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July 2011
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Watercolors by Sheri Chaffin may be seen through July 15 at
The Arts Depot, Abingdon, Va. Shown is her “Midday Reflections.”
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EXHIBITS (continued)
for an exhibit of photography by Monica
Hoel, Alumni Director at Emory and Henry
College. Barry Faust and the Terraplane
Drifters from Knoxville, Tenn. will play
Delta Blues at 6 p.m. 276-759-3890, www.
appalachianspiritgallery.com
• JULY 8-AUG. 11: Fine art photography
by Susi Lawson of Wytheville, Va., will
be in The Black Rooster Gallery at the
General Francis Marion Hotel, Marion, Va.
Lawson has developed DVDs about using
Photoshop to creatively edit photographs
and/or convert them to fine art portraits.
in conjunction with her exhibit, Lawson
will offer a hands-on workshop, “Portrait
Impact,” July 16 from 1-6 p.m. $200
(includes DVD and Lawson’s Kodak Grand
Prize-winning book Simple Wisdom which
showcases her portraits and thoughts).
Lawson has won other honors, including the
2007 Grand Prize in the National Association
of Photoshop Professionals, and she writes
for AfterCapture, Digital Photographer, and
Photoshop Creative magazines. 276-783-4800, www.susilawson.com
• Closing JULY 10: “Goya, Dali,
Warhol: Masterpieces of World Art
from the Virginia Museum of Fine
Arts” will conclude with a lecture entitled
“The Classical World” at 2 p.m. July
10 at William King Museum, Abingdon,
Va. Elizabeth Cantile, Arts in Education
Coordinator from the Virginia Commission
for the Arts, will discuss how Western culture
has been heavily influenced by Greco-Roman
civilization. This lecture will present an
introduction on the influences of the classical
world on Western art through stories and
Fine art photographer Susi Lawson
will offer a “Portrait Impact”
workshop July 16 in The Black
Rooster Gallery at the General Francis
Marion Hotel, Marion, Va. Shown
is “Urban Mike” by Lawson.
objects both past and present. 276-628-5005,
www.williamkingmuseum.org
• Closing JULY 15: Three exhibits are
closing at The Arts Depot, Abingdon,
Va. In the Special Exhibits Gallery is the
Highlands Camera Club Photography
Show. In the Members Showcase Gallery
are the works of Ginny Brennan of Bristol,
Va. (watercolor); two Abingdon artists,
Sheri Chaffin (watercolor) and J.C. Dean
(sculpture, drawing); and Allison Lindler
of Meadowview, Va. (mixed media). In the
Juried Spotlight Gallery is “Having It All”
by Robyn Raines of Cedar Bluff, Va., whose
most recent pieces concentrate on media
that would be considered “woman’s work,”
including sewn garments and embroidery.
276-628-9091, www.abingdonartsdepot.org