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King Family Vineyards: Oil paintings by Lindsay Michie Eades

King Family Vineyards: Oil paintings by Lindsay Michie Eades

PVCC: Annual Student Art Show

PVCC: Annual Student Art Show

Milano: Watercolors by Kari Caplin

Milano: Watercolors by Kari Caplin

The Box: Kate Daughdrill’s “Art is a Branch of Agriculture”

The Box: Kate Daughdrill’s “Art is a Branch of Agriculture”

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First Friday: Slim pickings edition

feature image It's summertime, and the living is easy (read "slow"). As ceiling fans turn lazily and the lightning bugs come out to play, art has apparently gone on vacation, leaving a rather abbreviated stroll for those out to take in the First Friday air. Nevertheless a few exhibitions stand out as must-visits (...)

Flush life: Parr snaps the trappings

feature image “I’m very much in favor of photographing things that are about to change or might change,” said Martin Parr during his “INsight Conversation” during Look3, Festival of the Photograph. Call him prescient because many of the subjects in his Second Street Gallery exhibition, “Luxury,” are no (...)

Still waiting: Plachy opens the shutter and dances

feature image The three photographers honored at this year’s Look3, Festival of the Photograph ran the gamut— not only in their aesthetic approach to picture making, but also in their on-stage appearances at the Paramount. Gilles Peress obstinately refused to discuss his work, digging in his heels and exasperati (...)

Stilled life: Peress sifts through the ashes

feature image “The thing that gets me are the socks in the shoes,” remarked a Look3 visitor, his laminated yellow festival pass dangling from his neck as he contemplated photographer Gilles Perres’ black-and-white diptych of an executed man, installed on the floor in the middle of Peress’ exhibition, “Natu (...)

Snap o’ the day: Et tu, Putin?

feature imageCritics often deride the city as the People's Republic of Charlottesville. Still, we were a little taken aback to see the mug of Russian President [now Prime Minister] Vladimir Putin hanging in the Downtown Transit Center across from City Hall-- until we remembered it was the Festival of the Photograph. (...)

Amphibious ambition: Sartore leaps on the cause

feature image When I was little, my family spent summers in a rustic cabin by a lake in Maine. There were no kids my age, so I spent all day, every day playing with frogs. These days, frog mutations and die-offs serve as ecological fire alarms— microcosmic disasters with macrocosmic implications. But the child (...)

  • First Friday: Slim pickings edition
  • Flush life: Parr snaps the trappings
  • Still waiting: Plachy opens the shutter and dances
  • Stilled life: Peress sifts through the ashes
  • Snap o’ the day: Et tu, Putin?
  • Amphibious ambition: Sartore leaps on the cause
Happenings

Scottsville’s Flying Pig Art Center opens Chris Noel’s “Debris”

July 4, 2009 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Chris Noel, "Plaza."
Chris Noel, “Plaza.”

The area’s newest art venue, Scottsville’s Flying Art Center hosts a Fourth of July opening reception for “Debris,” an exhibition of paintings by Chris Noel. Live music. 561 Valley St. 966-7388.

The Box: Kate Daughdrill’s “Art is a Branch of Agriculture”

July 1, 2009 11:00 am to August 30, 2009 10:00 am

Kate Daughdrill, "Art is a Branch of Agriculture."
Kate Daughdrill, “Art is a Branch of Agriculture.”

The Box presents “Art is Branch of Agriculture,” an exhibition of related works on paper by local fave Kate Daughdrill.  109 E. Second St. SE. 970-2699.

Angelo: Nancy Bass’s “Out to Pasture”

July 1, 2009 11:00 am to August 31, 2009 6:00 pm

Nancy Bass, "Color Field Cows."
Nancy Bass, “Color Field Cows.”

Angelo presents “Out to Pasture,” an exhibition of work by everybody’s favorite painter of bovine subjects, Nancy Bass. A First Friday opening is scheduled for July 3, 5:30-7:30pm. 220 E. Main St. on the Downtown Mall. 971-9256.

McGuffey Art Center: Murray Whitehill’s “A Show of Hands” and the Summer Group Show

June 30, 2009 12:00 pm to August 16, 2009 6:00 pm

Murray Whitehill.Murray Whitehill.
PHOTO BY BOB
Cynthia Burke, "Frog."Cynthia Burke, “Frog.”

The McGuffey Art Center presents Murray Whitehill’s exhibition, “A Show of Hands,” in the main gallery and the Summer Group Show in the downstairs and upstairs hall galleries. A First Friday opening is scheduled for July 3, 5:30-7:30pm. 201 Second St. NW. 295-7973.

The Niche: David Colagiovanni and Jerstin Crosby’s BILLION YEAR VOYAGE

June 22, 2009 9:00 am to July 6, 2009 5:00 pm


Still from David Colagiovanni and Jerstin Crosby’s video, Billion Year Voyage.

The Niche in the Fine Arts Library screens David Colagiovanni and Jerstin Crosby’s video, Billion Year Voyage, which explores the hypnotic potential of television. Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library, Bayly Dr. (across from the Architecture School). For more information, visit http://thelibraryniche.blogspot.com.

SSG and Look3: “Martin Parr: Luxury”

June 5, 2009 12:00 pm to July 18, 2009 5:00 pm

Martin Parr, "Birdview," The Melbourne Cup, Australia. 2008, pigment print, 40 x 60 inches, courtesy Janet Borden, Inc.
Martin Parr, “Birdview,” The Melbourne Cup, Australia. 2008, pigment print, 40 x 60 inches, courtesy Janet Borden, Inc.

Second Street Gallery, in conjunction with the Festival of the Photograph, presents “Martin Parr: Luxury,” an exhibition wittily exposing “flamboyant leisure” and “excess consumption.” A First Friday opening is scheduled for June 5, 5:30-7:30pm. 115 Second St. SE. 977-7284.

Look3’s “Trees” features Tom Mangelsen’s “Within the Wild”

June 5, 2009 12:00 am to July 6, 2009 11:59 pm


Photograph by Tom Mangelsen.

Look3, Festival of the Photograph’s popular “Trees” exhibition this year features Tom Mangelesen’s Within the Wild.” Mangelsen’s iconic wildlife images will hang amid the branches of the trees on the Downtown Mall. 977-3687.

Kluge-Ruhe: “Timeless: Bark Paintings from Arnhem Land”

May 12, 2009 10:00 am to August 9, 2009 5:00 pm

Yirawala, Narmarnkol, the Barramundi, c. 1965 © 2009 Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York/Viscopy, Australia
Yirawala, Narmarnkol, the Barramundi, c. 1965
© 2009 Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York/Viscopy, Australia.

The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection presents the exhibition, “Timeless: Bark Paintings from Arnhem Land.” 400 Worrell Drive, off Route 250 East at Pantops. 244-0234.

Jefferson Library: “Lucy Meriwether Lewis Marks: A Biographical and Botanical Art Exhibit”

May 3, 2009 12:00 pm to November 12, 2009 5:00 pm

Vicki Malone, "Podophyllum peltatum (mayapple)."
Vicki Malone, “Podophyllum peltatum (mayapple).”

The Jefferson Library presents “Lucy Meriwether Lewis Marks: A Biographical and Botanical Art Exhibit,” featuring work by regional artists and researchers who have delved into medical practice of Lucy Meriwether Lewis Marks. Contemporary artworks depicting herbal plants likely used during Lucy’s time are on display. Contributing artists include Christine Andreae, Debbie Bankert, Janet Brome, Esther Carpi, Meta Carr, Wendy Cortesi, Lara Call Gastinger, Eileen Malone-Brown, Vicki Malone, and Gail McIntosh. 1329 Kenwood Farm Lane. 984-7450.

UVA Special Collections: A celebration of Edgar Allan Poe

March 7, 2009 10:00 am to August 1, 2009 5:00 pm


Edouard Manet illustration from “Le Corbeau,” the French translation of “The Raven.”

In celebration of Egar Allan Poe’s 200th birthday, the University of Virginia Special Collections presents “From Out That Shadow,” an exhibition of more than 100 Poe-related items, including records of his student days at UVA, manuscripts of landmark works such as “The Raven,” first editions, original artwork, and personal effects such as his writing desk and portraits of Poe and his mother. Harrison Institute. For more information, contact kellymiller@virginia.edu.






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