Art Events and Exhibitions

Barton Myers:  Norfolk Visionary
Moses Myers House, 323 E Freemason Street, Norfolk
Exhibit open until the end of the year.
In addition to being Norfolk's youngest mayor, Barton Myers served on the board of the 1907 Jamestown Exposition. These are just two of his many accomplishments during a long and distinguished record of public service. The Moses Myers House honors Barton Myers with a display of objects and images highlighting the life of this extraordinary man.

Paul Storr Silver Gilt Breakfast Service Exhibition 
Chrysler Museum of Art, 245 West Olney Road, Norfolk           
Exhibit open through March 1st.
Paul Storr is considered one of the leading silversmiths in Regency London. Storr's elegant breakfast service exudes modern style while also maintaining the traditional touch, heavily influenced by ancient Greek and Roman artists of his era.

Stationary Voyages: The Boat In Photograph 
Mariners Museum, 100 Museum Drive, Newport News
Exhibit open through March 16th.
This truly unique special exhibition focuses on twenty vessels from the renowned International Small Craft Collection and their contours, craftsmanship and aesthetic qualities as seen by 19 professional photographers from around the country. The merging of these unique vessel’s complexities with the observations and creativeness captured by the camera lens create the heart of the Stationary Voyages exhibition.

Tidewater Art Alliance Members Exhibition 
Portlock Galleries at SoNo, 3815 Bainbridge Blvd., Chesapeake
Exhibit open through September 30th.
Portlock Galleries will be showing works by members of the Tidewater Art Alliance for Visual Arts (TAA). TAA is a not-for-profit organization of artists and patrons of the visual arts. The annual show will include all media and showcases local talent.

William Christenberry 
Chrysler Museum of Art, 245 West Olney Road, Norfolk
Exhibit open through September 30th.
Experience the beauty of the south with photographer William Christenberry as he displays compelling images of rustic buildings, skillfully capturing the essence of southern living. He artistically documents the decay of individual dilapidated structures, highlighting their environments which surprisingly become more significant than the buildings themselves. Christenberry chronicles the effects of time, humans, and nature on a vanishing southern vernacular architecture found in houses, warehouses, churches, general stores, and juke joints.

The Reality Show 2 
Peninsula Fine Arts Center, 101 Museum Drive, Newport News
Exhibit showing September 1st through October 30th.
The Reality Show 2 explores the idea that reality is not concrete, but rather a point of view as presented by contemporary artists. As with most Pfac exhibitions The Reality Show 2 is comprised of several shows encompassing one theme, and it includes: The Big Picture, a showing of several large-scale works by Erick Benson, Dan Ford, Jeana Klein, Walter Kravits and Guy Richards Smit; Trace Extender, an installation by Richmond artist Greg Stewart; Collages by Judy Goodkind, humorous and satirical imagery; Recent Works by Sydney Meers, surrealistic and playful pieces by this well-known Hampton Roads artist and chef; and Mastering Light: extraordinary silkscreens by California artist Joe Price.

Clay Days 2007 
The Hermitage Foundation Museum, 7637 North Shore Rd., Norfolk
September 21 - 23
Clay Days offers potters the opportunity to sell their wares, talk about their work with the public, and display their skill in the demonstration tent. The event takes place on the beautiful twelve-acre property, adjacent to the Lafayette River, of The Hermitage Foundation Museum and Gardens in Norfolk, Virginia. The event is free to the public, and we urge our guests to bring cash, check or charge for the purchase of these functional and decorative works of art. Friday, September 21st, we host a special members' only preview. Saturday and Sunday, September 22nd and 23rd, the event is open to the public.

Michael Banks 
Nancy Thomas Gallery, 145 Ballard St, Yorktown
Exhibit showing September 22nd through October 19th.
Nancy Thomas will show a large collection of the work of  Alabama self-taught artist Michael Banks at her Yorktown Gallery. Nancy’s show makes available to art lovers one of the country’s foremost, most recognized painters of the new American folk art. Over the years Michael’s experimenting has lead him to his current technique of applying roofing tar on primed plywood, painting it and incising with tools to highlight his figures. Even with tar and plywood as a base - which you would know only because you have been made aware – Michael’s work is masterful in its color, in its graphic impact and it sense of meaning and mystery.