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March First Fridays Guide

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Post date March 3, 2016
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Eliza Evans' #selfies exhibit opens on March 5 at The Garage. Photo: Amy Jackson

Local artist Eliza Evans has been painting acrylic portraits from real-life scenes since 2006, and she always tries to capture a good likeness as quickly as possible so the subject doesn’t get uncomfortable sitting. Her latest exhibit is a collection of self-portraits along with some portraits of her close friends and family on canvas, wood and dipper gourds that she grew. “There is something a little different about painting myself from the mirror,” says Evans in her artist statement. “I feel like I can loosen up and do more experimenting with my painting technique.” Evans hopes that even though the exhibit displays her face over and over, people will understand she doesn’t take herself too seriously.
Her #selfies exhibit opens on March 5 at The Garage.

First Fridays is a monthly art event featuring exhibit openings at many Downtown art galleries and additional exhibition venues. Several spaces offer receptions. Listings are compiled in collaboration with Piedmont Council for the Arts. To list an exhibit, please send information two weeks before opening to arts@c-ville.com.

First Fridays: March 4

Art on Ivy 2125 Ivy Rd. #5. An exhibit of colorful, textured book art by Lyall Harris. 5-6:30pm.

C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St. “Love What You Do,” featuring ceramics by Trina Player. 6-8pm.

Graves International Art 306 E. Jefferson St. “Roy Lichtenstein & Company,” featuring paintings, drawings, watercolors, silkscreens, lithographs, and etchings by Roy Liechtenstein, Sam Francis, Erte, Jacques Villon, Jim Dine, John Chamberlain, Paul Cesar Helleu, Pierre Marie Brisson, John James Audubon, Mark King, Pierre Bonnard, and Edgar Degas. 5-8pm.

JMRL Central Library 201 E. Market St. “On Our Own,” featuring works by a peer support recovery center for people with mental health challenges. 5-7pm.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. “Rock, Paper…,” featuring photography by Scott F. Smith in the Sarah B. Smith Gallery; “Studio Things,” featuring works by Bruno LaVerdiere and J.M. Henry in the Lower Halls; and “ArtReach,” featuring children’s art in the Upper Halls. 5:30-7:30pm.

Mezzanine Gallery @ New Dominion Bookshop 404 E. Main St. “A Splash of Color,” featuring oil paintings by Nancy Campa. 5:30-7pm.

Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. “Vestiges and Relics,” featuring paintings by Chrissy Baucom, “Periodicities in Chaotic Forcing,” featuring installation of found objects by Heather Harvey, and “Pretty on the Inside,” featuring 3D forms and 2D drawings by Kortney Niewierski. 5:30-7:30pm, with an artist talk at 6:30pm.

Spring Street Boutique 107 W. Main St. “Beach,” featuring watercolor and sketches on paper by Barbara Grandis. 6-8pm.

The Bridge PAI 209 Monticello Rd. “A Portrait of Collaboration: Devising NO WAKE,” featuring multimedia works by Jennifer Hoyt Tidwell, Martha Mendenhall, Ted Coffey, Allyson Mellberg Taylor, Jeremy Taylor, Thadd McQuade, Sian Richards, Marianne Kubik, Deandra Irving, Miller Susen, Trina Candia, Sydney Wynn, Jennifer Downey, Samantha Pagni, Aaron Farrington, Stephen Thomas, Matt Thomas, Kim Boggs, and many children. 6-9pm.

The Loft at Freeman-Victorius 507 W. Main St. “Pottery and Paintings,” featuring clay and mixed media works by Ken Nagakui. 5-8pm.

The Women’s Initiative 1101 East High St. “The Feel of Greener Pastures,” featuring acrylic landscapes by Janet Pearlman. 5:30-7:30pm.

Welcome Gallery @ New City Arts 114 Third St. NE. “Deepsea Collaborations,” featuring prints, watercolor paintings, and drawings by Kaki Dimock and Josef Beery. 5-7:30pm.

WVTF & Radio IQ Studio Gallery 216 W. Water St. “We Dream of the House We Were Born In,” featuring paintings by Roger Williams, presented by New City Arts. 5-7pm.

Other Exhibits

Chroma Projects 107 Vincennes Rd. “Gathered from Available Data,” featuring prints, drawings, photography, paintings, and poetic text by Tanja Softic, with a reception on Sunday, March 6 at 4pm.

City Clay 700 Harris St., Ste. 104. “Functional Elegance,” featuring clay works by Patrick Gibson, with a reception on Friday, March 11.

CitySpace Gallery 100 Fifth St. NE. An exhibit by Albemarle County Public Schools, beginning March 7.

Ix Art Park 522 Second St. SE. “Hello Again,” featuring drawings and mixed media works by Polly Breckenridge.

Java Java Café 421 E Main St. “Rambunctious Still Life,” featuring paintings by Karen Siegrist.

Jefferson School African-American Heritage Center 233 Fourth St. NW. “The 1963 Danville Civil Rights Movement: The Protests, The People, The Stories,” featuring documentary portraits by Tom Cogill and text panels by Emma Edmunds.

Senior Center 1180 Pepsi Pl. “Scarlet Waterway,” featuring watercolor paintings by Rosemary Nothwanger.

Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital 500 Martha Jefferson Dr. An exhibit of paintings and photographs by BozART Group artists Craig Lineburger and Madeleine Watkins.

The Fralin Museum of Art at UVA 155 Rugby Rd. “Struggle…From the History of the American People,” featuring paintings by Jacob Lawrence; “Richard Serra: Prints,” from the collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his Family Foundation; “Fish and Fowl,” featuring sculptures, paintings, and prints; “Navajo Weaving: Geometry of the Warp and Weft,” featuring textiles; and “Two Extraordinary Women: The Lives and Art of Maria Cosway and Mary Darby Robinson.”

The Garage 100 E. Jefferson St. “#selfies,” featuring acrylic portraits by Eliza Evans, with a reception on Saturday, March 5 at 5pm.

Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church 717 Rugby Rd. An exhibit of watercolor paintings by Ken Chasin, with a reception on Sunday, March 6 at 12:30pm.

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February First Fridays Guide

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See artist, Sharon Zarambo's diverse works on exhibit at the First Fridays Finish event at Ix Art Park. Image: Courtesy of artist

Artist Sharon Zarambo founded Bellozar Studio in 1987. Though she has explored a range of mediums, she has worked in mixed media for the past eight years. Inspired by the work of surrounding artists, Zarambo has created a number of striking totemic works, along with sculptures and wall art, which reflect a blend of influences. “I want to challenge myself to experiment with materials, take chances and produce something I am proud to share,” she says. See her diverse works on exhibit at the First Fridays Finish event at Ix Art Park.

First Fridays: February 5

C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St. “What’s New,” featuring works in varied media by artists who joined C’ville Arts in 2015. 6-8pm.

The Loft at Freeman-Victorius 507 W. Main St. “Landscapes and Still Lifes,” featuring oil paintings by Randy Baskerville. 5-8pm.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. “LOOPLAB,” featuring mixed media by Stacey Evans and Fenella Belle in the Sarah B. Smith Gallery; “Literary Allusions,” featuring mixed media and textiles by Jill Jenson in the Lower Hall North; “A Walk in the Woods,” featuring fiber art by Jill Kerttula in the Lower Hall South; “Still Life Paintings” by Hina Naeem in the Upper Hall South; and “Women,” featuring contemporary nude drawings by Russell U. Richards in the Upper Hall North. 5:30-7:30pm.

The Paramount Theater 215 E. Main St. “Art Helps Charlottesville Police Help You,” an art auction to benefit the Charlottesville Police Department, presented by Barboursville Fine Arts. 5-7:30pm.

Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. “Maps, Planes, and Water Marks,” featuring drawing and painting on paper by Amie Oliver, and “Two Kinds of Luck,” featuring sculpture and video by Liz Rodda. 5:30-7:30pm, with an artist talk at 6:30pm.

Spring Street Boutique 107 W. Main St. “Hollywood,” featuring acrylics and pen works on paper by Phoebe Bugay. 6-8pm.

Top Knot Studio 103 5th St. SE. “The Recovery Series,” featuring works by Wolfgang Hermann. 5-7pm.

Welcome Gallery @ New City Arts 114 Third St. NE. “New City Artist Exchange,” featuring prints, photography, works on paper, painting, and sculpture by Alyssa Pheobus Muntaz, Cate West Zahl, Kristen Finn, Ken Horne, Laura Dillon Rogers, Lily Erb, Roger Williams, Ryan Trott, Sarah Boyts Yoder, and Tobiah Mundt. 5-7:30pm.

WriterHouse Gallery 508 Dale Ave. Oil paintings by Hailey Kim. 5:30pm-7:30pm.

WVTF & Radio IQ Studio Gallery 216 W. Water St. “At Home and Away,” featuring prints by Anne Chestnut, presented by New City Arts. 5-7pm.

Other Exhibits

CitySpace Gallery 100 Fifth St. NE. “Vortex,” featuring sculpture by UVA School of Architecture students, with reception date TBD.

Ix Art Park 522 Second St. SE. Mixed media works by Sharon Zarambo and Bolanie Adeboye.

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection 400 Worrell Dr. “Being Human,” featuring photography by Bianca Beetson, with a reception on Friday, February 12 at 5:30pm.

Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Rd. “Visions for 2016,” featuring works by Janet Bruce, Jim Henry, Deborah Kahn, and Martha Saunders.

McIntire School of Commerce at UVA 125 Ruppel Dr. “Encounters,” a retrospective by Tim Michel.

PVCC Gallery 501 College Dr. “Saints & Angels,” featuring watercolors by Trish Crowe, with a reception on Friday, February 12 at 5pm.

Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church 717 Rugby Rd. An exhibit of melted crayon paintings by Sara Gondwe, with a reception on Sunday, February 7 at 12:30pm.

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January First Fridays Guide

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Post date January 7, 2016
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Painter Aaron Eichorst in his home studio in Belmont. Photo: Amanda Maglione

Local artist Aaron Eichorst believes in the power of a positive perspective on influencing personal success. His exhibition, “Inner Outlook,” is an artistic manifestation of his personal attitudes and temperaments over four years, and follows a previous series that featured a style called grotesque—an intricate incorporation of fantastic human and animal figures interlaced with architectural frameworks. “The imagery that I use in the pieces are all things that inspire me: people, animals, plants, art and architectural history,” Eichorst says. The nomenclature of his works further reflects this inspiration with the name “grottesques,” a term derived from his artistic style and “grottoes,” the underground chambers of ancient Roman palaces. See Eichorst’s acrylic and tempera paintings in the Chroma Projects Gallery through January.

First Fridays: January 8

Chroma @ SCS 218 W. Water St. “Inner Outlook,” featuring acrylic and tempera paintings by Aaron Eichorst. 5-7pm.

CitySpace Gallery 100 Fifth St. NE. An exhibit by Virginia Master Naturalists, with works by Rob Rebitzke in the PCA office. 5:30-7pm.

Java Java Café 421 E Main St., Downtown Mall. An exhibit featuring abstract acrylics by Steve Keach. 5-6pm.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. “Fragmentations, ” featuring works by Jim Respess and Steve Fishman in the Sarah B. Smith Gallery; and “New Members’ Show,” featuring works by Nina Frances Burke, Susan Willis Brodie, Brielle DuFlon, Andrew Groner, Lou Haney, Frederick Kahler, Erica Lohan, Rachel Devorah Trapp, and Tamara Walker. 5:30-7:30pm.

Spring Street Boutique 107 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Art is Brave,” featuring works by Adam Disbrow. 6-8pm.

Welcome Gallery @ New City Arts 114 Third St. NE. “Coming Close,” featuring paintings by Matt Kleberg. Closing reception 5-7:30pm.

WVTF & Radio IQ Studio Gallery 216 W. Water St. “Bridges,” featuring oil on canvas by Krista Townsend, presented by New City Arts. Closing reception 5-7pm.

Other Exhibits

Hot Cakes 1137 Emmet St. “Inspirations,” featuring oil paintings by Julia Kindred.

Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Rd. “The Kingdom,” featuring prints and paintings of birds, clouds and mysterious landscapes by Dean Dass. Through January 16.

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection 400 Worrell Dr. “Where the Water Moves, Where It Rests,” featuring eucalyptus bark paintings by Djambawa Marawili AM.

Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. “Sustainability,” featuring environmentally focused video, sculpture, painting, assemblage, installation, and photography by Jason Robinson, Eric Kniss, Molly Sawyer, J. Michael Hough, Morgan S. Craig, Robert Llewellyn, and Stefan Chinov.

Shenandoah Valley Art Center 122 S. Wayne Ave., Waynesboro. “New Watercolor: A Juried Contemporary Exhibit,” featuring works by 18 regional artists.

The Loft at Freeman-Victorius 507 W. Main St. “Landscapes and Still Lifes,” featuring oil paintings by Randy Baskerville.

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December First Fridays Guide

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Glimpse some of Zed’s fantastical works at Chroma Gallery @ SCS through December 26. Photo: Martyn Kyle

Sculptor and painter Aggie Zed sees all of the beauty and strangeness in her imaginative ceramic and copper works as alive. Her complex elephant creations often feature elements of low-tech industry like wheeled carts that intricately express the physicality of the pachyderms. Zed names wings, particularly “clumsy, comic, metal wings,” as a part of her visual vocabulary. “Something about the size and weight…makes an elephant outfitted with wings especially poignant,” she says. “Despite its strength, [an elephant] cannot escape its complications with humans.” Glimpse some of Zed’s fantastical works at Chroma Gallery @ SCS through December 26.

First Fridays: December 4

Betsey 300 E. Market St. “Trunk Show,” featuring fashion designs by Kim Schalk and Pico Vela. 3-8pm.

C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “The Transformative Power of Glass,” featuring glass work by Norma Geddes. 6-8pm.

Chroma @ SCS 214 W. Water St. “Elephants/Under/Wings,” featuring works by Aggie Zed, Kaki Dimock, and Robin Lee. 5-7pm.

CitySpace Gallery 100 Fifth St. NE. Handmade quilts by Crescent Hall Quilters, with works by Donna Manfredi Redmond in the PCA office. 5:30-7pm.

Evolution Glass 1740 Broadway St. Sculptures and designs from recycled glass. 5-7:30pm.

Graves International Art 306 E. Jefferson St. “Roy Liechtenstein & Company,” featuring paintings, drawings, watercolors, silkscreens, lithographs, and etchings by Roy Liechtenstein, Sam Francis, Erte, Jacques Villon, Jim Dine, John Chamberlain, Paul Cesar Helleu, Pierre Marie Brisson, John James Audubon, Mark King, Pierre Bonnard, and Edgar Degas. 5-7pm.

Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Road. “The Kingdom,” featuring prints and paintings by Dean Dass. 1-5pm.

Spring Street Boutique 107 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. “2oth Anniversary Gala Celebration,” featuring works by BozART Group. 6-8pm.

Telegraph Art & Comics Gallery 110 Fourth St. NE.”Prints and Originals,” featuring mixed media originals by cartoonist Adrian Todd Webb. 6-9pm.

The Garage 250 N. First St. “Clausum Illuminatum,” featuring paintings and drawings by Kathleen Carey Hall and embroideries on paper by Amanda Wagstaff. 4:30-7pm.

The Loft at Freeman-Victorius 507 W. Main St. “Bretagne France,” featuring gouache by Anne de LaTour Hopper. 5-8pm.

Welcome Gallery @ New City Arts 114 Third St. NE. “Coming Close,” featuring paintings by Matt Kleberg. 5-7:30pm.

WVTF & Radio IQ Studio Gallery 218 W. Water St. “Bridges,” featuring oil on canvas by Krista Townsend, presented by New City Arts. 5-7pm.

Other Exhibits

Carpediem 525 Meade Ave. A collection of works by many artists including paintings, mixed media works, artisan jewelry and ceramics.

City Clay 700 Harris St. “Fifth Annual Holiday Open House,” featuring ceramics and mixed media by City Clay Potters, with a reception on Saturday, December 12 at 9am.

C’Ville Coffee 1301 Harris St.”God Bless Paris,” Medium format, black and white, film photography by Michael Marino and his hasselblad through December.

JMRL Northside Library 705 Rio Rd. W. Watercolor landscapes and seascapes by Ken Chasin.

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection 400 Worrell Dr. “Where the Water Moves, Where It Rests,” featuring eucalyptus bark paintings by Djambawa Marawili AM.

Shenandoah Valley Art Center 122 S. Wayne Ave., Waynesboro. “New Watercolor: A Juried Contemporary Exhibit,” featuring works by 18 regional artists, with a reception on Saturday, December 5 at 6pm.

Suz Somersall Showroom 2020 Bond St., The Shops at Stonefield. “Pushing Boundaries,” en caustic mixed media by Lindsey Oberg through December 21.

The Fralin Museum of Art at UVA 155 Rugby Rd. “Collection,” featuring photography by Sol LeWitt; “Struggle…From the History of the American People,” featuring paintings by Jacob Lawrence; and “Cavaliers Collect,” featuring a variety of genres on loan from UVA alumni and friends.

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November First Fridays Guide

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Cary Oliva's show is at Spring Street Boutique through November. Photo: Martyn Kyle

In her non-traditional photography, local artist Cary Oliva manipulates instant film (namely Polaroid) formats to create phantom-like images with textural imperfections and light flares, reminiscent of watercolors. Oliva enjoys working with early art forms and returns to the motif of age often: “I feel like an old soul in general,” she says. “I’d rather buy something old and upcycle it or do something that appreciates the value of what it used to be.” Oliva’s show, “Old is New,” is at Spring Street Boutique through November.

First Fridays: November 6

Carpediem 525 Meade Ave. A collection of works by many artists including paintings, mixed media works, artisan jewelry and ceramics. 6-8pm.

C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Viewpoints,” featuring landscape paintings by Barbara Albert. 6-8pm.

Chroma @ SCS 214 W. Water St. “Galactica,” featuring photography by John Grant. 5-7pm.

CitySpace Gallery 100 Fifth St. NE. “20 Years in the Community,” featuring works by BozART Group. 5:30-7:30pm.

Graves International Art 306 E. Jefferson St. “Icons,” featuring works by Jack Graves III. 5-7pm.

Ix Art Park 522 Second St. SE. Mixed media on canvas and wood by Eileen Butler. 5-9pm.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. “building a bower: a dwelling, the inner room,” featuring sculpture and textiles by Rebekah Graves and Jessica Lee in the Sarah B. Smith Gallery; “Wax and Water,” featuring encaustics and watermedia monoprints by Jeannine Barton Regan in the Lower Hall South Gallery; “New Works: Moments of Introspection,” featuring constructed mixed media reliefs by Kurt Kinderman in the Lower Hall North Gallery; and “N.O.W.!,” featuring works by fourth year studio art majors at UVA in the Upper North and South Galleries. 5:30-7:30pm.

Mudhouse 213 W.Main St., Downtown Mall. “Children and Adults,” featuring a photography exhibit by June Collmer. 5:30-7:30pm.

Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. “Digital Media Gallery,” presented in collaboration with the Virginia Film Festival. 5:30-9pm

Spring Street Boutique 107 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Old is New New,” featuring works by Cary Oliva. 6-8pm.

Telegraph Art & Comics 110 Fourth St. NE. “Out of Step Arts,” featuring collective works in ink, acrylic and mixed media. 6-9pm.

The Garage 250 N. First St. “Holey Narratives,” featuring abstract paintings by Ken Horne. 5-7pm.

The Loft at Freeman-Victorius 507 W. Main St. “Bretagne France,” featuring gouache by Anne de LaTour Hopper. 5-8pm.

Welcome Gallery @ New City Arts 114 Third St. NE. “As Above, So Below,” featuring paintings by Clay Witt. 5-7:30pm.

WriterHouse 508 Dale Ave. “Passages land and sea,” featuring oil paintings by Deborah Wyatt. 5:30-7pm.

WVTF & Radio IQ Studio Gallery 218 W. Water St. “Taking | Breath,” featuring acrylic paintings on canvas by Brittany Fan, presented by New City Arts. 5-7pm.

Other Exhibits

Albemarle County Courthouse 501 Jefferson St. “Members Watercolor Show,” by the Central Virginia Watercolor Guild on display through January 24.

Art on the Trax 5784 Three Notch’d Rd., Crozet. “Soul Windows,” a collection of assemblages and paintings by Marissa Minnerly, with a reception on Saturday, November 14 from 4-6pm.

Cavalier Inn 105 Emmet St. N. “Annual Transparent Watercolor Show,” by the Central Virginia Watercolor Guild on display through January 24.

HotCakes 1137 Emmet St. N., Barracks Rd. Shopping Center. “Still Being Still,” featuring still life works by Mary Michaela Murray, with an artist reception on Sunday, November 8 from 3-5pm.

Java Java Cafe 421 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Locations and Places,” featuring a photography exhibit by June Collmer through November 29.

JMRL Central Library 201 E. Market St. Plein air oil paintings by Julia Lesnichy.

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection 400 Worrell Dr. “Where the Water Moves, Where It Rests,” featuring eucalyptus bark paintings by Djambawa Marawili AM.

Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Road. Works on paper by Lincoln Perry, with an artist lunch on Wednesday, November 4 at noon.

PCA Office Gallery 100 Fifth St. NE. An exhibit by Matalie Deane.

Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. “Beyond Classification,” featuring photography and video art by Marwa Adel, Mai Al Shazly, Sara Bayoumy, Marwa Benhalim, Hend and Asmaa Elkolaly, Yousria Ghorab, and Nouran Sherif.

Shenandoah Valley Art Center 122 S. Wayne Ave., Waynesboro. “People and Places,” featuring paintings by Joy E. Tartter, with a reception on Saturday, November 7 at 6pm.

Top Knot Studio 103 Fifth St. SE. An exhibit by Lee Alter with a reception on Friday, November 13 at 5:30pm.

The Bridge PAI 209 Monticello Rd. “InFocus: The Art of Hair,” featuring photography by Keith Alan Sprouse, with a runway hairstyle exhibition on Saturday, November 14.

UVA Health System 1215 Lee St. “Energy and Healing,” featuring mixed media by Grace Alexander.

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October First Fridays Guide

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Experience the manifestation of Kelly’s perceptions through her brush at her show, “Sticks & Stones,” which features paintings on reclaimed wood and slate at The Garage. Photo: Martyn Kyle

Local visual artist Allie Kelly has a keen eye for capturing beauty in the world around her. She appreciates observing natural splendor and producing its likeness with equal vigor, expressing
a joy in “watching light as it changes” and seeing “lines that curve and carve.” Experience the manifestation of Kelly’s perceptions through her brush at her show, “Sticks & Stones,” which features paintings on reclaimed wood and slate at The Garage.

First Fridays: October 2

C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “The Natural World of the Pacific Northwest,” featuring landscape photographs by Ben Greenberg. 6-8pm.

Chroma @ SCS 214 W. Water St. “Flash Africa,” featuring paintings and photography by William Atwood and Robin Lee. 5-7pm.

CitySpace Gallery 100 Fifth St. NE. “Rising Stars,” featuring works in celebration of local high school students who excel in the arts. 5-7:30pm.

Indoor Biotechnologies 700 Harris St. featuring individual works by BozARTists. 5:30-7pm.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. “Past, Present, Future,” featuring various works in galleries throughout the building. 5:30-7:30pm.

The Bridge PAI 209 Monticello Rd. “Meet & Greet,” featuring collaborative and individual drawings, paintings, photography, textiles, and mixed media by Amanda Finn and Ryan Trott. 6-8:30pm.

The Garage 250 N. First St. “Sticks & Stones,” featuring paintings on raw reclaimed wood and slate by Allie Kelly. 5-7pm.

The Loft at Freeman-Victorius 507 W. Main St. “Shenandoah Wildwood Design,” featuring wood sculpture and other works from salvaged material by Bruce Rosenwasser. 5-8pm.

Vinegar Hill Theater 220 Market St. “Community Film Showcase,” featuring films produced by Light House Studio in partnership with other vibrant local businesses and organizations. 5-7pm.

Welcome Gallery @ New City Arts 114 Third St. NE. “Elbows on the Table,” featuring paintings and mixed media by Sarah Boyts Yoder. 5-7:30pm.

WriterHouse 508 Dale Ave. “Virginia Landscapes,” featuring oil paintings by Julia Kindred. 5:30-7pm.

Other Exhibits

City Clay 700 Harris St., Ste. 104. “Surface Design,” featuring ceramics by City Clay members, students, and teachers, with a reception on Friday, October 9 from 5:30-7pm.

Creative Framing and The Art Box 5784 Three Notch’d Rd., Crozet. “Paintings of Virginia,” featuring oil works by Helen Hilliard, with a reception Saturday, October 10 from 4-6pm.

C’ville Coffee 1301 Harris St. An exhibit featuring acrylic paintings by Caroll Mallin.

Kinetic Gallery @ Blue Ridge Community College 1 College Ln., Weyers Cave. “Innovation at the Crossroads,” featuring works by Artisans Center of Virginia Juried Artisans, with a reception on Thursday, October 1 from 4-5:30pm.

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection 400 Worrell Dr. “Where the Water Moves, Where It Rests,” featuring eucalyptus bark paintings by Djambawa Marawili AM.

Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Rd. “New Paintings,” featuring acyrlic works by Herb Jackson, through October 25.

Louisa Art Center’s Purcell Gallery 212 Fredericksburg Ave., Louisa. “BozART’s Best,” featuring a group show by members of the BozART Group, through November 22.

Loving Cup Vineyard and Winery 3340 Sutherland Rd. An exhibit featuring a medley of paintings and photographs by BozARTists.

PCA Office Gallery 100 Fifth St. NE. An exhibit by Adam Disbrow.

Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. “Labels,” featuring a site-responsive installation of digital prints, vinyl curtain, a searchable web-based database, and audio by Siemon Allen, through October 17.

Shenandoah Valley Art Center 122 S. Wayne Ave., Waynesboro. An exhibit by students and instructors from the Beverley Street Studio School, with a reception on Saturday, October 3 from 6-8pm.

Studio Blue 609 E. Market St., Ste. 210. “A Mix of Many Things,” featuring acrylic paintings by Rodney Durso.

Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church 717 Rugby Rd. An exhibit featuring paintings by Romney Brand.

Wesminster Canterbury 250 Pantops Mountain Rd. An exhibit featuring oil paintings by Randy Baskerville, through October 31.

Woodberry Forest School 898 Woodberry Forest Rd., Woodberry Forest. “Spaces & Places,” featuring painting and photography by the Firnew Farm Artists’ Circle, with a closing reception on Friday, October 23 from 5-7pm.

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September First Fridays Guide

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Post date September 3, 2015
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En plein air, a French expression meaning open air, is used to describe the act of painting outdoors. Artist Meg West prefers the form, the environmental immersion and challenge that comes with it. Living in Virginia, she says she benefits from being able to “breathe, see and experience the view large all around,” and see through eyes that want to recreate and express a sense of beauty. West maintains that it is the act of painting that is important, and says she enjoys the feeling of being connected to her environment and herself as well as her creation.

First Fridays: September 4

C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Four Seasons,” featuring plein air oil paintings by Meg West. 6-8pm.

CitySpace Gallery 100 Fifth St. NE. “All Pastel Paintings,” featuring work by Piedmont Pastelists. 5:30-7pm.

McGuffey Art Center 201 2nd St NW. “Something Forgotten,” featuring photographs by Kim Kelley-Wagner in the Sarah B. Smith Gallery; and “The 2015 Annual Exhibition,” featuring juried works by the Central Virginia Watercolor Guild. 5:30-7:30pm.

New City Arts 114 Third St. NE. “Animals and Clouds,” featuring prints and paintings by Dean Dass. 5-8pm.

PCA Office Gallery 100 Fifth St. NE. An exhibit by Amy Atticks. 5:30-7pm.

Spring Street Boutique 107 W Main St. “Sketches of Scotland,” featuring photographs by Frank Murphy.

The Garage 250 N. First St. “No Precious Thing,” featuring mixed media collage by Mike and Lisa Ryan. 5-7pm.

The Loft at Freeman-Victorius 507 W. Main St. “Joshua Tree Rocks,” featuring photography by Jackson Smith. 5-8pm.

WriterHouse 508 Dale Ave. An exhibit by Kathy Kuhlmann. 5:30-7:30pm.

WVTF & Radio IQ Studio Gallery 216 W. Water St. “Rain Dye,” featuring textiles by Jess Lee. 5-7pm.

Other Exhibits

Chroma @ SCS 214 W. Water St. “Repository of Missing Places,” featuring 30 years of paintings by Richard Crozier.

The Art Box and Creative Farming 2125 Ivy Rd #5. “Cool Landscapes and Warm Flowers,” featuring pastel paintings by Nancy Galloway through the month of September. Reception 4-6pm on September 12.

JMRL Central Library 201 E. Market St. “Portraits: Artistry in Ordinary Architecture,” featuring photographs by Gary Okerlund.

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection 400 Worrell Dr. “Where the Water Moves, Where It Rests,” featuring eucalyptus bark paintings by Djambawa Marawili AM.

Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Rd. “Views from the Garden,” featuring paintings by Susan Mcalister, through September 20.

Northside Library 705 Rio Rd W. “Recent Oil Paintings,” featuring oil paintings by Randy Baskerville.

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August First Fridays Guide

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Post date August 6, 2015
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Much of Charlottesville resident Stephen Kern’s new exhibition at SCS gallery, titled “Where Light Comes From,” is derived from the young artist’s submission portfolio that gained him entry to VCU Arts for the upcoming fall semester. The works are imaginative scenarios illustrative of curious fantasies, often illuminated with dangling lamps that pierce Kern’s nocturnes with concentrations of light. Kern’s inspiration comes from nature, from dreams, sometimes out of thin air and often from his particular love of tree forms and lanterns. His imagery is essentially experimental, with each painting revealing something unexpected to Kern at every turn.

First Fridays: August 7

C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Flights of Fancy,” featuring bead creations by Steve Cunningham. 6-8pm.

CitySpace Gallery 100 Fifth St. NE. An exhibit by Albemarle County Public Schools. 5:30-7pm.

McGuffey Art Center 201 2nd St NW. A mixed media installation by Michelle Geiger and Summer Group Show by the McGuffey members. 5:30-7:30pm.

PCA Office Gallery 100 Fifth St. NE. An exhibit of impasto landscape paintings by Julia Lesnichy. 5:30-7pm.

SCS Gallery 214 W. Water St. “Where Light Comes From,” featuring fantastical paintings by Stephen Kern. 5-7pm.

Spring Street Boutique 107 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Southwest Adventures,” featuring oil on canvas by Anne Marshall Block. 6-8pm.

The Garage 250 N. First St. “Potential Energy,” featuring steel sculpture by Lily Erb. 5-7pm.

The Loft at Freeman-Victorius 507 W. Main St. “Round Table Artists,” featuring oil and watercolor by Kathleen Free, Brigitte Turquois Freeman, Judith Minter, Taylor Randolph, Linda Staiger, Virginia Rice Thompson, Laurie Thurneck, and Christine Tucker. 5-8pm.

The Women’s Initiative 1101 E. High St. Landscapes, still life, abstracts and photography featuring the artists of BozART. 5:30-7:30pm.

Other Exhibits

Albemarle County Courthouse 501 Jefferson St. “Members Watercolor Show,” featuring water-based medium by the Central Virginia Watercolor Guild, through October 25.

Brooks Hall at UVA 1702 University Ave. An exhibit by Victor Captain featuring works refelcting his indigenous community in Guyana, South America, through August 14. Reception with the artist at Commonwealth Senior Living, 1550 Pantops Mountain Place on August 16. 3-5pm.

Java Java Café 421 E. Main St. “Hot Flowers, Cool Birds,” featuring paintings by Karen Siegrist.

Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Rd. “Summer Scenes,” featuring oil on canvas by Isabelle Abbot and Priscilla Whitlock, through August 16.

Mudhouse 213 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Labradorite #1,” featuring oil on canvas by Mary Jane Nichols.

The Fralin Museum of Art at UVA 155 Rugby Rd. “Collection,” featuring photography by Sol LeWitt, from August 14 through December 20; “Struggle…From the History of the American People,” featuring paintings by Jacob Lawrence, from August 21 through June 6, 2016; and “Cavaliers Collect,” featuring a variety of genres on loan from UVA alumni and friends, from August 28 through December 20.

Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church 717 Rugby Rd. “Earth and Sky,” featuring oil and mixed media paintings by Roger Lehr, with a reception on Sunday, August 9 at noon.

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July First Fridays Guide

Post author By Piedmont Council for the Arts
Post date July 2, 2015
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Local poet Judy Longley often feels like she’s drowning in words. After years of letting her poetry consume her, she’s learning how to revel in silence with a new skill set and a new name. Working as Juliet Da Luiso, Longley unleashes her joy and curiosity in highly abstract oil paintings rather than verses or stanzas. She describes her work as an “inner sea of intense color splashing like waves upon the shores of reality.” You can get a feel for her kinetic relationship to brush and canvas at Milli Joe through the end of July.

First Fridays: July 3, 2015

C’Ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “A Vintage Picnic,” featuring earthenware clay jewelry by Jennifer Paxton. 6-8pm.

The Garage 250 N. First St. “guilt,” featuring mixed media works by Louise Dechow. 5-7pm.

Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Rd. “Richard Crozier: New Paintings,” featuring new work by Richard Crozier. 1-5pm.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. “current,” a mixed media installation by Michelle Geiger in the Sarah B. Smith Gallery; “Summer Group Show,” an annual exhibition in a wide array of media by over 100 members of the McGuffey Art Center in the Upper and Lower North and South Hall Galleries. 5:30-7:30pm.

Milli Joe 400 Preston Ave., Ste. 150. An exhibition of oil and acrylic paintings by Juliet Da Luiso. 5-7pm.

Spring Street Boutique 107 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. Photographs from the Spring Street permanent collection by Liza Bishop. 6-8pm.

Top Knot Studio 103 Fifth St. SE. “American Lascaux: Down a Street Never Taken,” featuring photography by Orion Holen. 5pm.

WVTF & Radio IQ Studio Gallery 216 W. Water St. “Play the Radio,” a site-specific installation by Amanda Wagstaff, presented by New City Arts. 5-7pm.

OTHER EXHIBITS

City Clay 700 Harris St., Ste. 104. “Comics and Characters,” featuring ceramic sculptures by Tom Elliott and Kathy Doerr, with a reception on July 4, 5:30-7pm.

CitySpace 100 Fifth St. NE. An exhibition in a wide array of media by members of VSA, with a reception on July 10, 5:30-7pm.

Chroma Projects 107 Vincennes Rd. “A Language Must be Found,” featuring paintings by Felicia Lee Brooks and Leigh Anne Chambers, with a reception on July 12, 5-7pm.

Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia 155 Rugby Rd. “Innocence and Experience: Childhood in Art,” “Figure for the Soul, Rotation II,” “What is a Line?” and “The Body in Motion.”

Holladay House 155 W. Main St., Orange. “Just two BozARTists,” featuring photo transfers by Kathy Kuhlmann and watercolor and oil works by Julia Kindred.

Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 233 Fourth St. NW. “Father Figure: Exploring Alternate Notions of Black Fatherhood,” featuring photographs by Zun Lee.

JMRL Northside Library 705 W. Rio Rd. “15th Anniversary Show,” featuring pastel works by the Piedmont Pastelists.

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection 400 Worrell Dr. “Brothers,” featuring photographs by Tony Albert and “Art in Country,” featuring works on canvas, paper and eucalyptus bark drawn from Kluge-Ruhe’s permanent collection.

Martha Jefferson Hospital 500 Martha Jefferson Dr. “Plain Art with Plein Air,” featuring oil works by Julia Kindred.

Summit Square 501 Oak Ave., Waynesboro. “Newest works,” featuring photography and oil, watercolor and acrylic paintings by the BozART Group in celebration of its 20th anniversary.

PCA Office Gallery 100 Fifth St. NE. An exhibition of works by Julia Lesnichy, with a reception on July 10, 5:30-7pm.

WriterHouse 508 Dale Ave. “Little Stories,” featuring mixed media works by Christine Stoddard, with a reception on July 10, 5:30-7:30pm.

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June First Fridays Guide

Post author By Piedmont Council for the Arts
Post date June 4, 2015
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Richard Freeman's recently relocated frame shop is now also home to his own artwork. Photo: Amy Jackson

Richard Freeman is one of Virginia’s little-known art institutions. His frame shop sat stalwartly on the Corner for most of the last century, after opening under print-loving Paul Victorius’ ownership in the late 1930s. When the ’60s rolled around, Victorius took notice of Freeman, a former naval officer running a small art gallery in the Carytown area of Richmond, and the pair’s partnership flourished. Now, Freeman-Victorius is a family business with new digs on West Main Street, and it finally has room to showcase Freeman’s own work—a set of richly saturated acrylic paintings with the occasional collage thrown in.

First Fridays: June 5, 2015

Albemarle Cabinet Company 309 E. Water St. An exhibit of photography by Jyoti Sackett. 5-7pm.

Bank of America Building 306 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “The Beats,” featuring photographs by Larry Fink as part of the 2015 LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph. 5:30-7:30pm.

City Clay 700 Harris St., Ste. 104. “Student Show,” featuring works by City Clay students. 5:30-7pm.

C’Ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “A Colorful Touch of Glass,” featuring stained glass art by Michael Crabill. 6-8pm.

Fellini’s #9 200 Market St. “Blue Ridge Art Guild Summer Opening,” featuring oil and acrylic paintings by the Blue Ridge Art Guild. 5:30-7pm.

Former Oculus Space 114 Third St. NE. “Estuary, photographic work by Vincent J. Musi as part of the 2015 LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph. 5:30-7:30pm.

Freeman Victorius Gallery 507 W. Main St. “Murmuration of Orbs,” featuring acrylic painting by Richard B. Freeman. 5-8pm.

The Garage 250 N. First St. “Monica Haller & The Veterans Book Project,” featuring photographs by Monica Haller as part of the 2015 LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph. 5:30-7:30pm.

The Haven 112 Market St. “The Sporting Life,” featuring photographs by Walter Iooss as part of the 2015 LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph. 5:30-7:30pm.

Investment Management of Virginia (IMVA) Salon 200 Sixth St. NE. “Ann Lyne: Highlights in Gesture & Line,” featuring paintings and drawings by Ann Lyne, presented by Les Yeux du Monde. 5-7pm.

Jefferson Madison Regional Central Library 201 E. Market St. “Works by Blue Ridge Young Birders Club,” featuring color photographs by various young local birders. 5:30-7pm.

Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 233 Fourth St. NW. “Father Figure: Exploring Alternate Notions of Black Fatherhood,” featuring photographs by Zun Lee. Artist talk and reception, 6pm.

Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Rd. “Russ Warren: Zaragoza,” featuring triptychs by Russ Warren. 1-5pm.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. “No Filter,” featuring photographs by David Alan Harvey as part of the 2015 LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph. 5:30-7:30pm.

Milli Joe Coffee 400 Preston Ave. An exhibition of pen and ink, and acrylic prints by Jack Graves III. 4-6pm.

WVTF & Radio IQ Studio Gallery 216 W. Water St. “Landscape and Weather,” featuring photographs by Elise Sokolowski, presented by New City Arts. 5-7pm.

Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. “Songbook,” featuring photographs by Alec Soth as part of the 2015 LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph. 6-7:30pm with a talk by LOOK3 at 6:30pm.

Southern Cities Studio 214 W. Water St. “American Dream: Greta Pratt and Gordon Stettinius,” featuring a photographic essay interpreting the promotion of patriotic attitudes involving both corporate and personal backgrounds, presented in conjunction with Chroma Projects Laboratory. 5:30-7:30pm.

Tavola 826 Hinton Ave. An exhibit featuring the steel sculpture of Lily Erb. 6-8pm.

Warm Springs Gallery 103 Third St. NE. “Pictures of the Year International,” featuring photographs as part of the 2015 LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph.

OTHER EXHIBITS

Art on the Trax 5784 Three Notch’d Rd., Crozet. “American Skin,” featuring work by Nym Pedersen, with a reception on June 13, 4-6pm.

Beck Cohen Building 215 Avon St., 3rd floor “Kool Show: An installation uniting photography and sculpture,” featuring works by Zachary Concepcion and Theo Mullen, with a reception on June 12, 6-9pm.

Champion Brewing Company 324 Sixth St. SE “Moonlight Silhouettes,” featuring photographs by Rich Tarbell.

Derriere de Soie 105 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Immersed: Fear and Struggle,” featuring photographs by Meredith Coe, with a reception on June 11, 5:30-8:30pm.

Downtown Mall East Main Street. “The Smaller Majority,” featuring large-scale photographs by entomologist Piotr Naskrecki, suspended high in the trees, as part of the LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph.

Focus Contemporary Art 385 Valley St., Scottsville. An exhibit of new work by Robert Strini, through June 13.

Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia 155 Rugby Rd. “Figures for the Soul, Rotation II” and “Innocence and Experience: Childhood in Art”

Freedom of Speech Monument East Main Street, Downtown Mall. “Love, Life, and Loss,” featuring photographs about black LGBY visibility by Zanele Muholi, as part of the 2015 LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph.

Hot Cakes 1137 Emmet St. N. Works by Roni Toporovski until June 13. Works by Laura Richards after June 14.

JMRL Northside Library 705 W. Rio Rd. “Visible Poems,” featuring new collages by Karen Whitehill.

Lynne Goldman Elements 407 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Gardens at First Light,” featuring photographs by Stacy Bass.

New Dominion Bookshop 404 E Main St., Downtown Mall. “Considering Adoption,” featuring photographs by Mary Motley Kalergis.

Spring Street Boutique 107 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Aerials Across America,” featuring mixed media works by Remmi Franklin.

Summit Square Retirement Center 501 Oak Ave., Waynesboro. An exhibit of paintings by nine members of the BozART Group.

Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church 717 Rugby Rd. An exhibit featuring the oil paintings of Randy Baskerville.

University of Virginia Hospital Main Atrium “Merging the Art and Science of Photography,” featuring photographs by James A. Marshall.

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