First Friday listings
By Liz Barry on Nov. 05, 2008
Local glass artist Jon Baker will heat up First Fridays with a live glass-blowing demonstration.
It’s scheduled to take place during a dessert reception from 5 to 8 p.m. at The Beeswax Candle Co. on 109 13th St.
Baker’s demonstration will provide a glimpse into how the self-taught artist creates his signature glass jewelry, which will be on display at the gallery. His nature-inspired work has been featured throughout the U.S. and overseas in places like Paris, Norway and Singapore.
On Rivermont Avenue, The Lynchburg Art Club’s new show, “Far and Near,” features art by Mark D. Johnson, Patricia Lease and Sandra Whitehead.
Lease is a Pennsylvania native whose oil paintings are inspired by the Virginia landscape and places where she has traveled.
“I try to capture that moment in time that inspires me to paint a particular scene,” she says in her bio.
Johnson is a self-taught artist with a passion for capturing the contemporary landscape through his oil paintings. The New York native is a Web designer and programmer for Liberty University.
Whitehead, a Lynchburg native, will present scenes in watercolor and oil.
Other Shows:
921 Main Street Fine Art
921 Main St.
The exhibit will feature paintings by Sallie Rabe, a graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute and former fellow at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts. The reception includes a wine tasting by San Soucy Vineyards of Brookneal.
The Academy of Fine Arts
600 Main St.
“Stilled Time,” an exhibition of recent oils and watercolors by mother and daughter Anne Adams Robertson Massie and Annie Harris Massie, will debut in the Academy and Up Front Galleries. The May Carter Pottery Studio will be open with pottery and fine crafts on display.
The reception runs from 5 to 8 p.m. with hors d’ouevres and folk music by The Honey Dewdrops. The Art & Education Lobby will host a holiday cash and carry sale of local art and crafts.
The Firehouse Gallery
1210 Rivermont Ave.
Artists from Lynchburg and Charlottesville have created works related to the theme “AMERICA?” that will be on display from 5 to 9 p.m.
Exhibitors from Lynchburg include Lois Buck, Edgar Endress, Ashley Florence, Melanie Freeman, Megan Hamilton, Laurent Legrandjacques, Rebecca McCharen, Seth Meeks, Andrew Montgomery and David Sickmen. Charlottesville artists Kevin Everson, Zoe Edgecombe, Patrick Costello, Kristin Smith and Rose Hill will also show their work.
Rivermont Studio
1204 Rivermont Ave.
Paintings by Pamela W. Wallace and Sally Bowring, along with raku ceramics by David Camden, will be on display during the opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m.
Wallace uses the ancient “encaustic” painting method, which mixes wax and pigment, to create landscape-based abstractions. Bowring is a New York artist who now lives and works in Richmond. Her work is based on color field abstractions in acrylic using patterns as a form of visual language.
Riverviews Artspace
901 Jefferson St.
Three local artists will present works inspired by downtown Lynchburg for the exhibition “Downtown,” which opens from 6 to 8 p.m.
Becca McCharen, a planner for the city of Lynchburg, will present a mixture of fashion, zines, collages and large-scale works incorporating historic maps and imagery from the media. Jim Muehlemann, associate professor of art at Randolph College, will show large abstract oil paintings from his series “Criminals,” an exploration on the seedy component of city dwelling. Riverviews curator Erin Zumwalt will display works that weave abstracted imagery from nature into scenes from the downtown.
Light Wings Gallery
849 Belmont St.
The work of Revelle Hamilton will be exhibited, with a reception scheduled for 5:30 to 9 p.m. The former New York fashion designer creates both representational and abstract art in a wide variety of media. After the reception, there will be open drumming.
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