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  February 8 - May 4, 2008 - ENTRANCE GALLERIES

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NEW REVOLUTIONS: Wood-turners from Tidewater
Since World War II, woodturning has quietly developed as an art form - now embraced by collectors and museums. New tools and techniques have freed turners to explore new forms and ideas. Featured in this exhibition are wood-turners from the tidewater region of Virginia and beyond, many of whom are members of the Tidewater Turners. Turned wooden vases, bowls, chairs and abstracted forms will be displayed by Bob Chiavarini, Tom Crabb, Mike Dennis, Gerald Felix, Cliff Guard, Jim Vogle, Wolfgang Voglebean and Jerry Whitehurst.
  • Reception: February 7, 2008
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Crabb, Tom; Holly forms with feathers, all are 6” H x 5 ¾” dia.x 2” depth
Crabb, Tom; Holly forms with feathers, all are 6” H x 5 ¾” dia.x 2” depth
Felix, Gerald; chair
Felix, Gerald; chair
Vogle, Jim
Vogle, Jim
Voglebean, Wolfgang
Voglebean, Wolfgang

 


  January 25 - March 30, 2008 - MAIN GALLERY

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ANNUAL PORTFOLIO: Tidewater Art Alliance
This annual juried multi-media exhibit offers member artists an opportunity to exhibit a cohesive body of six works that represent a developed theme, style or vision. The Tidewater Art Alliance is a non-profit organization of professional artists and patrons of the arts who support, develop and promote the visual arts in Hampton Roads.
  • Reception: February 7, 2008
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2008 Annual Portfolio Awards

Best in Show
Lee Gerry Wertheimer, Generation to Generation, Ink on Handmade Bark Paper, Virginia Beach, VA
Lee Gerry Wertheimer, Generation to Generation, Ink on Handmade Bark Paper, Virginia Beach, VA
Lee Gerry Wertheimer, View of Death, Ink on Handmade Bark Paper, Virginia Beach, VA
Lee Gerry Wertheimer, View of Death, Ink on Handmade Bark Paper, Virginia Beach, VA
Anne Myers Award
James Warwick Jones, Staircase Shell, Acrylic on wood panel, Seaside, VA
James Warwick Jones, Staircase Shell, Acrylic on wood panel, Seaside, VA
James Warwick Jones, Shell 14, Acrylic on wood panel, Seaside, VA
James Warwick Jones, Shell 14, Acrylic on wood panel, Seaside, VA
Award of Excellence
Christi Harris, Festooned Hearts, Oil on Canvas, Hampton, VA
Christi Harris, Festooned Hearts, Oil on Canvas, Hampton, VA
Christi Harris, Italian Wedding, Oil on Canvas, Hampton, VA
Christi Harris, Italian Wedding, Oil on Canvas, Hampton, VA
Honorable Mention
Karen Sullivan, First Teapot, Found ceramic and polymer clay, Virginia Beach, VA
Karen Sullivan, First Teapot, Found ceramic and polymer clay, Virginia Beach, VA
Susan Howell, Tyler, Painted Photograph, Norfolk, VA
Susan Howell, Tyler, Painted Photograph, Norfolk, VA
Award of Merit
Eleanor Powell, Two Pattern Puzzle, Acrylic on Canvas, Norfolk, VA
Eleanor Powell, Two Pattern Puzzle, Acrylic on Canvas, Norfolk, VA
Photo Award
(Two recognized for this award)
David Katz, Mystical Glass #6, Chesapeake, VA
David Katz, Mystical Glass #6, Chesapeake, VA
Howard Martinez, Gabonese Mandrill, Norfolk, VA
Howard Martinez, Gabonese Mandrill, Norfolk, VA

 


2005 Portfolio Award-Winning Artists

Chris Harris, Best in Show
Chris Harris, Best in Show
Jenny Windsor, Award of Excellence
Jenny Windsor, Award of Excellence

 

Lee G. Wertheimer, Award of Merit
Lee G. Wertheimer, Award of Merit
Leonette Adler, Anne Myers Award
Leonette Adler, Anne Myers Award

 


  March 2 - October 7, 2007


OUTDOOR SCULPTURE COMPETITION
This annual juried outdoor sculpture exhibition will go on display in the historic courtyard of the Courthouse Galleries. A Juror’s Choice and People’s Choice Award will be determined once sculptures are on site.
Criteria requires that artists be 18 years or older and that all artworks must be suitable for outdoor weather conditions in Hampton Roads.

The SEAWALL AWARD for $1,000 and is offered through the Seawall Art Show Committee from the 2006 Seawall Art Show proceeds. Additional awards are JUROR'S CHOICE at $1,000 and PEOPLE'S CHOICE for $500.

Click here for the prospectus and application in PDF format.

  • Reception: January 19, 6 – 8 p.m.
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Bednar, Michael
Bednar, Michael, FAIA; Charlottesville, VA
• Hillary & Bill: Bent Into Shape, 2006, Sheet Copper, 74 x 48 x 24
Denton, Andrew (Andy)
Denton, Andrew (Andy); Mechanicsville, VA
• Big Hands Like A Bird, 2002, bronze on a steel base, 53 x 25 x 12”
Finn, David T.
Finn, David T., Art Projects, Winston-Salem, NC
• Ghost, call #303, 2003, marble, 14 x 9 x 26”
Finn, David T.
Finn, David T., Art Projects, Winston-Salem, NC
• Ghost, call #306, marble, 15 x 9 x 26”, 2003
Martin, David, W.
Martin, David, W.; Edinboro, Pennsylvania
• Super Power, 2006, fabricated steel, 94 x 48 x 27
www.dwmartin.info
Schremko, Tatyana
Schremko, Tatyana; Alexandria, VA
• Tango, 2006, laminated linden wood/carved, cast with Forton, an outdoor architectural material, 6’ x 1’1” x 1’6”
• Flapper, 2006, laminated linden wood/carved, cast with Forton, an outdoor architectural material, 5’10” x 11” x 1’2”
• Buddha, laminated linden wood/carved, cast with Forton, an outdoor architectural material, 6’3” x 1’2” x 11
Tarrant, Daniel B.
Tarrant, Daniel B.; Chesapeake, VA
• Squid Series: Anthropod, 2005, steel-welded sculpture, 7’ x 4’ x 2.5’

 


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  March 2 - May 28, 2007


BY NATIVE HANDS: Native American Baskets  is a traveling exhibition that features over 60 baskets drawn from the significant Native American basket collection of the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art in Laurel, Mississippi. Ann Drumheller of the National Museum of the American Indian has recognized the collection and sites, “I believe that no other institution in the Southeast comes close to having such a significant sampling of Native American basketry… I cannot say enough as to the importance and future significance this collection can have…”
Humans have been making baskets for thousands of years – it is a craft that is common to all cultures. Baskets produced between 1850 and 1910 by artisans representing more than forty North American tribes across the continent are featured. The collection offers baskets of all types: from the small burden baskets of the Klikitat in the Pacific Northwest to the ornate feathered basketry of the Pomo in the Southwest, large hand-painted splint storage baskets from the Northeast and the elaborate double weave of richly dyed Choctaw in the southeast. Smith Kramer Fine Art Services in Kansas City, Missouri City organized the exhibit tour.
 
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Large Burden Basket, before 1923
Large Burden Basket, before 1923
Ntlakyapamuk; British Columbia
Cedar splints, cedar bark, white grass
Gift of Catherine Marshall Gardiner
Woman’s Cap, before 1936,
Woman’s Cap, before 1936,
Karok; California,
Twining; pint root, bear grass, spruce root, and maidenhair fern,
Gift of Mrs. May Dean Gates
Cornhusk Bag, No date
Cornhusk Bag, No date
Nez Perce, Washington
Cornhusks
LRMA Purchase
Baby Basket, circa 1967
Baby Basket, circa 1967
Western Mono, California
Ida Bishop
Redbud, sourberry, wool, beads
LRMA Purchase
Female Effigy basket, circa 1971
Female Effigy basket, circa 1971
Papago; Arizona
Yucca, martynia
LRMA Purchase

 


  March 2 - May 28, 2007


Early Images of Virginia Indians: The William W. Cole Collection Organized by the Virginia Historical Society, the exhibit features engravings produced from 1590 to the 1800s that depict the native peoples of Virginia. These images brought to life European perceptions of and thus policies toward the natives of Virginia. Europeans had explored the areas around the Chesapeake Bay in the 1500s, however no images of the natives were produced. When the English became interested in colonization in the 1580s, Theodore de Bry published and issued the first engravings of Virginia natives. Four of these prints are featured along with prints by Simon Gribelin, which were commissioned by Virginia planter Robert Beverly in 1705. For these prints, Gribelin borrowed from the earlier prints combined with Beverly’s descriptions. Additional prints by De Bry, in the 1630s were derived more from his imagination than from the authentic sources.
  • Reception: March 2, 6 – 8 p.m.

  June 22 - October 7, 2007


GROWING UP TOGETHER
Combining historic paintings, photos documents and artifacts from the Naval Shipyard Museum and other public and private collections, Growing UP Together tells the story of the private and government communities that grew up along side the mouth of the Elizabeth River.
  • Reception: June 22, 6 – 8 p.m.

  November 16 - December 31, 2007


The Courthouse Galleries in Olde Towne Portsmouth, Virginia ring in the holiday season with the exhibit WINTER WONDERLAND: The Coleman Collection on Friday, November 16 from 5 – 9 p.m. The opening is in conjunction with the Holiday Open House in Olde Towne Portsmouth sponsored annually by the Olde Towne Business Association. Art galleries, antique shops and more go all out for this annual holiday event.

Since the closing of the Coleman Nursery in January 2004, the City of Portsmouth and Portsmouth Museums Foundation joined forces to purchase and keep this holiday attraction in Portsmouth for generations to come. The collection, which began in the mid-1960s by A. J. “Junie” Lancaster had grown over the years to include well over 100 animated figures. Following the purchase, volunteers and Portsmouth Museums’ staff set to work renewing the holiday displays. On Friday, November 16th from 5 p.m.–9 p.m., the Courthouse Galleries in Olde Towne Portsmouth will kick-off the holiday season with Winter Wonderland featuring the holiday displays that became a family tradition for many from across the Hampton Roads and beyond.
Featured this season is an expanded Victorian scene with animated carolers, ice-skaters and Chalet along with many of your holiday favorites. Sleeping Santa, representative of one of the first holiday figures that launched the collection, reminds children to be on their best behavior throughout the year. Santa and his reindeer leading his sleigh are again overloaded with gifts. Holidays Around the World representing children from varying cultures along with Snow Babies will be displayed in the courtyard. Throughout November and December, the original Singing Santa, who performed for audiences during our inaugural year, will return to delight audiences with seasonal songs. Performance dates will be announced along with additional programming and children’s and holiday crafts.
Following the opening on November 16th, the museum will open Saturday, November 17th from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. and Sunday, November 18th, noon – 8 p.m. The museum will be closed from November 19th – 22nd (Thanksgiving Day). Winter Wonderland will open for the season on Friday, November 23rd and continue at the Courthouse Galleries through December 30th from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. and Sunday from noon – 8 p.m. The exhibit is closed on Mondays, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for children ages 2 – 17 years. Combination tickets can be purchased for $6.00 for admission to the Courthouse Galleries and Children’s Museum.

Programming:
  • November 16: Olde Towne Arts and Antiques Open House
  • November 23 – 25: Holiday crafts, music & more
  • December 8: Olde Towne Holiday Music Festival
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Winter Wonderland Winter Wonderland

 



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  January 19 - March 4, 2007


SPECTACULAR Achievements: Audubon’s Animals of North America
Seventy original hand-colored lithographs from John James Audubon’s magnum opus, The Vivaparous Quadrupeds of North America, published between 1845 and 1848 by John T. Bowen of Philadelphia are the finest images of North American Animals ever made. The quadrupeds are wonderfully animated, expertly executed and beautifully printed in large (22 x 28”) format. Spectacular Achievements is a unique opportunity to view Audubon’s lithographic works and to appreciate his skills as a artist, observer and interpreter of nature.
  • Reception: January 19, 6 – 8 p.m.
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The Jaguar, 1846
The Jaguar, 1846
Collared Peccary, 1844
Collared Peccary, 1844
Ring-Tailed Bassaris, 1846
Ring-Tailed Bassaris, 1846
Large Tailed Skunk, 1846
Large Tailed Skunk, 1846
Virginian Opossum, 1845
Virginian Opossum, 1845

 


  April 20 - July 29, 2007


WITH PAINTBRUSH & SHOVEL: Watercolors by Bessie Niemeyer Marshall
Bessie Niemeyer Marshall, a Portsmouth native was a gifted Virginia artist who received scant recognition during her lifetime. Marshall’s paintings are the primary surviving record of a unique WPA project that put women to work creating a wildflower sanctuary in Petersburg, Virginia during the 1930s. As part of the New Deal programs, communities were taking steps to bridge social problems, preserve local history, protect the environment and promote artistic expression. The herbarium garden collection was an outgrowth of all of these trends.
With a subtle palette and in exquisite detail, Marshall produced 238 watercolors of native flowers, shrubs and trees for the Lee Park collection. Offered from the collection are eighty watercolors that contain a variety of wildflowers, flowering shrubs and flowering trees, many of which are native to Virginia. Some rare and imperiled species on the federal list of threatened species are featured.
  • Reception: April 20, 6 – 8 p.m.
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Marshall Wild Potato Women Hill Sepia
Magnolia Day Lily Birds Foot

 


  August 10 - October 28, 2007


Celebrating Jamestown: Collections from 200-300 Year Anniversaries
Featured are over 100 commemorative items from private collections that consist of porcelain plates, books, maps, prints, pins, buckles and silver. Objects mostly represent the 300-year anniversary, however items from the 250th and 200th anniversaries are also included.
  • Reception: August 17, 6 – 8 p.m.

  November 16 - December 31, 2007


The Courthouse Galleries in Olde Towne Portsmouth, Virginia ring in the holiday season with the exhibit WINTER WONDERLAND: The Coleman Collection on Friday, November 16 from 5 – 9 p.m. The opening is in conjunction with the Holiday Open House in Olde Towne Portsmouth sponsored annually by the Olde Towne Business Association. Art galleries, antique shops and more go all out for this annual holiday event.

Since the closing of the Coleman Nursery in January 2004, the City of Portsmouth and Portsmouth Museums Foundation joined forces to purchase and keep this holiday attraction in Portsmouth for generations to come. The collection, which began in the mid-1960s by A. J. “Junie” Lancaster had grown over the years to include well over 100 animated figures. Following the purchase, volunteers and Portsmouth Museums’ staff set to work renewing the holiday displays. On Friday, November 16th from 5 p.m.–9 p.m., the Courthouse Galleries in Olde Towne Portsmouth will kick-off the holiday season with Winter Wonderland featuring the holiday displays that became a family tradition for many from across the Hampton Roads and beyond.
Featured this season is an expanded Victorian scene with animated carolers, ice-skaters and Chalet along with many of your holiday favorites. Sleeping Santa, representative of one of the first holiday figures that launched the collection, reminds children to be on their best behavior throughout the year. Santa and his reindeer leading his sleigh are again overloaded with gifts. Holidays Around the World representing children from varying cultures along with Snow Babies will be displayed in the courtyard. Throughout November and December, the original Singing Santa, who performed for audiences during our inaugural year, will return to delight audiences with seasonal songs. Performance dates will be announced along with additional programming and children’s and holiday crafts.
Following the opening on November 16th, the museum will open Saturday, November 17th from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. and Sunday, November 18th, noon – 8 p.m. The museum will be closed from November 19th – 22nd (Thanksgiving Day). Winter Wonderland will open for the season on Friday, November 23rd and continue at the Courthouse Galleries through December 30th from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. and Sunday from noon – 8 p.m. The exhibit is closed on Mondays, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for children ages 2 – 17 years. Combination tickets can be purchased for $6.00 for admission to the Courthouse Galleries and Children’s Museum.

Programming:
  • November 16: Olde Towne Arts and Antiques Open House
  • November 23 – 25: Holiday crafts, music & more
  • December 8: Olde Towne Holiday Music Festival
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Winter Wonderland Winter Wonderland

 

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