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Charlottesville Daily Progress
Published: March 20, 2008
The annual exhibit of works by Piedmont Virginia Community College art students opens with a reception from 5 to 7 this evening in the PVCC Gallery. The exhibit runs through April 19.
Each year, the opening reception is affectionately referred to as the seventh annual Chocolate Chowdown (despite its first appearance at PVCC in 2005) and always features decadent amounts of chocolate for all in attendance.
Following the reception, the PVCC Student Art Club will present a free screening of the 2008 Academy Award winner for best motion picture, "No Country for Old Men," at 7:30 p.m. on the Main Stage of the V. Earl Dickinson Building. Both events are free and open to the public.
The non-juried group exhibition is open to all PVCC students who have taken an art class during the current academic year. The media include painting, drawing, ceramics, sculpture and graphic design.
Ample, free well-lit parking is located in front of the V. Earl Dickinson Building.
Governor's Awards nominations needed
Nominations are being sought for the Governor's Awards for the Arts 2008.
The award, which will be presented by Gov. Timothy M. Kaine in September, has been presented only three times in Virginia. It recognizes outstanding lifetime achievement by Virginia artists, arts organization and those who support and encourage the arts.
Maggie Guggenheimer of Piedmont Council of the Arts will serve as area coordinator for the Charlottesville and the counties of Albemarle, Greene and Louisa.
Nominations may be made by anyone in the state and must be sent or e-mailed to the Virginia Commission for the Arts no later than May 15. Forms are available online at www. arts.Virginia.gov or at Piedmont Council of the Arts at 300 E. Main St. in Charlottesville.
Nominees must be native Virginians or current residents. Businesses and organizations must currently operate in the state.
A panel of judges will select 10 award winners based upon the nomination materials. The winners will be announced Aug. 1. An awards ceremony will be held at the Capitol in Richmond in September.
No public funds are involved in the Governor's Awards.
For more information, call Guggenheimer at 971-2787 or email director @charlottesvillearts.org.
City schools unveiling annual exhibit Monday
Art 2008, the Charlottesville City Schools' annual division-wide art exhibit, can be seen Monday through April 2 in the Charlottesville High School gymnasium. The theme is "Art Connections.''
There will be two open houses. One, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 29, will include student performances and interactive art activities. The other, from 3:30 to 8 p.m. April 2, will include student performances at 6 p.m.
The exhibit's sections reflect how art relates to the core curriculum, including "Language and Art,'' "Science and Art,'' "History/Social Studies and Art'' and "Math and Art.'' There also will be a "History of Art and Culture'' section and "Elements and Principles of Art.''
For information, call 245-2671.
At UVa, Steward looks into views on museums
James Steward, director of the University of Michigan Museum of Art, will speak on "The Art Museum in the 21st Century: Temple or Town Square-'' at 6 p.m. Thursday in Campbell Hall, Room 158, at the University of Virginia.
Steward will discuss two seemingly contradictory directions in which today's museums are moving - a response to populism and the museum as destination architecture.
The event is presented by UVa's McIntire Department of Art. For details, call 243-8649.
Ceramic sculptures get spotlight in Orange
Debra Giller's monumental ceramic sculpture is on exhibit through April 19 in the gallery at the Arts Center in Orange.
The Boston artist has a MFA from Kent State University and a BFA from Stephen F. Austin State University. She is an adjunct professor of ceramics at Endicott College in Beverly, Mass.
Giller will be offering creative clay workshops for children and adults on April 19.
The Arts Center in Orange is at 129 E. Main St. in Orange.
For more information, call (540) 672-7311.
VSA paintings in show available for purchase
The Charlottesville-Albemarle VSA Art Exhibit is on the first floor of the Albemarle County Office Building.
Thirty paintings by people with disabilities will be on display. Many of the paintings are for sale.
The artists include John Trippel, Pat Malone, Chris Wharam, Martin Powell and 10 others.
To purchase a painting, call 970-3264.
'Six at Ix' puts Arge's creations on display
"Six at Ix,'' artworks by Diana Arge, will be on display Thursday through April 6 in the Lobby Gallery at the Theatre at Ix. An opening reception will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, which also is opening night for "Impossible Marriage'' by Beth Henley, which will be presented by Play On! - A New Virginia Theatre.
For information, call 872-0184.
Embree's oil painting wins first-place award
Margaret Embree won first place in the Centennial Alumni Exhibition at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg for her oil painting "Reggie.''
The juror was Janet DeCover, who selected 36 works by 32 artists from among more than 250 submitted entries.
For information, visit http://www.galleries.umw.edu or call (540) 654-1013.
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