October and November 2024 Exhibits
Winter is approaching. Soon days will be short and nights long. We are inviting our guests to go up in the attic and dust off their scariest Halloween get-up and join us for the 4th Friday reception in October from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. It’s not all scary stuff, as we are also inviting children to an artful scavenger hunt. Wear a costume and you will be entered in a drawing for the door-prize.
Exhibits include What Once Was, Still Is, Just Different by Joshua Leland Yurges, The Altar America Project, Textile Tales of Interiors by Sarah Wiley and Dark Art—an all-media juried show.
The opening reception is Friday, October 25th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.. Enjoy music, refreshments, and libations. The event is free and open to the public. Parking is free. Admission to the art center is free, always.
What Once Was, Still Is, Just Different by Joshua Leland Yurges
Think about it. Everything that ever was on earth is still here—fascinating. The 130-140 million people born each year—all matter, changing shape—a constant evolution of material.
Much of Joshua Leland Yurges’ art is the result of repetitive acts of measuring, cutting and assembling tiny slats of recycled wood. In his paintings and wall sculptures he enjoys the meditative process of pattern in the many ways it can manifest; stripes, a series of boxes, making the same cut five hundred times in a row.
Life is always providing material and ideas for me to use and expand upon. It is my job to see the spark, make the connection, and explore what could be. Never stop being curious.
Textile Tales of Interiors by Sarah Wiley
With a passion for interior design and all things miniature, Sarah Wiley brings these interests together and creates rooms in miniature. By repurposing interior design memo samples and used fabrics, she creates a composition. The details build slowly as she assembles, chooses, and places each successive piece of fabric.
Textile Tales of Interiors invites viewers to explore the combination of art and interior design through the medium of fabric.
The Altar America Project
More than an art show, this is a festival of cross-cultural ancestor remembrance celebration inspired by Dia de los Muertos and many other ancestor remembrance celebrations from around the world.
Cultures worldwide have numerous ancestor remembrance traditions, but America does not, particularly because American ethnocide has not wanted people of color to collectively gather, remember their past, and retell their stories. Ethnocide is the destruction of culture while keeping the people. Art Works issued an altars call-for-entries for this exhibit to create altars. The aim is for the greater RVA community to see these examples, and become inspired to engage in their own, culturally relevant acts of remembrance. This exhibit will be in the Port Galleries.
DARK ART ALL MEDIA ART SHOW
This exhibit is a focal point of all Art Works’ openings. It is a juried show with cash prizes and is open to all artists and all mediums.
The theme is “dark art”. After all it is Halloween, and a spooky exhibit seems fitting.