Art Upstairs Gallery 112 W. Main St. Tuesday-Sunday, noon-5pm. 923-3900. Through September 27: “Home Sweet Home: Scenes We Know and Love,” oil paintings by Randy Sights Baskerville.
BozArt 211 W. Main St. Wednesday-Thursday, 3-9pm; Friday-Saturday, noon-9pm; Sunday, 1-4pm. 296-3919. www.bozartgallery.com. Through September 27: “Surfaces—Abstracts in Acrylic,” works by Ucky Light.
The Bridge/Progressive Arts Initiative 209 Monticello Rd. Wednesday-Saturday, noon-3pm. 984-5669. Through September 26: New work from David Ellis and Roberto Lange.
C’ville Arts 118 E. Main St. Monday-Thursday, 10am-6pm; Friday, 10am-9pm; Saturday, 10am-8pm; Sunday, noon-6pm. 972-9500. www.charlottesvillearts.com. Through September 30: “East and West in Harmony,” watercolors by Nga Bui Katz and ceramic works by Jennifer Paxton.
The Gallery at Fifth and Water 107 Fifth St. SE. Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. 979-9825. Through September 28: “Man and Nature’s Bounties,” works in oil, gauche and photo by Susan Ema Vernon.
The Garage 250 N. First St. Visit website to make an appointment. thegarage-cville.com. Through September 30: “Folly,” mixed-media collaborative work by Corey Kitzke and Dave Moore.
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection 400 Worrell Dr. Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm; Sunday, 1-5pm. 244-0234. Through December 20: “What Will Last Beyond Today: John W. Kluge’s Collection of Australian Aboriginal Art.”
McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-6pm; Sunday, 1-5pm. 295-7973. Through September 27: Recent oil paintings by Katie Marshall; the annual Charlottesville Watercolor Guild Show.
Piedmont Virginia Community College 501 College Dr. Monday-Thursday, 9am-10pm; Friday, 9am-5pm; Saturday, 1-5pm. 961-5202. Through November 14: New exhibits from Greg Stewart, Allyson Mellberg, Jeremy Taylor, Allison Sommers, Sarah Murphy and Shelby Fischer.
Ruffin Gallery 179 Culbreth Rd. Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. Call for special hours. 924-6123. Through September 18: The first UVA faculty art exhibit in the newest exhibition space on Grounds, featuring work by Dean Dass, Clay Witt, Kevin Everson, Amy Chan and more.
Sage Moon Gallery, LLC Located at Siips, 212 E. Main St. Daily, 11am-9pm. 977-9997. Through September 30: “The Hershey Experience,” paintings by Terry Hershey.
Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-6pm. 977-7284. secondstreetgallery.org. Through September 27: “Mountaintop,” a site-specific installation concerning energy use and mountaintop removal mining by Jason Brown and Elizabeth Scofield; “Faustus’s Children,” an allusive, cinematic retelling of the Faust legend by Michele O’Marah, David Jones and Tim Jackson.
Skylight Studios 108 Second St. NW. Contact for hours. skylightcville@gmail.com. Through September 31: Work from resident artists, including owners Kelly Oakes and Kate Barton.
UVA Art Museum 155 Rugby Rd. Tuesday-Sunday, noon-5pm. 924-3592. Through January 3, 2010: “Thomas Jefferson’s Academical Village,” a multimedia collection of objects that details plans for the University of Virginia; “The Expanding Eye: Art Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe”; and “Abstract Photography: Selections from Glenstone.”
Other exhibits
Restaurants, retailers and public spaces that host regular art events
Angelo 220 E. Main St. Monday-Friday, 11am-6pm; Saturday, 11am-5pm. 971-9256. Through October 31: “Dreaming Dam Square,” mixed-media collages by Loes van Riel.
Black Rock Gallery Mountain Inn, Wintergreen. Call for hours. 325-7700. Through November 2: Mixed-media prints by Ted Pfaltz.
Blue Ridge Beads and Glass 1724 Allied St. Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-5:30pm. 293-2876. www.blueridgebeads-glass.com. Ongoing: Glass pieces, paintings and instruments by Jerry O’Dell.
Café Cubano 112 W. Main St. Call for hours. 971-8743. Through September 30: Oil paintings by Letran Sherman.
Charlottesville Community Design Center 100 Fifth St. NE. Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. 984-2232. Through September 25: The CCDC celebrates its fifth anniversary with a retrospective of projects, places and people from its past, and a few thoughts about its future.
The Downtown Transit Station Lower level, 615 E. Water St. Monday-Saturday, 8am-8pm; Sunday, 9am-5pm. Through October 31: “Train-Scapes,” landscape photographs through train windows by Stacey Evans.
Fellini’s #9 200 W. Market St. Call for hours. 979-4279. Through October 1: “Action/Reaction,” lacrosse documentary photographs by Tom McCrystal.
Jefferson Library 1329 Kenwood Farm Ln. Call for hours. 964-7540. Through November 12: “Lucy Meriwether Lewis Marks: A Biographical and Botanical Art Exhibit.”
The Local 824 Hinton Ave. Daily, 5pm-close. 984-9749. Through September 30: “Escape from Eden,” paintings by Roban Griffin.
Mudhouse 213 W. Main St. Monday-Thursday, 6:30am-10pm; Friday-Saturday, 6:30am-11pm; Sunday, 7am-7pm. 984-6833. Through September 26: Nude paintings by Eliza Martin.
New Dominion Bookshop 404 E. Main St. Monday-Wednesday, Saturday, 9:30-5:30pm; Thursday-Friday, 9:30am-8pm; Sunday, 1-5pm. 295-2552. Ongoing: A group show featuring work by Pam Black, Jim Brewer, Kendall Cox, Gray Dodson, John Howard, Patsy Walsh and Rick Watson.
Shenandoah National Park Trust 414 E. Market St. Call for hours. 293-2728. Ongoing: Original prints by Hullihen Williams Moore.
Sidetracks Music 218 W. Water St. Call for hours. 295-3080. Through September 30: “The Great Happening Illimitably Earth,” acrylic paintings and prints by Karen Milnes.
Spring Street Boutique 107 W. Main St., on the Downtown Mall. Call for hours. 975-1200. Through September October 31: “Ciudades/Cittá/Villes/Steden/Cities,” photographs by Liza Bishop and Neil Paxson.
Three Esthetics & Hair Care 313 Second St. SE, suite 110. Call for hours. 923-0333. Through October 31: “Colors of Yes,” acrylic paintings by Janet Pearlman.
Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar 414 E. Main St. Call for hours. 293-9947. Through September 30: “The Lighthouse Licks the Cemetery’s Wake,” photography, poetry and drawings by Jenny Bass and Cindy Leal.
Virginia Discovery Museum East end of the Downtown Mall. Call for hours. 977-1025. vadm.org. Through September 30: “Slither, Fly, Hop,” pen and ink drawings by Megan LeBoutillier.
