LCVA Events

• An opening reception for Enduring Legacy: Highlights from New Works in the Collection 2006-07 will be held Friday, Nov. 16, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA). The exhibition in the Sully and Bishop galleries, which will run through Dec. 29, features about 50 works selected from the more than 200 given to the LCVA in 2006-07. Also open from Nov. 16 through Dec. 29 is The Snowy Day at the LCVA (Main Street Gallery), free ongoing holiday art activities for the young and young-at-heart. The activities for Let’s Make a Rhythm (in the Kids’ Activity Room since September), which are interactive art offerings for families, are changing Nov. 16. Let’s Make a Rhythm runs through Jan. 18, 2008.

• Bob Mayo, an art collector and gallery owner, will give a talk on “Understanding Art Appraisals” on Thursday, Nov. 29, at 12:30 p.m. in the LCVA lower level. The talk is part of the Art for Lunch lecture series. For 25 years Mayo has been president and director of Mayo Gallery Inc. in Gloucester, Va., which specializes in 19th and 20th century American art. He has been president of the Southeastern Museum Conference, vice president of the Virginia Museum Conference and a member of the National Council of the American Association of Museums.