Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library 2450 Old Ivy Rd. Permanent exhibitions include “Flowerdew Hundred: Unearthing Virginia’s History” and “Declaring Independence: Creating and Recreating America’s Document.”
Angelo Jewelry 220 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Diamonds & Rust,” mixed-media paintings by Patte Reider Ormsby. Through October 28. First Fridays opening.
Botanical Fare 421 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Familiar Scenes: Recent Landscapes in Oil” by Randy Baskerville. Through September 4.
Chroma Projects Inside Vault Virginia, Third St. SE. “Throwing Shadows,” oil paintings by Ashe Lauglin. Through September 29. First Fridays opening.
The Connaughton Gallery McIntire School of Commerce, Rouss & Robertson Halls. “Landscapes and Georgia O’Keefe Revisited,” alkyd oil paints on canvas, MDF panels, and textile/multimedia works by Eric T. Allen and the Fiber and Stitch Art Collective. Through December 8.
Crozet Artisan Depot 5791 Three Notch’d Rd., Crozet. “Simply Stated Elegance,” Cindy Liebel’s jewelry, inspired by contemporary architecture and abstract line art, and “Views of Serenity,” contemporary impressionist paintings by Lee Nixon. Through September. Meet the artists September 16 at 1pm.
C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “The Art of Humor,” handmade figurines by polymer clay artist, comic, and sculptor Derek Brown. Through September. First Fridays opening.
The Fralin Museum of Art at UVA 155 Rugby Rd., UVA Grounds. Exhibitions include “Look Three Ways: Maya Painted Pottery,” “Processing Abstraction,” and “N’Dakinna Landscapes Acknowledged.”
The Greencroft Club 575 Rodes Dr. “Flowers and Barns,” watercolors and oils by Linda Abbey. Through September 30.
Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 233 Fourth St. NW. The “Sally Hemings University Connecting Threads” exhibition encapsulates the semester-long work of students of UVA’s Sally Hemings’ University. Through September 9.
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of UVA 400 Worrell Dr. “Three Women from Wirrimanu,” paintings by Black Indigenous women artists Eubena Nampitjin, Muntja Nungurrayi, and Lucy Yukenbarri Napanangka. Through December 3.
Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Rd. “Canopy,” works by Susan McAlister. Through October 29. Opens September 15.
McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. In the Smith Gallery, pine resin sculptures by Frank Shepard. In the first floor galleries, “Textures: Hard and Soft” by Jill Kerttula and “Whimsy” by Michael Firkaly and Karen Rexrode. In the second floor gallery, a member group show of photography. In the Associates Gallery, “Animals.”
New City Arts 114 Third St. NE. “Color is Light,” two- and three-dimensional abstract pieces by Edie Read. Through September 28. First Fridays opening.
PVCC Gallery V. Earl Dickinson Building, 501 College Dr. In the North Gallery, “Beyond the Office Door.” In the South Gallery, the Annual Faculty exhibition.
Quirk Gallery 499 W. Main St. “House on Fire,” glass works by Kiara Pelissier and her team. Through September 29.
The Ruffin Gallery McIntire Department of Art at UVA, 179 Culbreth Rd. “Murmuration,” former art students, colleagues, and mentors of Elizabeth Schoyer combine energy, moving through the air, connecting creative visions, and converging. Through October 6.
The Scrappy Elephant 1745 Allied St., Ste C. “This is Creative Reuse IV,” mixed-media works using wood samples, paper, and beads, brought together through embroidery by Ellen Kanzinger. Through October 1.
Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. In the Dové Gallery, “People in Empty Places,” new paintings by Lev Keatts. In the Main Gallery, “Teeny Tiny Trifecta 6,” a group exhibition and fundraiser. Through September 29. First Fridays opening.
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital 500 Martha Jefferson Dr. On the second floor, oil paintings by Susan Lang in the Cancer Center hallway and photography by Michael Marino in the Outpatient Lab hallway. On the third floor Labor & Delivery hallway, oil paintings by Linda Staiger. Through October 9.
Studio Ix 969 Second St. SE. “Sentimental Sediments: Ochre, Madder, Indigo,” new works by Laura Josephine Snyder, Allyson Mellberg Taylor, and Jeremy Seth Taylor, including a wall painting and a group of works exploring homemade inks and paints. Through October 1.
Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello 931 Thomas Jefferson Pkwy. An exhibition that includes a rare engraving of the Declaration of Independence. Through December.
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Charlottesville 717 Rugby Rd. “Face It, Your Fascinating?” showcases portraits by Alan Kindler. Through September.
Visible Records 1740 Broadway St. “Heirloom,” collages by Caro Campos and paintings and sculpture work by Dorothy Li. First Fridays opening.