To collect is to remember. People collect shells, coins, baseball cards, and often art. Each object can instill unique and deep emotional memories for the collector. For Keith Kissee collecting art was a fundamental passion that lasted over 30 years. In many ways this collection…
With the end of World War I in 1918 came great social, economic, and cultural changes that reverberated throughout America in the 1920s. The rejection of social formalities and the rise of women’s independence and individuality directly affected women’s fashion. Gone were the heavily corseted…
Main Street Museum: On Our Way Someone who plays music is a musician. Someone who acts is an actor. And, someone who makes art is an artist. Often times artists who have not received a formal artistic education are labeled as “self-taught”, “folk”, “visionary”, or…
A Way of Life: The Art of Joseph “JB” Allen On View: May 31 to August 28, 2024 A Way of Life highlights 58 years of painting from local artist Joseph “JB” Allen. Paintings of nature, vechiles, and loving couples speak to larger themes of…
Start with Art, Learn for Life 2024 Annual Area Youth Art Exhibition June 9th-September 8th 2024 Exhibition Opening Reception Sunday, June 9th from 2-4pm This exhibition features the work of students from Amelia County Elementary School, Amelia County High School, Amelia County Middle School, Andy…
Of Time, and the Town from filmmaker David Ellsworth poetically depicts twenty years of changes and constants in the built environment of Farmville, Virginia and in the rural areas surrounding it. The film’s super-8 film images bear witness to how everyday locales provide markers of…
Join artist Dr. Debra Jean Ambush for a discussion of her current exhibition, Letters from Farmville: Reflections on Ancestral Arrival into Descendant Memory. This program will be held on Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at the LCVA and is free and open to the public. Doors…
Choose Your Own Adventure January 31 to May 25, 2025 Exhibition Celebration • Friday 31 January• 5:30–8 P.M. Early Entry for Friends and Partners at 5 P.M. Inspired by the Choose Your Own Adventure book series, this exhibition highlights works of art from the LCVA’s…
