ARCHIVE OF LCVA EXHIBITIONS

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2010-2011 Exhibitions
2009-2010 Exhibitions
2008-2009 Exhibitions
2007-2008 Exhibitions
2006-2007 Exhibitions
Prior Exhibitions

PREVIOUS 2011-2012 EXHIBITIONS

Three-Ring Circus: Highlights from the William and Ann Oppenhimer Folk Art Collection
September 9, 2011 through January 6, 2012

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Come one, come all to the greatest show on earth (of folk art, that is)! Be prepared to be amazed and awed by a spectacular collection of art by some of the most famous (and infamous) folk artists of the last 60 years.  As part of the exhibition, the LCVA also hosted events from the annual meeting of the Folk Art Society of America in September 2011.

In 2008 William and Ann Oppenhimer of Richmond established the Oppenhimer Folk Art Collection at the LCVA. The Oppenhimers are national advocates for the appreciation of folk art and folk artists through their work founding and leading the Folk Art Society of America, publishing an educational journal on behalf of the Folk Art Society of America, lending works in their collection for exhibitions at institutions of higher learning, and disseminating educational information by organizing and leading lectures, workshops, and conferences. In the fall and winter of 2011, the LCVA hosted an exhibition that highlighted works given for the Oppenhimer Collection as well as promised gifts. 

Works in the collection were created by self-taught artists active since 1950 and feature some of the most well-known folk artists such as Minnie Adkins, Linvel and Lillian Barker,  Miles Carpenter, William Dawson, Howard Finster, James Harold Jennings, Anderson Johnson, S.J. Jones; Charley, Noah, and Hazel Kinney; Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Mose Tolliver, and Malcah Zeldis, among many others.

The LCVA would like to acknowledge the generosity of: Ann Bradshaw ’04, Otis and Fran Brown, Lynne and Jim Browne, Donna and Thomas L. Brumfield Jr., Centra Southside Community Hospital, Genevieve and Hank Chenault, Raymond J. and Patricia P. Cormier, Karen and Walter Emroch, Harriet G. Finkelstein, Everett and Kristin Gee, glavé kocen gallery, Clair and Rob Hamner, Ellen and Terry Wayne Hudgins ’84, j fergeson gallery (Jarrod and Larissa Fergeson), Angela M. Jackson, Jane and Lowry Kline, Longwood University Division of Student Affairs, Longwood University Office of the President, Longwood University Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Randall Lott and Nancy McCall, Dr. and Mrs. Wayne McWee, National Endowment for the Arts, Alex and Kathryn Nyerges (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts), William and Ann Oppenhimer, Emily Pilk, Deborah C. Quirk, Virginia Commission for the Arts, Brad and Virginia Watson, Ted and Jean Weiller, Gerard Wertkin, Michael David Whaley, and John and Mary Helen Willett.

If I Ran the Circus: Exploring Folk Art @ the LCVA

Kids' Activity Room
September 9, 2011 – January 6, 2012

Kids came to make their own folk-art inspired art at the LCVA, from designing face jugs to working with notched wood to crafting with found objects.