Vision: Harriet Fitzgerald and the Abingdon Square Painters

March 7, 2023

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

March 24, 2022

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

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

October 16, 2021


Carson Davenport

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

July 4, 2021
Wanderlove

WANDERLOVE: A STITCH IN TIME

The Riverwalk and River District Area Exhibit

Wanderlove: A Stitch in Time Survey: (click to open) Wanderlove Survey


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