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Fired up

When City Clay owner and artist Randy Bill started her business in 2011, she knew that her rented space on West Main...

Staying open

When Warren Craghead fills his car at the gas station, he might pause to pull out a pad of Post-its, sketch a quick...

October First Fridays Guide

Local visual artist Allie Kelly has a keen eye for capturing beauty in the world around her. She appreciates...

On (not over) the hill

With its stalwart presence atop the hill at the northwest end of downtown, there’s no doubt that the McGuffey Art...

Connecting the pieces

“There’s plenty of artisanal food in Charlottesville, so we were just trying to find out what was missing,” jokes...

Woman of steel

For Lily Erb, art mirrors life—but only to a certain extent. The Charlottesville-born and -based artist creates large...

September First Fridays Guide

En plein air, a French expression meaning open air, is used to describe the act of painting outdoors. Artist Meg West...

A new leaf

As the school year gets underway, a group of artists from the McGuffey Art Center is hitting the books. Or rather,...

Return on beauty

Hospitals aren’t exactly known as hubs of creative engagement. Yet the trend of visual art in hospitals is on the...

Art on parade

Last weekend marked the annual ritual of the UVA undergraduates move-in, when students and parents haul semester...