October Exhibitions
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 in response to Charlottesville’s 2017 Summer of Hate. Through October 29. “Visions of Progress: Portraits of Dignity, Style, and Racial Uplift,” photographs taken by Charlottesville photographer Rufus Holsinger during the height of the Jim Crow era.
Baker Gallery Woodberry Forest School, 898 Woodberry Forest Rd., Orange. Oil paintings and watercolors by Lena Murray and Juliya Ivanilova. Through October 30. First Fridays opening.
Botanical Fare 421 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Local Parks & Views,” oil works by Julia Kindred. Opens October 4.
The Center at Belvedere 540 Belvedere Blvd. “Capturing the Color,” an art exhibit by The MidAtlantic Pastel Society. Through October 27. First Fridays opening.
Crozet Artisan Depot 5791 Three Notch’d Rd. “Inspirations and Creations” showcases acrylics on canvas by Alison Bachmann and pottery from her son, Chris. Through October 31. Meet the artists at 1pm on October 8.
C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Fall Magic: Color, Form, Pattern and Design,” features works by multi-media artist Judith N. Ligon and wood works by Floyd “Pete” E. Johnson. During October. First Fridays 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.”
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 Fridays opening.
Inbio Technologies 700 Harris St., Ste 102. “Art We Love,” a multi-media show from Joan Dreicer, Matalie Deane, and Julia Kindred. Opens October 10.
Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Rd. “Bright Lines,” paintings by David Summers. Through October 30. Artist talk at noon, October 16.
Live Arts 123 E. Water St. “Rare Form,” oil paintings by Kris Bowmaster. Through December 10. First Fridays opening.
The Looking Glass Ix Art Park, 522 Second St. SE. New installations include soft sculpture by Jenny Ollikainen and a mixed-media mural by Sam Ashkani.
McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. In the Smith Gallery, “Home Waters,” acrylic and ceramics by Susan Willis Brodie. In the First Floor Hallway, “Mindscapes, Landscapes, and Insights” by Lisa Macchi, and “Do the Trees Speak Back to the Wind” by Lindsay Diamond and Jeannine Regan. In the Second Floor Hallway, “Everything Paper,” a McGuffey member group exhibition. In the Associate Gallery, “Harvest.” Show times vary.
McIntire Connaughton Gallery Rouss and Robertson Halls, UVA Grounds. “From Water and Wheels to Abstracted Ideals,” acrylic and oil on canvas by Eric Cross and Stan Sweeney. Through December 9.
New City Arts 114 Third St. NE. “NotAway: Works of Consumption,” by Amanda Nelsen. Through October 28. First Fridays opening.
Phaeton Gallery 114 Old Preston Ave. Kristopher Castle’s “Curriculum Vitae” explores Thomas Jefferson’s Academical Village at the University of Virginia through a series of paintings. Opens October 28.
PVCC Gallery V. Earl Dickinson Building, 501 College Dr. 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. “Art for Life,” an exhibit of pastel works by Joan Dreicer supporting the UVA Cancer Center. Through October 31.
Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. In the Main Gallery, “Mummers,” Megan Marlatt’s series of paintings and large sculptural big head masks inspired by the theme carnival. In the Dové Gallery, “The Ceremony of Innocence,” paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Deirdre Sullivan-Beeman. First Fridays opening.
Shenandoah Valley Art Center 126 S. Wayne Ave., Waynesboro. October 8-9, the 51th Annual Fall Foliage Art Show features painting, printmaking, wood, pottery, glass, jewelry, sculpture, and mixed-media works. Through October 29, in the Cabell/Arehart Invitational Gallery, the annual Anniversary Member’s judged show.
Studio Ix 969 Second St. SE. “Sage and Fire: An Indigenous Visual Arts Exhibition” showcases cultural and contemporary paintings, photography, and
beadwork by April Branham and Carrie Pruitt, local indigenous artists of the Monacan Indian Nation. Through October 30. First Fridays opening.
Visible Records 1740 Broadway St. “Any Person I Have Robbed Was Judged By Me”, a solo show of photography by Sebastien Boncy. First Fridays opening.