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October First Fridays Guide

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.

The Bridge PAI 209 Monticello Rd. “Banner Days,” by Tom Hughes and a talk by Belfast-based artist Johanna Leech. 7-9pm.

Chroma Projects 418 E. Main St. “The Forests” by Jean Peacock in the Front Gallery, “Cahier Memoire” by Lillian Fitzgerald in the Passage Gallery, “Man With a Cello” by Blake Hurt in the Black Box. There will be music by Judith Shatin. 5:30-7:30pm.

City Clay 700 Harris St #104. “Sculptural Clay Vessels” by Ted Sutherland featuring slab-built stoneware. 5:00-7:00pm.

CitySpace 100 Fifth St. NE. “2013 Rising Star Awards,” an exhibit featuring the accomplishments of talented area high school art students. 5-7pm.

C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St. “Dancing in the Sun,” featuring batik painting by Lisa O. Woods. 6-8pm.

Eloise 505 W. Main St. Local artist Max Olivas will showcase his latest work. 5-7pm.

Fellini’s #9 200 W. Market St. “Shooting Stars of Jazz” photography by John Wright. 5:30-7pm.

FIREFISH Gallery 108 Second St. NW. “Tiny Lights,” recent acrylic paintings by Jesse Meehan. 5:30-7:30pm.

The Garage 250 First St. N. An exhibit by Clay Witt. 5-7:30pm.

The Honeycomb 310 E. Market St. “These Things Happen” by Kimberlyn Penrose. 7-10pm.

Les Fabriques 206 E. Water St. New oil paintings by Ron Martin. 5-7pm.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW.  “Glass. Metal. Fire” by Charlene Cross and “Colorscapes” by Etta Harmon Levin in the Susan B. Smith Gallery. Art With A Mission presents 100 paintings by Rwandan children in the Hall Galleries. 5:30-7:30pm.

Patina Antiques 1112 E. High St. Paintings and music by Paxson Henderson. 6-8pm.

Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. “SUPERCLUSTER ARION AND OTHER PHENOMENA” by DM Witman. Reception from 5:30-7:30pm with artist talk at 6:30pm.

Telegraph 110 Fourth St. NE. “Arcana” prints offer different interpretations of iconic cards from Tarot’s Major Arcana. 5-10pm.

The Women’s Intitative 1101 E. High St. “Women Artists: A Retrospective for the Women’s Initative,” featuring 10 local artists works in oil, watercolor, pastel, and encaustic.

WriterHouse 508 Dale Ave. “Spontaneity,” paintings by Nina Ozbey. 5:30-7:30pm.

WVTF and Radio IQ Studio Gallery 216 W. Water St. “Food: the Stories Beneath,” new photography by Jill Bascom. 5-7pm.

 

OTHER EXHIBITS

Angelo 220 E. Main St. “Message in a Bottle,” new photographs by John Grant.

Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia 155 Rugby Rd. “Ansel Adams: A Legacy,” “Looking at the New West: Contemporary Landscape Photography,” “In the Shadow of Stalin: The Patterson Family in Painting and Film,” and paintings by Émilie Charmy.

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection 400 Worrell Dr. “Ngau Gidthal (My Stories),” linoleum and woodblock prints by David Bosun.

Atelier ONE Gallery 1716 Allied St. “Wide Open Spaces,” paintings by Donna Clark.

Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. “Untitled” an installation by Hong Seon Jang.

Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church 717 Rugby Rd. “Fertility,” paintings by Sarah Sweet.

Warm Springs Gallery 105 Third St. NE. New paintings by Angela Saxon.

Westminster Canterbury 250 Pantops Mountain Rd. Watercolor paintings by Chee Kludt Ricketts.

 

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September First Fridays Guide

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 6

Angelo 220 E. Main St. “Message in a Bottle,” new photographs by John Grant. 5-7:30pm.

The Bridge PAI 209 Monticello Rd. “Virginia Folklife Apprentice Program,” an exhibit of photographs by Pat Jarrett featuring master traditional artists and craftspeople as well as their apprentices. 7pm-9pm.

Chroma Projects 418 E Main St. “Disappearing Cultures” in the Front Gallery and “Mr. Crozet’s Tunnel” in the Black Box Gallery both by photographer Mike Heivly. “Loculus,” drawings by Linda Wachtmeister in the Passage Gallery. 5:30-7:30pm.

CitySpace 100 Fifth St. NE. “Virginia Arts of the Book Center,” an exhibit of artwork, handmade books, broadsides, and more from the member artists. 5:30-7pm.

C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St. “Poetry of the Land: Plein Air Painting” by Meg West. 6-8pm.

FIREFISH Gallery 108 2nd St. NW. “Out Loud,” a photography exhibit by Samia Ansari. 5:30-7:30pm.

The Garage 250 1st St. N. “People of the River: Images of Life in the Peruvian Amazon” by Brittany Schenk. 5-7:30pm.

The Honeycomb 310 E. Market St. “Royal Jelly” silkscreen prints by Jacob Green. 6-10pm.

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection 400 Worrell Dr. “Ngau Gidthal (My Stories),” linoleum and woodblock prints by David Bosun. 5:30-7:30pm.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. “The Army Wife,” textiles by Kristin La Flamme in the Susan B. Smith Gallery. Central Virginia Watercolor Guild’s Annual Show featuring 56 Virginia artists in the Hall Galleries. 5:30-7:30pm.

Second Street Gallery 115 Second Street SE. “Untitled” an installation by Hong Seon Jang and “A Common Place” by Caroline Allison. 5:30-7:30pm.

Telegraph 110 Fourth St NE. “Botanivore” new and exclusive botanical prints from six artists. 5-10pm.

WVTF and Radio IQ Studio Gallery 216 W. Water St. “For the Good of Mankind,” new prints by Kristin Adolfson. 5-7pm.

OTHER EXHIBITS

Atelier ONE Gallery 1716 Allied St. Sculpture, woodworking, and ceramics by Michael Bednar, John Rubino, and Fred Dodson.

Fralin Museum of Art at University of Virginia 155 Rugby Rd. “Ansel Adams: A Legacy,” “Looking at the New West: Contemporary Landscape Photography,” “In the Shadow of Stalin: The Patterson Family in Painting and Film,” and paintings by Émilie Charmy.

WriterHouse 508 Dale Ave. “Tracing the Past,” photographs and poems by Mike Heivly.

 

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August First Fridays Guide

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 2

The Bridge PAI 209 Monticello Rd. “MapLab Scavenger Hunt,” a community-wide scavenger hunt to collect and record a multitude of items from around the city that tell different stories about Charlottesville. 6-8pm.

CitySpace 100 Fifth St. NE. “2013 Storyline Project,” an exhibit of photographs, original artwork, and audio recordings from the 2013 Storyline Project. 5:30-7:00pm.

C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St. “Texture Tells the Tale” by Jayme Driver. 6-8pm.

The Garage 250 1st St. N. “Florida” series of photographs by Elli Williams. 5:30-7:30pm.

The Honeycomb 310 E. Market St. “So Much More is Somewhere Else” by Zachary Gaston Grasso & Richard Taylor Logue featuring paintings, drawings, photographs and even custom designed jeans. 7-10pm.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. “Journeys In Woven Color” in the Susan B. Smith Gallery. “Annual Summer Group Show” in the Hall Galleries. 5:30-7:30pm.

Spring Street Boutique 107 W. Main St. “Places I Have Been,” oil on canvas by Lindsley Matthews. 6-8pm.

Telegraph 110 Fourth St NE. “SEIBEI” featuring screen prints, original paintings, and tee shirts by SEIBEI (David Murray). 5-10pm.

WVTF and Radio IQ Studio Gallery 216 W. Water St. “Thor’s Harbour,” paintings from Iceland by Chrissy Baucom. 5-7pm.

OTHER EXHIBITS

Angelo 220 E. Main St. “Resulting Jigsaws,” a new collection of paintings by Kathleen Craig.

Atelier ONE at La Linea Bella 1716 Allied St.  Collage work based on the compositions and names of traditional American quilt patterns by Lindsey Mears.

Chroma Projects 418 E. Main St. “In the Field” by Dymph de Wild in the Front Gallery. “Humanature” by Karen McCoy in the Passage Gallery. “Elemental Encounter” by Karen McCoy and Robert Carl in the Black Box.

Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 233 Fourth St. NW. “(sur)passing,” photographs by Lola Flash.

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection 400 Worrell Dr. “Black Prints from Cicada Press” featuring artwork by various contemporary Aboriginal artists.

Shenandoah Valley Art Center 126 South Wayne Ave, Waynesboro VA. Works of art by the Beverley Street Studio School artists.

Speak! Language Center 313 2nd St. SE, Suite 109. “Charlottesville-Albemarle Art Association’s Nineteenth Annual Juried Art Show”.

 

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July First Fridays Guide

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, July 5

Angelo 220 E. Main St. “Resulting Jigsaws,” a new collection of paintings by Kathleen Craig. 5:30-7pm.

The Bridge PAI 209 Monticello Rd. “MapLab,” a participatory exhibit to map Charlottesville in creative ways. 5-8pm.

Chroma Projects 418 E. Main St. “In the Field” by Dymph de Wild in the Front Gallery. “Humanature” by Karen McCoy in the Passage Gallery. “Elemental Encounter” by Karen McCoy and Robert Carl in the Black Box. 5:30-7:30pm. Starting at 7:30pm, “Stereoscope,” a two-act performative event, will take place in Chroma’s underground space.

CitySpace 100 Fifth St. NE. VSA Charlottesville/Albemarle presents artwork from various community members. 5:30-7:00pm.

C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St. “A Fiber Garden” by Carolyn Seaman. 6-8pm.

The Garage 250 1st St. N. An exhibit of concert posters and photocopy art by James Ford. 5:30-7:30pm.

The Honeycomb 310 E. Market St. “Apocalyptic Dentistry” by Jamie Morgan featuring painting, fashion and sculpture. 5-9pm.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. “Journeys In Woven Color” in the Susan B. Smith Gallery. “Annual Summer Group Show” in the Hall Galleries. 5:30-7:30pm.

Second Street Gallery “Decoration/Destruction” by Olga Antonova, Laurent Crasté, and Cheryl Pope. 5-7pm.

Telegraph 110 Fourth St NE. “Jurassic,” an imaginative journey to the age of the dinosaurs by a variety of artists. 5-10pm.

Warm Springs Gallery 103 Third St. NE. “”Pleasures of Summer” by Andras Bality, Rob Browning and Liz Price. 6-8pm.

WVTF and Radio IQ Studio Gallery 216 W. Water St. “Thor’s Harbour,” paintings from Iceland by Chrissy Baucom. 5-7pm.

WriterHouse 508 Dale Ave. “The Natural World of Nancy Jane Dodge,” featuring oil paintings by the artist. 5:30-7:30pm.

OTHER EXHIBITS

Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 233 Fourth St. NW. “(sur)passing,” photographs by Lola Flash.

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection 400 Worrell Dr. “Black Prints from Cicada Press” featuring artwork by various contemporary Aboriginal artists.

UVA Health System, Main Hospital Lobby 205 14th St NW. “In the Country” by Richard Bednar.

 

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June First Fridays Guide

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

June 7

Bank of America. 306 Main St. “Invasion 68 Prague,” photographs by Josef Koudelka. 5:30-7:30pm.

The Bridge PAI 209 Monticello Rd. “Some Other Places We’ve Missed” by Mark Strandquist. 6-9pm.

Chroma Projects 418 E. Main St. “Books in Progress,” a group exhibit of books and printing ephemera in the Front Gallery. “Monuments and Distant Memories” by John Grant in the Resident Artist Gallery. Happenstance by June Collmer in the Passage Gallery. “NEAR & FAR & Breath” by Will May in the Black Box. 5:30-7:30pm.

C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St. “Natural Virginia,” panoramic landscape photographs by Ben Greenberg. 6-8pm.

Fellini’s #9 200 W. Market St. “A Piedmont Perspective,” photography by Michael Marino. 5:30-7pm.

The Garage 250 1st St. N. “160 Actions to Make a Jacket” by Susan Meiselas. 5:30-7:30pm.

The Garden 1500 Jefferson Park Ave. “Spirit Reflections,” by Rebecca McEntire. 7-9pm.

The Haven 112 W. Market St. “The Short Happy Life of a Serengeti Lion” by Michael Nichols. 5:30-7:30pm.

The Honeycomb 310 E. Market St. “New Work,” collage work by Andrew Marriott. 5-9pm.

Lynne Goldman Elements 407 E. Main St. Photographs by award-winning garden and botanical photographer Stacey Bass. 5:30pm.

Main Street Arena 230 W. Main St. “Slumber Party Massacre,” a photo series testament to the 1982 slasher film by Rich Tarbell and Brian Wimer. “It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll, Volume 2,” a photo series tribute to iconic album artwork by Rich Tarbell.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. “Petrochemical America: Project Room” by Richard Misrach. 5:30-7:30pm.

Second Street Gallery “Work & Process: Beneath the Roses and Sanctuary” by Gregory Crewdson. 5-7pm.

Studio Baboo 321 E. Main St., Ste. 100 “Lincoln, Lonnie and Me-A Story in 5 Parts” by Carrie Mae Weems. 5:30-7:30pm.

Telegraph 110 Fourth St NE. “Two Tones,” music-themed prints by a variety of artists. 5-10pm.

Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar 414 E. Main St. “Home Tea Home,” a variety of photo images by local tea drinkers.

Warm Springs Gallery 103 Third St. NE. “Meanderings,” new paintings by Richard Oversmith. 6-8pm.

WVTF and Radio IQ Studio Gallery 216 W. Water St. “Rhizomatic” by Megan Bent. 5-7pm.

WriterHouse 508 Dale Ave. “Movement While Waiting,” oil paintings by Laura Bell. 5:30-7:30pm.

OTHER EXHIBITS

Angelo 220 E. Main St. “Unfinished Stories,” photographs by John Mitchell.

Blenheim Vineyards 31 Blenheim Farm Rd. “Taking Time,” photographs by Ashley Florence.

CitySpace 100 Fifth St. NE. “YourSpace” presented by LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph.

Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 233 Fourth St. NW. “Between Invention and Reality,” sculptures by Caesar Morton.

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection 400 Worrell Dr. “Black Prints from Cicada Press” featuring artwork by various contemporary Aboriginal artists.

L’etoile Restaurant 817 West Main St. Paintings by Malcolm Hughes and drawings by Barry Gordon.

Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church 717 Rugby Rd. “Underwater Photography” by Gary Powell.

UVA Health System, Main Hospital Lobby 205 14th St NW. “In the Country” by Richard Bednar.

 

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May First Fridays Guide

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 3

The Bridge PAI 209 Monticello Rd. “El Trabajo – iConnect Program Students” and an exhibit by UVa photography students and faculty. 5:00-7pm.

Chroma Projects 418 E. Main St. “Elements” by David Garratt and “Visitant Sicily” by Jennifer Byrne in the Front Gallery. “The Ice Machine” in the Black Box. “We Are Not Our Work” by Carolyn Capps in the Underground. 5:30-7:30pm.

City Clay 301 W. Main St. “Garden Inspired,” pots and sculptures from City Clay member artists and friends. 5-7:30pm.

CitySpace 100 Fifth St. NE. An exhibit by New City Arts Initiative in CitySpace Gallery. Watercolors by Matalie Deane on display in the Piedmont Council for the Arts office. 5:30-7pm.

C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St. “The Moon Sings Tonight” by Mary Ellen Larkins. 6-8pm.

FIREFISH Gallery 108 Second St. NW. “Exploring the Earth” by Mary Farrell. 5:30-7:30pm.

The Garage 250 1st St. N. “Clouds and Veils: new paintings and works on paper” by Matt Kleberg. 5-7pm.

The Honeycomb 310 E. Market St. “Idylls” paintings and drawings by Anthony Maughan. 6-9pm.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. Works by Karen Blair, Priscilla Long Whitlock, and Jessie Coles in the Sarah B. Smith Gallery. “Flocking,” drawings by Rachel Kerwin in the Lower Hall North Gallery. “Apotheosis,” paintings by Krista Townsend in the Lower Hall South Gallery. “Annual High School Art Show” in the Upstairs Galleries. 5:30-7:30pm.

Telegraph 110 Fourth St NE. “Eat Me,” a poster celebration of junk food. 5-10pm.

Warm Springs Gallery 103 Third St. NE. “Meanderings,” new paintings by Richard Oversmith. 6-8pm.

WVTF and Radio IQ Studio Gallery 216 W. Water St. “Spring Woodcuts” by Josef Beery. 5-7pm.

WriterHouse 508 Dale Ave. “Now and Then” featuring collages, oil paintings, and drawings by Nym Pedersen. 5:30-7:30pm.

OTHER EXHIBITS

Atelier One 1718 Allied St. “Sheridan Avenue Tails,” by photographer Kay Taylor.

Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 233 Fourth St. NW. “Between Invention and Reality,” sculptures by Caesar Morton.

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection 400 Worrell Dr. “We Bury Our Own,” a series of photographs and video works by artist Christian Thompson.

Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Rd. “Light” by David Summers.

Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. “Decoration/Destruction,” a group exhibit featuring the work of Olga Antonova, Laurent Crasté, and Cheryl Pope in the Main Gallery. Works by Marina Rosenfeld the Dové Gallery.

UVA’s Fralin Museum of Art 155 Rugby Rd. “STrAY: Found Poems from a Lost Time,” featuring work by the contemporary artist Suzanne McClelland; “Corot to Cézanne,” featuring French drawings from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon; and “Traces of the Hand: Master Drawings from the Collection of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman.”

 

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April First Fridays Guide

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 5

The Bridge PAI 209 Monticello Rd. “Ancient Songs, Modern Muses,” illustrated translations of the ancient Greek poet Theocritus by London-based painter John Woodman and Charlottesville-based Ben Jasnow. 5:30-8pm.

Chroma Projects 418 E. Main St. “Astral Diary,” ink paintings by Amie Oliver in the Front Gallery. “Atmospheric Front,” an installation by Hana and Shana Kim in the Black Box. “Phenomena” by Alison Hall in the Passage Gallery. 5:30-7:30pm.

City Clay 301 W. Main St. “Garden Inspired,” pots and sculptures from City Clay member artists and friends. 5-7:30pm.

CitySpace 100 Fifth St. NE. Synergia, a group of nine women artists, present a multimedia exhibit in the CitySpace Gallery. Photographs by Megan Bent on display in the Piedmont Council for the Arts office. 5:30-7pm.

C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St. “Hope Springs to Life” features floral compositions by Haley Jensen. 6-8pm.

The Garage 250 N. First St. Grand reopening with “People in Poses,” an exhibit of paintings and drawings by Jordan Grace Owens. 5-7pm.

Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 233 Fourth St. NW. “Between Invention and Reality,” sculptures by Caesar Morton. 5:30-7:30pm.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. “The Ghost’s Library,” photographs by Kim Kelly-Wagner in the Sarah B. Smith Gallery. “How We See It,” works exploring landscape in metal, fabric and oil paints in the Lower Hall North Gallery. Acrylic paintings by Susan Northington in the Lower Hall South Gallery. “Life of Trebor,” drawings, paintings, photos, cartoons, and sculpture by Bob Anderson in the Upper Hall North. “Inside Out, Outside In,” stoneware by Carol Grant. 5:30-7:30pm.

Piedmont CASA 818 E. High St. “Let’s Pretend: The Inspired Child,” an exhibition of digital storytelling through photographs by Lindsey Henry. 5-7pm.

Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. “Decoration/Destruction,” a group exhibit featuring the work of Olga Antonova, Laurent Crasté, and Cheryl Pope in the Main Gallery. Works by Marina Rosenfeld the Dové Gallery. 6-7:30pm. Artist Talk at 6:30pm.

Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar 414 E. Main St. Budala Pottery will be showing one of a kind porcelain teacups fired by wind and solar energy.

Telegraph 110 Fourth St NE. “Galaxy,” screen-prints featuring intergalactic concepts. 5-10pm.

WVTF and Radio IQ Study Gallery 216 W. Water St. “Color Comforts,” modern quilts by Maggie Stein. 5-7pm.

WriterHouse 508 Dale Ave. “(im)Possibilities,” paintings and drawings by Jane Skafte. 5:30-7:30pm.

OTHER EXHIBITS

Atelier One 1718 Allied St. “Sheridan Avenue Tails,” by photographer Kay Taylor.

FIREFISH Gallery 108 Second St. NW. “Recent Works in Abstract Collage,” featuring works by Sigrid Eilertson.

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection 400 Worrell Dr. “We Bury Our Own,” a series of photographs and video works by artist Christian Thompson.

King Family Vineyards “Out and About: Plein Air Paintings of Albemarle County,” by Meg West.

Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Rd. “Art-i-facts,” a show of prints by Anne Chesnut.

Spring Street Boutique 107 W Main St. “Spring Tones,” an exhibition of works by Joanne K. Coleman, Trilbie Knapp, and Edward Mochel.

The Virginia Arts of the Book Center 2125 Ivy Rd., Suite 5. “The Monumental Ideas in Miniature Books II,” a traveling exhibition featuring “object-books” by 86 visual artists.

UVA’s Fralin Museum of Art 155 Rugby Rd. “STrAY: Found Poems from a Lost Time,” featuring work by the contemporary artist Suzanne McClelland; “Corot to Cézanne,” featuring French drawings from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon; and “Traces of the Hand: Master Drawings from the Collection of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman.”

UVA’s Ruffin Gallery 179 Culbreth Rd. Exhibitions by graduating students.

Warm Springs Gallery 103 Third St. NE. “Color Fields,” oil paintings by Jane Schmidt.

 

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March First Fridays Exhibits

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 exhibitions: March 1

Angelo 220 E. Main St. “Venus Fly Trap”, a new series of Botanical paintings by Nancy Jane Dodge. 5:30-7pm.

The Bridge PAI 209 Monticello Rd. “Ex Ex Libris” features mosaic book quilts by Terri Long in reference to our fading book culture. 6-8pm.

Chroma Projects 418 E. Main St. “Bhutan,” paintings inspired by a visit to the remote country by David Carlson in the Front Gallery. “Layers: Scrapings,” painting experiments by Susan Crave Rosen in the Passage Gallery. “Urban Traces,” photographs by Bill Moritz 5:30-7:30pm.

CitySpace 100 Fifth St. NE. Artwork by students from Albemarle County Public Schools in celebration of “Youth Art Month” in the CitySpace Gallery. Works on paper by Janet Pearlman on display in the Piedmont Council for the Arts office. 5:30-7pm.

C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St. “The Long View,” paintings made in plein air by Barbara Albert. 6-8pm.

FIREFISH Gallery 108 Second St. NW. “A.I. Miller,” featuring works in ink inspired by his graphic novel and “Rose Guterback,” featuring 3D works in paper collages utilizing books and book pages.

Jefferson-Madison Regional Library 201 East Market St. “Virginia Openings,” calligraphic renderings by local artist Terry Coffey. 5:30-7pm.

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection 400 Worrell Dr. “We Bury Our Own,” a series of photographs and video works by artist Christian Thompson. 5:30-7:30pm.

Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Rd. “Art-i-facts,” a show of prints by Anne Chesnut. 5:30-7:30pm.

The Local 824 Hinton Ave. “Carrot, Kale, Leek” featuring botanical illustrations in watercolor by Lara Call Gastinger.

Manu Propria Photographic Studio 609 E. Market St, Ste. 210. Platinum and palladium prints by Richard Pippin. 5:30-7:30pm.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. “Simply Flowing,” clay and metal works by Cri Kars-Marshall in the Sarah B. Smith Gallery. “Sculpture & Paintings” by Frederic Crist and Renee Balfour in the the Lower Hall Galleries. “Charlottesville in 2 Dimensions,” an exhibit curated by ArtInPlace in the Upstairs Galleries. 5:30-7:30pm.

Milli Joe Coffee 400 Preston Ave #150. “Color & Space,” a combined show featuring mixed media by Lauren McQuiston and acrylic on glass by Todd Starbuck. 5:30-7pm.

OpenGrounds Corner Studio 1400 University Ave. A group exhibit sponsored by the Student Hip-Hop Organization at UVA

Random Row Books 315 West Main St. “ACRJ Inmate Art,” oil paintings by artists/Inmates from within the walls of our ACRJ Jail. 5:30-8pm.

Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. “The Stand (Possessing Powers)” a project by Lily Cox-Richard. Videos by Joey Fauerso are on display in the Dové Gallery. 6-7:30pm. Artist Talk at 6:30pm.

Spring Street Boutique 107 West Main St. “Spring Tones” a show of paintings and drawings by Joanne Coleman, Trilbie Knapp, and Edward Mochel. 6-8pm.

Telegraph 110 4th St NE. “Monstrous,” a group exhibit of screenprinted posters from the brand-new boutique and gallery.

Top Knot Studios 103 5th St SE. Photographs and digital art by Robert Fehnel. 5-7pm.

The Virginia Arts of the Book Center 2125 Ivy Road, Suite 5. “The Monumental Ideas in Miniature Books, MIMB II,” a traveling exhibition that will be featuring “object-books” done by 86 visual artists. 10am-6pm.

WVTF and Radio IQ Study Gallery 216 W. Water St. “Behind Pillars of Smoke,” features new paintings by Matt Kleberg. 5-7pm.

Warm Springs Gallery 103 Third St. NE. “Color Fields,” oil paintings by Jane Schmidt.

WriterHouse 508 Dale Ave. “Edge of Reality,” featuring pen and ink drawings by Chris Butler and encaustic paintings by Jeannine Regan. 5:30-7:30pm.

OTHER EXHIBITS

FIREFISH Gallery 108 Second St. NW. “Lost and Found,” a show of found objects by Sam Pagni.

Jefferson-Madison Region Library 201 East Market St. “The Photography of Ed Roseberry,” a slideshow presentation of photographic works of Charlottesville from 1940’s to 1970’s. 3pm.

Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 233 Fourth St. NW “Jefferson Pinder: Civic Meditations,” is a series of video work that begins with Passive/Resistance (2008).

King Family Vineyards “Out and About: Plein Air Paintings of Albemarle County,” paintings made in plein air of Albemarle County by Meg West.

UVA’s Fralin Museum of Art 155 Rugby Rd. “Becoming the Butterfly: Landscapes of James McNeill Whistler,” featuring Whistler’s etchings and lithographs from the late 1850s; “STrAY: Found Poems from a Lost Time,” featuring work by the contemporary artist Suzanne McClelland; “Corot to Cézanne,” featuring French drawings from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon; “Traces of the Hand: Master Drawings from the Collection of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman.”

UVA’s Ruffin Gallery 179 Culbreth Rd. “Terrestrial Transmissions,” an exhibition of recent videos by artists who play with the tropes of science fiction in relation to femininity.

PVCC Gallery 501 College Dr., located in the V. Earl Dickinson Building. A photography exhibit featuring photographs by Tom Cogill in the North Gallery and a group show entitled “Phoning It In” in the South Gallery.

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February’s First Friday Exhibits

First Friday 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 Friday exhibitions: February 1

BozART Gallery 211 W. Main St. Paintings by Carolyn Rathbun George. 6-9pm.

The Bridge PAI 209 Monticello Rd. “Man vs. Nurture,” a showing of pencil portraits by Spriggan that feature nurturing Charlottesville men. 6-8pm.

Chroma Projects 418 E. Main St. “The LOVE Show,” featuring artwork appropriately sized to send in the mail by 25 artists. 5:30-7:30pm.

CitySpace 100 Fifth St. NE. An exhibit by the Charlottesville Area Quilt Guild. 5:30-7pm.

C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St. “Flowers from the Earth,” featuring works by gem artist Claire McIlvain. 6-8pm.

FIREFISH Gallery 108 Second St. NW. “Lost and Found,” a show of found objects by Sam Pagni. 5:30-7:30pm.

The Honeycomb 310 E. Market St. “Let’s Get Weird,” new artwork by Daniel Suter. 5-9pm.

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection 400 Worrell Dr. “We Bury Our Own,” a series of photographs and video works by artist Christian Thompson. 5:30-7:30pm.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. “Birds of the North American Prairie,” watercolor paintings of birds by Salena Hitzeman alongside poems by Tracy Zeman in the Sarah B. Smith Gallery; “Intimacy Theories,” a series of mixed media paintings by Polly Breckenridge in Lower Hall South; paintings by Nathan Motley in the Lower Hall North; and artwork by the Beverley Street Studio School in the Upstairs Galleries. 5:30-7:30pm.

New Dominion Bookstore 404 E. Main St. “The Shape of Space” showcases paintings by David Cook. 5:30-7:30pm.

Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. “In Lightning, Thunder, or in Rain,” a solo exhibit by Clay Witt. 6-7:30pm. Artist Talk at 6:30pm.

Spring Street Gallery 107 W Main St. “From Realism to Abstractions,” paintings by Gwen Hoyle. 6-8pm.

Studio 500 500 West Main St. Suite D. “Dancing in Stilettos,” oil paintings by Sarah A. Weber. 5:30-7:30pm.

WVTF and Radio IQ Study Gallery 216 W. Water St. “BUSHES/HILLS” a multi-media exhibit involving prints, drawings, and video by Hannah Barefoot. 5-7pm.

WriterHouse 508 Dale Ave. “Momentum,” featuring landscape paintings by Laura Edwards Wooten. 5:30-7:30pm.

OTHER EXHIBITS

Angelo 220 E. Main St. “Honeyvine,” a group of Giclée prints of mixed-media collages by Loes van Riel.

Charlottesville Albemarle Airport 100 Bowen Loop. Charlottesville Stone Carvers Guild show.

Hotcakes 1137 Emmet St. Lee Alter student teen show.

Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 233 Fourth St. NW “Jefferson Pinder: Civic Meditations,” is a series of video work that begins with Passive/Resistance (2008).

Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Rd. “Layers,” paintings by Kiki Slaughter.

Maya 633 W. Main St. “Paradise Revisited: A Glimpse into Polynesian Culture,” photographs by Abe Costanza and Karine Morgan.

Warm Springs Gallery 103 Third St. NE. “Museum Studies” featuring paintings by Bradley Stevens.

UVA’s Fralin Museum of Art 155 Rugby Rd. “Becoming the Butterfly: Landscapes of James McNeill Whistler,” featuring Whistler’s etchings and lithographs from the late 1850s; “STrAY: Found Poems from a Lost Time,” featuring work by the contemporary artist Suzanne McClelland; “Corot to Cézanne,” featuring French drawings from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon; “Traces of the Hand: Master Drawings from the Collection of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman.”

UVA’s Ruffin Gallery 179 Culbreth Rd. “Terrestrial Transmissions,” an exhibition of recent videos by artists who play with the tropes of science fiction in relation to femininity.

Check out PCA’s Google Map of local galleries and cultural hotspots to plan your visit.

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January’s First Friday Exhibits

First Friday 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 Friday exhibitions: January 4

Angelo 220 East Main St. “Honeyvine,” a group of Giclée prints of mixed-media collages by Loes van Riel. 5:30-7:30pm.

Cafe Cubano 112 W. Main St. Paintings by Denise Nunez. 5-7pm.

Chroma Projects 418 E. Main St. A solo show titled “Stuff & Nonsense” by Richmond artist Lester Van Winkle featuring wood sculptures in the Front Gallery, “Mad Tea Party Redux” by ceramic artist Tom Elliott in the Black Box Gallery, and “Mnemonic Devices” by Kim Boggs continues in the Passage Gallery. 5:30-7:30pm.

Maya 633 W. Main St. “Paradise Revisited: A Glimpse into Polynesian Culture,” photographs by Abe Costanza and Karine Morgan. 5-7pm.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. “abstractreal realabstract”, a group exhibit by Nancy Bass, Robin Braun, Margaret Embree, Lindsay Freedman, and Tamra Harrison Kirschnick in the Sarah B. Smith Gallery; “New Members Show” in the Hallway Galleries; 5:30-7:30pm.

Second Street Gallery 418 E. Main St. “She Says” featuring work by contemporary Italian artists Elisabetta Benassi, Daniela Comani, and Alice Guareschi. 6-7:30pm. Talk by guest curator Leslie Cozzi at 6:30pm.

Warm Springs Gallery 103 Third St. NE. “Museum Studies” featuring paintings by Bradley Stevens. 6-8pm.

WVTF and Radio IQ Study Gallery 216 West Water St. “Reiterations of a New Landscape” features drawings, sculpture, and photography by Elizabeth Kleberg. The adjacent space to WVTF will be transformed into a New City Arts Pop Up Gallery where the artist will create a large-scale installation involving sculpture, light, photography, and projection. 5-7pm.

OTHER EXHIBITS

Charlottesville Albemarle Airport 100 Bowen Loop. Charlottesville Stone Carvers Guild show.

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection 400 Worrell Dr. “Past Forward>>Contemporary Aboriginal Art” includes works from the permanent collection.

Milli Joe’s Coffee 400 Preston Avenue. “Succession,” photographs by Peter Krebs. Reception on January 5, 10am-12pm.

Over the Moon Bookstore 5798 Three Notch’d Rd., Crozet. “Fury’s Hallowed Trace,” featuring photographs by Bill Mauzy.

Speak! Language Center 313 Second St. SE, Suite 109. Rick Weaver’s watercolors of the plazzas and marketplace scenes of Cortona, Italy in the front space and Jennifer Byrne’s black and white photographic studies of Italian architecture in the main room. A collaboration with Chroma Projects Art Laboratory.

WriterHouse 508 Dale Avenue. “Obsessive Compulsions” features work of photo-realistic oil painter Sandy Wilcox and the mixed-media works of Stephen Balut. Reception on January 11, 5:30-7:30pm.

Check out PCA’s Google Map of local galleries and cultural hotspots to plan your visit.

View Charlottesville Arts & Culture Map in a larger map.