the arts center in orange

Terri Allard in Concert

On Saturday, March 24, 2012 singer/songwriter Terri Allard comes home to Orange to perform a solo benefit concert for The Arts Center’s Community Outreach Program. Terri’s most recent albums include Live from Charlottesville, recorded at the Paramount and Makes No Sense, featuring a song she wrote together with Mary Chapin Carpenter. When she’s not making [...]

2012 winter classes

W22 Fused Glass & Wire Wrap Workshop Learn the basics of making your own, one of a kind pieces of dichroic glass jewelry! You will make several cabochons on day one, and wire wrap two of them on day two. Date: Jan. 7, 21 Time: Saturday, 10am-1pm Instructor: Trish Shornagel Fee: $50, $55 supply fee [...]

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Exhibits in The Arts Center In Orange Morin Gallery are offered free to the public thanks to the support of the Virginia Commission for the Arts and community sponsors.

Oh, Shenandoah!

Exhibit Dates: January 12 – February 25

Opening Reception: Thursday, January 12, 5-7pm

The exhibit brings together winning photographs from concurrent contests around Virginia that were held during the spring and summer of 2011 in celebration of Shenandoah National Park’s 75^th anniversary.

Categories include Views into the Park, Views from the Park and Views within the Park. Awards were bestowed in adult and youth age groups. Oh, Shenandoah! is hosted by Shenandoah National Park Trust, the official “friends” group of Shenandoah National Park. For more information, visit www.snptrust.org or phone (434) 293-2728. Sponsored by Grelen Nursery, Inc., Southern States Orange-Madison Cooperative and Virginia National Bank. (photo above, Virga by Chase Schiefer)

Beginning on January 29th and throughout February, Oh Shenandoah! will offer a back drop for a special panel exhibit featuring photos and histories of 20 African American Churches in Orange County produced by the Orange County African American Historical Society in celebration of Black History Month. The History of the African American Churches of Orange County exhibit opens with a reception Sunday, January 29th from 2:30-4pm, including a discussion and performance by the Shady Grove Fifth Sunday Singers. The event is free and the public is invited. (photo above, Blue Run Baptist Church est. 1766)