, and has been turning wood for seven years.
Handmade Pottery by Jayme Doerhoff – Jayme Doerhoff – Bracey, VA
Pottery
Jayme is a locally taught potter who handmakes pottery, platters, bowls, cups, candles, and Holiday trees and wreaths.
Mam Jam’s Candle Company – Tracy Foster – Rice, VA
Handmade Candles
Mam Jam’s Candles began in 2015 from a deep passion of fragrance. What began as a hobby, morphed into a small, family-run business!
Karl Groeger – Bracey, VA
Metal Art
Karl retired in March of 2021 and learned to weld shortly after. He makes fun things out of metal to keep himself busy and out of his wife’s hair!
Gutierrez Woodworking – Luis Gutierrez – Kernersville, NC
Woodworking
Working mainly in mesquite, Luis creates live edge bowls that honor the tree’s natural shape and grain. Each piece tells the story of the wood.
Art By Karolyn – Karolyn Hawthorne – South Hill, VA
Paintings & Silver Jewelry
Karolyn was born and raised in Miami, FL, where she developed a love for natural beauty early in life. She attended college at Virginia Tech and, after graduation, moved to Lawrenceville, VA to pursue a teaching career. In 1996, she enrolled in an oil painting class at a Southside Virginia Community College, and she was immediately hooked. Recently she has discovered that her greatest painting pleasure is painting animal portrait commissions, however, she also enjoys handcrafting fine silver jewelry as well.
YaYart by Peggy – Peggy Helms – Chesterfield, VA
Acrylic, Pastel, and Watercolor Paintings
Peggy is a spirited artist whose work captures the joy of everyday like, nature, and nostalgia. A retired grade school teacher and life-long creative, Peggy now channels her passion into vibrant acrylic and pastel pieces that often blend whimsy with personal meaning.
Dr. Hardy ME Mysteries – Willoughby Hundley – Boydton, VA
Author
Dr. Willoughby Hundley is an emergency room physician who draws on his 35 years of experience as a county medical examiner to compose his fictitious mysteries set in Mecklenburg County. A graduate of VCU medical school, he lives with his wife in his hometown of Boydton, VA.
Alpine Customs – Travis LeBlanc – LaCrosse, VA
Handcrafted Knives
Travis is a local blacksmith selling high quality hunting, fishing, camping, and cooking knives.
Welcome & Woven – Linda McPadden – Littleton, NC – New Artist!
Hand-Painted Slates, Mats, and Bags
Linda is a former military wife who has collected roofing slates from across the North East that she now uses as the foundation for hand-painted welcome signs.
Cricket Glass Designs – Gary Orr – Valentines, VA
Stained Glass
Gary is a self-taught stained glass artist and has 24 years of making and designing glass art using the Tiffany Style. His specialties include custom-designed Window Panels, Door Transoms, and Cabinet Doors. You can also catch him teaching stained glass at Norton’s Art Studio in Henrico, NC, and Halifax Studios in Halifax, NC.
Unique Stained Glass – Madeline Ramsey – Alexandria, VA
Stained Glass, Fused Glass Plates, and Bowls
Madeline has been making glass for over 40 years. She loves all things glass and aims to make art and beauty accessible to all!
The Rideout Canvas – Shelley Rideout – Emporia, VA – New Artist!
Rural/Farm Art on Canvas
Shelley is a visual artist based in Emporia, VA specializing in rural themed art. With a BS in Art Education from Radford University, she has been teaching middle school art for 20 years in Roanoke Rapids, NC. Her art showcases the beauty of hard work from sunrise to sunset, as well as a close knit rural community through bright and captivating colors.
JR Custom Pipes & More – Jim Rose – Clarksville, VA
Woodworks
Jim is a retired Navy Veteran making wine/whiskey barrel and wood art as a hobby.
Kelly Rose Creations – Kelly Rose – Efland, NC – New Artist!
Embroidery
Kelly Rose Creations specializes in custom embroidery services that make everyday items unique. From tea towels to baby bibs, their high-quality craftmanship ensures that every piece is a work of art.
Sisters in Crime – Chesapeake, VA
Authors
Sisters in Crime is a premier crime writing association dedicated to representing women crime writers. They are an inclusive community supporting all fellow mystery writers and readers.
Stained Glass Design – Patricia Snipes & Karen Doerfler – Ebony, VA
Stained Glass
Patricia and Karen have 30 years of stained glass experience in three mediums. They specialize in custom works and repairs of existing stained glass.
Myra’s Table – Myra Trent – Brookneal, VA – New Artist!
Artisan Cold-Pressed Oils
On Myra’s Table’s Farm, they grow small grains, wine grapes, blueberries, and sunflowers. Myra loves to cook, so this is where she embraces the farm life – in the kitchen. She cold-presses sunflower seeds for small batch artisan oils.
Finer Things by Ellen Yacovelli – Ellen Yacovelli – Wendell, NC – New Artist!
Watercolors
Ellen has been painting for decades and mainly sells her art through craft fairs, art shows, and word of mouth. She specializes in portrait work in watercolor and she paints the things that capture her attention either through color or lines. Ellen has raised four adult children, each with their own families.
