Workshops
All CVA/VFMA workshops are $25 for CVA Members and $45 for non-members. Email Debbie McClintock or call her at 434-394-2394, if you plan to come or for more information.
Workshops
On Saturday, November 16:
CVA will host a workshop by artist Leigh Anne Chambers on abstract painting. The workshop runs from 10 am until 3 pm in the lower level of the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts.
In 1988, Ms. Chambers earned a BFA in Painting from East Carolina University, Greenville, NC. In 2004 she obtained her Arts Administrative Certificate from New York University. In 2010 she was awarded an MFA in Visual Art from Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT. In her professional arts administrator career, she served as Executive Director of Rawls Museum Arts in Courtland for 20 years. Upon winning a VMFA Fellowship in 2022-23, Ms. Chambers’ paintings were exhibited as a solo show in VMFA’s Amuse Restaurant.
Lectures
On Sunday, March 9:
N. Elizabeth Schlatter will speak on
This talk introduces artists, artworks and relevant themes and movements in modern and contemporary art that incorporate text. We will begin by reviewing the historical relationship between art and text, including Egyptian hieroglyphics, medieval manuscripts, and Asian calligraphy. Then we’ll focus on twentieth- and twenty-first-century artists who engage in wordplay, popular culture, as well as…
The lecture will be held at 3pm at the Farmville/Prince Edward Community Library.
N. Elizabeth Schlatter is an independent curator, scholar, and arts administrator, with almost 30 years of experience working in museums, most recently as Deputy Director and Curator of Exhibitions at the University of Richmond Museums, Virginia. Her focus is on modern and contemporary art and on topics related to leadership, curating, and issues specific to university museums. She was a recent president of the College Art Association, the 112-year-old learned society for art, art history, and design. She has a BA in art history from Southwestern University (Georgetown, TX), and an MA in art history from George Washington University (DC).