Nightfall, Artists as Art and other VMFA Events Happening in March

Piedmont Arts will host the exhibits, Nightfall: Prints of the Dark Hours and Artists as Art: Photographic Portraits, on loan from Virginia Museum of Fine Arts March 9 – April 27, 2019.

EDWARD HOPPER, NIGHT SHADOWS, 1921, ETCHING ON PAPER, VMFA (2009.356), GIFT OF MALCOLM B. BRADLEY

Nightfall: Prints of the Dark Hours explores evocative artistic images of night, called nocturnes. Luminous apparitions of the divine, dazzling fireworks, lamplit urban streets, and the soft glow of twilight upon natural landscapes are among subjects that have intrigued and challenged printmakers across the centuries.These powerful images invite us all to contemplate the heightened moods, feeling, and enigmatic experiences that night awakens in art.

ROBERT FRANK, ALLEN GINSBERG, 1959, GELATIN SILVER PRINT, VMFA (2012.4), ALDINE S. HARTMAN ENDOWMENT FUND

Artists as Art: Photographic Portraits features photographs of fine artists, writers, and performers taken throughout the 20th century. Robert Frank photographs Beat poet Allen Ginsberg hugging atree, Imogen Cunningham poses Alfred Stieglitz standing infront of a flower painting by Georgia O’Keeffe, and Barbara Morgancaptures modern dancer Martha Graham as she stretches her body into a dramatic form; these images convey more than a mere likeness of theartists portrayed. Instead they highlight the collaboration between photographer and subject while tracing the evolving styles and functions of photography.

Nightfall: Prints of the Dark Hours and Artists as Art: Photographic Portraits are on loan from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

BETTIE BOWLES

Works by Bettie Bowles will be on display in the museum’s Lynwood Artists Gallery. Bowles' paintings capture her subjects enjoying the simple things in life and the beauty of nature. She also paints custom dog portraits.

On Friday, March 9, 2019 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm, Piedmont Arts will host an Opening Reception in honor of these exhibits. Southwest Virginia Ballet dancers Simone Ayres and Emerson Kniola will perform. Opening receptions are free and open to the public. This reception is sponsored by Mary Kate and Len Dillon, Cindy and Steve Edgerton, Quirk Design Build, Frankie and Darrell Smith, Brenda and Joe Williams and Lynwood Artists. Please RSVP attendance to 276.632.3221 or online at PiedmontArts.org.

More VMFA events coming to Piedmont Arts this March:

VMFA Art Talk: A Beautifully Broken Virginia with photographer John Plashal
Thursday, March 14, 2019 • 5:30 pm • Free

VMFA on the Road: An Artmobile for the 21st Century
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 21, 2019 • 5:30 – 7:30 pm • Free
Open to the public March 22 – 23, 2019 • Free
Artmobile Family Day: Saturday, March 23, 2019 • 11 am – 1 pm • Free

Visit PiedmontArts.org for more info on upcoming events.