Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library 2450 Old Ivy Rd. “Women Making Books,” a new exhibition exploring women’s contributions to English and North American bookmaking from the mid-18th to the 21st centuries, “Visions of Progress,” and other permanent exhibitions.
Botanical Fare 421 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Paths and Roads,” oils by Julia Kindred. Through April 24.
Cavallo Gallery & Custom Framing 117 S. Main St., Gordonsville. Original works on paper and canvas by central Virginia artist Megan Davies. Through May.
Chroma Projects Inside Vault Virginia, Third St. SE. “Pam Black: Architecture of the Field Redux,” paintings and drawings of horses in their natural environment. Through April 28. First Fridays opening.
The Connaughton Gallery Rouss & Robertson Halls, UVA Grounds. “Healing Nature,” acrylic on canvas and oil on canvas by Henry Wingate and Rick Morrow. Through June 15.
Create Gallery InBio, 700 Harris St., Ste. 102. “Pollen,” oils by Linda Staiger. Through April.
Crozet Artisan Depot 5791 Three Notch’d Rd., Crozet. Pressed flowers by botanical artist Karla Murphy, and “Gypsy Soul Jewels,” jewelry by Michelle Nevarr. Through April. Meet the artists April 8 at 1pm.
C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Gourd Art” showcases hand-carved, decorative gourds by Vyvyan Rundgren. Through April. First Fridays opening.
Dovetail Design & Cabinetry 1740 Broadway St., Ste. 3. Impressionistic landscapes and intuitive paintings by Janet Pearlman. Through mid-April.
The Fralin Museum of Art at UVA 155 Rugby Rd., UVA Grounds. New exhibitions include “Look Three Ways: Maya Painted Pottery,” “Processing Abstraction,” “N’dakinna Landscapes Acknowledged,” and “Radioactive Inactives: Patrick Nagatani & Andrée Tracey.”
Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 233 Fourth St. NW. “Picture Me As I Am: Mirror and Memory in the Age of Black Resistance” showcases a selection of portraits taken of African Americans at the Holsinger Studio. Through April 29.
King Family Vineyards 6550 Roseland Farm, Crozet. Fashion Your Own Happily Ever After, a fashion show and silent auction benefiting Charlottesville’s Women’s Shelter, Shelter for Help in Emergency. April 23 at 2pm.
Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Rd. “The Denial of Death,” paintings by Russ Warren. Through April 30. Luncheon and artist talk April 16 at 12:30pm.
Live Arts Theater 123 E. Water St. “Secondary Worlds,” pen and ink drawings and collage on paper and wood by Steve Haske. Through April 30.
Loving Cup Vineyard & Winery 3340 Sutherland Rd., North Garden. “Vineyards and Springtime” showcases oils and acrylics by Julia Kindred and Matalie Deane, respectively. Through May 28. First Fridays opening.
McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. In the Smith Gallery, “Group 6,” works by a collective of painters and mixed-media artists from the Beverley Street Studio School. In the first floor hallway galleries, “Traveling the Nile,” oil paintings of landscape views from along the Nile River by Blake Hurt, and “Nature,” large format ceramic tile paintings by Scott Supraner. In the second floor hallway gallery, “Wasteland Revisited,” mixed-media works by David Borszich and “Collage,” a member’s exhibition. In the Associate Gallery, “Rhymes,” works from associate artists.
New City Arts 114 Third St. NE. “Essing, Fawning, Gawping, Hocking, Isling, Jostling, Keening, Legging, Moping, Nodding, Oolong, Putzing, Querling,” an interactive installation of soft sculpture by Conrad Cheung. Through April 22. First Fridays opening.
Phaeton Gallery 114 Old Preston Ave. “Hope Olson: Art From the Garden,” a solo exhibition showcasing acrylic on canvas and mixed-media works. Through May 20. Opens April 14.
PVCC Gallery V. Earl Dickinson Building, 501 College Dr. In the North and South galleries, the 2023 Student Exhibition. Opens April 14 with the Eighth Annual Chocolate Chow Down and an interactive coloring station.
Quirk Gallery 499 W. Main St. “Constant Anomalies,” hyper-realistic paintings by Suzanna Fields. Through April 16. Gallery talk April 8 at 2pm.
Random Row Brewery 608 Preston Ave. “Spring,” a joint show from Carolyn Ratcliffe and Terry M. Coffey featuring pastels, watercolors, and oils. Through April. Reception March 10.
Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. In the Dové gallery, “House Jungle,” paintings by Brittany Fan. In the main gallery, “Mirabilia naturae (Wonders of Nature)” showcases paintings, photography, encaustic, works on paper, and mixed-media by Lara Call Gastinger, Giselle Gautreau, and Elizabeth Perdue. Through May 19.
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital 500 Martha Jefferson Dr. Works by members of the Piedmont Pastelists. Opens April 11.
St. John’s Episcopal Church 410 Harrison St., Scottsville. “Latin Connection,” features images taken by photographer Glenn Nash from his travels in Central America and the Caribbean. Through May 27. Open Saturdays from 10:30am to 1pm.
Studio Ix 969 Second St. SE. The Charlottesville Black Arts Collective presents “A Moment to Exhale,” a group photography exhibition that includes Kori Price, Benita Mayo, and Derrick J. Waller. Through April. Artist talk and happy hour April 20 at 5pm.
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Charlottesville 717 Rugby Rd. “Developing,” works by Levonne Yountz. Through April.
University of Virginia Medical Center Main Hospital Lobby, 1300 Jefferson Park Ave. “Serenity,” photographs by Emily Allred. Through May 2.
Vault Virginia 300 E. Main St. “Tom Chambers and Fax Ayres: Everything is Extraordinary,” photographs using theater and light to describe the fantastical. Through May 16. First Fridays opening.
Visible Records 1740 Broadway St. New works. First Fridays opening.