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The Birthplace of Country Music Museum is marking the centennial of women’s suffrage in the United States with two poster exhibits: Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence (Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service) and To Make Our Voices Heard: Tennessee Women’s Fight for the Vote (Tennessee State Museum). Both exhibits are a wonderful way to learn about and celebrate this historic milestone in our nation’s history, and they come with a variety of learning resources...

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Dates: September 29, 2020 - March 28, 2021In the 1970s, photographer Henry Horenstein shot album covers for upstart bluegrass label Rounder Records. But in his off-hours, he soon became unofficial photographer to the culture of country musicians great and small, and their dedicated fans. It’s a world that looks quite a bit like country songs sound: full of hard-working operators and lonely dreamers, half-full glasses and scorpion belt buckles, and a few tall hats, boots,...

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Timothy Duffy has been photographing musicians in the South for 35 years and is the founder of the Music Maker Relief Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Hillsborough, North Carolina, that helps elderly musicians meet their basic needs so that they can share their music with the world. The exhibit features portraits of these musicians and still lifes of Southern scenes in the form of 25 palladium prints created from Duffy’s wet-plate photographs. The portraits...

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Art and biodiversity meet in a global hotspot! Native Treasures is a juried exhibit featuring native species and/or landscapes of the Clinch Valley Bioreserve, a location in Southern Appalachia deserving to be recognized and preserved for its high biodiversity. Partnering with The Nature Conservancy, The Arts Depot hopes to raise money for direct conservation of terrestrial and aquatic habitats. The exhibit will feature a wide variety of media and depict many landscapes and native species...

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The Arts Depot presents Native Treasures: Art and Biodiversity Meet in a Global Hotspot. A juried fine arts exhibit depicting species and landscapes native to far Southwest Virginia. This exhibition features sculpture, clay, oil, felting, fabric, photography, and more. The Round-Leaf Birch Award (1st place) was awarded to Kyle Buckland for his "Snow Flurries at Little Mocassin Gap". A portion of the sale proceeds will benefit The Nature Conservancy's Clinch Valley Chapter. Also featured in our...

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In Mastering Craft, ottomans are not used to elevate one’s feet, they are made to investigate the ways in which interior spaces shape our memories. Fabrics are not intended to be quilts, rather they are woven together to create a playful landscape. Whiskey jugs are not simply vessels for quenching one’s thirst, they are formed to contemplate the food industry. Art textbooks teach us that craft and fine art are two different things, but contemporary artists are...

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A survey of 18th – 19th century European paintings, A Painting Tradition looks at how painting was conceptualized and taught in Western Europe. It focuses on the popularity of various modes of painting – such as portraits, landscapes, and genre paintings. In addition to a survey of painting techniques, the exhibition will include study paintings and sketchbooks, which will illustrate the way individuals studied painting and learned their craft. A Painting TraditionFebruary 4 - May 30, 2021...

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Head Over Heels: Heels, Bags, and AccessoriesNovember 19, 2020 – January 10, 2021From one collection comes a sensational show of shoes. Head Over Heels chronicles decades of high fashion through footwear and includes designers such as Gucci, Louis Vuitton, and Oscar de la Renta. With rare examples of Roberta di Camerino and Rayne, Head Over Heels presents a look at the haute couture world of shoes and examples of creativity masterfully executed into structural, wearable art. The head designer...

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The Virginia RiflemanApril 1 - October 31, 2021The Virginia Rifleman is an exhibition that will open in fall 2020 at William King Museum of Art. It will explore the use of the long rifle throughout the Valley of Virginia during the 18th and 19th centuries as illustrated by the gunsmiths who made them and examples of their rifles.  The exhibition will also feature a reconstructed gun shop. This look at the long rifle explores its...

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"Barcelona" is a remarkable exhibit presented by artist Carole Blevins. A reflection of her time spent in Barcelona sketching, Carole's sketches and paintings are a celebration of Gaudi and of the city she fell in love with. Enjoy a walk through Barcelona in our gallery through Blevins' eyes and heart. Beautifully evocative architecture combined with Blevins' portrayal of the soul of the city gives the viewer a rare experience. Blevins is a regional favorite; this...