Outreach
Artists on Location is a program where exhibiting artists interact with the community. We pair artists to do activities with residents of all of ages depending on the interests and expertise of the exhibiting artists. Activities range from workshops with the Boys and Girls Club to activities with CHS to artist’s talks with PVCC students.
We partner with the Charlottesville City Schools to offer an Art Club to a city school afterschool art club with local artists: We will provide 8-12 after-school workshops annually for elementary students. These workshops allow students an opportunity to participate in hands-on art activities in a variety of media with a variety of artists as well as contributing to an artistic community
Second Street Saturdays (SSS) is a program that tries to activate the gallery space on the weekend. SSS is a variety of activities such as Traditional Indian Painting Workshop, African Drumming Workshop, and artist’s talks
Spring Break Workshops at the Boys and Girls Club: Exhibiting, visiting, and area artists, supported by SSG staff, will lead artist-led hands on workshops for students each session.
Family Art Day at SSG, offers free hands-on art making activities with multiple artist’s workstations, city wide elementary school art activity, and refreshments for families.
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)
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
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
RECENT POSTS
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Posted by Second Street Gallery
Sat, Jun 15
Artist Janet Bruce, featured in the exhibition “Lady Painters: Inspired by Joan Mitchell”, creates visual statements about light, color, and place. With complex relationships between layers of form and line, each piece by Bruce is a “dance between chaos and control”. — Janet Bruce, “Wisteria”, 2015, oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches. — #ssg #secondstreetgallery #cville #charlottesville #joanmitchell #ladypainters #abstractart #abstractpainting #supportlocalartists #virginiaartists #abstractexpressionism #oilpainting #janetbruce
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Posted by Second Street Gallery
Fri, Jun 14
Planning on a leisurely Saturday downtown or at the @cvillecitymarkets? Stop in to see “Lady Painters” and Radiolaria & Reef” - we’re open tomorrow from 11 ‘til 4. Photo Jesús Pino Photography — #ssg #secondstreetgallery #artgallery #contemporaryart #joanmitchell #ladypainters #cville #charlottesville #weekendart #virginiaartists #supportlocalartists #gallerypomona #abstractart
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Posted by Second Street Gallery
Thu, Jun 13
When life imitates art 💕 Loving the use of color and bold strokes in Molly Herman’s work, “Sylvia’s Saga”, 2017, oil on linen, 50 x 88 (diptych). — On the subject of mark-making, Herman says, “my process is a search to find alchemy in the mix between a basic unit: a mark or stroke and how it transitions to the pictorial, yet remains a painted moment”. — “Lady Painters: Inspired by Joan Mitchell” on view at Second Street Gallery until July 19. 📸 @jesuspinophotography — #ssg #joanmitchell #mollyherman #nycartist #newyorkcity #cville #charlottesville #cvilleartists #groupexhibition #contemporaryart #artgallery #ladypainters #abstractart #painting #oilpainting
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Posted by Second Street Gallery
Wed, Jun 12
Karen Blair explores the landscape through paint, occupying a space between abstraction and representational art. She distills “wind, light, season, and time of day” into potent and striking images. Don’t miss her work in “Lady Painters: Inspired by Joan Mitchell” on view now until July 19. — Image: Karen Blair, “Gardening in the South”, 2019, mixed media on canvas, 48 x 72 inches. Contact the gallery for acquisition info. — #ssg #secondstreetgallery #karenblairartist #cvilleart #cville #virginiaartists #contemporaryart #contemporarypainters #abstractart #abstractpainting #joanmitchell #ladypainters #artgallery
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Posted by Second Street Gallery
Wed, Jun 12
Second Street Gallery shared a post.
The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia
So pleased about the overwhelming support and press for “Lady Painters: Inspired by Joan Mitchell”! Check out Jane D. Sathe’s article in The Daily Progress, as well as Sarah Sargent’s piece in Virginia Living Magazine.
