December 11, 2007
Petersburg Friday for the Arts!, Dec. 14
This month’s Friday for the Arts! will be Dec. 14, 6pm to 10pm. Highlights: Bobby Lynch at the Sol Cooper Gallery and Carol Anna Meese at her new Atelier, exerpts from The Velveten Rabbit at Sycamore Rouge, an open house at nationally acclaimed Appomattox Tile Art, A Chair Affair by Bev Rivers and designer David Montoya at River’s Edge, finely crafted jewelry by Ladysmith, mosaics by Jacki Sowers, Concerts by Candlelight (organ and soprano) at St. Paul’s, the Upper East Side Big Band at Wabi-Sabi, and more — 27 venues will be open this month for the visual arts, 8 for music.
This month’s Friday for the Arts! is dedicated to the memory of Page Roller. May her spirit protect this season of peace and joy!
The free Arts Bus will shuttle visitors between parking lots and all sites.
Visual Arts & Music lineup for December 14, 2007
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 & Upstairs Gallery: “The Trees of Christmas,” featuring natural trees decorated by individual artists, businesses, and school groups at all grade levels, including a university group.
Main Gallery: a hanging show, featuring winter season & holiday theme artwork by PAAL members.
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: “Birds of Quantico Creek”Ôø?photographs by Northern Virginia photogrrapher Robert Price, editor and publisher since 1973 of ASTROGRAPH, a magazine devoted to astronomical photography. Price, who served the Navy as project engineer for a number of sensors utilizing visible and infrared light, has been photographing birds and other wildlife for five years. His exhibit features photographs of bird taken in and around Quantico Creek, Virginia, and Little River, South Carolina.
Washington Street United Methodist Church
21 E. Washington St., (804) 733-7041
Live Music: Ada Branch, guest organist, on the Cassavant organ, holiday music, refreshments, 6:00-8:00.
Art from the Heart
13 E. Washington Street, (804) 247-2599; open Tues.-Thurs., 11:00 to 6:00, Fri. 9:00 to 5:00
Continuing Exhibit: Striking realistic graphite portraits, graphic art, and T-shirts by freelance artist Marlon D. Bowers.
Office of Sheriff Vanessa Crawford
Courthouse Square, (804) 733-2369
New Exhibit: “Artwork of Expressions” by Virginia State University senior Leon Tillman, who is from Brooklyn.
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”Ôø?oils); Zita Ellison (”Thematic Realismm”); Pat Farris (”Artwork 2006-2007″); Shannon Gilbert (”Anticipation”); Rani Popli-Aibara (”Fauvism Revisited”); Terry Lynn Smith (”Eyes of the Soul”); and 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
New Exhibit: New decorative art for the season by Bridget Copa Nelson & her daughter Jessica Frazier.
Dixie Diner
250 N. Sycamore St., (804) 732-7425, open Mon.- Sun., varying hours
New Exhibit: Graphite drawings and acrylic figure paintings by Petersburg artist Marlon D. Bowers, owner of Art from the Heart, a gallery which is also open tonight.
Live music: Michael Redman (sax), with vocalist Evelyn Quaye (jazz/blues), 6:00-8:00pm;
Urban Funk-Shun (jazz fusion and groovy funk), 9:00pm-1:30am.
Cockade City Grill
305 N. Sycamore St., (804) 862-2537
Continuing Exhibit: New work by local artist Evelyn Quaye, featuring oils, acrylics, and pencil drawings of musicians performing in the area, especially at the Cockade City Grill.
Live music: Spill Sheet, 9:00-1:00am.
Sol Cooper Gallery
306 North Sycamore Street, (804) 240-6859; by appointment only
Continuing Exhibit: “Peninsula Paintings & Monotypes,” by Bobby Lynch. New work. Views of
Gloucester & Matthews County. A big hit! Don’t miss!
Java Mio Coffeehouse & Bistro
322 N. Sycamore St., (804) 861-2700, www.javamio.com, Mon.-Fri., 7-7, Sat. 8-5
Continuing Exhibit: Chester artist, Fil Aquino, who creates & paints his own room dividers and fireplace screens. His “functional art” is made from pinewood & oak, and painted with oils & acrylics. Aquino has a fine-arts degree from VCU, and specializes in breathtaking wildlife, landscape, and still-life images.
Wine Tasting from 5:00-10:00pm: Scott Young from Republic National. Light meals until 10:00pm.
The Pink Scottie
408 North Sycamore St., (804) 957-6112
New Exhibit: Abstracts by Terrell Newman. Trained as a cosmetologist, Terrell first became inspired by creating a mural for his salon. Now he works to bring new forms of texture and motion into each piece. Featured this month are several pieces created by Newman since 2005. First Petersburg show.
Maria’s Cafe & Italian Restaurant
16 West Old Street, (804) 862-3100
Live Music: Michael Redman (jazz sax), with Evelyn Quaye, vocals, 8:30-11:00pm
River’s Edge
20 West Old Street, (804) 722-0505
New Exhibit: “A Chair Affair.” Owner Bev Rivers admits to her lifelong affair with the chair as she introduces her latest series of seating, each on-of-a-kindÔø?purchased at auction, saalvaged from attics, donated by local residents. Working with fashion designer David Montoya, Rivers breathes new life into the otherwise forgotten. The fabrics and trims will dazzle you. The extreme makeovers will leave you breathless.
Sycamore Rouge
21 W. Old St., (804) 957-5707, www.sycamorerouge.orgOpening Reception: Gallery: TBA.
New Exhibit: Photographs of The Velveteen Rabbit in production
Live Performances: Appomattox Regional Governor’s School Writers Festival:
6-7 pm: Original Student Readings, from two to ten minutes in length
7-9 pm: Readings by Published Authors, including Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Rest Area, and ARGS alumni
continues Saturday morning at ARGS
Musical Theatre, throughout the evening: Previews of Sycamore Rouge’s holiday gift to Petersburg, The Velveteen Rabbit, a new musical play adapted by kb saine from Margery Williams’ classic children’s story, highlighting original music composed by Roddy Barnes.
Live Music: 8-9 pm: ragtime piano in the lounge by Bob Flynn.
Mini-Spa for Utopia Spa
23 West Old Street, (804) 732-1234
Continuing Exhibit: “Portrayals of Petersburg”: Second Annual Petersburg H.S. Art Contest. Portrait photographs of people whom the students believe “reflect” Petersburg.
Penniston’s Alley Antiques
102 West Old Street, (804) 722-0135
New Exhibit: Just-arrived Asian antiques.
Continuing Exhibit: The West Wing & Ye Olde Christmas Shop: the “Petersburg Christmas Bell,” made exclusively for Penniston’s Alley by INGE-GLAS of Germany, and other INGE-GLAS mouth-blown, hand-painted heirloom ornaments.
The Bistro at Market & Grove
24 North Market Street, (804) 732-4480
New Exhibit: Erin Copeland, a ninth-grader at Clements Middle School, will exhibit her work. She has enjoyed art since early childhood, & today is taking lessons at Michael’s. She has studied art at PAAL, and has taken courses at the Virginia Museum of FIne Arts. Her work has been shown perviously at both PAAL and PRAC.
Petersburg Regional Art Center
132 North Sycamore Street, (804) 733-8200, www.shockoebottomarts.com; Open Wednesday-Saturday, 10-4
Continuing Exhibit: Juried November-December All-Media Show. Flowers by Flowers & More.
Live Music: Linda Nay
Continuing Exhibits: Mezzanine Gallery Shows: Derek Smith (colored pencils); Ginny Dumouchelle (watercolors); Gail McCann (mixed); Johanna Stoneking (photography); and Kitty Hedgepeth (oils).
Open House studio shows by 70 artists.
St. Paul’s Church
110 Union St., (804) 733-3415, ext. 2
Concerts by Candlelight: Mary Silverstein, soprano, and Charles Lindsey, Jr., organ, in a program of vocal & organ music, featuring music of the season. 6:30pm.
Friend House Gallery & Ateliers
Bollingbrook Street & Cockade Alley, upstairs, (804) 931-1370
Carol Meese Atelier: Continuing Exhibit: “Virginia Landscapes” Ôø? recent work by Carol Anna Meese, as introduced in November. As Meese rode throughout central & northern Virginia, she worked fast, capturing fleeting impressions with sketches, and later oil pastel studies. Come see how she has used these to develop final oil paintings on canvas. In her atelier, there will be works in various stages of completion, and viewers may watch as final paintings emerge over the weeks. You might even catch her painting. Don’t miss!
Kathryn Hedgepeth Atelier: Continuing Exhibit of Hedgepeth’s wonderful pottery.
Upstairs in the Gallery: additional paintings and bin work available, surrounded by heavenly scents, beauty gift items, and certificates for massages through the Therapeutic Massage Center.
Therapeutic Massage Center & Boutique
27 Bollingbrook Street (upstairs), (804) 722-1720, open Monday-Saturday, 10-5
New Exhibit: Sandy Sims and Valerie Phillips, a mother-daughter team from the Petersburg area, present “Spirited Creations.” Their one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces are fashioned from sterling silver, beautiful beads, and natural stones.
Wabi-Sabi
29 Bollingbrook Street, (804) 862-1365, www.eatwabisabi.com, www.myspace.com/eatwabisabi, Tues.-Sat., 11:00am to midnight; Sun., 4:00pm to midnight
Continuing Exhibit: Upstairs: “Koi Series” by Bobby Lynch, of Richmond & Petersburg. New Exhibit: Tavern: Work by photographer Cathy Wojcian, a native of Tampa, Florida, who moved to Monterey, California, to attend college. There, she worked for The Friends of Photography and several photographers, including John Sexton. Back in Florida in 1986, she studied under and worked for illustrative photographer Sidney Spann and portrait and commercial photographer Thomas Bruce. She has done portraiture, more than 215 weddings, commercial photography (including three album covers, calendars, photography for commercial magazines, and photography of etchings for Disney. She “retired” in 1993 to devote more time to her children, but she hasn’t put her camera to rest. Today, living in Chesterfield County, she has developed a new passion for sports photography.
Live Music: The Upper East Side Big Band, 9:00 pm to midnight, featuring band leader Samson Trinh on sax and an all-star collection of vocalists, keyboard artists, saxophonists, trumpeters, trombonists, guitarists, bass players, and percussionists. Writer / lyricist / producer / composer / arranger / orchestrator / conductor Trinh has been named a 2007 Independent Music Awards Finalist in the Jazz Category for his song, “I Can’t Believe I’m Addicted to O.C.,” which last year won the Jazz Category in the Semi Finalist Division of the International Songwriting Competition. His recent debut CD, Very Strange Night, has been hailed as “an even of gigantic proportions” and as a CD “to buy, one to cherish, and, frankly, one to be astounded about.” Samson Trinh and the Upper East Side Big Band’s vibrant collective spirit capture the essence of the American jazz orchestra. The band will perform some special Christmas songs. Don’t miss!
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 and Francisco Behr of California.
Paper with Style
8 Bollingbrook Street, (804) 733-0383, www.paperwithstyle.com
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. Murphy will be introducing new designs and beads for the holidays.
New Exhibit: “Paper Lady”Ôø?mannequin wearing paper sold in the store.
The Oak Antique Mall
400 North Sycamore St. (804) 861-6111, Mon.-Sat., 10-7, Sun. 12-5
First Floor Gallery, Landing: New Exhibit: Stunning, colorful oils and watercolors by Greg Young, artist-in-residence at the Crossroads Art Center. Young aims to convey his “inner vision through paintings of people and nature.”
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.” Features examples of Lowndes pottery including a rare treasure, an exquisitely adorned pitcher that was recently added to the exhibit. The Lowndes pottery operated in the Blandford section of town from 1806 until 1855. The pottery primarily produced utilitarian stoneware pieces for storing and serving food.
Charles Leonard Building
20 W. Bank St., open by appointment
Continuing Exhibit: In the windows of the Leonard Building: 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, and ceramic figurines, she embellishes mirrors, tables, urns, wall fountains, and mannequin forms, saying, “anything that doesn’t run fast enough faces the risk of being glued, glitzed, and grouted.”
Bank Street Gallery
27 W. Bank St., open by appointment, (804) 733-6180
New Exhibit: One Night Only: “Ladysmith Returns to Old Towne.” Terry Lacy presents her beautiful & unusual handcrafted jewelry, fashioned from sterling silver, pearls, coral, amber, turquoise, lapis, bone, ancient coins, carvings, and abalone. Don’t miss!
Continuing Exhibits: New work by Kirsten Kindler, a grant recipient from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in 2004, who works in oils and extraordinary cut-paper hangings. New oils by former Petersburger Stephen Roebuck, a graduate of U.Va. and Pratt Institute, who teaches at Christ Church School. New watercolors by Petersburg artist Catherine Warnock, who was born in Scotland and lived in California. Her influences are from travel and nature. She is currently studying with Carol Meese. New oils by Petersburg native O. Pollard, who has been painting since 1954.
Purple Passion Gallery
29 W. Bank St., (804) 863-1943, open Tues.-Sat., 10-6
Continuing Exhibit: New work by longtime local Waverly watercolor artist Kitty Nettles, who will be exhibiting her new mixed-media collage creations, along with her long-popular watercolor paintings.
Appomattox Tile Art Company
113 West Bank Street (804) 732-8810
Holiday Open House: The ongoing renovation of the old Model-T assembly plant and showroom provides the perfect setting to display some of the exquisite, functional art-tile the company produces. Limited hourly tours of the facility will be offered throughout the evening. Children’s mosaic-making, free. New handcrafted jewelry designs by Sandra Haynie. Appomattox Tile Art is a little-known Petersburg gem. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see the wonderful work they do for clients around the U.S. and the world!
Note that above I corrected the address/tel info for Washington St. United Methodist Church.
Note also the following addition to the above:
Farmer’s Bank
19 Bollingbrook Street
Special Opening: Banking rooms & kitchen of one of the oldest surving bank buildings in the nation. Kept open by the Fort Henry Branch of the Preservation Virginia / APVA.
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