BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Longwood Center for the Visual Arts - ECPv6.18.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Longwood Center for the Visual Arts
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://lcva.longwood.edu
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Longwood Center for the Visual Arts
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20250309T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20251102T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20260308T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20261101T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20270314T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20271107T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20280312T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20281105T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260220
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270208
DTSTAMP:20261007T000115Z
CREATED:20260215T182611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261007T000115Z
UID:10000050-1771545600-1802044799@lcva.longwood.edu
SUMMARY:The Soul of America at 25: K. Johnson Bowles
DESCRIPTION:20 February 2026 — 7 February 2027 \nThe Soul of America at 25 commemorates the iconic and beloved work created with community volunteers by artist and former LCVA Director K. Johnson Bowles. \nLCVA exhibitions and programs are made possible through the generous support of the Wells Fargo Foundation\, the Walter J. Payne Foundation\, Anne Carter & Walter R. Robins\, Jr. Foundation\, Walmart\, Helton House\, Haley Auto Mall\, Candice Jamison Dowdy ’69 & Charles H. Dowdy III + Northwestern Mutual\, Lisa & Tim Tharpe\, Rock Foundation\, Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond\, Harriet Butterworth Miller ’51\, Joni Beachly + Focused Financial\, YakAttack\, Cifers Enterprises\, Peachtree House Foundation\, Wilma Register Sharp ’66 & Marc B. Sharp\, and Mindy & Nash Osborn + North Street Press Club. \nPictured: Detail of The Soul of America\, 2001\, mixed media\, 96 x 192 x 8 inches
URL:https://lcva.longwood.edu/event/the-soul-of-america-at-25-k-johnson-bowles/
LOCATION:Longwood Center for the Visual Arts\, 129 N. Main Street\, Farmville\, VA\, 23901
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lcva.longwood.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/123695944_3437400139629621_4996382949286846567_n.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260220T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260731T170000
DTSTAMP:20261006T213825Z
CREATED:20260215T185251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261006T213825Z
UID:10000051-1771574400-1785517200@lcva.longwood.edu
SUMMARY:Virginians by Virginians: Portraiture from the Permanent Collection
DESCRIPTION:Barbara L. Bishop Gallery \n20 February – 8 November 2026 \nLongwood University has collected art since the early 1900s. Several of Longwood’s early art acquisitions were funded by class gifts\, such as the beloved Joan of Arc sculptures on view in the Rotunda. In the 1930s\, art department professor and namesake of the University’s Bedford Hall\, Virginia Bedford (1905–1983)\, began an organized effort to exhibit and acquire artworks\, primarily portraits and landscapes. By 1949\, students\, alumnae\, and friends established a named fund to purchase works by Virginians. The University officially codified its first named collection\, the Virginia Artist Collection\, in 1951. \n2026 marks the 75th anniversary of the Virginia Artist Collection.  The Collection’s breadth and depth continue to grow\, with a total of 1\,158 works by 312 artists. It is the only formal collection of art by Virginians in existence today. To honor its history\, importance\, and the talent it houses\, Virginians by Virginians highlights 30 portraits by 21 artists in the Collection spanning the 20th and early 21st centuries. The works represent a range of media\, including drawing\, painting\, printmaking\, photography\, and sculpture\, and stylistic approaches from figurative to abstract. \nThis exhibition highlights work by well-known Virginia artists (Harriet Fitzgerald\, J.J. Lankes\, Sally Mann\, and Willie Anne Wright)\, renowned folk artists (Rev. Anderson Johnson and Clinton S. Ford\, Sr.)\, Longwood faculty members (Maurice Sneller\, Jr. and Homer Springer)\, and Longwood alumni (Nan Gilbert Aman [Class of 1934] and Fred H. Bradley [Class of 1996]). The exhibition also provides insights into artistic practices\, their subjects\, and the times in which they lived. \nThe Longwood Center for the Visual Arts’ Virginia Artists Collection represents a continuum of the Commonwealth’s rich artistic and cultural history. It also serves as a means to glean insights into art and lived experiences\, while embodying the LCVA’s mission to inspire hope and beauty through the power of human imagination. \nPictured: Harriet Fitzgerald (Danville\, Virginia\, 1904–1984)\, Tommy\, 1940. Oil on canvas\, 33.75 x 33.75 in. Virginia Artists Collection\, Gift of the Estate of Raymond Keith Kissee\, 2023.3.16.
URL:https://lcva.longwood.edu/event/virginians-by-virginians-portraiture-from-the-permanent-collection/
LOCATION:Longwood Center for the Visual Arts\, 129 N. Main Street\, Farmville\, VA\, 23901
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://lcva.longwood.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Screenshot-613.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260220T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260906T170000
DTSTAMP:20261006T213747Z
CREATED:20260215T190600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261006T213747Z
UID:10000052-1771574400-1788714000@lcva.longwood.edu
SUMMARY:Close to Home: Andras Bality’s Virginia
DESCRIPTION:William T. and Harriet Butterworth (Class of 1951) Miller Gallery and Thomas Sully Gallery \n20 February–6 September 2026 \nClose to Home features twenty-five paintings by Richmonder Andras Bality (b. 1963). Capturing the breadth and depth of the Commonwealth’s natural and man-made beauty\, the paintings’ imagery spans from Tidewater to Appalachia. Bound together as a body of work by curiosity and wonder — and an aesthetic lineage tracing artists from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries — Bality offers a sublime visual poetry of place. \nBality’s work finds its anchor in the education he received at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)\, where he earned a BFA in painting and printmaking with a minor in art history. The combination of figurative and abstract approaches used by VCU art department founder Theresa Pollak (American\, 1899–2002) and alumna Nell Blaine (American\, 1922–1996) spoke to him and solidified his own approach. While at VCU\, Bality studied at Winchester College of Art (Winchester\, England). After graduation\, he attended the Cyprus College of Art (Lempa\, Cyprus)\, where he studied plein-air painting with Tom Watt (Scottish\, b. 1951). Painting from nature proved crucial in seeing and capturing the essence of what he wanted to paint. Bality continues the practice of painting outdoors\, either finishing works completely or making sketches that he later uses in his studio. \nPictured: Andras Bality\, Rockbridge Valley\, 2025. Oil on canvas\, 30 x 36 in. Photograph courtesy of the artist.
URL:https://lcva.longwood.edu/event/close-to-home-andras-balitys-virginia/
LOCATION:Longwood Center for the Visual Arts\, 129 N. Main Street\, Farmville\, VA\, 23901
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lcva.longwood.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Bality-Rockbridge-Valley-30-x-36-inches-oil-on-canvas-2025-scaled.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260501T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260531T170000
DTSTAMP:20260504T120911Z
CREATED:20260504T120911Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260504T120911Z
UID:10000054-1777622400-1780246800@lcva.longwood.edu
SUMMARY:Point of Departure - 2026 Senior Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:POINT OF DEPARTURE features projects celebrating artistry\, curiosity\, and the power of the visual arts and media in a liberal arts education by Longwood University scholars. \nArtists and designers from Theatre\, Art\, and Graphic & Animation Design present a culminating portfolio inspired by personal insights\, pressing contemporary issues\, and visual communication and branding. Each project underscores the depth and connective power of the arts\, human imagination\, and creativity. Seniors in the Communication Studies Department\, concentrating in Digital Media\, are presenting their capstone documentary projects representing a culmination of their creative journey\, which seamlessly blend technical production skills\, narrative craft\, and critical insight. These personal explorations and subjective stories reflect the passions\, questions\, and voices of emerging filmmakers. \nStyled for Success highlights interdisciplinary creative work from students in the College of Business and Economics. A familiar doll sets the stage for career ambitions\, dressing for the job you want\, and the confidence to grow into your own future. \nCollectively\, this exhibition reflects Longwood’s dedication to the development of citizen leaders. In a complex world\, these students are ready to make positive contributions to the common good of society and explore meaningful connections in their communities.\nGenerously sponsored by the Cook-Cole College of Arts & Sciences.
URL:https://lcva.longwood.edu/event/point-of-departure-2026-senior-exhibition/
LOCATION:Longwood Center for the Visual Arts\, 129 N. Main Street\, Farmville\, VA\, 23901
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://lcva.longwood.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/image001.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260607
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260914
DTSTAMP:20261007T001811Z
CREATED:20260507T192459Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261007T001811Z
UID:10000055-1780790400-1789343999@lcva.longwood.edu
SUMMARY:Start with Art\, Learn for Life: 2026 Annual Area Youth Art Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:2026 Annual Area Youth Art Exhibition \nLower Level Gallery \n7 June–13 September 2026 \nThis exhibition features the work of students from Amelia County Elementary School\, Amelia County Middle School\, Amelia County High School\, Andy Taylor Center for Early Childhood Development\, Bacon District Elementary School\, Buckingham County High School Buckingham County Middle School\, Central High School\, Central Middle School\, Central Virginia Christian School\, Chase City Elementary School\, Clarksville Elementary School\, Cumberland County Elementary School\, Cumberland County Middle School\, Dinwiddie High School\, Dinwiddie Middle School\, Fuqua School\, Jones Family Homeschool\, Kendrick Homeschool\, La Crosse Elementary\, Nottoway Middle School\, Phenix Elementary School\, Prince Edward County Elementary School\, Prince Edward County High School\, Randolph-Henry High School\, Red Door 104\, South Boston Elementary School\, and South Hill Elementary. \nPictured: Eleanor Hensley (Grade 8)\, Pete the Cat\, 2026. Mixed media\, 29 x 15 x 6.5 inches. Buckingham County Middle School; Alan Satkowski (Class of 2012)\, teacher.
URL:https://lcva.longwood.edu/event/start-with-art-learn-for-life-2026-annual-area-youth-art-exhibition/
LOCATION:Longwood Center for the Visual Arts\, 129 N. Main Street\, Farmville\, VA\, 23901
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lcva.longwood.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Pete-the-Cat-YA2026.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260607T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260913T170000
DTSTAMP:20260507T201146Z
CREATED:20260507T201146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T201146Z
UID:10000056-1780819200-1789318800@lcva.longwood.edu
SUMMARY:Every Step Counts: Art from the Laurel School
DESCRIPTION:7 June- 13 September 2026Exhibition Opening Reception Sunday 7 June from 2-4pm\n\nSupportive\, therapeutic\, empowering\, and progress. These words set the inspiration for LAUREL’s 2025-2026 academic year. The LAUREL Regional School\, located in Lynchburg\, Virginia provides a public education to students with higher support disabilities.\n\nOn view is a celebration of creativity\, inclusion\, and expression. It is an affirmation of the empowering and connective nature of education and the arts. These inquisitive artists\, andtheir art\, gives life to the LCVA’s mission that the arts inspire hope and beauty through the power of human imagination.\n\nThis exhibition is a partnership with Amazement Square.\nLCVA exhibitions and programs are made possible through the generous support of the Wells Fargo Foundation\, the Walter J. Payne Foundation\, Anne Carter & Walter R. Robins\, Jr. Foundation\, Walmart\, Helton House\, Haley Auto Mall\, Candice Jamison Dowdy ’69 & Charles H. Dowdy III + Northwestern Mutual\, Lisa & Tim Tharpe\, Rock Foundation\, Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond\, Harriet Butterworth Miller ’51\, Joni Beachly + Focused Financial\, YakAttack\, Cifers Enterprises\, Peachtree House Foundation\, Wilma Register Sharp ’66 & Marc B. Sharp\, and Mindy & Nash Osborn + North Street Press Club.
URL:https://lcva.longwood.edu/event/every-step-counts-art-from-the-laurel-school/
LOCATION:Longwood Center for the Visual Arts\, 129 N. Main Street\, Farmville\, VA\, 23901
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://lcva.longwood.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot-667.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261006
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270701
DTSTAMP:20261008T204159Z
CREATED:20261008T204159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T204159Z
UID:10000060-1791244800-1814399999@lcva.longwood.edu
SUMMARY:Aimee Joyaux: Color-Aid ®
DESCRIPTION:William T. and Harriet Butterworth (Class of 1951) Miller Gallery and Thomas Sully Gallery \n6 October 2026–30 June 2027\nCelebratory reception: 20 November 2026\, 5–8 p.m.  \nColor-Aid ® is a group of paintings that explore Aimee Joyaux’s bursting sense of urgency\, a frantic and anxious response to our new world order. Joyaux states: \nI am a concerned observer of the global artistic and political scene. The shapes of our time are shifting as environmental transformation and fluid borders refuse any static definition. I don’t feel that we are in a free fall but very little that I read is reassuring. It’s hard to feel anything but grim. Our barbarity is haunting. And yet\, art is a place for hope\, an opportunity for honesty\, an invitation to pay attention\, to request reflection\, perhaps to inspire conversation. So\, I paint. I look backwards and I look forwards. \nPlants become abstract forms to play with\, stand-ins\, excuses to engage with texture and color and act as references\, symbols of life and death\, our canaries in the coal mine. Color-Aid ® is also a consumer product. They make color swatches used by artists and designers both as indexes but also raw material. They are very fun to just look at. I love the idea of color as an aid. My use of bright color is in part an effort to give myself some energy\, hope\, and beauty. \nJoyaux’s work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally at venues including the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts\, Taubman Museum (Roanoke\, VA)\, National Women in the Arts Museum (Washington\, DC)\, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago\, among others. She earned an MFA from the University of Oregon and BA from Southern Oregon State University. \nPictured: Aimee Joyaux\, Snakes\, 2023–2025. Shellac\, acrylic\, oil stick\, oil pastel\, pencil\, charcoal\, and gold leaf on canvas\, 36 x36 inches. Photograph courtesy of the artist.
URL:https://lcva.longwood.edu/event/aimee-joyaux-color-aid/
LOCATION:Longwood Center for the Visual Arts\, 129 N. Main Street\, Farmville\, VA\, 23901
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lcva.longwood.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Joyaux-Snakes.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261014
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270412
DTSTAMP:20261008T200307Z
CREATED:20261006T235349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T200307Z
UID:10000059-1791936000-1807487999@lcva.longwood.edu
SUMMARY:A Small Piece of a Pretty Picture
DESCRIPTION:Lower Level Gallery \n14 October 2026–11 April 2027 \nOpening Reception: 14 October 2026\, 5–8 p.m. \nThis exhibition features work by Erin E. and Philip C. Stead. As the LCVA’s 11th Arts and Letters Exhibition\, the presentation continues the tradition of showcasing the best in children’s literature and illustration in conjunction with the Virginia Children’s Book Festival. \nAs award-winning illustrators\, authors\, and collaborators\, Erin E. and Philip C. Stead’s work speaks to enduring themes of friendship\, cooperation\, and embracing mistakes made in life. The Steads have created over 30 children’s books. Their book\, A Sick Day for Amos McGee (Roaring Brook Press\, 2010)\, won the 2011 Bank Street – Best Children’s Book of the Year and the 2011 Caldecott Medal. Working side-by-side\, respecting each other’s vision\, and intentionally listening\, the couple’s process creates enduring works filled with wonder and delight. Their philosophy for their work is simple: always work to impress each other. \nThe carefully chosen visual elements along with a poet’s economy of words placed on a white ground evokes feelings of calm\, reflection\, and mindfulness. The work embraces the imperfection of human industry\, keeping intact “mistakes” which\, ultimately\, pay reverent homage to revelations afforded in life’s unexpected journeys and challenges. Art\, like life\, doesn’t have to be perfect to have meaning and evoke wonder. \nPictured: Philip C. Stead\, Sometimes It’s Nice to Be Alone\, 2023. Monotype with oil etching ink on paper\, 16.25 x 25 inches. Photograph courtesy of the artist.
URL:https://lcva.longwood.edu/event/a-small-piece-of-a-pretty-picture/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lcva.longwood.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/P-Stead-sometimes-its-nice-to-be-alone.jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR