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 […]