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 […]
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, […]