Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library 2450 Old Ivy Rd. “Visions of Progress” and other permanent exhibitions.
Botanical Fare 421 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Paths and Roads,” oils by Julia Kindred. Through April 24.
Chroma Projects Inside Vault Virginia, Third St. SE. “The Deep Heart’s Core,” memories from Karen Duncan Pape’s recent photographic explorations summoning the spirit of Ireland. Through March. First Fridays opening.
The Connaughton Gallery Rouss & Robertson Halls, UVA Grounds. “Pink Dreams and Counting Sheep,” works by Lesli DeVito and Piper Groves. Through March 3. Reception February 9.
Create Gallery InBio, 700 Harris St. Oil paintings by Kris Bowmaster. Through March. First Fridays opening.
Crozet Artisan Depot 5791 Three Notch’d Rd., Crozet. “Nature’s Canvas,” acrylic over knotty pine wood by Erin and Gordon Blair of Blair Family Woodcraft. Through March. Meet the artists March 18.
C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Art is Good Therapy and Good Therapy is an Art,” works by Innisfree Village. Through March.
The Fralin Museum of Art at UVA 155 Rugby Rd., UVA Grounds. New exhibitions include “Look Three Ways: Maya Painted Pottery,” “Processing Abstraction,” “N’dakinna Landscapes Acknowledged,” and “Radioactive Inactives: Patrick Nagatani & Andrée Tracey.”
Greencroft Club 575 Rodes Dr. “Landscapes and More,” acrylics by Matalie Deane and oils and pastels by Julia Kindred. Through March 31.
Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 233 Fourth St. NW. “Picture Me As I Am: Mirror and Memory in the Age of Black Resistance” showcases a selection of portraits taken of African Americans at the Holsinger Studio. Through April 29.
Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Rd. “The Denial of Death” by Russ Warren. Opens March 11.
Live Arts Theater 123 E. Water St. “Secondary Worlds,” pen and ink drawings and collage on paper and wood by Steve Haske. Through April 30. First Fridays opening.
Loving Cup Vineyard & Winery 3340 Sutherland Rd., North Garden. “Vineyards and Springtime” showcases oils and acrylics by Julia Kindred and Matalie Deane, respectively. Through May 28. First Fridays opening.
McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. In the Smith Gallery, “Critical Lines,” ink and watercolor by Andrea Ruedy Trimble. In the first and second floor hallway galleries, “Blackity Black Black,” a group show including pieces by Myra Anderson, Somé Louis, Kweisi Morris, and more. In the Associate Gallery, “Floral,” works from associate artists. In the Fralin Little Museum at McGuffey, “Deeper Meaning” by Misty Mawn.
Milli Coffee Roasters 400 Preston Ave. #150. Watercolors and photography by Nick Needle and Hayley Spear.
New City Arts 114 Third St. NE. Works by Jay Simple.
Northside Library 705 West Rio Rd. A group exhibition from the Charlottesville Camera Club.
Phaeton Gallery 114 Old Preston Ave. The Carriage Works Studios group show. Through March 4. First Fridays celebration.
PVCC Gallery V. Earl Dickinson Building, 501 College Dr. “Black Joy Is: Ferocious, Fearless, Forever, Female, For Me,” local and regional African American female artists examine what Black joy is through a variety of mediums. Through March 25.
Quirk Gallery 499 W. Main St. “Constant Anomalies,” hyper-realistic paintings by Suzanna Fields. Through April 16.
Random Row Brewery 608 Preston Ave. “Spring,” a joint show from Carolyn Ratcliffe and Terry M. Coffey featuring pastels, watercolors, and oils. Through April. Reception March 10.
Ruffin Gallery 179 Culbreth Rd. “every bit unrending, unreading,” new multimedia works by Anna Hogg. Through March 24.
Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. In the Main Gallery, “Mother Tongue” by Valencia Robin. In the Dové Gallery, “Selected Works” by James Everett Stanley. Through March 24.
Studio Ix 969 Second St. SE. “Neither Here Nor There,” photography by Monica Pedynkowski. Through March 26. First Fridays opening.
Top Knot Studio 103 Fifth St. SE. “Mixed Bag—Paintings for Spring” by Kate Walter. First Fridays opening.
Vault Virginia 300 E. Main St. “Tom Chambers and Fax Ayres: Everything is Extraordinary,” photographs using theater and light to describe the fantastical. Through May. First Fridays opening.
Visible Records 1740 Broadway St. “Lago Gatún” by Kevin Jerome Everson consists of two continuous-exposure films traveling south to north through the Panama Canal. Through March.
