July 10, 2010 – August 6, 2010

Photographer Julie Rae Powers (b. July 18, 1989) strives to capture “different angles and different shots from the average photographer.”  When she was fifteen, she modeled for a friend’s photographs, and her interest in this art form was piqued.  In order to continue honing her craft, she will be entering James Madison University in the fall as a Studio Art major with a concentration in photography.  She has work showing at 2^nd Helpings Gallery in Roanoke and the Southern Virginia Artisan Center in Martinsville.  Additional works can be viewed on her website www.flickr.com/photos/nomakeupphoto.  Julie’s other interests include coffee, coffee shops, and drumming.  When asked about her mission as a photographer, Julie responds by saying she wants to “put depth in people’s vision.  Everything is beautiful, and there’s good in everything.”

There will be a reception for the artist held on Saturday, July 10, from 2-4pm at Second Helpings.

2) “Through Different Eyes: The Faces of Poverty in Virginia” at the O. Winston Link Museum

August 20, 2010 – October 1, 2010

Through Different Eyes: The Faces of Poverty in Virginia is a large-scale effort to capture through visual images the lives of those in our society who are most invisible. The project intends to educate the public through art about the lives of low-income families and individuals in the Commonwealth. These families share many qualities that are universal including triumphs and tragedies, pleasure and sorrow, pride and pain, sacrifice and excess, courage and fear, love and anger, spirituality and thoughtlessness.

This juried photography project began its statewide tour in October 2005 in Richmond, Virginia. The exhibit features the work of 15 artists and approximately 50 images. During its first two week run, hundreds of individuals, art enthusiasts, students, and church groups took the opportunity to view the show. The Virginia Museum will tour the exhibit through its statewide education programs for the next two years. It will open August 20, 2010 at the O. Winston Link Museum with a Beyond the Frame event, featuring interviews with exhibition curators, Jeffrey Allison of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Urmila Oberoi of the Virginia Poverty Law Center.  The opening begins at 7pm and the interviews will begin at 7:40pm.

www.linkmuseum.org
3) “Precipitation: Monotypes Celebrating Soggy Times” at Angelo

July 1, 2010 – August 31, 2010

Precipitation: Monotypes Celebrating Soggy Times is a exhibition of Spontaneous ink-on-paper impressions by Kathy Plunket Versluys.

A reception for the artist will be held Friday, July 2 from 5:30 till 7:30.

www.angelojewelry.com

4) “Tiffany: Color and Light” at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Now through August 15, 2010.

The first major exhibition to be shown at VMFA after the grand opening of the McGlothlin Wing celebrates one of America’s greatest artists. Tiffany: Color and Light is the most important exhibition of the work of renowned designer and master of glass,  Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) in a generation and VMFA will be the only American museum to show the exhibition.  Drawing on the finest collections in Europe, North America, and Russia, the exhibition presents Tiffany as an artist of international stature and significance.  Curated by the world’s leading scholars, the exhibition focuses on his primary achievements – the innovative techniques and artistry he developed to achieve original and spectacular effects in glass. Among the exhibition’s more than 180 objects are examples of the leaded-glass windows and lamps for which he is best known as well as blown-glass vessels and decorative objects such as mosaics, jewelry, bronzes, paintings, watercolors, architectural elements, and silver. Eight newly restored windows from the Erskine and American United Church in Montreal – considered one of his most spectacular commissions –  have never before been shown in the United States and will form a dazzling and memorable centerpiece to the presentation.

www.vmfa.state.va.us

5) “8th Annual New Works” Exhibit at the Jacksonville Center

July 23 – September 12, 2010

New works are the hallmark of this annual exhibit. We invite new and established artisans to exhibit their latest creations. All media welcomed!
It has been a great honor for the Jacksonville Center to showcase the extraordinary artistic talent of this region over the years. This rich collection continues to grow and astound.

www.jacksonvillecenter.org