Virginia Highlands Festival - Fine Art & Photography

"Sun Dancers" watercolor by Kathleen Noffsinger from Deltaville, Virginia

2010 JURIED FINE ART SHOW APPLICATION
2010 WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP APPLICATION
2010 PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT APPLICATION
2010 YOUTH ART SHOW APPLICATION
FINE ART WORKSHOPS
FINE ART EXHIBITS
YOUTH ART EXHIBIT
LECTURES AND ART TALKS
YOUTH ART WORKSHOPS
PHOTOGRAPHY

Fine Art and Photography highlights include the Juried Art Show, Youth Art Show, and Juried Photography Show. Exhibits at museums and galleries in Abingdon serve as a cultural mosaic - from photographs of trains to displays of traditional pottery and contemporary artwork.

The Festival also offers lectures and workshops in both fine art and photography.

Juried Fine Art Show

Fine Art Juried Gallery Show

Arts Depot, 314 Depot Square
Saturday, July 24 through Sunday, August 8,
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily except Sunday, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Entries accepted for Juried Fine Art Show July 17-18 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Arts Depot. For more information contact Linda Hamilton at 276-944-4227, or e-mail prettypennyfarm@netzero.com.

Fine Arts Award Presentation

Abingdon Baptist Church, 361 W. Main Street
Friday, July 23, 8:00 p.m.

For more information contact Linda Hamilton at 276-944-4227, or Jackie Dolpp at 276-628-6857, prettypennyfarm@netzero.com.

Fine Arts Lecture and Slide Show and Reception

Abingdon Baptist Church, 361 W. Main Street
Friday, July 23, 7:00 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., Reception at 8:00 p.m. at the Arts Depot
Presented by Kathleen Noffsinger of Deltaville, VA

For more information contact Linda Hamilton at 276-944-4227, or Jackie Dolpp at 276-628-6857, prettypennyfarm@netzero.com.

Workshops

Fine Arts Watercolor Workshop

Christ the King Catholic Church, Fellowship Hall
Tuesday, July 20 through Saturday, July 24, 9:00 am to 4:00 p.m. Presented by Artist Kathleen Noffsinger, from Deltaville, Virginia.
Advance registration required Workshop fee $350.00. Limited to 25 attendees.

Kathleen Noffsinger

Kathleen is an award-winning watercolor artist from Deltaville, Virginia, who expresses her talent in lively watercolors of wildlife and nature. From the simple design of a wading egret to complex underwater scenes, Kathleen's works are images of nature that elicit a sense of tranquility and an appreciation for the simpler things in life.

Drawing and painting since childhood, Kathleen graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in elementary education, choosing classes in art and design for her electives. She has painted solely in watercolor since 1991 studing with several internationally known artists. Kathleen is a member of the National Watercolor society, a signature member of the Virginia Watercolor Society, Florida Watercolor Society, Mathews Art Group, Rappahannock Art League and the National League of American Pen Women.

Advance registration required by calling 276-623-5266, email vhf@eva.org. or download REGISTATION FORM. (No children)

For more information contact Linda Hamilton at 276-944-4227, or Jackie Dolpp at 276-628-6857, prettypennyfarm@netzero.com.

Exhibits

Artist/Sculptor Betty Branch

The 1912 Gallery at Emory & Henry College
Daily 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m.

Emory & Henry College presents BETTY BRANCH: Peripheral Vision from July 24 through September 25, 2010, and everyday during the Virginia Highlands Festival from noon until 5:00 pm.

Out of the Box

During Branch's exhibition period, the viewer will encounter three different venues for her art on campus. On the opening date an exhibit of her sculpture will be located in The 1912 Gallery and a site-specific spiral installation made out of 30 bales of hay by Branch and volunteers will be located on the rolling hill beside the college library. Then on Tuesday, September 7 at 7:30 pm during her Artalk at Van Dyke Center, the audience will be invited to watch a loop of film outside at the duck pond showing her "Ritual Fire" performance piece.

Branch earned both her BA and MA in Studio Art from Hollins University. Proficient in both painting and sculpture, she has embarked many times throughout her career on periods of independent study and interdisciplinary research, one of which focused on the image of women in Ancient Greece. For over thirty years she has concentrated on the female form and has defined female rites of passage in both traditional and unorthodox media—bronze, stone, fiber, ceramic, terra cotta, earthenware, and straw. Her award winning art has been exhibited internationally and has been the subject of television documentaries. Her works, from small to monumental, are in many private, corporate, university, and museum collections. Branch has produced a number of commissioned works, has had solo and group exhibitions, operates her own studio and gallery in Roanoke, Va, and has been included in many national and international publications including most recently Sculpture Review and National Sculpture Society. Her art has been included in prestigious exhibitions including New York’s Annual International Art Exposition and the Brookgreen Gardens Invitational, SC.

The 1912 Gallery is located one mile off I-81 at exit 26 in the historic Emory Train Depot. The exhibition is free and open to the public. After the Virginia Highlands Festival ends on Sunday, August 8, gallery hours resume to Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 5:00 p.m. For further information, call 276-944-6866 or 276-944-6846.

This exhibition will run through September 25, 2010. For more information contact Marilyn Hower at 276-944-6866, mhower@ech.edu or Anita Coulthard, 276-944-6846, atcoulth@ech.edu.

Cohabitants: New Works by Heide Trepanier and David Mazure

William King Museum, 415 Academy Drive, Abingdon
Daily, Tuesday 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Mon. Wed. Thr. Fri. Sat. 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Sun. 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Heide Trepanier and David Mazure go beyond reflecting their immediate external world by drawing from some inaccessible and unfamiliar place out in this universe. Trepanier uses gestural and unpredictable splatters atop a seemingly infinite color field while Mazure draws with painstaking precision whirring and rolling forms directly onto the walls. Together, their large scaled works and immersive installations permeate our own reality through challenging our usual dominant presence in the gallery. This exhibitation will not only altar the traditional gallery environment, it will force us to share it with unusual abstract figures and the artists' personal questions regarding the unknown. For more information contact William King Museum at 276-628-5005.

A Cabinet of Curiosities

A Cultural Heritage Project
William King Museum, 415 Academy Drive, Abingdon
Daily, Monday - Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, 1:00 to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Do museums always tell us the truth? This is the question that will be put forth in "A Cabinet of Curiosities," William King Museum's latest Cultural Heritage Project exhibition. The exhibition will feature a wide range of unique objects documented through the Project over the last 16 years and rediscovered during the recent completion of the Cultural Heritage Archive, highlighting pieces with interesting features or fascinating stories that have been previously untold. It will be up to the visitor to discern whether these tales are indeed true or if they are actually taller than they seem. Museum goers of all ages will enjoy this step back into the world of wonder cabinets (wunderkammer) and the early museum.

For more information contact Elyse Gerstenecker at 276-628-5005 or egerstenecker@wkmuseum.org.

The Subject of Being: Mixed Media Works

William King Museum
Daily, Tuesday, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Mon. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. 10:00 am to 5:00 p.m., Sunday, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Presented by Megan Van Deusen and Gabriel Shaffer

Megan van Deusen's subtle, almost monochromatic figures evocatively emerge from the creases and folds of the material she works on. Her figures are suggestive of academic life-drawing, but the process of layering and draping the fabrics turns a traditional two-dimensional work into a sculptural installation. Similarly, Gabriel Shaffer's paintings on salvaged materials and collage emphasize the object-hood of his work, as well as the journeyed process in which they are created. His figures are graphic, brightly colored and display wild and boisterous personas. While aesthetically dissimilar, both artists share an affinity for experiments and the ability to defy conventional views of figuration. For more information contact the William King Museum at 276-628-5005.

Capo's Gallery Exhibit

Capo's Music Store, 903 East Main Street
Daily, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Presented by Amy Ball Braswell, Capo's Music Store

Works on display include Photograpny by Amy Ball Braswell, Paper on Paper and Block Prints by Cindy Brinkler, Paintings and Foam Sculpture by D.R. Mullins, Paintings by Ron Sachs, Prints by Ed Young and other Appalachian artists. Works are for sale by artists.

For more information contact Any Ball Braswell at 276-608-4054 or caposmusicstore@gmail.com.

Capo's Gallery Exhibit Reception

Capo's Music Store, 903 East Main Street
Tuesday, July 27, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Presented by Amy Ball Braswell, Capo's Music Store

Artists with works on display t Capo's Music Store will be available to talk about their works. Light refreshments will be provided. Works on display include Photograpny by Amy Ball Braswell, Paper on Paper and Block Prints by Cindy Brinkler, Paintings and Foam Sculpture by D.R. Mullins, Paintings by Ron Sachs, Prints by Ed Young and other Appalachian artists. (All artists may not be in attendance.)

For more information contact Any Ball Braswell at 276-608-4054 or caposmusicstore@gmail.com.

Lectures and Art Talks

Stories from the Field with Marcus King

William King Museum
Tuesday, August 3, 7:00 TO 8:00 p.m.
Presented by Marcus King, Former Culturage Heritage Project Field Researcher

Marcus King has been involved with the Cultural Heritage Project since its inception. He served as the primary field researcher for the project when it first began in 1994, with a large survey of Southwest Virginia. King will share some of the experiences he had while finding some of the objects featured in A Cabinet of Curiosities, William King's latest Cultural Heritage Project exhibition. The talk will be followed by a tour of the exhibition. For more information contact the William King Museum at 276-628-5005.

Ed Chitwood Art Talks

Ars Depot, Depot Square
July 27, 29, August 3 and 5, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

For more information contact Linda Hamilton at 276-944-4227 or Jackie Dolpp, prettypennyfarm@netzero.com.

Youth Art Exhibit

Highlands Festival Youth Art Exhibit

William King Museum
Saturday, July 17 and Sunday, July 18, 2:00 to 4:00 pm.