October 8, 2007
Friday for the Arts!
Read below for the October 12, 2007 arts and music schedule.
Petersburg Area Art League
7 E. Old St., (804) 861-4611, open Tuesday-Saturday, 10:30-2:30, Sunday 1-4
Opening Reception: Main Gallery: �Earth�s Wisdom, Whimsey, & Wonder,� featuring the creative & spiritual work of Native-American artist Millie Youngblood Horner. Horner goes to her Indian heritage for wisdom & inspiration, & her subject is always creation. She tries to bring out the life spirit of her subjects, & the work often goes outside its boundaries so that the spirit remains free. She builds the surface of her work with texture before painting, using recycled & inexpensive materials such as old mirrors & found wood. The pieces selected for this show embrace life from the swamp to the vast sky. Included will be a special series of seven paintings, entitled �May�s Garden,� which illustrate how shadows in our gardens help us discern the light, & grow with the changes in our lives.
New Exhibit: Upstairs Gallery: �Landscapes,� a collection of landscapes by local artists. To raise funds for the work of the Art League, the public will have the opportunity to judge the work, & will also be able to participate in raffles for restaurant packages & a new easel.
William R. McKenney Library
137 S. Sycamore St., (804) 733-2387, open Mon. & Wed., 9-9, and Tues. & Thurs.-Sat., 9:00-5:30
Opening Reception: Lower Level Meeting Room & Gallery: �Rocks Trees Water��paintings by highly-regarded Richmond artist Charles Arnold. �Since ancient times people of many cultures have believed that rocks and trees were the sacred dwelling places of gods and spirits�much as we think of churches today. Water in springs and pools has long been the source of legends. With both spiritual and physical qualities, water gives life and sculpts the rocks and landscape.�
Art from the Heart
13 East Washington Street, (804) 732-0274, open Monday through Saturday, 10:00-3:30
Continuing Exhibit: Striking realistic graphite portraits, graphic art, and T-shirts by freelance artist Marlon D. Bowers.
The Atelier at the Globe
201 N. Sycamore St., (804) 862-3097, open Tues.- Sat., 9-5
New Exhibit: Paula Mims, owner of the Globe & nationally-acclaimed master dollmaker, will exhibit some of her dolls.
Live music: The Petersburg Symphony Orchestra Wind Quintet will perform at 8:00 pm.
Office of Sheriff Vanessa Crawford
Courthouse Square, (804) 733-2369
New Exhibit: �African Art.� African art dealer Fousseyni Samake, from Nigeria, will display original African artwork, masks, wood carvings, furniture, artifacts, & antiquities.
John Tyler Community College Gateway Outreach Center
218 North Sycamore Street, (804) 862-6420
Continuing Exhibits: Seven John Tyler art students: Martha Brogley (�Found Horizons��oils); Zita Ellison (�Thematic Realism�); Pat Farris (�Artwork 2006-2007�); Shannon Gilbert (�Anticipation�); Rani Popli-Aibara (�Fauvism Revisited�); Terry Lynn Smith (�Eyes of the Soul�); & Robert L. Wynne �Photos from Scotland, Summer 2006�).
Kimberly Ann�s
246 North Sycamore Street, (804) 733-2828, www.ilovekimberlyanns.com, Tuesday-Saturday, 10-5
Continuing Exhibit: Bridget Copa Nelson & her daughter Jessica Frazier continue to show their fall collection of wearable, decorative art, with entirely new work.
Magician Mr. G will be making props & merchandise disappear right before your eyes.
Dixie Diner
250 N. Sycamore St., (804) 732-7425, open Mon.- Sun., varying hours
New Exhibit: Paintings by Evelyn Quaye, and portraits & mixed-media art by Toliver Roebuck.
Live music: Michael Redman (sax), 6:00-8:00 pm; Noel & His Hair (oldies & classic rock), 9:00 pm.-1:30 am.
Cockade City Grill
305 N. Sycamore St., (804) 862-2537
Continuing Exhibit: New work by local artist Evelyn Quaye, featuring oils, acrylics, & pencil drawings of musicians performing in the area, especially at the Cockade City Grill.
Live music: Loose Gravel, 9:00 pm.-1:00 am.
Sol Cooper Gallery
306 North Sycamore Street, (804) 240-6859; by appointment only
Continuing Exhibit: �Scapes,� featuring the stunning photographs of Petersburger Mel Talley. Large-scale panoramic shots of Old Town and numerous other landscapes and nature shots from around the nation. Stunning. Don�t miss!
Java Mio Coffeehouse & Bistro
322 N. Sycamore St., (804) 861-2700, www.javamio.com, Mon.-Fri., 7-7, Sat. 8-5
Special Two-Day Opening Reception: Wildlife Series by the Keswick, Virginia artist, Augie Williams. Williams generates his paintings electronically using dry brush, watercolor, & rough pastel techniques. The proceeds from this show will benefit The Wildlife Center of Virginia in Waynesboro. The reception will continue Saturday evening, October 13, from 6 pm to 9 pm, when representatives from The Wildlife Center will be on land with various animals from the center. They will speak about the center�s efforts and about techniques for handling wild animals.
Wine & Beer Tasting from 5:00 until 10:00 pm.
The Pink Scottie
408 North Sycamore St., (804) 957-6112
New Exhibit: �Photographic Images of Petersburg & the Surrounding Environs on Canvas,� by Joanne Williams.
Patricia Dillard�s Antiques & Oddities
1 E. Old St., (804) 733-7014, www.patriciadillardantiques.com
New Exhibit: Reese photographs, business records of the major nursery owned by the William R. Roper family, the Arrowfields Nursery.
Continuing Exhibits: Floral collection by Hopewell artist Jutta Jones. Miniature �Red-Hat Ladies,� framed acrylics by Page Roller.
Maria�s Caf� & Italian Restaurant
16 West Old Street, (804) 862-3100
Live Music: Michael Redman (jazz saxophone), 8:30-11:00 pm
Sycamore Rouge
21 W. Old St., (804) 957-5707
Live Music: Appomattox Regional Governor�s School, Vocal Selections (solo/duets), 6:00 pm
Live Music: Music in the Courtyard, TBA, 8:00 pm
River�s Edge
20 West Old Street, (804) 722-0505
New Exhibit: New arrivals of art and sculpture.
Office of Delegate Rosalyn Dance
28 W. Old St., (804) 862-2922
Continuing Exhibit: Work by photographer Marvin Averett.
Mini-Spa for Utopia Spa
23 West Old Street, (804) 732-1234
New Exhibit: �Portrayals of Petersburg.� Second Annual Petersburg High School Art Contest. Portrait photographs of people whom the students regard as representative of Petersburg.
Petersburg Regional Art Center
132 North Sycamore Street, (804) 733-8200, www.shockoebottomarts.com, Open Wednesday-Saturday, 10-4
Opening Reception: Juried October All-Media Show. Awards Ceremony & Raffle Drawing at 7:30 p.m. Juror: Sally Bowring, Assistant Professor in the Painting & Printmaking Department at VCU�s School of the Arts. Flowers by Flowers & More. Raffle tickets for Studio 306.
Open House studio shows by 70 artists.
Opening Receptions: Mezzanine Gallery Shows: Virginia Collage Society: various artists; Herb Funk (oils); Marvin Averett (photography); Larry Grina (photography); & Mary Montague Sikes ( oils).
St. Paul�s Episcopal Church
110 Union St., (804) 733-3415
Concerts by Candlelight: Anne Guthmiller, soprano; Dmitri Shteinberg, piano, 6:30 pm.
Friend House Gallery
Bollingbrook Street & Cockade Alley, (804) 931-1370
Continuing Exhibit: �Sexy Fruit,� by Susan Singer, who will offer viewers a smorgasbord of fruits & vegetables rendered in pastels. She has been working with form & color. She has been working with form & color to create beautifully sculpted, energetic, bold, & delicious offerings based on produce from the weekly Farmer�s Market at the William Byrd Community House. Each week she purchases beauties there & then explores their form & color in her home studio.
Continuing Exhibit: New work by artists in residence Carol Anna Meese & potter Kathryn Hedgepeth.
Therapeutic Massage Center & Boutique
27 Bollingbrook Street, (804) 722-1720, open Monday-Saturday, 10-5
Continuing Exhibit: �Spirited Creations��jewelry created by Sandy Sims & Valene Phillips, a mother-daughter team from the Petersburg area. They craft unique jewelry made of sterling silver, beads, & natural stones. Sandy, a quilter whose work has been displayed in several national shows, has now turned to jewelry. Valerie brings a fresh natural talent to the team.
Wabi-Sabi
29 Bollingbrook Street, (804) 862-1365, www.eatwabisabi.com, ww.myspace.com/eatwabisabi, Tues.-Sat., 11:00 am to midnight; Sun., 4:00 pm to midnight
Continuing Exhibit: Upstairs: �Koi Series� by Bobby Lynch, of Richmond & Petersburg. New Exhibit: Tavern: Acrylics by Faithe Mickens, librarian at the William Fox Elementary School in Richmond.
Live Music: TBA, 9:00 pm to midnight.
Rejuvenate Massage Therapy & Pilates Studio
411 Cockade Alley, (804) 861-9963, www.rejuvenateyou.net, open Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-7:30 pm, Saturday by appointment.
New Exhibit: TBA.
Live Music, Outside: Muele (acoustic).
Farmer�s Bank
19 Bollingbrook Street
Special Opening: The Fort Henry Branch of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities will hold a special reception in the banking rooms of the Farmer�s Bank (1817) & its kitchen, from 7:00 until 9:00 pm. The Fort Henry Branch renovated this important building in the 1960s. Be sure to see the bank�s safe & the vault it was lowered into every evening.
Andrade�s International Restaurant
7 Bollingbrook Street (804) 733-1515
Continuing Exhibit: Drawings of the R/UDAT vision for downtown Petersburg by Jay Womack of Illinois & Francisco Behr of California.
The Gardener�s Gate
12 Bollingbrook Street
New Exhibit: Jewelry by Ellen Marie Murphy, whose love of jewelry led her to begin studying the craft while living in Wisconsin. She creates her own lampwork beads from glass rods, adding multiple colors or fine silver to the beads in their molten state.
Paper with Style
8 Bollingbrook Street, (804) 733-0383
New Exhibit: Watercolors by Midlothian resident Christine Nahm, who loves to capture the vibrancy & color of daily life. Her paintings are delicate & bright & evoke the nature of each subject. She will also be presenting her artwork in a series of cards & prints.
The Oak Antique Mall
400 North Sycamore St. (804) 861-6111, Mon.-Sat., 10-5, Sun. 1-4
First Floor Gallery, Landing: New Exhibit: �Three Weeks in Vermont��acrylics and oils by Linda Hollett-Bazouli, who has been exploring, zooming in, then out, then in again, constantly searching for pattern in light, shape, & life force, and always working in a series, telling a story, sometimes two, sometimes six, but always the paintings tell her when the series is done.
Siege Museum
15 West Bank Street, (804) 733-2427
Continuing Exhibition: �Laying the Foundation of a City: Petersburg�s History to 1815,� an exhibition on Petersburg�s early history, featuring copies of maps, portraits, and other images, as well as a few artifacts, including a display of miniature portraits of personalities associated with Petersburg.
Continuing Exhibition: �Petersburg�s Lowndes Stoneware.� One of the earliest industries in Petersburg, the Lowndes pottery operated in the Blandford section of Petersburg from 1806 until 1855. The pottery primarily produced utilitarian stoneware pieces for storing & serving food. Rare examples of stoneware mainly from private collections.
Charles Leonard Building
20 W. Bank St., open by appointment
New Exhibit: In the windows of the Leonard Building, occupied within by District 19 Mental Health Services: Work by Midlothian mosaicist Jacki Sowers, who brings a touch of whimsy to the sometimes staid world of mosaics. Using glass tiles, mirror, porcelain flowers, seashells, pebbles, beads, & ceramic figurines, she embellishes mirrors, tables, urns, wall fountains, & mannequin forms, saying, �anything that doesn�t run fast enough faces the risk of being glued, glitzed, & grouted.�
Bank Street Gallery
27 W. Bank St., open by appointment, (804) 733-6180
New Exhibit on Lee Park, including 2nd-edition botanical prints by Bessie Niemeyer Marshall, stationary, & the wonderful book, With Paintbrush & Shovel, by Kober & Ware.
Continuing Exhibits: New work by Kirsten Kindler, a grant recipient from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in 2004, who works in oils & extraordinary cut-paper hangings. New oils by former Petersburger Stephen Roebuck, a graduate of U.Va. & Pratt Institute, who teaches at Christ Church School. New watercolors by Petersburg artist Catherine Warnock, who was born in Scotland & lived in California. Her influences are from travel & nature. She is currently studying with Carol Meese. New oils by Petersburg native O. Pollard, who has been painting since 1954. Reception, 7:00-9:00 pm.
Purple Passion Gallery
29 W. Bank St., (804) 863-1943, open Tues.-Sat., 10-6
Opening Reception: Richmond artist Mary E. Horton will exhibit her handmade masks & sketches. Horton recived her B.A. from Randolph-Macon Women�s College in 1979, & then studied at VCU�s School of the Arts. Horton has exhibited at Artspace and the Aquiles Adler Gallery in Richmond, and at the 20th-Century Gallery in Williamsburg. She has twice participated in the Korean-American international exchange exhibition, �Artificium of Humanitas.�
Throughout Old Town
The saxophone of Rosshan Monroe., & other sidewalk bands.
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