ARTfall showcases outstanding original artwork by emerging and established artists while providing the public an opportunity to purchase original works from talented regional creators. Preference will be given to artists from the Lower Cape Fear region.
The exhibition will be open to the public on Friday and Saturday, September 18–19, and Monday through Saturday, September 21–26, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The community is also invited to attend the Artists Awards Presentation and Reception on Thursday, September 17, from 6:00–8:00 p.m. in the Lobby Museum of the Historic USO Building. Cash awards totaling $525 will be presented for First Place, Second Place, Third Place, Honorable Mention, and the People’s Choice Award.
This year’s exhibition will be judged by award-winning artist Benjamin Billingsley, who holds an MFA from UNC Greensboro and has exhibited throughout the United States as well as internationally in Latvia, Estonia, Russia, and Japan. A respected educator, Billingsley taught studio art and art history at Cape Fear Community College from 2001–2026 and received the Marilyn Goodman Anderson Endowed Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2006. He currently serves as Associate Curator at the Cameron Art Museum, where he has curated exhibitions including From Mountains to Sea and The Game Changers: Diebenkorn, Frankenthaler, and Rauschenberg. Billingsley has also served as juror for numerous prestigious regional exhibitions, including the Wilmington Art Association’s 2021 Azalea Festival Spring Show, Orange Street ArtsFest, and the 2026 Craven Arts Council National Juried Exhibition.
The 2026 ARTFall Artists
Alisa Harris, Allen Rodger, Andrea Lauren, Brad Diller, Carol Sibley, Cathryn O’Donnell, CattyLions, Constance Shrecengost, Dana King, Dana M Davis, David Kilgore, Elena Wright, Elizabeth Vickerman, Ellen Assael, Francis Mims, Gail Doyle Smith, Gwen Renee Pikul, James Gianforti, Jan Apple, Janet B Sessoms, Jason A. Frizzelle, JD Tinzel, Kamila Abrahamova Blessing, Karen Brennan, Karen Ipock, Karen Shaw, Karissa Uhrain, Kathleen Lafferty, Kathy Adler, Kathy Mann, Kathy Sohar, Kristin Logan, Linda Flynn, Linda Geraci, Lisa Barash-Rosario, Mary Brackman, Mary Martin, Mary Ward, Melissa Dupius, Michele Beilman, Missy Mohn Schwartz, Monica Twigg, Natalie Campbell, Phil Wanamaker, Rick Marlowe Scneider, Rosa Feddersen, Samoht L Leahcim, Sandy Nelson, Sarah Murvin Smith, Sarah Still, Shane Goione, Sherrod Sturrock, Sondra Madison, Sue Freudenthal, Susan Barnard, Susan Brehm, Tamar Gilad, Taro Takizawa, Terry C Rosenfeder, Terry T Schwartz, Tina Williamson, Tom Ward