With the nostalgic perspective of a mother, Jamie Hurst’s current body of work focuses on the landscape as setting for childhood play. These scenes are places of potential games, craft, escape, connection, mystery, and memory.

50 for 50 is an artist opportunity that invites 50 community artists to showcase their work at Touchstone throughout 2026, the year of Touchstone’s 50th anniversary.

Jamie Hurst is a Fine Artist born in 1984 in Clearwater, Florida. After living as an expatriate for many years, she is now based in the Greater Washington DC area. Jamie Hurst received her BFA in Art History from the University of Florida in 2006.

Jamie was recently the Artist in Residence for Artcelerate at the Made in Virginia Scott’s Addition location in Richmond. The residency included a solo show, A Place For Play. This exhibit included two-dimensional paintings and an interactive installation in which viewers were asked to participate in the exhibit by either taking or painting a river rock from a pile presented in front of the works. Her work has been in a number of group shows including figure at Touchstone Gallery. Before focusing on her fine art practice, she was an art historian at Sotheby’s in New York and the Corcoran Gallery of Art.