Frank Stick Memorial Art Show

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The Longest Running Visual Arts Exhibit In Dare County

2026 Frank Stick Memorial Art Show

The 48th Annual Frank Stick Memorial Art Show will open at Dare Arts on Friday, February 6, 2026 at 6pm. Artists wishing to participate in the show can find the prospectus below.

Writer, artist, and Dare Arts’ former Gallery Director Lynne Francis will judge the 48th Annual Frank Stick Memorial Art Show. She studied painting at The Corcoran in Washington DC, art restoration at The New School for Social Research, and life drawing under Anthony Toney at The Art Students League in NYC. Her written work has been published in Emprise Review, Naugatuck River Review and other small magazines and her paintings have been shown in juried shows in Massachusetts, Virginia, and North Carolina.

After the opening, the show will be open for viewing during normal gallery hours February 7-28, 2026.

Prospectus

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About The Frank Stick Memorial Art Show

The annual show is held in memory of Outer Banks preservationist and artist Frank Stick, who was instrumental in having miles of the Cape Hatteras Seashore designated as the first National Seashore.

The Frank Stick Memorial Art Show is the longest running visual arts exhibit in Dare County. The exhibit goes on display every winter at Dare Arts. In 2017, the show was held at the Dare Arts Gallery for the first time since its inception.

Artists are encouraged to enter their most innovative work for the possibility of winning the distinctive Eure Best in Show Award, which is an ode to Glenn and Pat Eure for their many years of hosting the Frank Stick Memorial Art Show at Ghost Fleet Gallery.

The Frank Stick Memorial Art Show is open to Dare Arts members and residents of Dare County age 18 and over.

Blizzard-like conditions may have delayed artwork drop-off, but that did not stop the 48th Annual Frank Stick Memorial Art Show from being Dare Arts’ largest show to date with 114 artworks submitted by local and regional artists.

Eure Best In Show: Iryna Welch, Whatever You Can Think Of (oil)

Excellence Awards: G. Peter Lyon, Misanthropy (mixed media), Michael Bennett, On The Roanoke (oil), Peggy Morse, Feeling the Earth (acrylic), and Wendy Jewett, The Field in Winter (watercolor)

Honorable Mentions: Elaine Hartman, Glow (acrylic), Rebecca Davis, Boat Repairs (watercolor), and Nobel Schuler, OBX Compass (wood, various paints, markers and other embellishing elements)

People's Choice (selected by public ballot at reception): MaryEllen Lee “The King” (acrylic, mixed with molding paste)

2025 Frank Stick Award Recipients