Untitled (Animal made of carpeting, with large caterpillars and small figure outlined in orange)

Choose Your Own Adventure Exhibition Celebration

January 31, 2025 5:30 pm

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 permanent collection. You’ll learn…

Winter Wonderland Free Family Workshop

December 7 10:00 am

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.…

Cyanotype by Dr. Debra Jean Ambush Courtesy of Hudson Bigger Ambush Family Archives. © Dr. Debra Jean Ambush

Letters from Farmville: Reflections on Ancestral Arrival into Descendant Memory

September 6 8:00 am

In 1989 Dr. Debra Jean Ambush came to Farmville to help settle an estate for a recently passed family member. In her family’s farm house was a trunk. This trunk contained receipts, papers, photographs, and personal correspondence dating back to 1872. For over 30 years…

A Way of Life: The Art of Joseph “JB” Allen

May 31 8:00 am

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

June 9 11:00 am

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…