On Exhibit
By Staff
Art galleries and exhibits are found throughout Loudoun. Here is a rundown of what is showing where and for how long.Art in the Foothills: This juried art show and sale, featuring area artists working in a variety of media, will be May 9-11 in The Stable at Bluemont Vineyard.
The Stable, a renovated building above Great Country Farms, is near Bluemont Vineyard's tasting room and allows visitors to sample the local vintage while viewing the work of area artists. The vineyard will feature its spring release of fruit wines -- peach and strawberry in addition to their other wine selections.
An artist's reception will be Saturday, May 10, 2-5 p.m. Live music will be provided by Butch and Michelle Nielson, Drew Holland and Jerry Bresee.
Hours are Friday, May 9, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Saturday-Sunday, May 10-11, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is free. Proceeds from the show will be used for village conservation and preservation.
Friends of Bluemont, a nonprofit preservation organization, is sponsoring the art show.
For more information, call 540-554-8715 or 540-554-2809 or visit www.friends-of-bluemont.org.
Balch Library: The Balch Library, 208 W. Market St., Leesburg, is exhibiting several reproductions of Sherry Zvares Sanabria's paintings from the series “Slave Quarters and Other African-American Sites” through May 31.
The works illustrate the living spaces of African Americans at the time of slavery as well as the Jim Crow era.
For more information, call Alexandra Gressitt at 703-737-7195.
DDE_LINKFranklin Park Arts Center: The Franklin Park Arts Center is hosting a “Flora and Fauna Art Show: A Celebration of Spring” 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays through May 30.
The center is at 36441 Blueridge View Lane in Purcellville.
The show features local DDE_LINK artists' works in watercolor, oil, pastel and mixed media as well as three-dimensional works.
Admission is free.
For more information or directions, call 540-338-7973.
National Sporting Library: DDE_LINK1Pierre-Jules Mene DDE_LINK1: “Sporting Bronzes From the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts” will be on exhibit June 6-Aug. 23 at the National Sporting Library's Forrest E. Mars Sr. Exhibit Hall, 102 The Plains Road in Middleburg.
The exhibit is free. The library’s hours are Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Saturday 1-4 p.m.
One of the foremost animaliers of his day, Mene (1810-1879) was best known for his naturalistic and engaging small sculptures of animals and sporting scenes. His works represent a gentle and emotive view of the natural world, a perspective that distinguishes Mene from the passion-filled and sometimes violent Romanticism of contemporary Antoine-Louis Barye’s (1796-1875) animal sculptures.
For more information, call 540-687-6542 or visit www.nsl.org.
Gallery 222: Paintings by Alfred McAdams are being offered for sale by the gallery. Gallery 222 is at 222 S. King St. in Leesburg. Call 703-777-5498 or visit www.Gallery222.com.