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January 7, 2008
Friday for the Arts, Jan 11th
Check out the what when where for this month’s Friday for the Arts below.
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: Members Show, featuring artwork in a variety of media & forms of expression by the artist members of the Petersburg Area Art League.
William R. McKenney Library
137 S. Sycamore St., (804) 733-238
open Mon. & Wed., 9-9, and Tues. & Thurs.-Sat., 9:00-5:30
Opening Reception: Lower Level Meeting Room & Gallery: Past & PresentÔø?A Collection of Events, by George Hughes, a graduate of the VCU School of the Arts. Growing up in the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains, & then living in the heart of the Fan District while attending VCU, created a certain man vs. nature conflict within Hughes that produced his love for the landscape. The instantaneous expression possible with music has had a great influence on his impressionistic style, which he developed to enhance a creative flow of the mark & an intensity of color that can be accessed only with the natural free flow of landscape painting.
Art from the Heart
13 East Washington Street, (804) 247-2599
open Tues.-Thurs., 11:00 am to 6:00 pm, Fri. 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
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: TBA.
John Tyler Community College Gateway Outreach Center
218 North Sycamore Street, (804) 862-6420
Continuing Exhibits: Seven John Tyler art students: Martha Brogley (Found HorizonsÔø?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 open 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
Continuing Exhibit: Graphite drawings & 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; Phatback, 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, & pencil drawings of musicians performing in the area, especially at the Cockade City Grill.
Sol Cooper Gallery
306 North Sycamore Street, (804) 240-6859; by appointment only
New Exhibit: Lost & FoundÔø?work by five women artists who incorporate found objects in their work. Featured artists: Kate Duffy, Aimee Joyaux, Amie Oliver, Catherine Purvis, and Susann Whittier.
The Pink Scottie
408 North Sycamore St., (804) 957-6112
New Exhibit: MARJART. Throughout forty-plus years, Marjorie Jackson has sought an art form that brought her joy & fulfillment. In 2006, she discovered polymer clay as a medium for handcrafting jewelry. Now she spends hours in her studio developing new techniques, learning new skills, & creating exciting artwork. With a large local following, Jackson now has exclusive distribution at the Pink Scottie.
Maria’s Cafe & Italian Restaurant
16 West Old Street, (804) 862-3100
Michael Redman (jazz sax), with Evelyn Quaye, vocals, 8:30-11:00pm
River’s Edge
20 West Old Street, (804) 722-0505
New Exhibit: New oil paintings & art work. One-year blow-out sale of antique furniture.
Sycamore Rouge
21 W. Old St., (804) 957-5707, www.sycamorerouge.org
Opening Reception: Gallery: City Scape. Local photographer F.M. Wiggins exhibits pieces of his introspective photographic essay on New York City.
Live Performances: On the Stage: The Appomattox Regional Governors School improv troupe, SkETCh, at 6:30 pm.
In the front house: Craig Anders, the human juke box,who’ll play anything you throw at him.
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.
Petersburg Regional Art Center
132 North Sycamore Street, (804) 733-8200, www.shockoebottomarts.com
Open Wednesday-Saturday, 10-4pm
Opening Reception: Juried January All-Media Show. Juror: Michelle Delano, Professor of Art at Richard Bland College, & visiting artist at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Flowers by Flowers & More.
Live Music: TBA
Opening Reception: Mezzanine Gallery Shows: Sheila Holland (acrylics); Dr. Bill Sabino (oils & acrylics); John & Betty Hermann (mixed); Kim Colton (ceramics); Wynn Booty (oils & acrylics); & Tom Van Pelt (photography).
Open House studio shows by 70 artists.
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
110 Union St., (804) 733-3415, ext. 2
Concerts by Candlelight: Crescendo (Mike Goldberg & Friends). 6:30pm.
Friend House Gallery
27 Bollingbrook Street (upstairs)
Upstairs in the Gallery: additional paintings & bin work by Carol Anna Meese available, surrounded by heavenly scents, beauty gift items, & certificates for massages through the Therapeutic Massage Center.
Therapeutic Massage Center & Boutique
27 Bollingbrook Street (upstairs), (804) 722-1720, open Monday-Saturday, 10-5pm
Continuing Exhibit: Sandy Sims & 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, & natural stones.
Wabi-Sabi
29 Bollingbrook Street, (804) 862-1365, www.eatwabisabi.com, www.myspace.com/eatwabisabi
open Tues.-Sat., 11:00am to midnight
Continuing Exhibit: Upstairs: Koi Series by Bobby Lynch, of Richmond & Petersburg.
New Exhibit: Tavern: TBA.
Live Music: Sambaiosis, 9:00 pm to midnight. Sambaiosis is greater Richmond’s premiere Brazilian-based jazz sound, fusing jazz, bossa nova, and Latin rhythms with lyrics in Portuguese, Spanish, English, & Italian. Based on the musical heritage of Brazil, their sound and name are founded on a fusion of samba & baio, a lively music that originated in Brazil’s arid northeast, & that is based on ancient figure or ballroom dances of European origin. Sambaiosis offers up sultry bossa novas & poppin’ sambas, plus adaptations of American classics, with layers of drums & percussion, fiery nylon-stringed guitar, and powerful vocals. Chris Vasi on acoustic guitar, Tony Costa on percussion, Bebe on vocals, Andy Brockmann on drums, Randy Hughitt on base, and John Conley on electric guitar. 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 & Francisco Behr of California.
Java Mio Coffeehouse & Bistro
322 N. Sycamore St., (804) 861-2700, www.javamio.com, Mon.-Fri., 7-7, Sat. 8-5
Opening Reception: Elisabeta (Betty) & John Hermann. Betty was born in Europe & primarily works in acrylics. John, her husband, specializes in photography.
Wine Tasting from 5:00 until 10:00 pm: Scott Young from Republic National.
Light meals until 10:00 pm.
The Oak Antique Mall
400 North Sycamore St. (804) 861-6111, Mon.-Sat., 10-6, Sun. 12-5
First Floor Gallery, Landing: New Exhibit: Contemporary Southwest & Hispanic Art by Juanita Jennie Wyatt.
Siege Museum
15 West Bank Street, (804) 733-2427
Continuing Exhibition: Ground Floor Gallery: 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: Ground Floor Gallery: 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.
Continuing Exhibition: Mezzanine Gallery: A City Endured: Civil War Photographs of Petersburg. Photographs taken by Matthew Brady’s assistants & other photographers during & after the Siege of Petersburg.
Continuing Exhibition: Main Floor, North Gallery: African Americans in the Military: The Petersburg Perspective.
Charles Leonard Building
20 W. Bank St.
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, & 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
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.
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