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Staunton Augusta Art Center: “Arts for Gifts”

Staunton Augusta Art Center: “Arts for Gifts”

Woodberry Forest: three Piedmont-centric exhibitions

Woodberry Forest: three Piedmont-centric exhibitions

W&L’s Staniar Gallery: “Dave Anderson: Rough Beauty”

W&L’s Staniar Gallery: “Dave Anderson: Rough Beauty”

The Arts Center in Orange: “Beautiful Things—Made by Hand”

The Arts Center in Orange: “Beautiful Things—Made by Hand”

C’ville Arts: Annual Members Show

C’ville Arts: Annual Members Show

Staunton Augusta Art Center: “Arts for Gifts”

Staunton Augusta Art Center: “Arts for Gifts”

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Babe-a-licious: Uncommon women at PVCC

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Because the exhibition is so beautifully hung, it’s easy to walk through “Three Fabulous Babes,” at Piedmont Virginia Community College without bothering to ask, “What the heck are these three artists doing grouped together?” Truth be told, Angi Currerri, Silvia Lizama, and Beryl Solla share (...)

Heat stroke: Taunton opens windows

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Big sky—that’s what has stayed with me from the short time I lived in New Mexico. The blueness seemed to go on forever as the intense sun lit up the desert landscape. Sometimes it was so bright my head would hurt—the sky and earth were exotic and almost unreal compared to the blah Chicago winter (...)

Symbolic relief: Clark re-surfaces in the ‘ville

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It’s always fun when a straightforward question leads to an unexpected answer. That’s what happened with Michael Clark, whose mixed-media paintings are currently on display in the McGuffey Art Center’s upstairs gallery. Clark’s show encompasses two distinct bodies of work. On the gallery’s (...)

Marked for life: Pecchio’s domestic investigations

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Our homes are like our bodies. We dress them—hang wallpaper, arrange tchachkas—to express who we are. But our “slips” still sometimes show despite our orchestrated efforts. Such intimate spaces also bear our scars, the unintentional coffee splatters and paint scrapes that reveal how we’ve liv (...)

First Friday: “It’s so nice, get out the door already!” edition

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A garage wearing a giant dress. Put that surreal spectacle at the top of your must-see list for First Friday, November 7. Kate Daughdrill, artist and co-founder of The Garage, is a smidge afraid the City will insist she disrobe her installation piece pronto, leaving the First Street renegade art space (...)

The future was then: Hideyo Okamura channels El Lissitzky

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All good feuds must come to an end. The United States and the former Soviet Union. The Hatfields and the McCoys. The Hook art writer and the University of Virginia Art Museum. I decided to climb down from my arty high horse when I learned what the Museum was planning for its current exhibition, “E (...)

  • Babe-a-licious: Uncommon women at PVCC
  • Heat stroke: Taunton opens windows
  • Symbolic relief: Clark re-surfaces in the ‘ville
  • Marked for life: Pecchio’s domestic investigations
  • First Friday: “It’s so nice, get out the door already!” edition
  • The future was then: Hideyo Okamura channels El Lissitzky
Happenings

Quentin Beresford lectures at Kluge-Ruhe

December 5, 2008 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Free


The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection presents a lecture by Quentin Beresford, Ph.D., a visiting fellow at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities from Edith Cowan University, Western Australia, whose talk is entitled, “Saying Sorry: The Politics Behind Australia’s Official Apology to Indigenous Australians.” Space is limited, so call for reservations. 400 Worrell Dr. 244-0234.

Ornament blowing at Sunspots

December 5, 2008 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
$35


Staunton’s Sunspots Studios invites everyone to experience glass blowing firsthand and take home a holiday ornament he or she helped create. First come, first served. No reservations required. 202 South Lewis St. 540-885-9815.

Frederic Crist and Trinity Studios two-night open house

December 5, 2008 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Free


Three lamps by Frederic Crist

Metalsmith Frederic Smith and Trinity Studios invite the public into their workspaces to experience blacksmithing and glass blowing demonstrations, along with live music. Much of the art on display will be for sale. South River Complex, 200 Twelfth St., Waynesboro. 540-942-7854.

Second Street Gallery: Steve Keene

December 5, 2008 to January 30, 2009


Steve Keene’s studio, Brooklyn, NY.
PHOTO BY COURTESY OF THE ARTIST.

Second Street Gallery presents a show of work by ever-popular former Charlottesvillian, Steve Keene. As part of the exhibition, Keene will set up his studio at SSG December 6-12, where he will make and sell paintings ranging in price from $10-15. A First Friday reception is scheduled for December 5, 5:30-7:30pm, with an artist’s talk at 6:30pm. 115 Second St. SE. 977-7284.

The Bridge: “Pictures from New Orleans and Everywhere Else by Zack Smith, Jenny Bagert & Aaron Farrington”

December 5, 2008 to December 28, 2008

Zack Smith, “The Bally Hoo.”
Aaron Farrington, “Hogwaller.”
Jenny Bagert, “Jon Cleary.”

The Bridge shows photographs by Zack Smith, Jenny Bagert, and local fave Aaron Farrington in the exhibition, “Pictures from New Orleans and Everywhere Else.” A First Friday opening is scheduled for December 5, 6-8pm. 209 Monticello Road (across from Spudnuts). 984-5669.

Migration: Randall David Tipton’s “Naturescapes”

December 5, 2008 to December 20, 2008


Randall David Tiption, “Windbreak.”

Migration: A Gallery features small watercolor landscapes by Portland, Oregon-based artist, Randall David Tipton, in the exhibition, “Naturescapes.” A First Friday opening is scheduled for December 5, 5:30-8pm. 19 5th St., SE. 293-2200.

Les Yeux du Monde: Clay Witt’s “The Peaceable Kingdom”

December 5, 2008 to December 31, 2008


Clay Witt, “Lazarus.”

Lex Yeux du Monde presents “The Peaceable Kingdom,” an exhibition of dazzling mixed-media paintings by the always-interesting Clay Witt. A First Friday opening is scheduled for December 5, 5:30-8pm. 500 West Main St. 973-5566.

The Gallery @ 5th & Water: Isabelle Abbot’s “Reminiscence”

December 3, 2008 12:00 pm to December 31, 2008 5:00 pm


Isabelle Abbot, “Farmhouse in the Early Morning.”

The Gallery @ 5th & Water presents “Reminiscence,” an exhibition of paintings by Isabelle Abbot. A First Friday opening is scheduled for December 5, 5:30-8pm. Located in the upstairs foyer of Henderson & Everett and Stoneking/von Storch, 107 5th St., SE. 979-9825.

Mudhouse: Photography by John Bice

December 2, 2008 8:00 am to December 29, 2008 7:00 pm


Photograph by John Bice.

Mudhouse showcases the photographic work of John Bice. A First Friday opening is scheduled for December 5, 6-8pm. . 213 W. Main St. on the Downtown Mall. 984-6833.

PVCC: “Three Fabulous Babes” and “Looks Good on Paper”

November 14, 2008 10:00 am to January 22, 2009 5:00 pm


Silvia Lizama, “Window, 73rd Avenue.”

Piedmont Virginia Community College presents two exhibitions in its V. Earl Dickinson Building Galleries. In the North Gallery, “Three Fabulous Babes” features collages by Angi Curreri, hand-tinted photographs by Silvia Lizama, and mixed-media work by PVCC’s own Beryl Solla. In the South Gallery, “Looks Good on Paper” showcases local printmakers Tim Michel, Matt Pamer, and Russell U. Richards. 961-5362.

Kluge-Ruhe: John Ogden’s “Australienation”

October 21, 2008 10:00 am to December 21, 2008 4:00 pm


John Ogden, “Central Australia, Northern Territory,” 1984
© 2008 John Ogden.

The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection presents “Australienation: Portrait of a Bi-cultural Country,” an exhibition of photographs by John Ogden. Since the 1970s, Ogden has explored the contrast between indigenous Australians and cultures that arrived later on the continent. 400 Worrell Dr. 244-0234.