Outreach
Educational initiatives have always been an integral part of SSG programming. SSG is committed to providing the Charlottesville region access to art by connecting artists and their work with the local community.
SSG offers over a dozen outreach programs, ranging from in-school art workshops to group art making activities through Family Art Day or the Public Art project. Each program is designed to deepen the public's enjoyment and understanding of exhibitions and to make the best of contemporary art more accessible to the community.
Second Street Gallery's outreach initiatives are supported by the following:
LEAW Family Foundation
The Bama Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation (CACF)
Clark Art Club: Sarah Boyts Yoder Banner Collage
Clark Art Club: Laura Josephine Snyder Oil Pastel and India Ink
Clark Art Club: Mary Pearl Monnes book-making
Clark Art Club: Mary Pearl Monnes - Andy Goldsworthy inspired nature sculptures
Kite Making Workshop with the Community Housing Partners
Clark Art Club: Phuong Nguyen printmaking
Family Art Day
Clark Art Club: Zoe Cohen Claymaking
Collage workshop with Andy Faith at Community Housing Partners Greenstone on 5th
Clark Art Club: Visit Second Street Gallery
MOSAIC WORKSHOP WITH NINNI BAECKSTROM AT THE COMMUNITY HOUSING PARTNER’S COMMUNITY CENTER
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!
