Boys & Girls Clubs
HANDS-ON ART WORKSHOPS
Throughout the year, SSG sponsors ten hands-on art workshops as part of the Community Initiative, an outreach program designed to reach out to our underserved neighbors in the Charlottesville area. Workshops are offered throughout the year, in which local artists lead participants in a variety of artmaking activities. The workshops are strategically planned to supplement the club members' art education in their local schools. Past artist participants include Dean Dass, Russell Richards and Mara Sprafkin. SSG has been selected by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to collaborate in their Statewide Partnership Program, which provides access to renowned artists available for hands-on workshops.
B&G Spring Break Workshops 2016
Matthew Shelton Collaborative Drawing with the Boys & Girls Club
June 5, 2014 Exhibiting artist Avery Lawrence visits Southwood B&G Club
Chip Hall - Glass Blowing Ornament workshop with Cherry Avenue B&G Club
The Circle of Hope - Dr. Arturo Lindsay and the Cherry Avenue Boys and Girls Club
SPRING BREAK ARTIST OUTREACH AT THE CHERRY AVENUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
RECENT POSTS
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Posted by Second Street Gallery
Fri, Nov 16
Sandy Williams IV first thought of his idea for “Unattended Baggage” while traveling the Tube in London, his travels delayed until police could determine the contents of a piece of unattended luggage. The piece displays a timer, which resets each time it is moved or handled. Sandy writes of the work, “I began to think about our relationship to monuments and what they tell us about time. About the way that monuments tell you exactly how the space that they occupy has been used for a specific amount of time, and the way ideology is manifested and maintained. I began to think about the baggage that we carry with us, and the things around us that never move.” Come in and interact with “Unattended Baggage” in person! Sandy’s show will be on view until November 16.
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Posted by Second Street Gallery
Fri, Nov 16
Paintings develop in a transformative, process-based dialogue with forms and figures that resolve in their own time. Dové artist Madeleine Rhondeau says, “siren x silence is a series of work that I have been intensely dedicated to over the last year as my creative practice has evolved. I am beyond excited about this opportunity to present my work to my hometown of Charlottesville.” “siren x silence” will be on view until November 16th. Come out to SSG and experience these works in person!
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Posted by Second Street Gallery
Fri, Nov 16
Madeleine Rhondeau explores the evanescent quality of memory as it slips between the real and the remembered, with bright, bold paintings inspired by the graphic nature of kabuki theater. Stop by SSG’s Dové Gallery to see this work, “Hover,” and the rest of the show before November 16th!
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Posted by Second Street Gallery
Fri, Nov 16
Sandy Williams IV placed old notebooks and sketchbooks into a chest before pouring bronze overtop, creating the work, “If A Tree Falls”. The work, Sandy explains, like Schrodinger’s Cat, asks the question, “If no one ever hears my thoughts, were they real? If I write down everything, does someone have to read it?” Come and ponder the nature of reality in Sandy’s exhibition, “All the Time I Feel Like Crying”, on view until November 16!
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Posted by Second Street Gallery
Thu, Nov 15
There are only a few more days to catch Madeleine Rhondeau’s “siren x silence” in the Dové Gallery at SSG! Head over and experience the bold and bright graphics of the exhibition before it’s gone!
