Author: Piedmont Council for the Arts

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: May 1, 2015.

City Clay 700 Harris St. Suite 104 “Forms & Texture in BLACK and WHITE,” featuring works by Ted Sutherland, AIA ACHA (emeritus). 5:30-7pm, with an artist talk at 6:30pm.

CitySpace 100 Fifth St. NE. “ArtQuest Program Exhibit,” featuring works by gifted and talented Charlottesville City Schools students grades 5 to 12. 5:30-7:30pm.

C’Ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St. “Perfect Vessels,” featuring fused glass works by Mary Ellen Larkins. 6-8pm.

Fellini’s #9 200 Market St. “Felt with the Eyes,” featuring acrylic and pen and ink works by Jack Graves III. 5:30-7pm

Light House Studio 121 E. Water Street. “Film Interactive,” featuring family-friendly activities including an animation station and a silent film screening. 5-7pm.

Lynne Goldman Elements 407 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. An exhibit of vitreous enamel on three-dimensional copper representing the pollination process by Charlene Cross. 5:30-7:30pm.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. “Shack City,” featuring works by Bolanle Adeboye and “Choose Your Own Adventure,” featuring works by Polly Breckenridge, in the Sarah B. Smith Gallery; “Out There,” featuring pastel works by Nancy Galloway in the Lower Hall North Gallery; “Staying on the Brink,” featuring sculpture, painting and mixed media works by Nina Burke and a. faith in the Lower Hall South Gallery; “High School Art Show,” featuring work from eight local area high schools in the Upper Hall Galleries. 5:30-7:30pm.

New Dominion Bookshop 404 E. Main St. “Travel’s Unexpected Moments and Other Recent Oils and Pastels,” featuring works by Shamim Sisson. 5:30-7pm.

Old Metropolitan Hall 101 E. Main St. “Secrets of Montpelier,” featuring the work of advanced digital photographers participating in a one-of-a-kind photography course designed by Montpelier in partnership with the UVA School of Continuing and Professional Studies. 5-8pm.

Omni Hotel 212 Ridge McIntire Rd. “Mechanics of Consciousness,” featuring oil paintings by Dylan Korelich. 5-9pm.

Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. “Off the Chain: American Art Unfettered,” featuring oil on canvas works by Amy Sherald. 6-7:30pm, with artist talk at 6:30pm.

Southern Cities Studio 214 W. Water St. “The Five,” featuring works by Bill Atwood, Michael Bednar, George Beller, Warren Boeschenstein and Nina Ozbey. 8am-8pm.

The Loft at Freeman-Victorius 507 W. Main St. “Artful Design,” featuring abstract and surrealist works by Jack Graves III. 5-8pm.\

WVTF & Radio IQ Studio Gallery 216 W. Water St. “New Sincerity,” featuring mixed media works by Victoria Long, presented by New City Arts. 5-7pm.

OTHER EXHIBITS

Albemarle County Courthouse 501 Jefferson St. “Judged Watercolor Show,” featuring works by the Central Virginia Watercolor Guild.

Cavalier Inn 105 N. Emmet St. “Wild Birds,” featuring watercolors by Irene Perry.

Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia 155 Rugby Rd. “The Body in Motion,” “A Portrait of the Artist, 1525-1825,” and “What is a Line?”

Hot Cakes 1137 Emmet St. N. “Plein Air Landscapes,” featuring works by Julia Kindred.

Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 233 Fourth St. NW “Vinegar Hill 1963: Life in the Neighborhood,” featuring photography by Gundars Osvalds.

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection 400 Worrell Dr. “New Narratives: Papunya Tjupi Prints with Cicada Press,” and “Art and Country.”

Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Rd. “Zaragoza,” featuring triptychs by Russ Warren, with a reception on Friday, May 8, 5:30-7:30pm.

Northside Library 705 W. Rio Rd. “Moments in Time,” featuring plein air paintings of the Virginia countryside by Julia Kindred.

The Garage 250 N. First St. “A Single Jumpy Heart,” featuring mixed media works by Sarah Boyts Yoder, with a reception on Friday, April 10, 5-7pm.

Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church 717 Rugby Rd. An exhibit featuring the melted crayon work of Sara Gondwe.

Contemporary artist Susan Northington specializes in capturing her Central Virginia surroundings in exaltations of personal expression. Her abstract interpretations of the Blue Ridge Mountains and flat horizon lines aim to evoke the emotion of a place, rather than the physical reality of location. Northington’s works are currently included in the McGuffey Art Center’s collaborative exhibit “Anew,” which features images of the garden from local artists’ perspectives. Over 20 artists are participating in the show and all of their entry fees benefit the City Schoolyard Garden.

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: April 3, 2015.

The Bridge PAI 209 Monticello Rd. “No More Violence: A Community In Recovery and the Struggle For Safety,” featuring a cohesive mud stencil composed of stencils made by community members and another stencil tracing sexual assault back to the era of Thomas Jefferson. 5:30-8pm.

City Clay 700 Harris St. Suite 104. “Out of the Heart and Into the Fire,” featuring wood fired pottery by Kevin Crowe. 5-7pm with an artist talk at 6pm.

C’Ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 East Main St. “A Candle in the Darkness,” featuring artwork by Terri St. Cloud. 6-8pm.

JMRL Central Library 201 E. Market St. A mixed media exhibit by Sara Gondwe. 5:30pm.

Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Rd. “Constructed Meditations,” featuring works from 1995 to 2015 by Susan Bacik. 1-5pm.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. “Keeping It All in the Family: Where Art is in the Genes,” featuring works by resident artists in the Sarah B. Smith Gallery and Upper Galleries; “Anew,” a garden inspired collaborative art show in the Lower Hall Galleries. 5:30-7:30pm.

Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. “Regina Miele: Meridians” and “Edward Thomas: Praxinoscopes,” featuring oil, watercolor, ink and charcoal works by Miele and oil paintings in series displayed in turntable praxinoscopes by Thomas. 6-7:30pm with artist talk at 6:30pm.

Spring Street Boutique 107 W. Main St. “Springtime at Spring Street,” featuring oil on canvas works by Abby Ober Liable. 6-8pm.

OTHER EXHIBITS

CitySpace 100 Fifth St. NE. “Arts Fusion: The Power of Creativity in Dementia Care,” organized by the Alzheimer’s Association Central and Western Virginia, with a reception on Friday, April 10, 5:30-7:30pm.

Fellini’s #9 200 Market St. “Art and Music: Above and Beyond,” featuring works by Lee Alter and students, with a reception and live music on Wednesday, April 1, 6-8pm.

Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia 155 Rugby Rd. “What is a Line?,” featuring a voter-chosen collection of works, and “The Body in Motion,” featuring an intern-curated collection of 20th century photography, with a reception on Friday, April 24, 5:30-7:30pm.

Hot Cakes 1137 Emmet St. N. “Romance of the Sea,” featuring acrylic landscapes by Nanette Morrison.

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection 400 Worrell Dr. “New Narratives: Papunya Tjupi Prints with Cicada Press,” and “Art and Country.”

Loving Cup Vineyard 3340 Sutherland Rd., North Garden. “Moments in Time,” featuring oil works by Julia Kindred, with a reception on Friday, April 10, 5:30-7:30pm.

Oakhurst Inn 100 Oakhurst Circle. An exhibit of contemporary figure paintings by Jeffrey Stockberger, with a reception on Thursday, April 2, 6-8pm.

PCA Office Gallery 100 Fifth St. NE. Work by PCA member artist Eve Watters, with a reception on Friday, April 10, 5:30-7:30pm.

Southern Cities Studio 214 W. Water St. “The Five,” featuring work by Bill Atwood, Michael Bednar, George Beller, Warren Boeschenstein and Nina Ozbey, opening April 27.

The Garage 100 E. Jefferson St. “Moonlight Silhouettes,” featuring photographs by Rich Tarbell in collaboration with circus performers Stephanie Helvin and Mallory Paige, with a reception on Friday, April 10, 5-7pm.

Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church 717 Rugby Rd. A retrospective exhibition of the paintings of Bennett Curtis, with a reception on Sunday, April 5, 12:30pm.

Warm Springs Gallery 103 3rd St. NE “Around Town,” featuring oil paintings by Elaine Lisle, with a reception on Friday, April 10, 6-8pm.

WVTF & Radio IQ Studio Gallery 216 W. Water St. “Line & Color: A Willco Studios Collaborative Show,” featuring oil and mixed media paintings, works on paper, gouache on claybord and sumi ink on paper by Stephanie Fishwick, Ken Horne and Cate West Zahl, presented by New City Arts, with a reception on Friday, April 10, 5-7pm.

Yellow Cardinal Gallery 301 E. Market St. “Duet: Landscapes Real and Imagined,” featuring new works by Krista Townsend and J.M. Henry.

Give her a home where the buffalo roam and Christen Borgman Yates will paint the iconic American beast every day.
Her original contemporary works in oil and watercolor ask viewers to consider how they relate to landscapes and livestock in an increasingly urbanized world. Her most recent series, “Agrarian Icons,” on display at WVTF & Radio IQ Studio Gallery in March, brings the sheep, cattle and goats of the Blue Ridge Mountains to life, encouraging audiences to actively engage with the subjects. Although the UVA grad resides locally with her husband and four children, this is her first solo exhibition in Charlottesville.

First Fridays: March 6, 2015.

C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Casa Mia: The Art of Spring Cleaning,” featuring locally crafted natural home remedies by Brigitte Rau. 6-8pm, with a demonstration of products and techniques.

City Clay 700 Harris St. Suite 104 “Material Matters,” featuring salt and soda fired pottery by Judd Jarvis. 5:00-7:00pm with an artist talk 6-6:30pm.

CitySpace 100 Fifth St. NE. “Book Arts Exhibit: Miniature Books,” organized by the Virginia Art of the Book Center. 5-7pm.

Fellini’s #9 200 Market St. “Images of Ireland,” featuring watercolors by Sarah Hasty-Williams. 5:30-7pm.

Java Java 421 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Reinventions,” featuring Polaroid transfers and lifts by Cary Oliva. 5-6pm.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center 1400 Melbourne Rd. “VSA Charlottesville/Albemarle Showcase,” featuring work from over 100 artists. 6:30-8pm.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. “Bound: The Artist’s Book” in the Sarah B. Smith Gallery; “Etta Levine: Colorscapes 2” and “Susan Patrick: For the Trees” in the Lower Hall North Gallery; “Charlene Cross: Glass. Metal. Fire” in the Lower Hall South Gallery; and “C2D2015,” sponsored by Art In Place, in the Upper Hall North and South Galleries. 5:30-7:30pm

PCA Office Gallery, 100 Fifth St. NE. An exhibit by photographer Stacey Evans. 5-7pm.

Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. “Susan Bacik: Constructed Meditations, 1990-2015,” featuring mosaics, assemblages and installations from the past 25 years. 6-7:30pm with an artist talk at 6:30pm.

Spring Street Boutique 107 W. Main St. “The Wild Kingdom,” featuring oil on canvas works by Anne Marshall Block. 6-8pm.

The Women’s Initiative 1101 E. High St. An exhibit of 15 women artists featuring watercolors, photography, oils, acrylics and pastels. 5:30-7:30pm.

Warm Springs Gallery 103 3rd St. NE “Paper Works,” featuring artists Diane Ayott, Meredith Fife Day, Barbara Grossman, Sydney Licht, Marlene Rye and Eve Stockton. 5:30-8pm.

WriterHouse 508 Dale Ave. “Looking to the Past,” featuring collages from the ’60s and ’70s by Betsy Ballenger. 5:30-7:30pm.

WVTF & Radio IQ Studio Gallery 216 W. Water St. “Agrarian Icons,” featuring paintings by Christen Yates. 5-7pm.

Yellow Cardinal Gallery 301 East Market St. “Duet: Landscapes Real and Imagined,” featuring new works by Krista Townsend and J.M. Henry. 4-6:30pm.

OTHER EXHIBITS

Chroma Projects 107 Vincennes Rd. “Genius Loci,” featuring landscapes by Jeanette Cohen and Joan Elliott, with a reception on March 22, 3:30pm.

Focus Contemporary Art 385 Valley St. An exhibit by Robert Strini, Linda Wachtmeister and Michelle Gagliano.

Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia 155 Rugby Rd. “Lucian Freud: Etchings,” and “A Portrait of the Artist, 1525-1825.”

Hot Cakes 1137-A Emmet St. An exhibit of watercolors by students of Lee Alter through March 28.

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection 400 Worrell Dr. “New Narratives: Papunya Tjupi Prints with Cicada Press,” and “Art and Country.”

Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Rd. “Selections 2015,” featuring works by Pam Black, Peyton Hurt Millikan, Kris Iden, Ann Lyne, David Summers, Theo van Groll and Sanjay Vora, on display through March 8. “Susan Bacik: Constructed Meditations, 1990-2015,” featuring mosaics, assemblages, and installations from the past 25 years with a reception Friday, March 13, 5:30-7:30pm.

Sojourners United Church of Christ 1017 Elliott St. “BozART Group,” featuring contemporary religious art, landscapes and mixed media works.

Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church 717 Rugby Rd. An exhibition of paintings by Donna Redmond with a reception on March 1, 12:30pm.

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.

Crozet natives Kathleen and Minal Mistry get close to nature in their duo show “Wood and Wings” at C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery. Kathleen pairs colorful bird paintings with mixed metal jewelry such as pendants displaying miniature versions of her aviary artwork. Meanwhile, Minal’s woodwork upcycles industrial products like pallets and construction waste to become one-of-a-kind furnishings. The twosome’s works capture Virginia’s natural heritage through vibrant paints and both reclaimed and unprocessed woods.

Free, 6pm. C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery, 118 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 972-9500.

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: February 6, 2015.

BON Cafe 100 W. South St., Ste. 1D. “Paintings and Collages,” featuring works by Nym Pedersen. 5-7pm.

C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Wood and Wings,” featuring paintings, jewelry, and woodwork by Kathleen and Minal Mistry. 6-8pm.

CitySpace 100 Fifth St. NE. “Vortex 2015,” featuring UVA School of Architecture student projects from an annual design-based contest. 5:30-7:30pm.

Fellini’s #9 200 Market St. “Sentiments of Mine,” featuring acrylic, watercolor and ink works by Judith Ely. 5:30-7pm.

Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolftrap Rd. “Selections 2015,” featuring work by Pam Black, Peyton Hurt Millikan, Kris Iden, Ann Lyne, David Summers, Theo van Groll and Sanjay Vora. 5:30-7:30pm.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. “Figure Drawing: Theme and Variation” in the Sarah B. Smith Gallery; “Privacy in America – A Group Show” in the Lower Hall North Gallery; “Frank Riccio, 1958-2014” in the Lower Hall South Gallery; “Art Reach,” featuring children’s art and celebrating community, diversity and creative self-expression and includes over 60 paintings and mosaics in the Upper Hall Galleries. 5:30-7:30pm.

Mudhouse Downtown 213 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Volando el Bosque,” featuring photography by Jesus Pino. 7am-11pm.

New Dominion Bookshop 404 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “A Decade of Drawing–Small Works,” featuring pastel drawings by Nancy Galloway. 5:30-7pm.

Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. “The Conqueror,” featuring sculpture, letterpress prints and video by Yeni Mao. 5:30-7:30pm.

Vinegar Hill Cafe 233 Fourth St. NW. “Group Black & White Photo Exhibit,” featuring photography by Bill Mauzy, Brian Komatz and MB Celella. 5:30-7:30pm.

WriterHouse 508 Dale Ave. Pastel and oil paints works by Julia Lesnichy. 5:30-7:30pm.

WVTF & Radio IQ Studio Gallery 216 Water St. “Elements,” featuring encaustic works by Amanda Smith. 5-7pm.

OTHER EXHIBITS

Albemarle County Courthouse 501 Jefferson St. “Courthouse Art Exhibit,” featuring watercolor, acrylic and mixed medium works by the Central Virginia Watercolor Guild.

Chroma Projects 107 Vincennes Rd. “Books, being as buildings; Buildings, being as books,” featuring paintings by Warren Boeschenstein, Richard Crozier and Ephraim Rubenstein, with a reception on Sunday, February 8, 3:30-5:30pm.

Focus Contemporary Art 385 Valley St., Scottsville. “New work by studio artists,” featuring mixed media sculptures, works on paper and oil paintings by Michelle Gagliano, Robert Strini and Linda Wachtmeister, with a reception on Thursday, February 12, 6-8pm.

Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia 155 Rugby Rd. “Lucian Freud Etchings” and “Figures for the Soul.”

Hot Cakes 1137-A Emmet St. Watercolor works by adult students of Lee Alter. February 15 – March 28.

IX Art Park 963 2nd St. SE “Cardinal on the Wall of Wishes,” featuring a wall mural by Ollie Gillard.

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection 400 Worrell Dr. “Art and Country” and “New Narratives: Papunya Tjupi Prints with Cicada Press.”

Pigment 1229 Harris St. “Paintings by Dave Moore,” featuring mixed media works by Dave Moore, with a reception Saturday, February 14, 4-6pm.

Unitarian Church 717 Rugby Rd. “New Beginnings,” featuring works in oil, watercolor, acrylic, collage, photo, ink and graphite and pastel by members of the BozART Group.

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: January 2, 2014.

Batesville Market 6624 Plank Rd., Batesville. “Locals,” featuring photo portraits by Rich Tarbell. 4-6pm.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. “Transcending Material,” featuring sculptural and functional work by Marti Mocahbee and Phillip Nolley in the Sarah B. Smith Gallery; “New Members Show,” featuring the work of McGuffey’s 18 newest members in the Lower and Upper Hall galleries. 5:30-7:30pm.

Spring Street Boutique 107 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. “The Heart of Home: A Treasure Chest of Memories,” featuring oil on canvas by Randy Baskerville. 6-8pm.

OTHER EXHIBITS

C’ville Arts 118 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “The Studio Sale,” featuring the work of several local member artists.

CitySpace 100 Fifth St. NE. “Crescent Hall Quilters,” featuring handmade quilts by the Crescent Hall Quilters group, through January 16.

Fellini’s #9 200 Market St. “Art at the 9: The Holiday Show,” featuring oil and watercolor paintings by the Charlottesville-Albemarle Art Society.

Focus Contemporary Art 385 Valley St., Scottsville. “Ongoing Exhibition by Gallery Artists,” featuring works by Robert Strini, Linda Wachtmeister and Michelle Gagliano.

HotCakes 1137 Emmet St. N. “Impressionist Landscapes and Still Life,” featuring the work of Julia Lesnichy.

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection 400 Worrell Dr. “Art and Country,” featuring a selection of works from the permanent collection.

Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Rd. “Twenty!” featuring over 30 artists celebrating the gallery’s 20th anniversary with a reception on Friday, January 9, 5:30 – 7:30pm.

Mudhouse 213 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Volando El Bosque,” featuring photography by Jesus Pino.

Pigment 1229 Harris St. “Pleasant Days,” featuring mixed media paintings by Jim Calhoun with a reception on Saturday, January 10, 4-6pm.

Robertson Hall McIntire School of Commerce, UVA. “50+ Works by Russ Warren,” featuring paintings in acrylic and oil crayon with a reception on Thursday, January 22, 4:30pm – 7:30pm.

Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. “Portraits of Yemaya,” featuring photography, painting and installation by Arturo Lindsay.

The Garage 100 Jefferson St. “Here and There,” featuring multimedia works by Victoria Long and Roger Williams with a reception on Friday, January 9, 5-7pm.

Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church 717 Rugby Rd. “BozArt Gallery Member Show” with a reception on Sunday, January 4, 12:30-2:30pm.

Warm Springs Gallery 103 3rd St. NE “Small Works for the Holidays,” featuring local artists Nancy Bass, Elizabeth Geiger, John Grant, Tim Michel, Priscilla Whitlcok, John Younger and many others.

WVTF & Radio IQ Studio Gallery 216 Water St. “New City Artist Exchange,” featuring original works from 17 Charlottesville-based artists, with a reception on Friday, January 9, 5-7pm.

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: December 5, 2014.

C’ville Arts 118 E. Main St. “Hopeful Dreams,” featuring sculptures by Tanya Tyree. 6-8pm.

CitySpace 100 Fifth St. NE. “Crescent Hall Quilters,” featuring handmade quilts by the Crescent Hall Quilters group. 5:30-7:30pm.

Fellini’s #9 200 Market St. “Art at the 9: The Holiday Show,” featuring oil and watercolor paintings by the Charlottesville-Albemarle Art Society. 5-7pm.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. “McGuffey Members Holiday Show,” featuring artwork and small craft items made by McGuffey members. 5:30-7:30pm. Holiday Open House Saturday, December 6, 10:30-3:30pm.

Old Metropolitan Hall 101 E. Main St. “There’s No Place Like Home,” The Haven’s 5th annual art auction featuring the work of over 50 artists. 6:00-9:00pm. Tickets cost $20.

Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. “Portraits of Yemaya,” featuring photography, painting and installation by Arturo Lindsay. 5:30-7:30pm.

Spring Street Boutique 107 W. Main St. “Raw Metal,” featuring metal works by Lily Erb. 6-8pm.

Starr Hill Brewing Company 5391 Three Notch’d Rd., Crozet. “SHOOTIN’ LOCKN,” featuring photographs by Milo Farineau. 5-8pm.

Telegraph 110 Fourth St. NE. “ARCANA II,” featuring new screen printed posters from Sophia Foster-Dimino, Bob Motown, Leslie Hung and Alabaster. 5-9pm.

The Garage 250 First St. N. “Saturday Paintings: Recent Work by Cate West Zahl,” featuring oil, sumi ink and goauche on canvas and glass. 5-7pm.

Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar 414 E. Main St. “e.gato and k.VA,” featuring two collections of pen and ink drawings by one local and one international traveling artist. 5:30-8pm.

Warm Springs Gallery 103 Third St. NE “Small Works for the Holidays,” featuring the works of local artists Nancy Bass, Elizabeth Geiger, John Grant, Tim Michel, Priscilla Whitlcok, John Younger and many others. 6-8pm.

WriterHouse 508 Dale Ave. “BozART at WriterHouse,” featuring the works of Matalie Deane, Madeleine Watkins, Alle Cooper, Frank Feigert, Randy Baskerville, Julia Lesnichy, Karen Whitehill, Paul Loukides, Kathy Kuhlmann, Barbara Wachter, Julia Kindred, Susan Stover and Caroline Planting. 5:30-7:30pm.

Yellow Cardinal Gallery 301 E. Market St. “Unwrapped: The Many Facets of the Figure,” featuring a group show by local artists. 4-6:30pm.

OTHER EXHIBITS

Angelo 220 E. Main St. “pretty/gritty,” featuring a collection of photographs by Steve Taylor.

Arden Place Clubhouse 1810 Arden Creek Dr. Paintings by Phyllis Koch-Sheras.

BOUTIQUE boutique 411 E. Main St. “The Art of Private Devotion,” featuring Mexican folk retablos and mid-19th century oil on tin.

Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia 155 Rugby Rd. “Realms of Earth and Sky,” “The Lyrical Line” and “Gordon Parks: The Making of an Argument.”

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection 400 Worrell Dr. “Art and Country,” featuring a selection of works from the permanent collection, and “Gurari – Saltwater Drinker.”

The SHOE STORE next door 411 E. Main St. “Time Warps,” featuring Highland Maya textile art.

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: September 5, 2014.

Angelo 220 E. Main St. “Fields and Marshes,” plein air paintings by Priscilla Long Whitlock. 5-7:30pm.

CitySpace 100 Fifth St. NE. “OpenGrounds Student Scholars,” a group exhibit from selected URA scholars on the intersection of art and environmentalism and a display from Building Bridges in the PCA office. 5:30-7pm.

C’Ville Arts 118 E. Main Street. “Wonderful World of Wool,” felted crafts from Janice Stegall-Seibert. 6-8pm.

Derriere de Soie 105 E. Main Street. Polly Breckenridge’s “Moments of Stillness,” mylar set into multiple pours of tinted resin. 5:30-7:30pm.

Fellini’s #9 200 Market St. “Tails I’ve Been Told,” commissioned pet portraits and intimate stories from pet owners by Cat Denby. 5:30-7pm.

The Garage 250 First St. N. “Ethiopia, Ark of the Covenant,” photography by Philip De Jong. 5-7pm.

Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Road. “Picasso, Lydia & Friends 2014,” prints by Pablo Picasso along with art by the late Lydia Csato Gasman, a renowned Picasso scholar and beloved University of Virginia professor of modern art as well as art by “friends” William Bennett, Anne Chesnut, Dean Dass, Sanda Iliescu, David Summers and Russ Warren. 5-7:30pm.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. “Summertime in the Garden,” watercolors by Marcia Mitchell in the Sarah B. Smith Gallery; “Central Virginia Watercolor Guild,” 23rd annual exhibition featuring the work of 62 Virginia artists in a variety of water media in the Lower & Upper Hall Galleries. 5:30-7:30pm.

Mudhouse 213 W. Main St. Paintings by Katy Jones. 6-8pm.

Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. “Re-Material,” paintings and installations by Mary Ann Strandell. 5:30-7:30pm with an artist talk at 6:30pm.

Spring Street Boutique 107 W. Main St. “Days of Colors,” watercolors by Phyllis Koch-Sheras. 6-8pm.

Telegraph 110 Fourth St. NE. “Wild Boyz Tour,” reading, signing and poster release with Michael DeForge, Patrick Kyle and Simon Hanselmann. 5-8pm.

Warm Springs Gallery 105 Third St. NE. “Summer Afternoon,” paintings by Megan Lightell, Kurt Moyer, Jane Schmidt and collographs by Nina Muys. 6-8pm.

WriterHouse 508 Dale Ave. “Landscapes,” oil paintings by Jeanette Cohen. 5:30-7:30pm.

WVTF and Radio IQ Studio Gallery 216 W. Water St. “Drifting Ledge,” woven soft sculptures by Laura Dillon Rogers. 5-7pm.

OTHER EXHIBITS

City Clay 700 Harris St. Suite 104. “Recent Work from Tom Clarkson,” ceramics by PVCC Professor of Art and Ceramics Tom Clarkson with a reception on Friday, September 12, 5-7pm.

Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia 155 Rugby Rd. “Realms of Earth and Sky,” “The Lyrical Line,” “Postwar British Prints,” and “Vinland.”

Janice Edwards & David Edwards Studio 1074 Simmons Gap Rd. Guitar and watercolor studio tour as part of the Arts Rivanna Tour with openings on September 13 & 20, 10am-5pm.

Julia Kindred & Matalie Deane Studio 3023 Colonial Dr. Canvas and silk scarf painting demonstrations as part of the Arts Rivanna Tour with openings on September 13 & 20, 10am-5pm.

Judith K. Townsend & Catherine Twomey Studio 2125 Fray Rd. Paintings inspired by fractal images as part of the Arts Rivanna Tour with openings on September 13 & 20, 10am-5pm.

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection 400 Worrell Dr. “Art and Country,” a selection of works from the permanent collection.

The Montpelier Center for Arts & Education 17205 Mountain Road, Montpelier. “Landscapes of the Present Century,” works by Lindsay Nolting.

Music Library at the University of Virginia Cabell Dr L001. “#Carbonfeed,” a new media installation by Jon Bellona, an OpenGrounds art & environmental action scholar.

Pigment 1229 Harris St. #13. “Melding,” acrylic and mixed media works by Susan Northington with a reception on Saturday, September 13, 4-6pm.

Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church 717 Rugby Rd. “Trees,” paintings by Sara Gondwe with a reception on Sunday, September 7, 11:30am.

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: August 1, 2014.

C’Ville Arts Cooperative 118 E. Main St. “Branching Out,” new works by Flame Bilyue. 6-8pm.

The Garage 250 First St. N. “Minor Mutations,” watercolor, pen and ink drawings by Kaki Dimock. 5-8pm.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. Summer members group show. 5:30-7:30pm.

S. C. Studio 214 W. Water St. “Mostly Water Street,” works by Randy Smith that feature local flavors on Water Street. 5-8pm.

Spring Street Boutique 107 W. Main St. “Elephants Back by Popular Demand,” featuring Lindsley Matthews, Beth Hamerschlag and Erwin Baumfalk. 6-8pm.

Telegraph Art & Comics 110 4th St. NE. “Retrofit Comics Showcase,” a spotlight on Retrofit Comics out of Philadelphia. 5-10pm.

Vinegar Hill Cafe at the Jefferson School City Center 233 4th St. NW. “The World of Printmaking,” a group show featuring etchings, intaglios, lithographs, linoleum and screen prints. 5:30-8pm.

Warm Springs Gallery 105 Third St. NE. “Summer Afternoon,” paintings by Megan Lightell, Kurt Moyer, Jane Schmidt and collographs by Nina Muys. 6-8pm.

WriterHouse 508 Dale Avenue. “Reflections in Clay,” works by Scott Supraner. 5:30-7:30pm.

OTHER EXHIBITS

CitySpace 100 Fifth St. NE. “VSA Annual Art Show,” collaborative exhibit with artwork from VSA members.

Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia 155 Rugby Rd. “Portraying the Golden Age,” “Reflections and Undercurrents,” “Postwar British Prints” and “Vinland: Recent Work by Cindy Bernard.”

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection 400 Worrell Dr. “Art and Country” and “We Are Tiwi.”

Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Rd. “Near Walnut Creek,” paintings by John Borden Evans. 

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. “Open Threads,” mixed media sculpture and ceramics by Rebekah Wostrel in the Sarah B. Smith Gallery; “Photographs,” work by Ron Evans and “A Retrospective of the Art of Skip Willis” in the Lower Hall Galleries; “Now and Then: A Retrospective,” work by Polly Breckenridge and “New Watercolors of Plants and Flowers” by Marcia Mitchell in the Upper Hall Galleries.

The Niche in the Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library at UVA Bayly Dr. “Stop & Go,” a series of animations curated by stop-motion artist Sarah Klein.

Pigment 1229 Harris St. #13. “Parvum,” mixed media sculpture by Justin Poe.