Exhibitions Supported by

The United Company
and
Marcia and Marvin Gilliam

GEORGE

June 6 - Oct. 12, 2008

A display of paintings from the late regional artist George Chavatel.
Opening Reception - Aug. 5, 2008, 7-9 pm

Surface, Identity, and Time -
The Self-Portraits of Vaughn Garland

June 27 - Sept. 7, 2008

Vaughn Garland is a self-portraitist. True, the appearances of his paintings cannot instantly be recognized as being characteristic of traditional self-portraiture, but this is because his process of autobiography occurs during the process. The finished piece is not intended to represent anything objective other than a two-dimensional plane holding various layers and colors of paint. It is in how the paint is applied, and sometimes removed, that drives Garland's point that these paintings are metaphors for a human life formed from the additions and reductions stimulated by maturing change.
Opening Reception - June 27, 2008, 6-8 pm

The Rose Cabinet Shops:
A Century of Furniture

July 25, 2008 - January 4, 2009

John Earhart Rose apprenticed in Philadelphia, owned a shop in Abingdon, and also worked in Knoxville, Tennessee. His sons continued making furniture in the second half of the 19th century in Abingdon, Virginia. The family's furniture spanned over a century, creating and modifying styles such as federal, empire and gothic revival.
The exhibit will feature approximately 20 pieces of furniture made by the Rose family, in addition to the family's history, genealogy, and importance to the region and nation throughout the 19th century.