The Staunton Augusta Art Center invites its members and the general public to the reception to celebrate the opening of a new exhibition Evolving Vessels: Throwing from the Inside Out, ceramic works by Wendy Werstlein.

The reception Friday evening, April 12, 5-7pm, in the Staunton Augusta Art Center galleries (in the R. R. Smith Center for History and Art at 20 S. New Street in historic downtown Staunton) offers the opportunity to meet and visit with the artist.  Wendy was the Best in Show Winner at Art in the Park at Gypsy Hill last year.  A former biology teacher formerly from Asheville and currently living in Floyd, Virginia, Wendy is now a full-time studio artist.  [Read more...]

The Staunton Augusta Art Center Presents Meditation on Nature, watercolors by Mary Margaret Pipkin. We invite you to join us for an opening reception on January 18 from 5-7 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public. There will also be an opportunity to enjoy supper and a gallery talk with the artist on February 13 at 6 p.m. Supper will be catered by Eric Stamer. Pre-registration is required one week ahead (February 6) by calling the Staunton Augusta Art Center. Supper and the gallery talk are $20 per person. Learn more about Mary Margaret Pipkin by downloading her resume here, and you may read her artist’s statement below.

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Landscape Revelations opens Friday evening, September 14, 5-7pm, with an artist’s talk scheduled for 6:30.  Refreshments will be served and everyone is welcome; there is no charge to visit the galleries.  In his artist statement, the exhibiting artist John Hancock designates himself a “classicist.”   “Seeing the here and now as layered realities – past/present, personal/natural history – my work is a complex and imperfect poesis.  It is always a bit unstable and idiosyncratic, but it ultimately strives to be essential and intrinsically humane.”  [Read more...]

The Staunton Augusta Art Center presents Myths and Metaphors – drawings of the circus, carnival, and travel by Benjamin Frey. This exhibit will run from July 27 through September 9 at the R.R. Smith Center for History and Art. The opening and celebration of the artist and his work will be on Friday, July 27, from 5-8pm at 20 S. New Street in historic downtown Staunton.  Refreshments will be served and there is no admission charge for this 4^th Friday Gallery Walk event.  The free exhibit will be up through September 9.  Regular gallery hours are 10-5 M-F, 1-4 Sa, and 1-4 Su.  For more information, call 540-885-2028.