Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library 170 McCormick Rd., UVA Grounds. “No Unity Without Justice” centers around the work of UVA students and Charlottesville community racial justice activists who organized demonstrations and events that resulted in significant anti-fascist victories in response to Charlottesville’s 2017 Summer of Hate. Through October 29.
Botanical Plant-Based Fare 421 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. Acrylic works by Matalie Deane. Through October 4.
The Center at Belvedere 540 Belvedere Blvd. “Capturing the Color,” an art exhibit by The MidAtlantic Pastel Society. Through October 27. First Friday opening.
Central Library 201 E. Market St. In the third floor lobby, works by library staff member Dominic Brown.
Chroma Projects Inside Vault Virginia, Third St. SE. “Light: Illusions” showcases recent works by Beverly Ress. Through September 30. First Friday opening.
Corner Gallery Campbell Hall, UVA School of Architecture. “In The Garden: A Comparative Study Of Public Parks In Paris,” features Howland Fellow Madeline Smith’s perceptions and experiences in eight different public green spaces in Paris. September 5-26.
Crozet Artisan Depot 5791 Three Notch’d Rd. “Stained Glass in the Dalle-de-Verre Technique” by Vee Ovalds. September 1-30.
Crozet Library 2020 Library Ave. Watercolors by John Russell.
C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Making the Cut—the Art of Paper Cutting by Ming,” showcases works in the traditional art of paper cutting by Ming Qiu Chen. First Friday opening.
The Fralin Museum of Art 155 Rugby Rd., UVA Grounds. New exhibitions include “Power Play: Reimagining Representation in Contemporary Photography,” “Earthly Exemplars: The Art of Buddhist Disciples and Teachers in Asia,” “The Little Museum of Art,” and “Kenji Nakahashi: Weighing Time.”
Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 233 Fourth St. NW. “Witnessing Resistance,” images taken by photo-journalist Eze Amos between 2016 and 2017 that represent activist resistance to the alt-right. Through September 16.
East Wing Gallery Campbell Hall, UVA School of Architecture. “Densifying In Place: Five Proposals For Inclusive Infill Housing By The Charlottesville Zoning Design Workshop” features five speculative design proposals representative of a range of architectural and topographic conditions across the city. Through September 13.
Elmaleh Gallery Campbell Hall, UVA School of Architecture. “Finding Virginia’s Freetowns,” a collaborative exhibition that documents Freetowns in Albemarle, Buckingham, Fluvanna, and Orange counties. Through September 8.
The Garage 100 E. Jefferson St. “In Season,” acrylic paintings on canvas and wood panel by Brittany Fan. Through September 28. First Friday opening.
Guild Gallery Inside Vault Virginia, 300 E. Main St. “The Future and Beyond,” works by Hannah England, Feixue Mei, Raneem Tarfa, and Sha Li in a variety of mediums, including acrylic paint, illustration, collage, and oil paint. Through October 14. First Friday event.
Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Rd. “Bright Lines,” works by David Summers. Opens September 24.
McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. In the Smith Gallery, “Vessels,” reduction linocuts by Maryanna Williams. In the First Floor Hallway, “There is another world, but it is inside this one,” recent mixed-media works by Anuja Jaitley and Jennifer Billingsly. In the Second Floor Hallway, “Reflections: From the Physical to the Metaphysical,” a McGuffey member show. In the Associate Gallery, “Good Humor: A Mini Show of Happy Art,” oil on panel by Mary Jane Check. Through October 2. First Friday opening.
New City Arts 114 Third St. NE. “Feed Them,” drawings by Warren Craghead III and paintings by Mara Sprafkin, made in collaboration with her children. Through September 23. First Friday opening.
Northside Library 705 Rio Rd. W. In the quiet room, works by Ellen Moore Osborne.
PVCC Gallery V. Earl Dickinson Building, 501 College Dr. Through September 9, the Annual Student Exhibition. Opening September 23, the Annual Faculty Exhibition and a retrospective of works from PVCC’s The Fall Line literary magazine. Through November 9.
Quirk Gallery 499 W. Main St. “With a Thousand Other Heartbeats,” acrylic paintings by Kathleen Markowitz, and “Slant,” paintings by Don Crow. Through October 9.
Random Row Brewery 608 Preston Ave. Ste. A. “Art for Life,” an exhibit of pastel works by Joan Dreicer supporting the UVA Cancer Center. Through October 31.
Ruffin Gallery 179 Culbreth Rd. “The Transubstantiation of Shoe Polish,” works by Michelle Gagliano. Through September 23.
Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. In the Main Gallery, “Teeny Tiny Trifecta 5,” the fifth annual group exhibition and fundraiser. In the Dové Gallery, an artist-in-residence exhibition featuring Somé Louis. Through September 30. First Friday openings.
Shenandoah Valley Art Center 126 S. Wayne Ave., Waynesboro. In the Cabell/Arehart Invitational Gallery, the annual exhibition by the Virginia Watercolor Society. Through September 23.
Studio Ix 969 Second St. SE. “Inspired by Gauguin’s Tahiti,” a group exhibition from Fiber and Stitch Art Collective that reinterprets the bold forms, colors, and themes of Gauguin’s exotic Tahitian locales. Through September 25. First Friday opening. Artist talk and happy hour September 22.
Top Knot Studio 103 Fifth St. SE. “Whereabouts,” works by Andrew Sherogan. Through September.
UU Congregation of Charlottesville 717 Rugby Rd. “Connections,” paintings by Tim Burgess. Through September 30.
Visible Records 1740 Broadway St. “This is the Place,” mixed media by JaVori Warren and Megan Richards, Freeman Artists in Residence. Through October 2. First Friday opening.