Sally Mann artist talk, 2007 © Stacey Evans Photography
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MISSION
| HISTORY | FACTS
| PROGRAMS
IN-KIND SUPPORT | BUILDING
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MISSION
Second Street Gallery (SSG), Central Virginia’s first artist
run alternative art space, is one of the longest surviving nonprofit
organizations in the country focused solely on the art and ideas of
our time.
SSG’s primary mission is to enliven Virginia through access to
the best in contemporary art and artists and to inspire new ways of
thinking, seeing, and doing.
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HISTORY
Founded in 1973, Second Street Gallery is the oldest nonprofit (501
(c) 3) contemporary art space in Central Virginia and one of the oldest
in the country. Established by a group of ten artists affiliated with
the University of Virginia and the local community...
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FACTS
Estimated yearly attendance at Second Street Gallery is around 15,000
(5,000 at 11 public openings, 350 at outreach events, 350 at special
events, 9,000 general visitors on average).
SSG presents an annual exhibition season of 12-14 shows in 8 slots,
either as whole space exhibitions in two galleries or two simultaneous
shows, on view for one to two month periods...
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PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The Gallery's dozen exhibitions per year are selected from a slate
of submissions from living artists throughout the United States. Over
a dozen outreach and education programs - ranging from support services
for artists, to lunch hour seminars on current art issues and criticality,
to hands-on workshops in area schools...
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IN-KIND SUPPORT
Historically, more than 10% of Second Street Gallery's
income support comes from the generous inkind donations from individual
service providers and local businesses...
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BUILDING
Second Street Gallery is located inside the City
Center for Contemporary Arts, a multi-use facility built in 2003.
Designed by Bushman-Dreyfus Architects, based in Charlottesville,
with R.E. Lee as general contractor, the C3A houses three nonprofit
organizations...
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DIRECTIONS
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