gallery exhibitions

Artisans Studio Tour Various locations. A self-guided tour of artisans studios in central Virginia. Free and open to the public, with a passport program for audiences to earn store credit from participating creators. Map and directions available at artisanstudiotour.com. November 9 and 10, 10am–5pm.

The Center at Belvedere 540 Belvedere Blvd. “Landscapes and More,” featuring paintings and pastel works by artists Matalie Deane, Joan Dreicer, and Julia Kindred. Through November 15.

Matalie Deane at The Center at Belvedere.

Chroma Projects Inside Vault Virginia, Third St. SE. “The Culture of the Earth,” landscapes by Isabelle Abbot, Fenella Belle, Lee Halstead, and Cate West Zahl. Through November 29. “Aggie Zed: The Close and Holy Darkness.” Through December 20.

City Clay 700 Harris Street #104. The annual Holiday Sale featuring locally made decorations and functional pottery for your holiday gifts, gatherings, and table. November 15–December 19. Opening reception November 15, 5–7pm.

Create Gallery at InBio 700 Harris St. “Pushing the Boundaries,” textile works by members of the Fiber and Stitch Art Collective, including Jane Fellows, Marijke Durieux, Robin Hamill-Ruth, Marcy George, Margaret Griffiths, Ellen and Moira MacAvoy, Mary Martin, Rozanne Oliver, C. Ann Robertson, Jo Lee Tarbell, and Alda Vidrich. Through November 30.

Crozet Artisan Depot 5791 Three Notch’d Rd., Crozet. Two-dimensional works depicting everyday scenes united through unique contour lines and a calm, earthy palette by Megan Davies. Mixed-metal jewelry inspired by movement and light and small abstract paintings by Anita Fontaine. Through November 12.

C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Views from the Vineyards,” plein air oil paintings by Meg West. November 1–30. First Fridays reception with the artist 5–8pm.

Dovetail Cabinetry 1740 Broadway St. Ste. 3. Monoprints, watercolors, and acrylic paintings by Judith Ely. October 9–December 30. Reception with the artist November 2, 3–6pm.

The Fralin Museum of Art at UVA 155 Rugby Rd. “Barbara Hammer: Evidentiary Bodies,” features an immersive multichannel video installation. Through January 26, 2025. “Structures,” a selection of 20th- and 21st-century works exploring the ways that art can speak to or question the formal, physical, environmental, social, and institutional structures of our world. Through July 20, 2025. “Celebration” features works by five African American artists highlighting the ways these artists honor history, culture, and heritage through various media. “Vanity,” black and white photography by longtime UVA arts instructor Holly Wright. “Conversations in Color,” new print acquisitions curated by M. Jordan Love. All shows run through January 5, 2025 unless otherwise noted.

The Gallery at Studio IX 969 Second St. SE. “Pieces Of Color: A meeting of color, texture and time,” works by Kim Boggs and Rachel Thielmann. November 1–December 29. First Fridays opening reception 5–7pm. Artist talk November 21, 5–6PM.

Grace Estate Winery 5273 Mount Juliet Farm, Crozet. “Painting Along the Way,” oil and pastel works by Julia Kindred. Through November 30.

Hello Comics 211A W. Main St, Downtown Mall. “Picture Show,” a cash and carry show of original drawings and digital prints by Todd Webb. November 1, 2024–January 8, 2025. First Fridays reception with the artist 5pm. Additional works available at Hello Comics Uptown location.

Infinite Repeats Gallery 1740 Broadway St. “Party Wave,” works by Pino Supay, Jon Del Rosario, and Anthony Childs. November 1–28. First Fridays opening reception with a book release party for Pino Supay 6–9pm.

IX Art Park 522 Second St. SE. “The Looking Glass,” an immersive art space featuring a whimsical enchanted forest and kaleidoscopic cave. Ongoing. “Art Mix at Ix,” a fun night of painting, music, and cocktails at the outdoor art park. First Fridays, 6pm. Ticketed mini fairy house painting workshop 6:30–8pm.

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of UVA 400 Worrell Dr. “Shifting Ground: Prints by Indigenous Australian Artists from the Basil Hall Editions Workshop Proofs Collection,” curated by Jessyca Hutchens, featuring work by 22 Indigenous Australian artists. Through March 2, 2025. “Our Unbroken Line: The Griffiths Family,” screenprints on textiles, ceramic works, and paintings curated by Dora Griffths. Through December 8.

Karen Mills at Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of UVA.

Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 233 Fourth St. NW. In the Contemporary Gallery, “Beyond Boundaries: The Sculpture of Alice Wesley Ivory,” metal sculptures of animals by an award-winning African American artist. Through December 14.

Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Rd. “Small Works,” featuring interdisciplinary artworks from more than 40 artists. November 15–December 15. Opening reception November 15, 5–7pm.

Loving Cup Vineyard 3340 Sutherland Rd., North Garden. BozART presents pastel, acrylic, and photographic works by Judith Ely, Brita Lineburger, and Andy Stafford. Through December 15.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. In the First Floor Gallery, “Dia de los Muertos – Day of the Dead,” memorial altars created by individuals, families, friend groups, artists, and non-artists. Organized by Lua Project. November 1–17. In the Smith Gallery, “Bodies of Work,” large-format photographs of body paintings by Russell Richards. In the Second Floor Gallery North, “Fragments Beneath: The Drift of Time and Tech,” mixed-media works reflecting on our relationships with outdated technology and the environment by David Borszich. In the Second Floor Gallery South, “House Party,” mixed-media works explore the chaos, joy, and hardships of being a full-time caregiver by Heather Owens. In the Associate Gallery, “Landscapes,” a group show of works from MAC associate art members. All shows run October 4–November 17, unless otherwise noted. First Friday reception 5:30–8pm.

New City Arts 114 Third St. NE. In the Welcome Gallery, “The Value of Dirt,” large paintings and an installation of dirt and abstract wood sculptures by Autumn Jefferson. November 1–20. First Fridays reception and artist talk 5–7:30pm.

Phaeton Gallery 114 Old Preston Ave. “Soundings,” an exploration of the intersection of creativity and spirituality, featuring pastels, photographs, and mixed-media works by Donna Ernest, Blakeney Sanford, and Daniel Tucker. Through November 15.

The PVCC Gallery V. Earl Dickinson Building, 501 College Dr. “Those Who Teach Can: Practicing Artists Who Teach in Charlottesville City Schools and the PVCC Art Department.” An interdisciplinary exhibition of works by local arts educators. Through November 5.

Quirk Gallery in The Doyle Hotel 499 W. Main St. “Color As Language,” oil paintings by Jennifer Esser. Through December 29. This is Quirk Gallery Charlottesville’s last exhibition before the space is repurposed by The Doyle.

Ruffin Gallery UVA Grounds, Ruffin Hall, 179 Culbreth Rd. “New Growth: Ten Years of ArtLab at Mountain Lake Biological Station,” celebrates the mission and history of UVA’s ArtLab residency, merging art and science. Featuring interdisciplinary works by Nancy Blum, Sara Bouchard, Gregory Brellochs, Rob Carter, Zehra Khan, Meredith Leich, Chris Mahonski, Nathalie Miebach, and Ash Eliza Williams. Through December 6. Artist panel discussion, November 8, 4–5pm. Opening reception November 8, 5–7pm.

Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. In the Main Gallery, “Out of Context,” paintings and drawings that underscore visual art’s ability to communicate as a unique language, featuring works by Paul Brainard, Miriam Carothers, Hyunjin Park, Jean-Pierre Roy, Michael Ryan, and Amber Stanton. Artist talk November 2, 10:30am. In the Dové Gallery, “What’s Coming Is Already On Its Way,” oil paintings depicting a subculture of queer autonomy by New York-based artist Barnaby Whitfield. Both shows run through
November 22. First Fridays reception 5–7:30pm.

Jean-Pierre Roy at Second Street Gallery.

Visible Records 1740 Broadway St. “Leaving My Eyelids Behind,” interdisciplinary works by Ali Eyal. November 8–December 13. Opening reception November 8, 6pm.

Images courtesy of the galleries and/or artists

First Fridays: April 7

Sarah Grace Cheek wants viewers to ponder the true nature of the objects she’s created out of wood, wheels, metal baskets, illuminated light bulbs, electrical cords and other common things for “Unmanned Surface Vehicles,” her show on view at The Garage this month. Are these objects functional? Are they furniture or art? Does this one call to mind a sweet Pixar robot? Or does it resemble a giraffe, perhaps a dog?

By using material objects as material to create objects, Cheek has brought the items into a more whimsical existence and given them a life that is at once odd and ordinary. “I continue to be intrigued by the mystery of these new purposes and behaviors that I have created,” Cheek says.

“My pieces lend themselves so easily to be personified in a figment of the viewer’s imagination,” she says. “It is left up to the viewer to decide the function and purpose of these ‘vehicles’ and their abilities.”

Art on the Trax 5784 Three Notch’d Rd., Crozet. “#fab4painters,” a group show featuring paintings by Priscilla Whitlock, Krista Townsend, Jesse Coles and Karen Blair.

Barracks Road Shopping Center 945 Emmet St. N. A pop-up exhibition featuring figurative and nude paintings, with a focus on women of color, by UVA studio art major Uzo Njoku. April 14 and 15.

FF The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative 209 Monticello Rd. “Shake Can Vigorously,” in which Louis Ackerman and Cody Brogan create graffiti art in real time. 5:30pm.

Carver Recreation Center 233 Fourth St. NW. VSA Charlottesville/Albemarle annual art exhibit, featuring work by artists of all ages and abilities.

FF Chroma Projects Gallery 112 W. Main St., Ste. 10. “Offerings,” featuring egg tempera paintings and a silk veiled sanctuary installation by Susan Jamison. 5-7pm.

CitySpace Art Gallery 100 Fifth St. NE, Market Street Garage. “I Love It Here,” featuring author Melody Warnick’s creative placemaking project assembled during the recent Virginia Festival of the Book. 5:30-7:30pm.

FF Crozet Artisan Depot 5791 Three Notch’d Rd., Crozet. A reception celebrating the depot’s new artists, Craig Kompelien, Dinah Bailey, Jennifer Knight and Susan Salomon.

FF C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St. “Taking heart, adding soul and ‘turning it’ into a dream,” featuring work from wood turner Mike Sorge. 6-8pm.

FF Fellini’s #9 200 Market St. “Ready for Spring,” featuring acrylic paintings on canvas by Jack Graves III. 5:30-7pm.

The Fralin Museum at UVA 155 Rugby Rd. “Rough and Unequal,” by Kevin Everson; “Collect, Care, Conserve, Curate: The Life of the Art Object”; “Grasping at the Ephemeral: Explorations on Change from the Permanent Collection”; “Imagining Antiquity: Italianate Prints from the Langhorne Collection”; and “Oriforme” by Jean Arp.

FF The Garage 100 E. Jefferson St. “Unmanned Surface Vehicles,” featuring personified, utilitarian objects by furniture designer Sarah Grace Cheek. 5-7pm.

FF Graves International Art 306 E. Jefferson St. “Roy Lichtenstein & Company: Post War and Contemporary Art,” featuring handmade limited edition prints and exhibition posters by notable artists such as Lichtenstein, Gerhard Richter, David Hockney, Keith Haring, Ellsworth Kelly and others. 5-8pm.

Kluge-Ruhe Collection 400 Worrell Dr. “Body Ornaments,” objects by indigenous Australian ceramic artist Janet Fieldhouse; “Art and Country,” featuring works on canvas, paper and eucalyptus bark drawn from the museum’s permanent collection.

Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Rd. “Water in the Desert,” featuring abstract expressionist oil paintings by Janet Bruce.

Loving Cup Vineyard and Winery 3340 Sutherland Rd., North Garden. “The Sky’s the Limit,” featuring paintings by Jeanette Cohen.

FF McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. “The Art of the Selfie,” paintings by Eileen French in the Sarah B. Smith Gallery; “I Stand With Her,” featuring work by Mary Michaela Murray in the Lower Hall North; “Cosmic,” featuring work by Etta Harmon Levin, and “Journey Enigma,” featuring work by Susan Patrick, in the Lower Hall South; “New Work” by Nathan Motley in the Upper Hall North; and work from the Sunday figure drawing group in the Upper Hall South. 5:30-7:30pm.

Mudhouse Coffee Roasters 213 W. Main St. “Two Paintings,” featuring oil paintings by Mae Read.

FF New Dominion Bookshop 404 E. Main St. “Together from Seed to Canvas,” featuring oil paintings by Lou Jordan. 5:30-7pm.

FF Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. “Ways of Seeing,” collaged photography by Stacey Evans; and “Navigation Series,” sculpture, mixed media and works on paper by Alonzo Davis. 5:30-7:30pm.

Shenandoah Valley Fine Art Center 26 S. Wayne Ave., Waynesboro. “Facets,” featuring layered watermedia work by Karen K. Rosasco.

FF Spring Street Boutique 107 W. Main St. “Italy in All Its Splendor,” featuring oil paintings on canvas by Anne Marshall Block. 6-8pm.

FF Studio IX 969 Second St. SE. “Terrain Theory,” featuring new works by narrative landscape painter Jameson Zimmer and pattern artist Katie Connor. 5-7pm.

Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church 717 Rugby Rd. An exhibit featuring quilts by Janice Walker.

FF VMDO Architects 200 E. Market St. “Pastoral Propaganda,” featuring Melissa Malone’s paintings based on the premise that visiting is different from residing. 5:30pm.

FF Welcome Gallery at New City Arts 114 Third St. NE. “Above Ground,” featuring paintings by Sharon Shapiro. 5-7:30pm.

Westminster Canterbury 250 Pantops Mountain Rd. “Abundant Spring,” featuring paintings, collage, photos and ceramics from the BozArt Fine Arts Collective.

Woodberry Forest School 898 Woodberry Forest Rd., Woodberry Forest. “Progression,” watercolor paintings by Matalie R. Deane.

FF WVTF & Radio IQ Studio Gallery 218 W. Water St. “Juried Show—Neighbors,” featuring work by Rosamond Casey, Zoe Cohen, Charlene Cross, Brittany Fan, Aaron Farrington, Kirsten Hemrich, Kim Kelley-Wagner, Lana Lambert and Joanna Mullen, Chicho Lorenzo and Aidyn Mills, Tim Michel, Sarah Miller, Tobiah Mundt, Charles Peale, Laura Snyder, Ryan Trott and Laura Wooten. 5-7pm.

FF Yellow Cardinal Gallery 301 E. Market St. “Where I’ve Been?,” featuring work from Jane Goodman; and “mask(s),” a series of drawings done by Andy Foster in charcoal and Conté crayon on paper. 5-7pm.

FF First Fridays is a monthly art event featuring exhibit openings at many downtown art galleries and additional exhibition venues. Several spaces offer receptions.