2016 Arts Directory - Piedmont Council for the Arts

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2016 Arts Directory
Table of Contents
Part I: Arts Organizations
Alliance Français de Charlottesville
Artisans Studio Tour Association
BalletSchool
Beverley Street Studio Tour
Bookwrights
Charlottesville Ballet
Charlottesville Center for the Arts
Charlottesville Jazz Society
Municipal Band of Charlottesville
Charlottesville Performing Arts School
Charlottesville Symphony
Four County Players
The Garage
Graves International Art
LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph
Mudhouse Coffee
New City Arts Initiative
SPICMACAY
Virginia Arts of the Book Center
Young Audiences-Arts For Learning-Virginia
Part II: Individual Artists (alphabetized by first name)
A. Korotky
Abby Kasonik
Andrew Hersey
Bob Anderson
Bob Cronk
Candida Franklin
Cary Oliva
Catherine (Cat) Maguire
Charles W. Peale
Chee Kludt Ricketts
Christen Yates
Christy Baker
Cynthia Burke
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Donna Manfredi Redmond
Elaine Butcher
Erin Chilton
Eve Watters
Ginger McCarthy
J.M. Henry
Jane Skafte
John A. Hancock
John Randall Younger
Judith Pratt
Karen Blair
Kathleen Craig
Lara Call Gastinger
Lee Christmas Halstead
Lee Nixon
Mark A. Collins
Martha Keith
Mary Jane Nichols Check
Mary Motley Kalergis
McCrea Snyder Kudravetz
Michael Bednar
Michelle Nevarr
Nancy Bass
Nancy Ross
Ninni Baeckström
Patricia S. Gordon
Paul Reisler
Peter Allen
Randy Bill
Rob Browning
Steven Wolf
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3 Art
Organizations
4 Alliance Française de Charlottesville
434-260-0640
[email protected]
www.afcville.org
https://www.facebook.com/Alliance-Francaise-de-Charlottesville-108033709217110/timeline/?
ref=bookmarks
700 Harris Street, Suite 105, Charlottesville, VA 22903.
Open MWF 10-4 and Tues/Thurs by appointment only.
There are 1,000 Alliance chapters established in 136 countries, including 114 chapters in
the United States. Since its creation in Paris in 1883, the Alliance Française has spread
worldwide to offer cultural centers and a social forum for people interested in French culture
and language. It is the largest cultural network in the world promoting French language and
culture on 5 continents.
Each year more than 500,000 people, of all ages, come to learn French at the Alliances
françaises, and more than 6 million participate in their cultural activities. Today Alliance
Française is regarded as a standard that represents the highest quality for teaching French as a
Foreign Language (FLE).
The mission of the AFC is to promote and share French language and culture for the
enrichment and enjoyment of the greater Charlottesville community.
5 Artisans Studio Tour Association
[email protected]
www.artisanstudiotour.com
www.facebook.com/artisans.studio.tour
Second weekend in November - Sat and Sun, 10 - 5 PM
The Artisans Studio Tour was founded in 1994 by a group of Charlottesville area artisans
to enhance the community's awareness of professional artisans living and working in the
st
region. 2015 was the 21
year that artists opened their studios and collaborated to make a
public showing of their work. All Tour artisans go through a rigorous approval process that
ensures that the crafts are of the highest quality. For 2015 17 open studios hosted 35 artisans,
including several new first time artisans from Staunton and Roanoke.
Craft lovers can expect to see displays of some of Virginia’s finest crafts including
pottery, furniture, weaving, fabric design, jewelry, stained glass, wood turning, and quilting.
There are artisan demonstrations, opportunities to learn about the working processes in each
studio, and some hands-on experience. The Tour provides an excellent opportunity to purchase
the work of talented area artisans as unique gifts or for your own collection.
The Tour is self-guided, free and open to the public. Each studio on the Tour provides
locally-sourced refreshments.
6 BalletSchool (Charlottesville Center for
the Arts)
434-975-3533
[email protected]
www.balletschoolva.com
www.facebook.com/balletschoolva
2409 Ivy Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903
11am-8pm
BalletSchool opened its door in January 1997, offers ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, hiphop, modern
dance and Floor Barre instruction for children and adults. In order to promote a healthy mind
and body, they provide a positive environment for all dancers to enjoy and reach his or her
highest potential. All of their dancers can be themselves; ability, age, and size do not matter.
During the regular school year, the school provides ballet classes with professional instruction
following the Royal Academy of Dance syllabus. The emphasis is on proper technique and
performance style in accordance with the body’s stage of development. The method caters to
any student – whether considering dance as a career or just for enjoyment. Subjects included in
each class level are ballet, character and free-movement.
Summer courses are offered for children and teen/adults. Interim maintenance classes are also
offered during school breaks.
Contact: Atsuko Nakamoto
7 Beverley Street Studio School
540-886-8636
[email protected]
http://www.bssschool.org/index.html
https://www.facebook.com/bevstreetstudio?ref=hl
BSSS Gallery, 22 W. Beverley St. Staunton VA 24401.
Tuesday –Thursday 10 am–5 pm, Friday 10 am–8 pm, Saturday 10 am–5 pm, Sunday 1–5 pm
Located in the historic district of downtown Staunton, Virginia, Beverley Street Studio
School (BSSS) has adopted as its mission “providing the community and region with a variety of
opportunities to explore the world of the visual arts through practice, professional instruction,
and contact with practicing artists.” It is unique in that it is the only studio school located
outside a major metropolitan area.
The emphasis in instruction is working from direct observation, whether in a plein air
setting or within the studio classrooms. Instructors are both practicing and professional artists
in their fields. Weekly art classes and weekend art workshops are offered quarterly throughout
the year. While the emphasis is on painting and drawing, printmaking and various other media
are also included in the offerings. Figure drawing/painting sessions are offered weekly, and
painting of the figure is included in class/workshop selections.
Beverley Street Studio School is currently housed on the first floor of the historic former
Stonewall Jackson School Building at 217 West Beverley Street. The two studio classrooms
have the advantage of northern light from walls of large windows. The BSSS office is located
adjacent to the classrooms. The BSSS Gallery is located in the Beverley Street Galleries, which
also houses Co-Art Gallery, an artists’ cooperative gallery (22 W. Beverley Street).
8 Bookwrights
Mayapriya Long
434-263-4818
[email protected]
www.bookwrights.com
Bookwrights is a full service book design and production company. We take projects from
manuscript to finished book, including ebooks. We have won several awards for book cover
design, and books we designed have also won a multitude of other awards. With over 25 yrs in
the publishing business, we can supply your book with a creative, attractive design (cover and
text) that follows strictly all industry standards. Our books look like they were published by a
big New York publishing house, even when they are self-published. We have worked with large
and small publishers, as well as hundreds of self-publishers.
9 Charlottesville Ballet
434-973-2555
[email protected]
CharlottesvilleBallet.org
Facebook.com/CharlottesvilleBallet
1885 Seminole Trail STE 203 Charlottesville, VA 22901
Charlottesville Ballet is a professional ballet company, dance academy, and 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization based in Charlottesville, VA.
Founded in 2007, Charlottesville Ballet is the only full
time
professional dance company
in the Charlottesville area. Co-Directors Sara Clayborne and
Emily Hartka are committed to promoting dancer health and wellness and elevating
professional ballet with a healthy working environment for the artists. Charlottesville Ballet’s
mission is to elevate the art of dance through wellness, performance, education, and
community outreach.
Charlottesville Ballet Academy
, the official training school of Charlottesville Ballet, opened in
July 2011 and is a nonprofit center for dance education. CBA offers training in all dance genres
for ages 2-Adult. The Academy serves over 400 students throughout the Charlottesville area
and offers performance opportunities for young dancers alongside the professional company.
The Ballet’s outreach program
Chance To Dance
(C2D)
is an after-school dance education
program that gives underserved children a hands-on experience with the arts. The Ballet
recently received a $10K grant from the Charlottesville Future Fund in the Charlottesville Area
Community Foundation to expand the C2D program in the 2015-16 season.
Charlottesville Ballet presents performances and events in Charlottesville and Central Virginia
area. Look for programming designed just for families in the
Children’s Ballet Series
, eclectic
mixed-repertory performances, and the annual holiday production of
The Nutcracker
. Now
entering its eighth performing season, Charlottesville Ballet carries out its mission through
eclectic live performances, educational children’s events, collaboration with local artists, and
community outreach throughout the region of Central Virginia.
10 Charlottesville Center for the Arts
434-975-3533
[email protected]
http://cvillecfta.org
https://www.facebook.com/CvilleCFTA
2409 Ivy Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903
9am-9pm (available hours for rent)
We are one beautiful facility offering students a community for performing arts instruction! The
Actor’s Training Studio with Jon Emm, the Charlottesville Performing Arts School, DMR
Adventures and the BalletSchool all work in harmony within the Center to provide the best in
performing arts education.
Conveniently located just outside the city of Charlottesville (between Bellair Market and VA
tractor), the Charlottesville Center for the Arts features a 6,500 square foot facility with three
spacious studios that include professionally built sprung floors with mirrors, changing rooms
and a waiting area with WiFi access. It also has a paved and well-lit parking area, all on the
ground level. Studios are also available for rent by the hour.
11 Charlottesville Jazz Society
434-249-6191 or 434-996-7729
[email protected] or [email protected]
cvillejazz.org
https://www.facebook.com/charlottesville.jazz
2027 Woodbrook Court, Charlottesville, VA 22901
Mission: The Charlottesville Jazz Society, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is dedicated to the
promotion, preservation and perpetuation of all jazz. This is accomplished through education,
performance, partnering and community outreach for members and the general public.
Purpose: In 1987 the United States Congress designated jazz as a rare and valuable national
American treasure to which we should devote our attention, support and resources to make
certain it is preserved, understood and promulgated. The Charlottesville Jazz Society strives to
be a vital link between the jazz fan, and our local jazz community, as well as the national jazz
scene.
By partnering with WTJU-91.1 FM (or http://wtju.net) the Charlottesville Jazz Society strives to
promote jazz by keeping the public well informed of jazz performances, news and events in our
area.And by keeping our members abreast of jazz events in Charlottesville, we hope to
encourage more attendance at the clubs and theaters that present jazz. This increased interest
in turn will prod the venue owners to put more live jazz on their schedules, benefiting both the
artists and fans.
We believe that in order for the Charlottesville Jazz Society to succeed long-term the single
most important thing that we need to focus on is education. We have been running a monthly
Artist/Educator series for the last 10 years open to everyone in our community. And we support
music master classes in our local school systems when musicians are in town for a performance
supported by the Charlottesville Jazz Society.
12 Charlottesville Municipal Band
Stephen R. Layman, Music Director
434-295-9850
[email protected]
[email protected]
www.cvilleband.org

https://www.facebook.com/cvilleband/timeline/
The Municipal Arts Center
th
1119 5
St SW
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Monday 11 – 1
Tuesday 4 – 7
Thursday 11 – 1
Other hours by appointment
The Municipal Band of Charlottesville, Inc. is a nonprofit organization of volunteer members
dedicated to excellence in the performance of high quality band and ensemble music. In
continuous operation since 1922, the Municipal Band and its ensemble serve the communities
of Charlottesville/Albemarle and surrounding counties, providing musical entertainment and
education through free public concerts and representing the City and County at civic and other
special events. The Band owns and operates the Municipal Arts Center, which is used for its
rehearsals and serves as a community resource for local arts and other nonprofit groups.
13 Charlottesville Performing Arts School
434-293-CPAS (2727)
[email protected]
www.charlottesvilleperformingarts.com
https://www.facebook.com/charlottesvilleperformingarts 2409 Ivy Road
Located in the Charlottesville Center for the Arts Building The Charlottesville Performing Arts School – formerly known as Dance Explosion Studio
(circa 2006) – provides proper body alignment training and dance education for all ages in a
caring, family atmosphere. Our programs are for students who seek personal enrichment or
professional training. Our goal is to bring out the best in our students, helping them reach their
full potential. Our faculty will help them accomplish that goal. We offer classes for beginners to
pre-professional levels ages 3 to adult in Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Hip Hop/Breakdancing,
Contemporary, and Early Childhood. CPAS also has a performing company, the CPAS Private
Coaching Program, and other specialized training programs. CPAS is located in the
Charlottesville Center for the Arts building - one beautiful facility offering students a community
for performing arts instruction!
14 Photo credit is Michael Bailey
Charlottesville Symphony at the
University of Virginia
Office phone: 434-924-3139
UVA Arts Box Office phone: 434-924-3376
[email protected]
www.cvillesymphony.org
www.facebook.com/cvillesymphony
www.artsboxoffice.virginia.edu
Charlottesville Symphony Society
801 West Main Street, Suite 201
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
Monday-Friday, 9:00-5:00
Charlottesville Symphony Society
P.O. Box 4206
Charlottesville, Virginia 22905
The Charlottesville Symphony provides a variety of high-quality concerts and an array of vital
education and outreach services in Charlottesville and the surrounding region. Under the
dynamic leadership of Music Director Kate Tamarkin, the orchestra has attained new heights of
artistic excellence in recent seasons, captivating audiences and garnering frequent standing
ovations.
Five pairs of masterworks concerts, held in historic Old Cabell Hall on the Grounds of the
University of Virginia and at Charlottesville High School, frequently feature notable guest artists
and premiere performances of newly commissioned works. Pre-concert lectures offer
15 informative and entertaining insights into each program. Family Holiday Concerts have become
a beloved community tradition each December.
The orchestra’s annual, free Youth Concerts have been hailed by music educators as an
important enrichment opportunity for area fourth and fifth grade students from public, private
and home schools.
Preludes
sends professional musicians into schools to give free instrument
demonstrations for elementary and middle school students and coaching sessions and master
classes for high school students. Musical Instrument Petting Zoos enable miniature Mozarts
and budding Beethovens to explore, touch and learn to make sounds on instruments they may
play in school band or orchestra.
16 Four County Players
540-832-5355
[email protected]
www.fourcp.org
https://www.facebook.com/FourCountyPlayers?fref=ts
5256 Governor Barbour Street, Barboursville, VA 22923
Tuesday-Friday from 10am — 2pm
Founded in 1973, Four County Players is Central Virginia's longest continuously
operating community theater. A nonprofit organization, Four County relies on volunteers for
most of its operations.

For more than forty years, Four County Players has delighted audiences with a full range
of theater experiences. Located in the small village of Barboursville in the Barboursville
Community Center--formerly Barboursville High School-- the theater is the cultural hub for the
community, serving as both an artistic and educational center. Four County Players is
well-known for its masterful musicals, entertaining concerts, hilarious comedies, heart-warming
holiday productions, and thought-provoking dramas on its proscenium-style Mainstage and its
black-box space, The Cellar. Four County welcomes scores of young people to its theater camps
each summer, bringing a love of the stage to the next generation.
Four County Players prides itself on producing high-quality shows that involve
volunteers from the community and keep generations of audiences returning for years.
Whether they enter through the historic building’s iconic red doors to enjoy a show, tread the
boards, or work on a stage crew, many have come to regard Four County Players as a second
home.
17 Photo by Rich Tarbell
The Garage
Contact person: Sam Bush
[email protected]
www.thegaragecville.com
www.facebook.com/thegaragecville 100 W. Jefferson, Charlottesville, VA 22902
First Fridays from 5-7PM and Saturdays from 10AM-Noon
The Garage is an art space/concert venue/amateur film theater/impromptu
studio/potluck dining hall/etc located on 1st Street across from Lee Park in Charlottesville,
Virginia. On any given night, you can find the Garage’s door wide open as we host art
openings/viewings of monthly exhibitions or concerts by local and regional bands that bring
together large crowds in the stadium seating (aka: on the hill of the park) across the street.
We’re also known to host an occasional film screening, dance party, art performance, potluck,
or other creative gathering as requested (or hosted) by a community member. Here at the
Garage we value community, creativity, collaboration, and accessibility. We love the paradox of
the Garage’s intimacy and yet strange publicness. We are interested in what it means to be
creating and facilitating art in a “public yet private” context. We are not exactly sure where the
Garage is located within those realms, but we are inquisitively exploring the topic through
various art projects and collaborative conversations.
18 Graves International Art
John Graves
434-202-8087
[email protected]
http://gravesinternationalart.com/
306 E Jefferson St, Charlottesville, 22902
19 LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph
Executive Director: Mary Virginia Swanson
Festival Manager: Lisa Draine
434-977-3687
[email protected]
www.look3.org
P.O. Box 1541 Charlottesville, VA 22902
20 Mudhouse Coffee
[email protected]
mudhouse.com
,
Facebook 213 W Main St, Charlottesville, VA 22903
Open 7am every day, until 10pm Monday-Thursday, until 11pm Friday/Saturday, and until 7pm
Sunday
Mudhouse Coffee, on the Downtown Mall since 1995, consistently voted Best Coffee by the
readers of C-Ville Weekly. Proudly serving Mudhouse Coffee Roasters' coffee since 2012.
Beautiful coffees, thoughtfully sourced, roasted with love, for you! We happily display work
from local and visiting artists in our space with new shows opening up every month or two on
First Fridays.
21 New City Arts Initiative
434-202-5277
[email protected]
www.newcityarts.org
https://www.facebook.com/newcityarts
https://twitter.com/newcityarts
https://instagram.com/newcityartsinitiative/
114 3rd St. NE, Charlottesville, VA 22902 (on the downtown mall, next to Fleurie Restaurant).
Our gallery located adjacent to our office, Welcome Gallery, is open to the public during special
events and from noon - 4 PM, Monday through Friday.
New City Arts is a collaborative community that supports artists & facilitates cultural
participation in Charlottesville. Our programs include the New City Arts Forum, Charlottesville
SOUP, Welcome Gallery, The WVTF & Radio IQ Studio Gallery, Housing2Home, a residency
program, & more.
22 Society for the Promotion of Indian
Classical Music And Culture Amongst
Youth (SPICMACAY)
University of Virginia chapter
[email protected]
https://pages.shanti.virginia.edu/spicmacay/upcoming/
https://www.facebook.com/spicmacayatuva
SPICMACAY at the University of Virginia, is a chapter of a non-profit organization for the
promotion of Indian classical music and culture. Started in India in 1972, SPICMACAY now has
chapters all over the world. SPICMACAY organizes concerts, lecture-demonstrations, baithaks
(or informal talks) and seminars on Indian classical music and dance. In doing so, not only does
SPICMACAY bring renowned masters of Indian music and dance to Charlottesville but also
supports talented upcoming artists by giving them a platform to perform on an international
stage. SPICMACAY is now in its 20th year at the University of Virginia.
23 Virginia Arts of the Book Center
434-924-3296
[email protected]
http://virginiabookarts.org
https://www.facebook.com/VirginiaArtsoftheBookCenter
Virginia Arts of the Book Center
"Beneath Art on Ivy"
2125 Ivy Road, Suite 5
Charlottesville VA 22903
Public hours at website and by arrangement
VABC is a community of artists exploring books, paper, and printmaking through a hands-on
studio of the
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
. We engage in humanities and arts
projects with a community-access approach and are a resource for individual artists. We exist
to provide the public a direct experience with book arts.
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Learning-Virginia
757-466-7555
[email protected]
https://www.yav.org
https://www.facebook.com/yavirginia
https://twitter.com/YAofVa
420 N. Center Dr., Ste, 239 Norfolk, VA 23502
8am-5pm
Young Audiences-Arts For Learning-Virginia (YAV) is a statewide, non-profit
arts-education organization seeking to inspire and engage students IN and THROUGH the arts.
Through performances, workshops, master classes, residency projects and community works in
all art forms, YAV provides over 100 teaching and performing artists that connect the arts to
core curriculum, life-skills and Virginia’s Standards of Learning. YAV supports early childhood
learning through high school programming to enhance our children’s lives and communities.
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Artists
26 Golden wrap, with frizzee inserts, woven in twill, by Andrea Korotky
A. Korotky Studio
[email protected]
akorotkystudio.com
@aktextiles on Instagram
A. Korotky Studio on Pinterest
2331 Highland Avenue
Open by appointment, or happenstance, and several open studio weekends in spring and fall.
A. Korotky Studio, 2331 Highland Avenue, is located in the heart of the Fry’s Spring
Neighborhood in the city of Charlottesville, Virginia. I work year-round, and welcome visitors. I
often open my studio to the public and always update my mailing list. If you want to know what
I am up to, join my list! Write to me at [email protected].
When you arrive at 2331 Highland Avenue, follow the gravel path towards the woods and you
will soon find the entrance to my studio. Perhaps you are wondering what kind of work I do? I
weave one-of-a-kind textiles on my 8-harness loom and have, in stock, household linen, wraps,
blankets, garlands to wear, and cloth of all sorts. Beads, sequins and vintage and hand-made
glass buttons often adorn my work. Frequently I include knit, crochet, and knotted work in my
collections; painted cloth and shibori reverse are always on offer.
Commissions and inventions are my specialty. Cash, check, or credit cards all work here. And do
follow A. Korotky Studio at Pinterest, and @aktextiles on Instagram. Thanks for your visit today!
27 Abby Kasonik
[email protected]
http://www.abbykasonik.com
email to schedule appointment
28 Andrew Hersey
434-293-2812
[email protected]
http://andrewhersey.com
Studio is at 106C Goodman St in Belmont, but is not open to the public.
I work in a variety of media: drawing, painting, photography, mixed media, writing. My works
tell stories. Or rather, they suggest stories. Maybe they make you wonder? Maybe they make
you ask your own questions? Somehow, a mystery always seems a little less interesting once
it's solved.
I also host an open figure drawing group in my studio every Sunday morning from ten til noon,
$10 to attend and draw. Info and schedule are here:
http://andrewhersey.com/draw
29 Bob Anderson
[email protected]
http://www.bobandersonartist.com/
Studio 23, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA
open to public Tuesday through Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm
My current focus as an artist has been the human form, and I have been using this period to
explore and expand my most inner visions and feelings regarding my own life as well as the
nature of art itself.
Much of this work has been based on life-drawing sessions in a sculptor's studio where the
setting includes a raised platform (where the model poses), walls littered with mirrors of all
sizes and shapes, and a selection of fragmented sculptures, masks and draped textiles filling out
the spaces above, around, and between the mirrors. The resulting sketches and photographs
have triggered a series of large-scale works in ink or pencil that feature a central female nude
set into a labyrinth of objects and partial reflections.
From the start, the multiple views of the figure in mirrors (often showing front and back at the
same time) reminded me of Picasso's cubist fracturing of space. Taking their titles from his
famous Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, the current series explores ambiguous spaces through a
drawing process that evolves intuitively. As the work progresses back in my studio, I include
pieces from my past (older artwork) or the art historical past (Degas's Dancer or a corner from a
Velasquez painting) to further expand the symbolic narrative, adding a sense of mystery that
seems to reveal something about the nude before us. Their bodies are expressive, in positions
that are powerful, vulnerable, or poised, which alludes to their unique personas and emotional
states.
While the drawings take cues from the still life and portrait genres, in the end they are also
about formal issues: the play of dramatic light across skin and muscle, or an open passage of
white countered by patterns of pen marks as shadows moving across a face or thigh.
30 Bob Cronk
Traditional & Contemporary Artist
434-979-0589
bobcronkart.com
My studio is located in Albemarle County where I have been a resident since 1987. I am a
member of the Piedmont Council of the Arts, the Scottsville, Va. chamber of commerce, and a
Signature member of the International Society of Acrylic Painters based in California. I studied
at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine arts, Philadelphia, Pa.
My primary medium is acrylic on canvas and panels. Other works are completed in graphite and
pen & ink. Traditional and contemporary pieces can range in size from miniatures to murals.
Besides fine art I’ve worked as an illustrator for printing and corporate firms. I’ve owned a sign
business and was able to use my talents during my twenty five years at UVA and JMU
universities.
31 Candida Franklin
Spirit Girl
434-202-8589
[email protected]
www.spiritgirldesign.etsy.com
Spirit Girl is my registered trademark for my jewelry line. I create kind, cool,
contemporary necklaces for women who live outside of the lines. They are bold, beautiful and
made from semi
precious stones and charms. Most stones have ancient myths of healing,
protection and unity.
I am also an Abstract Expressionist painter. I paint because it gives honor to my life and
it seems like I have always been a painter. I like to express the feelings of nature, the light,
kindness, and hope with a sense of humor at times. This world can be so funny.
My inspiration comes from people who live outside of the lines. That is why I created
Spirit Girl. These are women who are bold, brave, risk takers, not always winners, but stay in
the game and keep fighting. Living is hard and I strive to inspire and support when I can.
I am also inspired by just looking around at the light, animals, plants, and all things that grow. It
can be so beautiful. My goal is to capture that on canvas but to do it from inside of me and
leave space for interpretation. My work is a conversation. That is where I am comfortable.
Getting to the heart of what matters to us all.
32 Cary Oliva
www.bycary.com
https://www.etsy.com/shop/ByCary?section_id=5365784&ref=shopsection_leftnav_1
https://www.facebook.com/ByCary-119667401003/?ref=hl
1012 Locust Lane
Charlottesville, VA 22901 (no public hours)
A love of photography inspired me to learn about some alternative techniques, specifically with
Polaroid photography, which enables me to turn mundane imagery into more ethereal and
interesting subjects by creating transfers & emulsion lifts with their rough edges and fresco-like
colors.
I am drawn to old things and studying the way things used to be done and so through this
process I get to experiment with the way the chemicals from the old peel-apart film work and
transform when put down on a piece of watercolor paper before the final print develops. I
really enjoy telling people these pieces are actual photographs and watching their surprise.
33 Catherine (Cat) Maguire
434-906-3040
[email protected]
Studio 20 McGuffey Art Center
201 2nd Street NW
The Articulate Body: Ongoing contemporary movement classes focusing on finding access to
the mover's full range of expression and fostering an articulate, dynamic and moving body.
Catherine (Cat) Maguire is a movement educator, dance artist, Certified Movement
Analyst, and Registered Somatic Movement Educator, teaching in the Charlottesville area and
at the University of Maryland and internationally for the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of
Movement Studies (LIMS). After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Wesleyan University with
honors in dance and psychology, Maguire earned a Certified Movement Analyst (CMA) degree
with LIMS in New York City. For the next eight years, she was the artistic director of Offspring
Dance Company in New York City and the founder and head of the dance program at Drew
University in Madison, NJ. While executive director of Piedmont Council of the Arts in
Charlottesville, Maguire continued to teach, choreograph and perform throughout Central
Virginia and internationally. From 2003 to 2010, Maguire was assistant professor of dance at
Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC), where she was an integral part of the
development and implementation of the associate’s degree in dance, the only one of its kind in
the Virginia Community College System. Currently Maguire teaches group classes and individual
sessions designed to foster self expression, body connectivity and transformation through
movement.
34 Charles W. Peale
434-293-3394
[email protected]
Associate Member at McGuffey Art Center
A fascination with vintage photographs and magazine images serve as my inspiration for the
collages that I produce. Using photographic fragments, human and animal figures, texture and
torn paper, I develop and intensify a created scene within the edges of the composition that
speaks of emotion and uncertainty.
35 Chee Kludt Ricketts
Chee Kludt Ricketts, Paintings
434-985-4051
[email protected]
www.cheekludtricketts.com
My paintings navigate between reality and interpreted vision, creating impressionistic scenes of
subtle tension. Saturated color and intense values make the ordinary extraordinary, be it an
object on a table, a flower in the garden, or a figure in an open field. My approach is both
spontaneous and controlled, where quick brushwork, washes, and manipulated light are
countered by passages of precise rendering. Evoking the essence of the familiar, I seek to
transport the viewer to a heightened appreciation of the ephemeral moments in time.
36 Christen Yates
[email protected]
christenyates.com
Charlottesville, VA
My paintings explore our relationship with agrarian landscapes and livestock. How do we
maintain our humanity through connections with land and livestock as we interact with them
less and less? How can their dignity, and thus our own, be maintained? Through loose and
suggestive strokes in oil and watercolor, my work seeks to create small moments of wonder
between ourselves and the landscapes and livestock just beyond our daily purview.
37 Christy Baker
434-227-6675
[email protected]
http://pigmentcolordesign.com/
1229 Harris St. #13, 22903
Mon-Fri 9-5 and by appointment
Christy Baker is a Charlottesville-based artist and designer. Ms. Baker specializes in
client-specific projects ranging from exterior murals, trompe l'oeil, faux finishes, signs and
furniture painting. Trained at Pratt Institute in New York City, she has lived and worked in
Charlottesville for over a decade. Through her custom, artistic finishes, Ms. Baker partners with
clients (private and commercial) to create an avenue of visual communication, which enhances
the day-to-day experience of the living and working environment. She also offers color
consultation for home and business.
38 Cynthia Burke
[email protected]
studioburke.com
McGuffey Art Center - visitors welcome
My oils have explored the animal world for many years. Often including a decorative element ,
they harken back to paintings of the early Dutch masters.
39 Donald G. Loach
434-296-6782
[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/donald.loach?fref=ts
104 Meadowbook Ct
Donald Loach is Associate Professor Emeritus of Music at the University of Virginia. Since
retiring he continued to teach for ten years one mini-course each semester through the School
of Continuing and Professional Studies. Currently he teaches mini-courses through the Osher
Lifelong Learning Institute. After receiving a B. A. at the University of Denver, he went on to
Yale to study with Paul Hindemith and earn a Master of Music degree, and to the University of
California, Berkeley to received his PhD in Musicology. He came to the University in 1964 to
teach courses in music history and theory, to conduct the University Glee Club, and
subsequently to direct the University Singers. He also served for many years as Music Director
of the Oratorio Society and of St. Paul’s Memorial Church, and as a board member of the
Piedmont Council for the Arts. Currently, he is associated with the board of the Oratorio
Society of Virginia and a member of the board of The Alumni and Friends of the Virginia Glee
Club.
40 Donna Manfredi Redmond
[email protected]
http://bluehighwaygallery.com/
I have been making art all of my life, and have experimented with many different forms.
I prefer to paint with oils on canvas. The long drying time of oil paint allows me to work slowly,
and gives me time to contemplate my next steps. This medium is very forgiving. If I don’t like
the way it’s going, I have plenty of time to make changes.
My oil paintings are usually realistic, sometimes more than others, but they are all based on an
image that is familiar to me. I use paint in layers, allowing one layer to dry before starting the
next one. By using transparent or translucent pigments, I can create a deep color or a texture
by letting the underpainting show through.
With watercolor I work faster, as these are usually sketches for reference or to test my idea for
an oil painting. I do collages as a more playful exercise. I use things I’ve collected and compose
the image to illustrate things that are meaningful to me.
Ultimately, I make art for the pleasure in the making, and I show art for the pleasure in the
sharing.
41 Elaine Butcher
Elaine B Jewelry
434-227-7628
[email protected]
www.elainebjewelry.com
www.facebook.com/elainebjewelry
instagram @elainebjewelry
Airy, cleaver objects are the foundation of my jewelry line. Geometric inspired and
classically made, each piece is perfect for the sophisticated woman with a modern edge.
Each piece is handmade in my studio from sterling silver, goldfill, 14k gold, and a variety
of natural stones. I love conscious design and strive to make each piece effortless to wear and
intentional in function.
42 Erin Chilton
[email protected]
www.erinchilton.com
I am a graphic designer, illustrator, and artist in Charlottesville, Virginia. I enjoy doing different
types of art, both traditional and digital. I have done oil and watercolor paintings, linoleum
prints, and pictures using Photoshop and Corel Painter. I especially like depicting animals and
people, including old Hollywood actors and musicians.
43 Eve Watters
434-823-8600
[email protected]
www.evewatters.com
Eve’s been a performing singer, storyteller and multi-instrumentalist for decades, a student of
world traditions forever. From the National Cathedral to the Australian bush and beyond, her
performances reflect that lifelong adventure with powerful simplicity, each show tailored
improvisationally to its setting. A passionate tradition-keeper, she has toured throughout
Virginia, around the US, and abroad, and pioneered University of Virginia Health System’s
program of therapeutic music at patients’ bedsides.
Programs are informal and natural, crafted with harp and voice, along with banjo, Native
American flute, concertina, autoharp, or dulcimer, with an extensive repertoire of enchanting
tales, and songs in a dozen languages, plus legend, lore, and lots of glorious harp music.
Eve's mixed-media/calligraphic works on paper and textiles also spring from this journey. She
spends equal time making visual art, focusing recently on small wall pieces and pocket shrines.
Her pieces often incorporate vintage papers and found poetry, and reflect real-world and
imagined travels.
“When Eve Watters plays the harp, the willows weep. When she sings, the fishes dance. And
when she tells stories, people beg for more."
MidAtlantic Storytellers Conference
44 Ginger McCarthy
[email protected]
http://www.gingermccarthy.com
http://www.twitter.com/gingermccarthy
Ginger is a print and broadcast journalist with WTJU 91.1 FM in Charlottesville / 102.9 FM in
Richmond, and streaming on
wtju.net
, the listener-supported community radio station at the
University of Virginia, where she produced Children’s Radio Workshops, the Natural History
Note, Grounds for Health, and Kid’n Kaboodle, and is currently a co-host for the international
music program, “World Turning.” She is also involved in theater arts in central Virginia as an
actor, director, and producer; and is a longtime member of the Playwright's Lab at Live Arts.
45 Yours, with ghosts drawn on my back III
Photo: Scott Smith
J.M. Henry
[email protected]
http://jmhenryart.com
46 Cosmic Turtle, Colored pencil drawing, 36” x 53”, 2014.
Jane Skafte
434-589-3283
[email protected]
janeskafte.com
Kents Store, VA 23084 (Fluvanna County)
After several years of exploring nonobjective geometric compositions in watercolor, I have
returned to my true artistic roots: describing my surroundings through pencil drawings.
My current work concentrates on abstractions inspired by my long fascination with land-fault
diagrams which attempt to illustrate the way the world would appear if seen in cross-section. I
create imaginary landscapes by looking at schematics, aerial views, weather maps and scientific
illustration, all of which rely on symbolism more than observation, and I manipulate them to
make intentional distortions in proportion. For instance, chunks of the earth’s mantle are made
to appear as small as hand-held rocks, while simultaneously showing detail at a scale which
seems to switch from an aerial perspective seen from space, to views seen from a low flying
glider. I am currently incorporating other elements to intersect with these natural symbols such
as old maps, mythological icons and folklore. They push tectonic boundaries that imply modern
architectural construction as well as microcosmic structural relationships. The control and
refinement of my chosen color pencil and watercolor medium produces a flowing net of
angular shapes that is intended to be both soothing and disturbing.
My compositions invite the viewer to observe earth changes with a detached view of the
ongoing climate catastrophe, and also as metaphor (“sea change”). The landscape is
deconstructed insofar as meaning is shifted and possible interpretation becomes multifaceted.
By exploring the idea of landscape rather than a physical observed landscape, I develop forms
that do not follow logical criteria, but are based on my subjective associations and formal
parallels, which hopefully incite the viewer to make new intuitive associations.
47 John A. Hancock
I am an artist, an artist/educator, and a community arts administrator,
volunteer, and consultant.
434-939-7445
http://johnahancock.com
https://visualasides.wordpress.com
[email protected]
I make image-objects: large, installation size drawings on mylar as well as paintings on
paper or panels. Starting from direct observation, I edit and overlay organic and geometric
passages to interrupt realism with abstraction, disrupting the conventions of landscape, still
life, and portraiture.
Each drawing/painting is a tentative integration, a structured space where details from
nature may intersect with grand, pastoral, intimate, or unexpected views of nature—or with
images based on family memory or history. With the combination of literal, fragmented, and/or
abstracted images, my work resists the perfection of closure; but the harmonics of composition
and color knit the imagery together.
In the end, I am a classicist. Working with the layered realities of perception and
personal/natural history, my work is a complex and imperfect poesis. Always a bit unstable and
idiosyncratic; it ultimately strives to be essential and intrinsically humane.
48 John Randall Younger
434-977-8816
[email protected]
johnrandallyounger.com P.O. Box 428 Ivy, VA 22945
John Randall Younger has been recognized by the Butler Institute in Youngstown, Ohio with the
Allied Artists of America Award. He has received the Jury’s Selection recognition two times in
the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. He has
also received several awards from the Peninsula Fine art Center in Newport News, Virginia. In
addition to participating in prestigious exhibitions nationally and internationally, his work is in
the collection of many regional companies and many private collections, including those of John
Grisham, Peter Pulitzer and Giovanni Ribisi.
49 Altarpiece for a Sibling
,
2015.
Judith Pratt
[email protected]
www.judithmpratt.com
www.facebook.com/judithmpratt
studio visits available by appointment
My mixed media installations take the age-old genre of the altarpiece and transform it
into a contemporary platform for today’s socio-political issues. An altarpiece is defined as a
work of art, such as a painting, sculpture, or installation, whose subject matter invites the
viewer to reflect on topical issues. For example, urban violence, worker’s rights, women’s
rights, immigration, and incarceration take on renewed significance when experienced through
the visual and conceptual lens of the updated altarpieces.
One altarpiece may reference victims who experience violence through military combat,
police brutality, domestic cruelty, or discrimination. Another altarpiece may reference the
immigrant labor force that works anonymously under adverse conditions without benefit of a
living wage. Or still another altarpiece may speak to the complex issues of interactions that
arise within families, contradicting the ideal notion of family as sanctuary. Ultimately, each
altarpiece offers the viewer an opportunity to consider a relevant cultural theme from an
updated perspective.
The altarpieces measure 7’h x 6’w x 3’d. Materials include digital print collage, fabric,
aluminum, wood, Mylar, synthetic polymer paint, graphite, wire mesh, tools, and pedestals.
Each altarpiece consists of a wall-mounted backdrop, a tabletop with artifacts, and a pedestal.
Within this basic compositional device, each altarpiece presents a specific socio-political theme
that conjures multiple interpretations based on each viewer’s point of view. The viewer’s
participation to decode the themes, motifs, and references within each altarpiece is key.
50 Karen Blair
804-754-6242
[email protected]
www.karenblairartist.com
6107 Jarmans Gap Road, Crozet, VA 22932
open by appointment
Karen Blair paintings are in many private and public collections throughout The United
States. Her lively, colorful landscapes range from representational to abstract. She is
represented by Les Yeux du Monde Gallery in Charlottesville, VA, Page Bond Gallery in
Richmond, VA and Bunny Williams Home in The Fine Arts Building, NYC.
51 Kathleen Craig
[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/Kathleencraigpainter
www.facebook.com/Kathleencraigpainter If you’re going to be an abstract painter you have to be willing to think about yourself a lot.
Having to do without other subject matter, you must accept and encourage your own habits,
and your feelings about what you are looking at, that is, the rectangle you hope will look good
when you are done with it. For example, when I work on a figurative painting I have a habit of
focusing on one bottle, or rose, or rock at a time instead of seeing the painting as a whole. I
have to correct this habit when painting figuratively. When I paint more abstractly the problem
is removed with the subject matter. The whole painting becomes the image, and I can play with
color, form and texture, action and stillness, transparency and solidity across and around the
entire rectangle. On the other hand, I notice that I haven’t been able, nor do I now wish, to lose
the relationship of figure and ground. I have missed drawing, however, and I am glad I have
brought representative painting back into my studio. I hope that my play with abstract
composition will enhance my efforts in that direction.
My favorite dead painter is Giorgio Morandi. My favorite living one, at the moment, is Thomas
Nozkowski. Favorite quotation: “I think a perfect circle isn’t half as interesting as the best circle
you can draw. That’s your circle.” Thomas Nozkowski
52 Unfurling ferns, watercolor on paper, 2015.
Lara Call Gastinger
434-242-3095
[email protected]
laracallgastinger.com
instagram.com/laragastinger
Lara Call Gastinger is a botanical artist and illustrator in Charlottesville, Virginia. She was the
chief illustrator for the Flora of Virginia Project after she received her master’s degree from
Virginia Tech in Plant Ecology. She was awarded a gold medal at the Royal Horticultural Society
garden show in London and her work has been in several ASBA traveling exhibits and catalogs.
Her painting was accepted into the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation and she is
represented by Susan Frei Nathan’s Fine Works on Paper. Her work can be followed at
instagram.com/laragastinger/
.
The subjects of her art come from the natural world and reveal detailed evidence of change,
decay, and processes that occur in nature. She strives to make a plant portrait in such a way
that it reveals its character and uniqueness. Her focus is on the small details in nature, down to
the small venations in leaves, which hopefully inspires others to look deeper and pause a bit
longer.
53 Lee Christmas Halstead
[email protected]
www.leehalstead.com
McGuffey Art Center, Studio 12
I enjoy painting from life as it challenges me to keenly observe and to be in the
moment. When painting a landscape or a still life there is constant change. The light changes
every second. The wind blows the clouds across the sky and bends the trees and grasses.
Even a still life does not remain constant if it contains natural objects, flowers and fruits. It is
up to me to balance the act of careful observation with capturing a particular moment in
time and the feeling of that moment. It is this balance of finding stillness in the transitory that
extends far beyond the fabric of the canvas, informing my personal philosophy.
54 Lee Nixon
I am an artist educator
I work in the following areas...
visual
arts education
[email protected]
http://lee-nixon.artistwebsites.com
Orange, Virginia 22960
I am passionate about painting landscapes on location and in the studio.
The purpose of my impressionist paintings is to reflect a need, care, and reverence for a
serene earth, and the desire to share it with the viewer through color, pattern, and texture.
I work primarily in acrylics for their versatility and compatibility with other media. Numerous
glazes are employed to represent the color of light, atmospheric conditions, and to produce a
luminous quality.
55 Mark A. Collins
[email protected]
www.MarkCollinsFineArt.com
Studio not open to the public
Mark Collins has been painting professionally since 1996. His transparent watercolors are
widely recognized for their abundant detail, dramatic lighting, palpable texture, and luminous
color. His respect for and love of nature are reflected in his animal paintings and intimate
landscapes, paintings that encourage careful examination of the natural world and thoughtful
stewardship of the earth. Many of his paintings depict the the flora and fauna of the
Appalachian Mountains and countryside surrounding his home and studio in Charlottesville,
Virginia. Other works explore encounters from travels throughout the world, with a particular
emphasis on the animals of Africa. Collins is passionate about presenting quality work. He
dedicates himself to a thorough and exact investigation of each subject. Articles on his work
have been featured in
The Artist’s Magazine
(November 2003) and
American Artist's
Watercolor Magazine
(Fall 1997 and Summer 2006). His bird paintings have twice been
included in the internationally recognized
Birds in Art
exhibit at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson
Museum in Wisconsin. Recently his work has been included in two series published by North
Light Books:
Splash 17: Watercolor Breakthroughs
(2016) and
Acrylic Works 2 (2015)
. Collins
holds Signature memberships in the
National Watercolor Society
,
Virginia Watercolor Society

,
Watercolor West
(for transparent watercolors only)
and
The Society of Animal Artists
.
Although Collins paints primarily in watercolor, he also works in oil and acrylic. He hold an
annual Open Studio at his home.
56 Martha Keith
434-242-7147
[email protected]
Martha Keith Bespoke
https://www.facebook.com/Martha-Keith-personal-adornment-in-metals-111393032206540/?f
ref=ts
Studio visits by appointment
As a jewelry designer and metalsmith specializing in commissioned jewelry, I work one-on-one
with individuals, either in my Charlottesville studio or remotely, to help draw out the
one-of-a-kind fine jewelry design that carries unique meaning just for them. Whether re-using
materials from my clients' collection, like gold and stones from an old ring, or sourcing a
particular stone that resonates, I fill each piece with meaning for the wearer. In my design
process, I help my clients bring to light what's on the periphery of their own awareness, and
then translate that into physical, wearable, cherishable form. In the last 20 years of making, it’s
been my honor to help celebrate and honor landmarks in my clients’ lives, whether a union, a
birth, a passing of a loved one, or a new chapter in one’s own life. Telling another's story
through the design and making of an heirloom piece of jewelry, and helping them tease out
what that story is, fuels my creativity.
57 Mary Jane Nichols Check
[email protected]
www.maryjanenichols.com
Mary Jane Check is an oil painter specializing in commission work, most notably animal
portraits and landscapes. She grew up in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and holds a BA from
Hamilton College in New York State with a major in studio art. After living in New York City for
11 years she moved to Charlottesville, Virginia in 2013. Mary Jane now lives and works in the
Belmont neighborhood with her husband and daughter.
58 Mary Motley Kalergis
[email protected]
www.mmkphoto.com
Mary Motley Kalergis is an author, photographer and interviewer, whose work bears witness to
the bonds that connect individuals, families, and communities.
Her published books include
Giving Birth
(Harper & Row),

Mother: A Collective Portrai
t
(E.P.
Dutton),
Home of the Brave
(E.P. Dutton),

With This Ring: A Portrait of Marriage
(The Chrysler
Museum of Art),
Seen and Heard: Teenagers Talk About Their Lives
(Stewart, Tabori, & Chang),

Charlottesville Portrait
(Howell Press),
Love In Black & White

(Dafina Books, Kensington
Publishing) and
Considering Adoption
(
Atelerix Press.)
Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries internationally, including The
Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC; The Burden Gallery and the International Center of
Photography in NYC; The Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia; The Virginia Museum of
Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia; the Southeast Museum of Photography in Daytona Beach,
Florida; The San Antonio Museum of Art;, The Field Museum of Chicago; the Museum Fur
Photographie in Stuttgart, Germany and the Diaframa Kodak Galleria in Milan, Italy.
59 McCrea Snyder Kudravetz
Photographic Grid Collages
434-973-1230, 434-953-5075
[email protected]
[email protected]
P.O. Box 162, Earlysville, Virginia 22936
I am the one who lags behind, focusing on the details, making photographs. A closely observed
detail can sum up the essence of a place or plant or person; I want to capture the fascinating
small bits.
As a painter who makes photographs, I’m also collecting interesting textures, patterns and
colors to arrange. After one’s eye takes in the overall abstract pattern of the collage, made
from dozens of photographs, the individual pieces of the kaleidoscopic puzzle invite closer
scrutiny.
To prevent my collages from becoming too visually static, I prefer to use many different
photographs – which might vary ever so slightly – of the same detail. Minute variations engage
the eye more than rote repetition. In other words, an eighty-one square collage is made from
eighty-one different photographs.
My goal is that my grid collages add up to more than the sum of their individual parts.
McCrea Snyder Kudravetz graduated from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College (now Randolph
College) in 1969, A.B., Phi Beta Kappa, with a major in Art. She was one of the original renting
members of the McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA, in 1975, and is presently an Associate
Member. She is comfortable in a variety of media, including painting, drawing, fiber and
calligraphy. Ms. Kudravetz, who has work in many public and private collections, lives in
Albemarle County, Virginia, and maintains a studio in downtown Charlottesville.
60 Michael Bednar
sculptor
[email protected]
bednar.artspan.com
1201 E. Jefferson St.
NO.1 - All sculpture involves the shaping of space within the piece and its context. As such it
induces you to experience these spaces by movement around the piece. This makes the piece
come alive as viewpoints change. A static entity becomes animated. It may also induce one to
occupy the piece by vicariously entering its interior spaces. Thus, I am interested in
expressing spatial concepts based on words; close, far, adjacent, above, below, etc. This can
be done using geometric planar forms or volumes.
NO. 2 - All sculpture also involves the shaping of light, primarily natural light in all of its
nuances and gradations. Natural light makes a static piece animated as it changes
appearance throughout the day. The shadows are part of the sculpture falling on the ground,
context or the piece itself.
NO. 3 – All sculpture also relates to human scale which is the measure of all experience.
Whether larger, smaller or the same size as the human figure, we imbue sculpture with our
anthropomorphic attitude. Regarding space and light, sculpture is like architecture except it
has no utilitarian function. It also does not have to abide by the human scale of occupation.
NO. 4 – All sculpture is made of materials each of which has its own properties of strength,
color and texture. Each material is shaped using tools which leave their marks. The materials
are assembled through gravity, welding, bolting or other forms of joining to create additive
pieces. The materials can be left in their natural state, finished for texture and pattern or
coated to provide a surface finish.
61 Michelle Nevarr
[email protected]
michellenevarr.com
A lifelong artist in every sense, I am ever inspired by the peaceful magnificence of
nature. I am grateful to live in beautiful central Virginia, at the foothills of the Blue Ridge
Mountains, an ever changing source of material for my art. I paint primarily in acrylic, oil and
pastel, draw, practice calligraphy, write, act, direct theatre, study violin and share my love of
some of these things through teaching.
At the beginning of every art class that I teach, whether to children or adults, I remind
the students to ”Make it Yours.” My teaching philosophy is to encourage each student to find
their own voice for self-expression. While we all may be drawing the same still life, each of us
will bring to it our own eyes, life experiences and creative thought. An artist’s true expression
can only come from finding his or her own way of approaching a piece, using all of the senses,
and applying their unique artistic ability to show the world their vision. It is always an honor to
witness this process.
62 The Quiet Trees oil on panel 30" x 40" x 2"
Nancy Bass
434-981-4907 [email protected]
www.nancybassartist.com
Nancy Bass Fine Art
The Studio at Anchorage
2246 Farm Vista Rd
open by appointment
My paintings reference classical themes from Renaissance paintings, dreams, and fairy tales.
The backgrounds in my work are abstracted fields of colors that reflect the sensibility of each
painting and the colors of the depicted animals and elements. The juxtaposition of realism and
abstraction heightens the viewer’s engagement with the animals and seeks to place these
paintings into the contemporary genre of animal painting.
My animals become iconic symbols of a world currently examining the humane treatment of
farm animals and increasing environmental concerns. My paintings highlight the beauty and
innocence of animals and seek to engage the viewer with their individuality and humanity.
63 Nancy Ross
434-973-6846
[email protected]
www.nancyrosspottery.com
Not open to public
The first time I watched a pot being thrown on a potter’s wheel was a life-altering moment.
Now over 40 years later, I am still fascinated by the magic of the clay itself and thrive on the
potential inherent in the material. My work is rooted in function. The forms are simple; the
glazes are layered blues, greens and earth tones. I am inspired by the natural world and the
mountains and vistas surrounding my home in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I work in several
directions, all starting with wheel-thrown pieces that are altered at various stages, some with
sculptural additions or surface treatments. I enjoy sharing my love of clay as the ceramics
instructor at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, at PVCC in Charlottesville, and at City Clay
Charlottesville.
64 "Jacob's Ladder" 52x20x18 and the materials: cement, river rocks, copper and glass.
Ninni Baeckstrom
434-882-1589
[email protected]
www.ninnibaeckstrom.com The Mcguffey Art Center Studio #22 by appointment
Ninni Baeckström’s cement and mosaic sculptures explore the relationship between the
spiritual and the physical. The symbolic forms, often elongated, tugs at the veil between the
conscious and the unconscious. The female figure, the spiral, and the vessel, all archetypal
images, reoccur in Ninni’s work. Their gestures reach upward, weighty, yet delicate and
transcendental.
Ninni works in layers of welded steel, carved Styrofoam, molded cement, and mosaics.
Cement embodies the primitive, timeless quality of her imagery while the final layer mosaic
gives the work a sophistication and detail. It propels the viewer across time and culture.
65 The Mystery, oil on linen panel, 16x20”
Patricia S. Gordon
[email protected]
www.patriciasgordon.com
https://www.facebook.com/Patricia-S-Gordon-Fine-Art-178809128799691/timeline/
My work is an expression of my emotions, sensed and reflected in my surrounding
environment. Inspired by the visions of tonalist painters, both contemporary and historical, I
follow an intuitive process, working with layers of oil paint and glazing, to move beyond the
physical manifestation of reality to portray the essential elements emanating from the rural
landscape. There is an underlying sense of awe and wonder guiding me through this process
and leading me into places I have seen, felt and remember. My work is a juxtaposition of a
world that exists and is visible with one which I create from imagination, process, and yearning
for that which cannot be seen.
Raised in Virginia, I grew up in Waynesboro and graduated from the College of William
and Mary with a degree in Art History, but my passion, from childhood and beyond, has always
been drawing and painting. I currently split my time between homes in New Hampshire and
Charlottesville, and my work is regularly exhibited at the Kennedy Gallery in Portsmouth, New
Hampshire.
66 Paul Reisler
[email protected]
http://www.KidPanAlley.org
http://www.paulreisler.com
https://www.facebook.com/kidpan
Paul Reisler is a composer, songwriter, recording artists, performer and teacher.
He is the founder and artistic director of Kid Pan Alley, co-founder of Trapezoid, as well
as his current bands, Paul Reisler & A Thousand Questions featuring Howard Levy, and Three
Good Reasons. Over the past 40 years, he has performed in over 3,000 concerts, recorded close
to three-dozen albums, written Aesop’s Fables for Orchestra and Narrator, as well as the script
and songs for a new musical entitled Bouncin’. He’s has written more songs than the Beatles,
Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Stephen Foster combined—somewhere north of 3,500
compositions.
And, he’s probably had more than enough collaborators to make it into the Guinness
Book of World records—approaching 40,000 and counting (though he’s lost count). He’s
written songs with tens of thousands of children through his Kid Pan Alley project and he’s
written songs with a bunch of Grammy winning songwriters.
Artists including Sissy Spacek, Raul Malo, Darrell Scott, Cracker, Corey Harris, Jesse
Winchester and many others have recorded some of his songs.He’s one of the most popular
songwriting teachers in the country and has taught at workshops and songwriting schools
including Rocky Mountain Song School, Utah Song School, New Song Academy, Swannanoa
Gathering, Augusta Workshop, Hollyhock, Kerrville, NSAI, Songcamp in the Mountains, Puget
Sound Guitar Workshop, Berklee College of Music, University of the Pacific, and Moulin a Nef
(France).
67 Peter Allen
434-589-3283
[email protected]
peterallenartwork.com
Kents Store, VA (Fluvanna County)
As an artist I combine imagery and poetry, but not in the conventional way of
illustration. I explore layers of meaning through relatively simple images, combined with poetry
that become part of the visual experience to communicate complicated, subtle concepts. As a
poet, I investigate layered meanings using contranyms such as screen (to reveal, to hide); dust
(to cover with particles, to remove particles) where the word contains its own contradiction.
The simultaneity of opposites provide tension, as in the optical illusion "Rubin's Vase”:
concurrently a vase, and profiles of two faces gazing at one another. Text functions
meaningfully as narrative, but also as a visual device, relying on (and challenging) assumptions
we bring, as we expect text to be read sequentially from left to right.
In “Zoetrope”, a poem is sliced in half vertically, with the first half placed at the right,
and the second half is placed at the left. The poem could be connected if one were to join the
panels end to end in either direction, with the drawing and poem facing either inside or outside
the cylinder, giving the experience that the viewer is simultaneously inside and outside the
container. Time/space is also revealed to be a relative entity, meted out in discrete units as in a
projected film– in this case, repeating images of people riding a train– and the viewer’s
perceptual shift is simultaneously inside and outside the train.
In my recent work I continue to deconstruct language, perception, and belief systems.
68 "Line Up"
Randy Bill
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randybill.com
700 Harris St Suite 104, Charlottesville, Va 22903
Monday-Thursday 12-6:00, Friday 12-5:00, Saturday 10-5:00, Sunday 12-5:00
I work with chance. The objects I find, the marks I make, and the happy accidents that occur in
process are a direct result of chance encounters. My first love is the creative process, a journey
of the mind; a process I have grown to trust. My filter consists of a strong preference for the
graphic mark and elegant form with a strong orientation toward organizing and editing. My
explorations have taken me into sculptural constructions I call
Stack, SpinOffs
, and most
recently
Call and Response
. I go back and forth between sculpture and the making of pots. This
counter point of opposites has the effect of cleansing the creative palate and allowing for new
influences and inspirations to occur.
Randy is the owner of City Clay, a working and teaching studio in downtown Charlottesville.
Randy received her BFA from Virginia Commonwealth.
69 Rob Browning
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robbrowningart.com
70 Steven Wolf
434-260-9811
[email protected]
www.stevenhwolf.com
I hope my paintings reflect a deep interest and passion for my favorite subject matter: trees.
The tree images in my paintings usually involve a high contrast, dramatic light source that
tends to "sculpt" the image in a kind of chiaroscuro-ish handling of form.
There is a high degree of stylizing in my work, ie. deleting extraneous visual information,
manipulating the colors, and harmonizing the various visual elements. The overall result
being a kind of simplification and even severity.
71 William Vollrath
Poet, poetry workshop instructor, open mic MC
312-301-8313
[email protected]
William Vollrath was born and raised in central Ohio where he earned his Bachelor’s
degree from Wittenberg University and his Masters in Journalism from The Ohio State
University. After two college degrees, brief stints as a freshman English instructor,
gravedigger, real estate appraiser, substitute teacher and bartender, plus some thirty years in
advertising and financial services, he began to seriously focus on his poetic expressions.
More recently, William retired to beautiful and historic Charlottesville, Virginia. In addition
to writing (when the muse chooses to speaks to him) William stays busy playing baritone
horn in a Charlottesville concert band, taking courses at the University of Virginia, searching
for good fishing holes and staying connected with local and state politicians whom seem in
need of a little direction.
William’s poetry tends to be condensed, but multi-layered, and often contains elements
of philosophy, spirituality or humor. He has been published in a variety of journals,
anthologies, e-zines and websites including: The Prairie Light Review, Rockford Review,
Highland Park Poetry Muses’ Gallery, Your Daily Poem, Voices on the Wind, Echo, Eye on Life,
Live Poets Society, Om Times and an Illinois State Poetry Society Anthology. Awards include:
Chicago’s Poets and Patrons contest free verse and humorous categories, Highland Park
Poetry’s Bus Lines contest and Ohio Poetry Day’s literary figure category. William has helped
conduct the state poetry association annual contests in both Illinois and Virginia, and has
published two chapbooks of poetry “Neon Windows” and “Make Mine Rare.”
Taking My Dog Fishing
sparkling sun, champagne air
lure us away from
Matt, Al and Willie
from doggie naps
by the back screen door
clear water at the county park
begs for our presence
for our absolute focus
on the shimmering movements
gliding just beneath
an hypnotic, mirrored surface
we are firmly hooked
by this calm, nourishing
exquisite gift of nature
but with innate wisdom
the nearly translucent bass
72 refuse to be similarly lured
by our perfectly presented
purple, latex worm
or the eager barks
of a joyous old dog
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