Artist - Patrick Parise
For those of us here at The Jasper Project, one of our most satisfying ongoing projects is the monthly and quarterly rotation of artists and their work through our gallery spaces across town. Through the generosity and hospitality of restaurant owners, leadership at the Koger Center and Harbison Theatre, and the management at the Meridian Building downtown, we have been able to arrange for the showing of hundreds of Midlands area artists over the years. For some of our artists, The Jasper Project has guided them through their very first showing. This is a wonderful thing to have the privilege of experiencing and we appreciate our artists trusting us with this honor. And once an artist has shown their work with us, it seems we always become dear friends with both them and their entourage, whether it be family members, longtime supporters, or old friends who come out to cheer them on. Yes, programming, promoting, and handling all the paperwork involved in putting art on walls about town is time-consuming and arduous work. But it’s all worth it when we see the joy and pride on the faces of artists once their exhibition is open and on view.
For 2026, our team has assembled another 40+ individual artists who will exhibit their work in our designated galleries. (This does not include the visual artists we work with in our one-off projects, such as Degenerate Art II and the Peter Lenzo retrospective, coming up this spring at Gemini Arts and Stormwater respectively.)
Without further ado, we are delighted to announce The Jasper Project’s 2026 schedule of exhibiting artists!
Artist- Sonya Diimmler
The Nook Gallery at The Koger Center for Arts
January - Najee Reese
February - Easel Cathedral
March - Cait Maloney
April - Sarah Scruggs
May - Kathryn Morganelli
June - Ginny Merett
July - Sonya Diimmler
August - Isaac Udogwu
September - Patrick Parise
October - Keshoan Johnson
November thru December - K Wayne Thornley
Artist - Harry McFadden
Motor Supply Co. Bistro
February - Harry McFadden
April - Thomas Crouch
July - Katie Chandler
October - Kelley Pettibone
Artist - Clayton King
Jasper’s Tiny Gallery
January - Clayton King
February - Amy Kuenzie
March - Becci Robbins
April - Lucy Bailey
May - Tracey Seibert
June - Betsy Halford
July - Sarah Hilton
August - Faith Mathis
September - Jana Willis
October - Wendy Diaz (Inti Eclectic)
November - Megan Tapley
December - TBD
Jasper’s Tiny Gallery, begun in 2019, is a virtual gallery open 24/7 where you can shop online at your convenience. Tiny Gallery art cannot be larger than 15” in any dimension and must be priced les than $250, with the majority of pieces in the less than $100 range. We developed Jasper’s Tiny Gallery as an entry level space for new collectors and working folks who want to build an art collection on an artist’s budget. By limiting the size of the art we are often able to program some of the area’s most high profile artists who create smaller, more affordable work specifically for this gallery.
Artist - Wilma Ruth King
Artist - Lucas Sams
Sound Bites Eatery*
January - Anna Herrera
February - Anna Herrera
March - Lucas Sams*
April - Jessica Ream*
May - Barry White*
June - Michael Morris*
July - JJ Burton*
August - Terri Birthday Show
September - Jackie Bobo*
October - Bonita Strickland*
November - Cam Moore*
December - Emily Moffitt*
*Jasper was disappointed to learn that our gracious host at Sound Bites Eatery has made the difficult decision to close their doors effective February 6, 2026. We can’t thank Terri Mac and her team enough for making all of us at Jasper, and all the artists we represent, feel so at home (and well-fed!) since the very beginning. While we all mourn the loss of this home-base gathering space for artists and arts lovers, we are delighted to celebrate our final artist on the Jasper wall who, coincidentally, is Anna Herrera, the owner’s daughter and a fine artist! (Ironically, we had scheduled Anna’s exhibition as part of the 2026 lineup prior to hearing the news that she would be our final First Thursday artist at Sound Bites Eatery.
We are currently in search of other public walls on which we can show the fully-programmed 2026 roster of Sound Bites artists, so we are announcing that roster with our fingers crossed that the proprietors of a future space will make themselves known. We’d love to hear from you!
** The Jasper Gallery Sidewalk Gallery in the windows of the Meridian Building downtown is currently being developed. We look forward Making the announcement of our first artist roster very soon!
