Painted Lustre: The Cumbow China Decorating Company
Artists of Cumbow China Decorating Company of Abingdon transformed blank stoneware to lustrous pieces decorated with gold, silver or copper paint. Under the direction of Mabel Cumbow Ruskin, the company […]
Virginia Collects: Art from Capitol Square
Virginia’s state art collection is a significant body of work as well as a key component of its physical setting, the 18th-century State Capitol, designed by Thomas Jefferson, and the […]
Four Sculptors: Greg Bryson, Jon Mehlferber, Catherine Murray and Marvin Tadlock
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That Moment and This Moment: Installations by Marya Roland and Sayaka Suzuki
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Mountain Handiwork: The American Craft Revival in Virginia
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Second Nature: The Art of Suzanne Stryk
This solo exhibition will feature one of Southwest Virginia’s most prolific and longstanding artists. As an observer of nature, Stryk has focused on not only the physical and reality of […]
Sherwood Anderson and the American Modernists
This exhibition explores Anderson (1876-1941) and his connection to artists of the American scene during the 1920’s and 1930’s. It will measure the influence of modern American art on Anderson’s […]
Legacy in Clay: Pottery of Washington County, Virginia
The story of 18th and 19th century potteries in Washington County relates to a larger legacy stretching from Europe to Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Families carried their pottery traditions to […]
From These Hills 2005: Contemporary Art in the Southern Appalachian Highlands
William King Regional Arts Center continues to celebrate the diversity of regional artistic talent with its biennial exhibition, From These Hills: Contemporary Art in the Southern Appalachian Highlands, a major […]
Touch Me I’m Sick: Rock ‘n’ Roll Photographs by Charles Peterson
Touch Me I’m Sick features such bands as Nirvana, Mudhoney, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Hole, Black Flag, Fugazi, and Sonic Youth, among others. Like his recent book of the same name […]
Wish You Were Here: Postcards from the Blue Ridge & Riding the Lee Highway: Route 11 in Postcards
Since the late 1800s, travelers to the Blue Ridge Mountains have been sending postcards of everything from gigantic apples to town squares. This photographic legacy offers a unique view of […]
Skewed: Works by Andrew Baxter and Steve Bickley
Steve Bickley and Andrew Baxter navigate between the boundaries that define sculpture and painting. Their works defy either classification and yet beautifully unify both. While both work in metal – […]
An American Perspective: Paintings from the New World, 1820-1930
Explore the European roots of early American art through an investigation of landscapes, marine paintings and portraits. Featuring works by some of America’s finest painters, this exhibition will reveal how […]
Robert Stuart and Charles Goolsby: A Dialogue in Paint
An exhibition of artwork and commentary by two prominent Virginia painters, Robert Stuart of Lexington and Charles Goolsby of Emory.
Pinturas de Fe: The Retablo Tradition in Mexico and New Mexico
The story of the retablo tradition as it evolved in the Americas, from the time of the Spanish Conquest to the present day. These small devotional saint paintings, first used […]
In Intricate Detail: Pierced-Tin Furniture from Southwest Virginia & Northeast Tennessee
Between 1840 and 1860, furniture with pierced-tin panels was made in abundance throughout Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee. Found usually on the back porch or in the kitchen, the common […]
Quilt National 2003: The Best of Contemporary Quilts
Quilt National 2003 is the thirteenth in the series of biennial international juried exhibitions to be mounted by the Dairy Barn Southeastern Ohio Cultural Arts Center, Athens, Ohio. Quilts included […]
Metal/Southeast
Metal/Southeast is an exhibition of thirty-seven objects by seven artist teams. Each has demonstrated a commitment to working in ways that are thought to be more a part of our […]
A Well-Dressed Bed: The Material Culture of Sleep
A Well-Dressed Bed: The Material Culture of Sleep, is an exhibition that has taken the fairly simple conceptual idea of 19th century bedsteads and bedcovers and expanded it for a […]
Designed for Light
If art glass ever had a golden age it surely came at the close of the 19th century and flowed into the first quarter of the 20th. This was a […]
Themes Worthy of the Lifetime of One Man: George Catlin’s Views of Native American Life
Themes Worthy of the Lifetime of One Man is an exhibition of works by American artist George Catlin, whose images of Native American Indians fascinate our modern eyes as much […]
Multiple Impressions: Native American Artists and the Print
Multiple Impressions is an exhibition of lithographs created by Native American and Canadian First Nations artists at the University of New Mexico’s Tamarind Institute between 1970 and 1999. Drawing on […]
Artists From the Beverley Street Studio School
Paintings, drawings and prints by 19 faculty and student artists working in the Beverley Street Studio School. Located in Staunton, Virginia, the Beverley Street Studio School is not in […]
Hometown Stars: Southwest Virginia’s Recording Legacy 1923-1943
Singers and musicians from Southwest Virginia made some of the first country, blues, and gospel records in America, and their artistry helped shape the Golden Age of 78 r.p.m. records. […]
Crazy for Hollywood: Popular Culture & American Film Stars, 1926-1962 The C. Robert Weisfeld Collection
Local collector C. Robert Weisfeld has been intrigued with Hollywood memorabilia for more than three decades, acquiring clothing, shoes, accessories, photographs and print materials from stars of the grand era […]
From These Hills 2003: Southwest Virginia Artists & Their Neighbors
Celebrating the diversity of artistic talent in the Southern Appalachian Highlands, From These Hills: Southwest Virginia Artists & Their Neighbors is a major exhibition of new works by artists working […]
Stefano della Bella: Baroque Printmaker
This exhibition of approximately 20 prints features the work of Baroque artist Stefano della Bella (1610-1664), a prolific creator of landscapes, city scenes, battles, animal studies, mythological subjects and fantasies. […]
Curious Notions, Fanciful Whims: Folk Art from the Southern Highlands
The Arts Center is honored to have this opportunity to present the folk art collection of Howard Campbell, allowing us to see the work of the region’s outsider artists as […]
The Riches of Family: An American Journey from Slavery to Prosperity and As Long as the Waters Flow: Native Americans in the South and East
As Long As the Waters Flow: Native Americans in the South and East: thirty-six large black and white photographs by North Carolina photographer Carolyn DeMeritt provide a beautiful documentation of […]
That Happy Land: Two Exhibitions Celebrating the Natural Beauty of Virginia’s Heartland
That Happy Land Views of the Valley: 19th Century Landscapes by Edward Beyer: Edward Beyer was born in 1820 in the German Rhineland. He studied art at the Dusseldorf Academy […]