Artisans Studio Tour Various locations around central Virginia. Tour the workshops of over 30 artisans. November 12-13.
The Bebedero 201 W. Main St. “Art Inspired by the Spirit.” Local artists created original art based on their experiences with mezcal and tequila. $30, November 6, 6pm.
The Center at Belvedere 540 Belvedere Blvd. A small works exhibit featuring over 30 artists, including Meredith Bennett, Joan Griffin, and Judith Ely. Through December 19. Reception November 8, 4pm. First Fridays opening.
Chroma Projects Inside Vault Virginia, Third St. SE. “Listen,” paintings and sculpture from Aggie Zed. Through December 17.
Corner Gallery Campbell Hall, UVA Grounds. “Edankraal en Route: Reviving an African American Space of Cultural Exchange in Segregated Lynchburg,” projects by UVA faculty, students, and area middle school students inspired by Harlem Renaissance poet, Anne Bethel Spencer. Through November 30. Reception November 10, 5pm.
Crozet Artisan Depot 5791 Three Notch’d Rd. “Small Graces” features photography by Bill Mauzy. Through November 30.
C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Walks with Color,” works from ceramic artist Trina Player. First Fridays opening.
Elmaleh Gallery Campbell Hall, UVA Grounds. “Mise-en-Scène: The Lives and Afterlives of Urban Landscapes,” from urbanist Chris Reed and photographer Mike Belleme. Through November 18.
The Fralin Museum of Art 155 Rugby Rd., UVA Grounds. “Power Play: Reimagining Representation in Contemporary Photography,” “Earthly Exemplars: The Art of Buddhist Disciples and Teachers in Asia,” and other exhibitions.
Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 233 Fourth St. NW. “Of Another Canon: African American Outsider Art,” includes works from 11 African American artists. Through January 7.
McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. In the Smith Gallery, “Visions of the Rainforest,” mixed-media paintings by Dominique Astruc Anderson. 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. The Holiday Member’s Show and Shop opens November 22. First Fridays openings.
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.
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. Through December 2.
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. “Conversations,” recent individual mixed-media works by Mary Scurlock and Diego Sanchez, as well as nine works that are the result of months of collaboration between the two artists. Through December 11.
Random Row Brewery 608 Preston Ave. A. “Three Decades,” mixed-media collage from Ellen Moore Osborne.
Ruffin Hall Gallery 179 Culbreth Rd., UVA Grounds. “Breaking Water,” the collaborative work of Calista Lyon and Carmen Winant examines the profound psychological impact of ecological breakdown. Through December 9.
Second Street Gallery 115 Second St.
SE. In the Main Gallery, “Mummers,” a series of paintings and large sculptural big head masks inspired by the theme carnival by Megan Marlatt. In the Dové Gallery, “The Ceremony of Innocence,” paintings by Los Angeles-based surrealist artist Deirdre Sullivan-Beeman. Through November 18.
Studio Ix 969 Second St. SE. “About Face: Pt.1 Siren Eyes,” digital portraits by 12-year-old, self-taught artist Samari Jones. Through November 27. Artist talk and happy hour, November 17, 5pm. 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. Through December 2.