Battle of the Brushes: Round 5!

Name: Battle of the Brushes: Round 5!
Start: 2026-03-21T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-03-21T23:00:00-04:00
Location: 8th Ave. Gallery

Schedule

Sat Mar 21 2026 at 02:00 pm to 11:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

8th Ave. Gallery | Ocala, FL

Battle of the Brushes: Round 4 Champion Lili Hart, People’s choice DJ Reynolds and Second place overall Jordan Shapot will be back to compete for the Title & $2500 in cold hard cash against 9 other TBA artists,
(COULD BE YOU!) apply today at https://battleofthebrushes5.artcall.org/
Each Artist will start and finish a 4ft x 4ft piece of Art live! Throughout the event you’ll enjoy live music, free beer/Wine, food trucks and you will get the opportunity to vote for your favorite piece for the peoples choice award! At 9:30pm artists will stop working and the awards will be given out!
🏆BOTB Champion - $2500 - chosen by
3 Judges- Clovis Dean Rusk, Victoria Billig, and Allisa Babor.
🏵Peoples Choice - $750 - to the artist with the most votes.
🎤8th Ave. Galleries Choice- $250 - to the artist who creates Seth Benzel and Justin Alsedek’s favorite piece.
This event is not only a fun and unique experience but a fundraiser for Two of Ocala’s great art non-profits, the Marion Cultural Alliance (MCA) and the Magnolia Art Xchange (MAX). We will have an official event merch table with T-Shirts, limited edition Event Posters, and stickers! You will also have an opportunity to purchase tickets for a chance to win Original Artworks from several talented artists!
Proceeds will be donated to these wonderful Non-profits.

We will also be displaying artwork from each competing artist in the main gallery. A portion of all sales in the gallery will also be donated!
All the works created will be up for Auction at the event and the following week!
Event Breakdown:
2pm - Artists Introduction Ceremony!
2:30pm- Painting will begin!🎨
9:30pm - Painting stops, final votes get cast.
By 10pm - winners are an announced and a champ is crowned! 👑
10pm - 11pm Continue to Celebrate and Dance!🕺💃🏻

Live Music lineup:
2:30pm - 5:30pm TBA
5:30pm - 7:30pm TBA
7:30pm - 10:30pm TBA
As always free beer and wine and delicious food trucks - MexiRican & (TBA) will be on location!
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Special thanks to our Presenting Sponsor
Angie Lewis State Farm!🙏o