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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]