From These Hills 2009: Contemporary Art from the Southern Appalachian Highlands
From These Hills is a biennial exhibition showcasing new works by regional artists. The 2009 exhibit, featuring 83 pieces by 37 artists, is guest-curated by Ray Kass, a painter and […]
J.C. Leyendecker: America’s ‘Other’ Illustrator
Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874-1951) may not be as well known as his fellow American illustrator Norman Rockwell, but during his long career his work was some of the most popular […]
Buying Time: Clocks Along the Great Road, 1790 – 1870
In the early nineteenth century, Northeastern clock manufacturers engaged in fierce competition to develop numerous innovations: new methods of assembly, new types of relatively inexpensive clock movements, and new ways […]
Pillars of Bohemia: Mullins, Houser, and Crookshank
It is no secret that the bohemian counterculture remains prevalent, if not completely dominating, in contemporary American art. Our local art scene is certainly not immune and this exhibition serves […]
John Kingerlee: A Painter’s Passage
John Kingerlee is a 70-year-old British-born artist who currently resides in rural Ireland. Kingerlee’s expressive paintings are a combination of gestural brushstrokes and collage defining images that float between representational […]
Wide-Eyed Garden: Paintings by Leila Cartier
Wide-Eyed Garden is an exhibit of works by Leila Cartier. Cartier is an Abingdon native who studied art and art history at Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia […]
Interwoven: The Everyday Basket in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries
Not long ago, the containers predominantly used in everyday life in rural Virginia and Tennessee were handmade baskets. Makers constructed them out of a variety of materials, from the more […]
Female(s) Form(s)
Female(s) Form(s) is not intended to be a traditional collective exhibition, but seven individual exhibitions using gender as a connective element. This exhibition includes works by Mary Tartaro (Blacksburg, VA); […]
A Century of Furniture: The Rose Cabinet Shops
A Century of Furniture will feature approximately 25 pieces of furniture made by the Rose Family, in addition to the family’s history, genealogy, and importance to the region and American […]
Betsy K. White Cultural Heritage Gallery
The decorative arts legacy of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee developed against the backdrop of European settlement of Virginia’s frontier – really America’s frontier. Prior to the middle of the […]
Surface, Identity, and Time: The Self-Portraits of Vaughn Garland
Vaughn Garland is a self-portraitist. True, the appearances of his paintings cannot instantly be recognized as being characteristic of traditional self-portraiture, but this is because Garland introduces elements of autobiography […]
George
A display of works by the late regional artist George Chavatel. This exhibition will include highlights from the many styles, media, and subjects with which Chavatel proved so masterful and […]
Furniture
The earliest furniture was made during the closing years of the 18th century and in the style of English cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale. Despite the fact that early furniture was often […]
Pottery
Pottery-making was an important local industry as early as the last years of the 18th century and lasting throughout the 19th century. All sorts of ceramic containers were made: jars, […]
Textile
The decorative arts legacy of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee developed against the backdrop of European settlement of Virginia’s frontier – really America’s frontier. Prior to the middle of the […]
Norm Schulman: A Life in Clay
Norm Schulman: A Life in Clay celebrates the intricate relationship between this ceramic artist’s life and work – his humanity, his teaching, mentoring and support of artists, and his commitment […]
Beyond • Aesthetics
This exhibition will shed light on art as a persistent religious inflection and also prompt us to literally view religion from an objective and artistic perspective. The emphasis of the […]
Shaping the Earth: Iron Mountain Stoneware of Laurel Bloomery, TN
Iron Mountain Stoneware operated from 1965 to 1992 in Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee. Workers formed the stoneware by hand, applying the glazes and decorations created by owner Nancy Patterson Lamb. In […]
Rebis: New Paintings by Virginia Derryberry
Rebis includes 17 paintings by Virginia Derryberry, an Asheville, NC artist and Professor of Art at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Her large compositions fuse realism and portraiture […]
Points of Viewing: The Paintings of Sam Morrow and John Sauers
Points of Viewing will showcase approximately 30 works by two of the region’s most quintessential painters: John Sauers (Darlington, MD) and Sam Morrow (Bristol, VA). The exhibition will focus on […]
Animals in Bronze
Animals in Bronze: The Michael and Mary Erlanger Collection of Animalier Bronzes From prehistoric Near Eastern art, to Egyptian, Greek and Roman art, and the undercurrents of the Renaissance, […]
Into the Wilderness: The Settlement of Virginia’s Frontier
With Wallace Gusler’s expertise as Curatorial Consultant, we are pleased to present the material culture of Virginia’s frontier in the 18th and early 19th century, including longrifles, other weapons, reproduction […]
From These Hills 2007: Contemporary Art in the Southern Appalachian Highlands
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Stardust Rising: The Art of Charles Vess
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Inside the Outsider
Inside the Outsider showcases the work of two regional artists whose work categorizes them as being outsiders: Abingdon native Ollie Cox and Richard Bay from Radford, Va. “Outsider” artists, classified […]
Rossini’s Rome: The Recordings of a Neoclassical Etcher
This exhibit will showcase a series of etchings by the 19th century Italian artist Luigi Rossini. Formally educated as both an etcher and architect, Rossini compiled this group of etchings […]
Formed From Nature: Early Twig Furniture by Regional 20th-Century Artists
This exhibition will explore twig furniture made in the Appalachian mountains of Southwest Virginia, Northeast Tennessee, West North Carolina, and West Virginia in the early 20th century. Artisans created twig […]
Of Earth & Mind: Contemporary Ceramic Styles of the Region
This exhibition examines the work of six regional ceramicists, Hank Goodman, Silvie Granatelli, George Handy, Richard Hensley, Donna Polseno, and Ellen Shankin, who have made their individual marks on the […]
Feast and At the Table: The Material Culture of Food
Feast explores the relationship between food and art in cultures around the world. This special exhibition draws from the rich resources of VMFA’s permanent collection to demonstrate ways in which […]
Fiber-Optic: Textiles in Contemporary Art
This exhibition presents the work of four unique artists (Denise Burge of Cincinnati, OH, Ardyth Davis of White Stone, VA, John W. Lefelhocz of Athens, OH and Jen Swearington of […]