August – September 2027 Exhibits
As summer winds down, Art Works closes out the season with fashion, art, and an immersive 4th Friday experience. On August 27, Richmond fashion designer Sherry Nguyen brings Urban Academy: Orientation Day to the galleries, transforming the space into a college-inspired world of fashion, art, and performance. Anne Chamblin presents Navigate, a colorful collection of layered paintings, along with the August All Media Show.
Join us August 27 from 6–8 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public.
The art center is open Tuesday through Sunday 11 am – 5 pm and it’s free and open to the public. Enjoy the exhibits and have lunch in Manchester RVA.
Urban Academy Exhibition: Orientation Day by Sherry Nguyen
Featuring Richmond fashion designer, Sherry Nguyen, and Richmond visual artists, this collaboration brings together an immersive experience. Visit the campus of Urban Academy and experience what it’s like to be a student for the day! The exhibit is a blend of fashion show, pop-up shop, and an inside look at the campus of Urban Academy.
The exhibit will be in the Jane Sandelin Gallery and Port Galleries at Art Works through September 18, 2027.
Painting by Ambrose Hernandez Godoy
Navigate by Anne Chamblin
In Navigate, Anne Chamblin’s colorful, often whimsical paintings invite viewers into a world where places, figures, memories, and feelings overlap. Through layers of paint and an intuitive approach, Chamblin creates work that suggests the paths we take through experience and the traces that remain along the way.
The exhibit will be in the Centre Gallery at Art Works through September 18, 2027.
Woodland Walk by Kathleen Tyree
In Woodland Walk, fiber artist Kathleen Tyree transforms wool through the ancient process of wet felting, creating sculptural forms and wall hangings inspired by nature. Blending wool with silk, paper, bamboo, and other fibers, she creates rich textures and organic forms—from botanical wall pieces to geological sculptures and vessels that blur the line between function and art.
The exhibit will be in the Corner Gallery at Art Works through September 18, 2027.
August 2027 All Media Show
Each month Art Works invites artists to submit their work in an open call-for-entries. These exhibits are a focal point of all Art Works’ openings. There is no theme for this exhibit—so anything goes, any topic and any medium. This is a juried show with cash prizes. This exhibit will be in the Skylight Gallery at Art Works through August 26, 2027
Check our website to learn about submitting your artwork to the exhibit.
This image is by Trotter Hardy submitted in last year’s exhibit.
The Community Bridge Project
RVA Thriving Artists welcomes Shalaia Washington to the Community Bridge Project: She presents: Religion/Angels/Young Boys in the African American Community.
Free exhibit space is provided in the upstairs Bridge Project gallery at Art Works, along with mentorship and educational support. The program provides guidance on developing a theme, creating a cohesive body of work, preparing for exhibition, and promoting the show. The exhibit continues through August 31, 2027.
