November, 2020

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Join us for a campus-wide Open House at the Museum!

Come out and see what we are building! The Museum will be open. Swanson Studios will be open and House 126 will be open. STRONG TOGETHER!

A Yarn Art Class: Knitting & Crocheting

A Yarn art class, Knitting & crocheting, a part of our Yarn Bombing project. Fee: $5.00 donation per class.

A Yarn Art Class: Knitting & Crocheting

A Yarn art class, Knitting & crocheting, a part of our Yarn Bombing project. Fee: $5.00 donation per class.

A Yarn Art Class: Knitting & Crocheting

A Yarn art class, Knitting & crocheting, a part of our Yarn Bombing project. Fee: $5.00 donation per class.

Join us at Crema & Vine to wish Kevin & Melanie Vaughan a Farewell!

A Yarn Art Class: Knitting & Crocheting

A Yarn art class, Knitting & crocheting, a part of our Yarn Bombing project. Fee: $5.00 donation per class.

Print Making Workshop

Learn Print Making Techniques at the Swanson Studio. Registration is required and is limited due to COVID-19. Fee: Members/$20  •  Non-Members/$25 

Please contact the Museum at 434-793-5644 or email: info@danvillemuseum.org

Come volunteer and help decorate for the Holidays!

Want to get in the Festive Spirit? Come join us to decorate the Museum for the Holiday Season. Volunteers are needed for this fun activity to turn the Museum into a "Victorian Holiday on Display." The Museum will be following all COVID measures to keep all staff and volunteers safe. To volunteer, please call 434-793-5644 or email: info@danvillemuseum.org.

Closed for Thanksgiving

No Class - Thanksgiving

The Museum is Open

Join the Danville Museum at ODAC's Annual Holiday Bazaar

Gifts Abound at the Old Dominion Agriculture Complex (ODAC)

Saturday, November 28th  •  8am-2pm

If you have that one person in the family who seems to have “everything,” don't be dismayed – come out to the ODAC Holiday Bazaar to pick up a DMFAH History basket (For the History Lover), or a DMFAH Art Basket (For the Art Lover). If you have grandkids that you need an interesting gift for, try the Danville Museum’s Children’s basket with toys and books for the curious. We look forward to seeing you there and we hope you will find a DMFAH holiday basket that is just right for what you need. All vendors will be socially distanced.

Old Dominion Agriculture Complex is located on 19783 U.S. Hwy. 29  |  Chatham, VA 24531  |  (434) 432-8026

David A. Douglas Exhibition: Shadows of Place

David Douglas has worked with photo, drawing and conceptual digital assemblage for over thirty-five years. He received his B.A in painting from Virginia Intermont College in1981 and his MFA in painting from James Madison University in 1984. His most recent work brings him to the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia. These large-scale works explore the unique beauty and haunting landscape of this region. David Douglas’ work has been exhibited in major galleries in the U.S. and overseas. In August of 2013 his large-scale work was exhibited in his first museum solo exhibition “These Places that I Know” at the Academy Art Museum in Easton Maryland. David Douglas resides in Alexandria Virginia where he teaches painting, drawing and photography at EHS, John McCain’s Alma mater. David Douglas’ work can be seen in several Museum Collections – VMFA, Academy Art Museum, Chrysler Museum of Art, and Cedar Rapids Museum of Art

Works Included: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GmSiffgjRC5hAvh2-n2wWV6FNZBLkGM_?usp=sharing

David A. Douglas - Works at Gallery

Gallery Space at 536 Craghead Street in River District:

Beginning in November 2020, the 536 Craghead Street Gallery will present two DMFAH fine arts exhibitions in Danville’s River District, to complement the Museums regular programing at its Main Street facility. 

Rick Barker Properties has recently restored the Venable Building’s (c. 1899) commercial storefront at 536 Craghead Street. Before this space is made available for lease, it is being offered as a gallery space featuring a solo exhibition by David A. Douglas in November 2020. The DMFAH’s Craghead Street Storefront Gallery will present two fine art exhibitions in collaboration with the museum to promote the visual arts in Danville, Virginia. This collaboration is consistent with the artistic rhythm of The 500 Block, a development project focusing on the restoration of eight antique commercial buildings. 

Reverend Venable, the building’s first tenant and eventual owner, was a black minister who operated a restaurant on the ground floor and resided on the second floor. The upcoming art exhibitions will bring activity to the building, not seen in decades. 

The museum’s November opening will offer large-scale photographs by David A. Douglas. This exhibition will be curated for the unique 536 Craghead Gallery space. This show will be followed by a Spring show featuring Tim Duffy photographs. Duffy’s black and white portraits of regional blues musicians are currently displayed at The Garage- Artisian Smoked Meats, also in The 500 Block.

David A. Douglas Exhibition: Shadows of Place

David Douglas has worked with photo, drawing and conceptual digital assemblage for over thirty-five years. He received his B.A in painting from Virginia Intermont College in1981 and his MFA in painting from James Madison University in 1984. His most recent work brings him to the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia. These large-scale works explore the unique beauty and haunting landscape of this region. David Douglas’ work has been exhibited in major galleries in the U.S. and overseas. In August of 2013 his large-scale work was exhibited in his first museum solo exhibition “These Places that I Know” at the Academy Art Museum in Easton Maryland. David Douglas resides in Alexandria Virginia where he teaches painting, drawing and photography at EHS, John McCain’s Alma mater. David Douglas’ work can be seen in several Museum Collections – VMFA, Academy Art Museum, Chrysler Museum of Art, and Cedar Rapids Museum of Art

Works Included: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GmSiffgjRC5hAvh2-n2wWV6FNZBLkGM_?usp=sharing

David A. Douglas - Works at Gallery

Gallery Space at 536 Craghead Street in River District:

Beginning in November 2020, the 536 Craghead Street Gallery will present two DMFAH fine arts exhibitions in Danville’s River District, to complement the Museums regular programing at its Main Street facility. 

Rick Barker Properties has recently restored the Venable Building’s (c. 1899) commercial storefront at 536 Craghead Street. Before this space is made available for lease, it is being offered as a gallery space featuring a solo exhibition by David A. Douglas in November 2020. The DMFAH’s Craghead Street Storefront Gallery will present two fine art exhibitions in collaboration with the museum to promote the visual arts in Danville, Virginia. This collaboration is consistent with the artistic rhythm of The 500 Block, a development project focusing on the restoration of eight antique commercial buildings. 

Reverend Venable, the building’s first tenant and eventual owner, was a black minister who operated a restaurant on the ground floor and resided on the second floor. The upcoming art exhibitions will bring activity to the building, not seen in decades. 

The museum’s November opening will offer large-scale photographs by David A. Douglas. This exhibition will be curated for the unique 536 Craghead Gallery space. This show will be followed by a Spring show featuring Tim Duffy photographs. Duffy’s black and white portraits of regional blues musicians are currently displayed at The Garage- Artisian Smoked Meats, also in The 500 Block.

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