Schools
EDUCATOR WORKSHOPS
SSG cares deeply about working with local and regional educators to supplement art education in the schools.
Since 2000, SSG has co-hosted Educator Workshops with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Statewide Partnership Program. These workshops are structured around Virginia state curriculum requirements. Since 2005, SSG has worked with the Piedmont Council of the Arts so that the workshops can be free and more accessible to teachers.
IN-SCHOOL ART WORKSHOPS
In-School Art Workshops seek to reach a wide variety of children and educators in varying environments, from elementary to high school students, in both public and private institutions.
SSG sponsors ten in-school workshops throughout the year, led by visiting exhibiting artists. These workshops are held at schools in Charlottesville city and surrounding counties and offer students an opportunity to participate in creative, artmaking activities. These workshops are tailored to complement and supplement students' art education in the classroom.
Painting and Pottery Workshops with Red Hill Elementary
Reflections Regional Governor’s School at SSG - Skype with artist Avery Lawrence
Stacey Evans photography workshop - Albemarle High School - Fall 2014
Reflections Governor’s School visit Second Street Gallery
Stacey Evans Photography & Collage - Albemarle High School - Spring 2016
Amie Oliver Origami - Jack Jouette Middle School
In Creative Unity Graffiti Lettering at Blue Ridge Juvenile Detention
José Bedia at Charlottesville High School
RECENT POSTS
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Posted by Second Street Gallery
Sat, Oct 21
Second Street Gallery added 11 new photos.
The Pop Up Artists Salon with members of FUCC is going on now! Stop by SSG today before 5pm to meet local artists and writers, see them at work, and pick up a great piece to add to your collection!
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Posted by Second Street Gallery
Fri, Oct 20
SSG Pop Up Salon With FUCC Artist Spotlight: Lindsay Heider Diamond - Artist As we get closer to the Pop Up Salon with FUCC tomorrow, we’re featuring some of the 12 artists who will be there. Lindsay Heider Diamond received a double BFA in both fine art/painting and graphic design but could never decide which one to ultimately pursue, so she did (and still does) both…and more. She has worked as a professional greeting card illustrator, graphic designer, art director, creative director in multimedia and print and once upon a time was an outdoor coffee cart barista in Seattle (yes, it really does rain there). She moved West to East in 2006, became a member of McGuffey Art Center in 2011 and currently occupies her time teaching art to middle school students, raising her three kids, designing her husband’s book covers, and helping McGuffey with publicity needs. All of this work she has found to be inspiring, challenging and mostly just fun. Visit her at her studio in McGuffey to see more!
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Posted by Second Street Gallery
Fri, Oct 20
Join us tomorrow October 21st from 12-5pm for our Pop Artist Salon! We will be featuring artists from the Femme Union of C’ville alongside our current exhibition of Paul Brainard and Peter Benedetti. Artwork from members of the FUCC will also be available for purchase at this time. The event will be free and open to the public. We hope to see you here!
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Posted by Second Street Gallery
Fri, Oct 20
Second Street Gallery added 4 new photos.
Second Street Gallery is currently showing the works of Peter Alexander Benedetti, one of our favorite artist for all things unconventional. One striking aspect of the exhibition includes a collection of collaborative pieces, in which Benedetti has painted over children’s drawings. In an interview with Second Street, Benedetti stated, “There is an innocence as well as a deep sophisticated abstract element to children’s drawings. By adding an extra compositional element or two they become something even more amazing”. These works will be on view until November 17th, but you can take home one of Benedetti’s collaborative pieces to hang in your own home for $150.
