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…
Art museums are great! You can see many wonderful things, the curator exclaimed. Bad Kitty does not agree. Her dislike of them remained. Could a visit change her mind? Would that do? Do you want to see another’s point of view? Each has a story,…
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…
The Longwood Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA) is thrilled to celebrate 19 years of the Winter Wonderland Free Family Workshop! Bundle up for the cold winter season and join the LCVA from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Saturday, December 7 for a festive winter-themed art workshop.…
Looking for a great way to start the New Year with your community? The Longwood Center for the Visual Arts and the Robert Russa Moton Museum are partnering to bring an MLK Day celebration of service on Monday, January 20. The event will be held…
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…
