Community Calendar

Simone Paterson - ULTRAVIOLET, A Life of Purpose
Olin Gallery: September 8–December 3
Smoyer Gallery: September 8–October 8
Opening Reception September 8, 6-8pm

Artist Talk at 6:30-Smoyer Gallery
"ULTRAVIOLET, A Life of Purpose" is a retrospective exhibition by Simone Paterson, P.h.D., on display in Smoyer Gallery, alongside new works that examine light frequencies in Olin Gallery. Over the past 30 years of practice-led research, Simone's art has undergone significant transformations - from photographic self-portraits in Australia to abstracted landscapes and intricate machine embroideries in America. Through her exploration of the intersection between technology and the human condition, Simone seeks to find meaning in the world around us and from within ourselves, promoting self-awareness and inner peace. Her belief in the power of art to enhance our well-being is showcased throughout the exhibition, which celebrates her personal and artistic journey and her unwavering commitment to purposeful creation.

Born and educated in Australia and living in the American South, Dr. Simone Paterson is an artist who works at the crossroads of creative technologies and crafts. The location of her studio in an old log cabin (Caterdell Cabin) in the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia exerts an influence on her contemporary art production. Simone is an advocate for diversity, difference, and inclusion. Her work acknowledges the historically unpaid, undervalued, and invisible labor of women. Hence her most recent work is embroidery. She believes that the medium of embroidery honors all women who have labored without acknowledgment. With a particular interest in spirituality and how energy flows throughout our bodies and also within machine systems, Simone firmly believes that the making and viewing of art can significantly contribute to our health and well-being. Her hand-stitching workshops, held in the rural mountain area of Appalachia, have an emphasis on healing. Her solo exhibitions with diverse applications of technology and textiles have included showings at A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A., The Taubman Museum of Art, Virginia U.S.A., and a residency at Art Space, Sydney, Australia. She has delivered presentations at the College Art Association in New York and ISEA, South Africa.
Simone received a Ph.D. from The University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, and an M.F.A. from Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney University, New South Wales, Australia. She is a retired Associate Professor and once Chair of Undergraduate Studies in Creative Technologies and Studio at the School of Visual Arts at Virginia Tech.

ULTRAVIOLET, A Life of Purpose is made possible by the Copenhaver Scholar in Residence Grant of Roanoke College.

Image Credit: ULTRAVIOLET, 2023, embroidery on tulle, dimensions variable

The Salem Museum’s highly anticipated Christmas model train set is rolling again, now through January 2024. For the past six years, the Burke family has generously shared their childhood American Flyer model trains with delighted Museum visitors. The layout changes and grows every year. This year, the display has expanded to three tracks, including a new, tiny N-scale train.

The Salem Museum is open Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10 am to 4 pm. Admission is free.

These vintage trains, so popular for the holidays, take visitors back in time to the charming village of “Plasticville,” set in the 1950s and ’60s. In addition to the trains and buildings of all sorts, there’s an interesting cast of little characters playing in the snow. This year, sharp-eyed visitors will discover an array of new surprises. A scavenger hunt will help visitors find all the tiny delights.

This holiday season, 2023, will be the last year for the Burke family train set. The trains will roll through January, 2024, so don’t miss your chance to enjoy this classic—and imaginative—layout. Come once, or come often!

Join us for our Holiday Market at Triple Crossing Fulton on December 3rd and shop gifts, goods, and treats for your loved ones and yourself. Starting at 12pm, we will feature local Richmond artisanal vendors. Enjoy a beer, shop and have fun as you prepare for the holiday season! We are dog friendly & family friendly. We also offer a selection of wine and a full kitchen, with great pizzas!

Markets will continue monthly at Triple Crossing Fulton starting 2024!

Vendors Apply Now at www.artisanmakers.org or here.. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSer2Ow2KO8izXw9_aSmR1bRHVa573pdKrYG1gQM-snfI_6J8w/viewform?usp=sf_link

JOIN US MONTHLY ON SUNDAYS for an Artisan Market at Main Line Brewery! Craft Beer, Live Music, and Local Artisans selling handmade home décor, art, jewelry, candles, apparel, woodworking, dog treats, and more! We are an out-door, open-air market located at one of Scott's Addition's Favorite Breweies! Come out to support our community and shop small on Sundays! Kids are welcome! Pet friendly!

VENDORS APPLY HERE:
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Happens on the following Dates:
Jun 11, 2023, 1:00pm to 5:00pm EDT
Jul 23, 2023, 1:00pm to 5:00pm EDT
Aug 27, 2023, 1:00pm to 5:00pm EDT
Sep 10, 2023, 1:00pm to 5:00pm EDT
Oct 15, 2023, 1:00pm to 5:00pm EDT
Nov 5, 2023, 1:00pm to 5:00pm EDT
Dec 3, 2023, 1:00pm to 5:00pm EDT

Join us for our Artisan Market at Brambly Park! Every Sunday, we'll have Local Artisans selling handmade Home Décor, Art, Jewelry, Apparel, Food Products, and More! We are an outdoor, open-air market located at Brambly Park, an urban winery and oasis located in the northwest corner of Richmond's Scott's Addition neighborhood. BYO Dog to run around the 2 acres of property. Kid Friendly! Come out to support our community!

VENDORS APPLY HERE:
Application for Brambly Market

Or Apply through the website www.artisanmakers.org

Amelia Salisbury and Derek Mueller - Out of Hollow Green Stuff Woven
Smoyer Gallery
November 3-December 3
Opening Reception November 3, 6-8pm

“Out of Hollow Green Stuff Woven” is an exhibition reflecting two artists’ relationship with a place called Wonder Hollow. Their images document and trace the daily edges of weather, chart a pollinator’s carousel, and frame as placemats a dream soup of domestic and land-based rituals and wanderings. Together their works represent fragments of a naïve almanac; composed from a selection of uncollated pictures and page spreads. Many works are paired with textual inflections and micro essayistic filaments of narrative.

Amelia Salisbury’s works move between digital and analog processes, combining collage, paper cutting, illustration, and several types of print. They center on themes of encountering the land as a novice, and regathering the endangered knowledge and traditions of women folk in her familial lineages.

Derek Mueller’s works are digital drawings, composites, and illustrations developed in Procreate. They include maps of abstracted topographies; one, above ground, in a bird’s eye view of the land; another, beneath ground, plotting the mysteries of a homemade creek-fed irrigation system.

UMW Theatre will continue its 2023-24 season with Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, music and lyrics by Tim Minchin and book by Dennis Kelly. This musical tells the story of young Matilda Wormwood who must overcome the neglect of those around her as she navigates the tumultuous process of growing up. The Wormwoods are a spunky family who care more about television and ballroom dancing than their five-year-old daughter. They send Matilda off to school in the hopes that she will be reformed by the brutal Headmistress, Agatha Trunchbull. As Matilda tries to stay afloat, she finds support in her teacher and classmates who all work to overcome the torment of their Headmistress. A lover of books and a natural-born storyteller, Matilda narrates her life and inspires those around her to take a stand. Telling the story through song and dance, this musical explores the nuances of adolescence and the strength found in working together. Performances will be November 2-4, 9-11, & 16-18 at 7:30 p.m., and November 5, 12 & 19 at 2:00 p.m. in Klein Theatre, duPont Hall. Tickets are $5 with a UMW ID. Come to the Klein Theatre Box Office to get your tickets today!

MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY plays December 1 through 17 at Live Arts Theater in downtown Charlottesville. This Jane Austen-inspired sequel by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon takes place two years after the events of Pride and Prejudice and follows middle sister Mary as the heroine. As the Bennet sisters gather for the holidays, an unexpected gentleman arrives, leading Mary to wonder if she’s met her intellectual match and found true love. Visit livearts.org for tickets and information.

The Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia and the UVA University Singers join forces for their annual Family Holiday Concerts on Saturday, December 2, at 7:30pm and Sunday, December 3, at 3:30pm. Michael Slon, director of UVA's premiere vocal ensemble and music director of the Oratorio Society of Virginia, will conduct both performances at Old Cabell Hall on the Grounds of the University of Virginia.

Through the years, these concerts have become an eagerly awaited holiday tradition. This year’s program is brimming with festive favorites for concertgoers young and old: “Carol of the Bells”, Leroy Anderson’s “Sleigh Ride”, “Let It Snow”, excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, “Jingle Bells” and “Hallelujah” from Handel’s Messiah.

The always popular “Twelve Days of Christmas” with hilarious audience participation returns. UVA voice instructor and jazz vocalist Stephanie Nakasian performs “Christmas Time is Here” from A Charlie Brown Christmas and “Where Are You Christmas” from How the Grinch Stole Christmas. And the University Singers will offer several a cappella selections including “O magnum mysterium” by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon.

The Charlottesville Symphony’s 2023-24 concert season is made possible by a major grant from the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation.

Free parking is available in the UVA Central Grounds Parking Garage, located on Emmet Street South. The Charlottesville Free Trolley stops at McCormick Road near the UVA Amphitheater, in close proximity to Old Cabell Hall, which is wheelchair accessible.

Tickets are $20-$48 for adults and $11 for students, and may be purchased at the University of Virginia Arts Box Office, (434) 924-3376, 12:00-5:00pm, Tuesday through Friday in the lobby of the UVA Drama Building at 109 Culbreth Road, or online at www.artsboxoffice.virginia.edu.

"Elf the Musical” follows Buddy, a young orphan, who mistakenly crawls into Santa’s toy bag on Christmas Eve and is transported to the North Pole. Buddy is raised as an honorary Elf, unaware that he is actually a human until his enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause him to face the truth. With Santa’s permission, Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth father and discover his true identity. Faced with the harsh realities that his father is on the naughty list and his half-brother doesn’t even believe in Santa, Buddy is determined to win over his new family and help New York remember the true meaning of Christmas.