Past Exhibitions
Vision: Harriet Fitzgerald and the Abingdon Square Painters
March 7 - May 31, 2023 | Jennings Gallery & DMFAH Auditorium | Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
In 1938, Fitzgerald, born and raised in Danville, won an award in a competition sponsored by the American Artists’ Congress. A founding member and president of Abingdon Square Painters (ASP) in New York City, she was in demand as a highly respected lecturer nationally and locally at Stratford College. Over 50 paintings from past and current ASP members and Harriet Fitzgerald will be on display in the Jennings Gallery and the DMFAH auditorium.
Exhibition Hours are during regular Museum hours: Tues - Fri 10am-5pm | Sat noon-5pm | Sun 2-5pm
A Closer Look
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
in collaboration with DRF and the Danville Art League
presents
A CLOSER LOOK@Black History & Women
Places | People | Things | Dreams
March 13 - April 3, 2022
A Night of Artwork and Poetry
A special event to benefit The Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
Featuring Slides of selected Artwork & Poetry Slam | April 3 | 2-5pm
Tickets: $20/pp, $30 at the door, available at DMFAH or Eventbrite
Eventbrite: Click here for tickets on Eventbrite
Location: 975 Main Street, Danville, VA
Crossroads: Change in Rural America
October 16, 2021 to November 21, 2021
Opening reception: October 16, 2021 | 2 - 4pm
Location: 24 Reid Street, Chatham VA 24531
Hours: Monday – Saturday | 11am - 2pm • Sunday | 2 - 4pm
Additional Hours: By appointment for Group Tours, call 434-793-5644
The Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History (DMFAH), in partnership with the Smithsonian, the Virginia Association of Museums (VAM), Virginia Humanities, Preservation Virginia and their Crossroads Community Partners: Chatham First, Old Dominion Agricultural Complex, Pittsylvania County Historical Society, Hunt & Co., and the Reid Street Gallery in Chatham Virginia, have teamed up to bring you Crossroads: Change in Rural America.
Crossroads is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and state humanities councils nationwide.
Carson Davenport | Retrospective 2021
Date: October 16 – November 21, 2021
Opening reception: October 16, 2021 | 2-4pm
Location: 24 Reid Street, Chatham, VA 24531
Hours: Monday – Saturday | 11am – 2pm • Sunday | 2-4pm
Group Tours by appointment. Please call 434-793-5644
The DMFAH presents a retrospective of Danville native Carson Davenport’s works in conjunction with an acknowledgement of his mural “Harvest Season in Southern Virginia,” 1938, at the Chatham Post Office in Virginia. The Carson Davenport Retrospective outlines The Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History’s Carson Davenport collection that has never before been seen together.
Wanderlove: A Stitch In Time
WANDERLOVE: A STITCH IN TIME
The Riverwalk and River District Area Exhibit
Wanderlove: A Stitch in Time Survey: (click to open) Wanderlove Survey