Monthly Featured Artists
The Workhouse Arts Center has more than 70+ resident visual artists who occupy studios on campus, as well as a collective group of off-site artists who display their work in the Arches Gallery. Every month, in each building, the work of individual artists or a group of artists is featured in a special exhibition that runs for the entire month. During our Second Saturday art walks our featured artists (and many other studio artists!) are on campus to talk about their work and processes. And, if you love what you see, you can take it with you, as most art on campus is available for purchase!
Visit the Galleries and Exhibitions on Campus:
Wednesday - Saturday, 11am-6pm
Sunday, noon - 5pm
Second Saturday of the month, open until 9pm
W-10: "Unclaimed Treasures" a Group Exhibit
Unclaimed Treasures – The artists of Building 10 will be offering some of their most interesting pieces at reduced prices. Each artist will select work that has yet to find the perfect home. Spring is the perfect time to bring art to your home. So come and see if any of these pieces will be perfect for you.
W-7: "Ichi-Go Ichi-E" by Linda Condray
Ichi-Go Ichi-E is a Japanese phrase roughly translated as “In this moment, Never again”. Treasure moments because they will never happen again. Linda’s Renewal series is an ongoing series evoking moments of beauty in renewal from moments of transition of form.
W-5: “Global Warming” by Julia Dzikiewicz
Hardly a day goes by without some news about Global Warming. This series of work has been inspired by the predictions of rising sea levels, dramatic weather changes, melting ice caps, and the loss of beloved animals such as the Polar Bear.
W-6: “Brilliance” by Nanette Catigbe
This exhibit is a collection of landscapes and seascapes inspired by Nanette Catigbe’s love of nature. Most of the pieces are small and medium-sized and are referenced from Nanette’s own photos of Virginia, from the bucolic sceneries and parks to the vibrant autumn landscapes of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
W-9: “All the World's a Canvas” by Helena O'Neill
Everything around us is worthy of a painting. I look to take the creatures that live in our forests and under our porches and place them on a canvas or a tin or an ornament.
W-6: “Spring to Green” a Group Show
Spring to Green showcases artwork from visual arts and fiber artists. The artwork displays fiber painted and stitched with shades of green; weavings with a touch of green and visual arts accenting springtime and the greening of the season.
W-8: “Recent Works” by Pam Eisenmann
Pam Eisenmann’s clay work has been fun and gives her a chance to invent. Being process-oriented, she likes to see what develops in the exploration and manipulation, often approaching with a view toward sculptural and whimsical elements.
W-10: "Puppy Love" a Group Exhibit
Puppy love is many things. Love of pets, new love, young love, fun love, not so serious love. The artists in Building 10 sharing their ideas about love for the Valentine season. Come and see, you might find a perfect gift of art for your Valentine.
W-8: “Familiar Signatures” Group Exhibit
Most artists are recognized by their signatures, and by their “signature styles.”
W-5: “The Stories of Us” by Muhulakshmi Narasimhan
Muhulakshmi wanted to explore people's stories, their bonds, their passions, and their lives. Asking the questions: “What is it that we have closest to our hearts?” “What makes us who we are?” In this exhibition, she hopes to look at what makes everyone unique and bring out their story and their essence in her work.
W-10: "Time Warp" a Group Exhibit
As the new year begins, the artists of Building 10 will present work that reflects their thoughts and imaginings of time.
W-6: “Winter White” a Group Show
Winter White is the theme of Building 6’s group show. On display, artists exhibit winter white landscapes, birds in the winter and the color winter white in fiber arts projects.
W-5: "Nephology" by Monica Stroik
Since receiving my MFA, at the Mount Royal School of Art at the Maryland Institute College of Art, I work within the processes of series, creating bodies of work that are ignited by ideas.
W-7: "Glasshouse Bling Winter Showcase" a Group Exhibition
Come enjoy all the bling of the season with the Glasshouse Artist’s Winter Bling Showcase. Features seasonal, functional, wearable, and just beautifully glass blingy artwork by 11 glass artists.
W-5: “Stories from Around the World” by Muhulakshmi Narasimhan
Muhulakshmi was born in Southern India and was raised in the Netherlands before finally settling in Virginia. She holds a bachelor’s in studio art from Virginia Tech. She started exploring pastels during her bachelors and it was love at first sight. The rich colors and the immediate effect of pastels had her hooked. There was no looking back after that. Although she still works in oil paint, acrylic, pen and ink, and watercolors, pastels are her primary medium.
W-6: “Papier Mache” by Ann Liddle
Many sculptural materials are heavy and require specialized tools to work with. Not so with papier mache. Yes, you/your child used it in kindergarten!! But it is a very versatile,lightweightt, and available material for all kinds of sculptures.
W-8: “Sculptural to Functional” a Group Exhibition
Ceramic Resident Artists display their varied interpretations of the clay medium, from sculptural to functional.
W-6: “Sun, Moon and Somewhere in Between” by Cheryl Neway
Always evolving and growing, Cheryl feels her art is a process of a beautiful story unfolding and being told over the years of experimentation, exploration, intense moments of emotion to euphoric moments of expression. Learning, changing and being brave add layers to the years of creating art. Her art journey started at an early elementary age envisioning glorious fashion shows before she even knew what they were. Finger painting in kindergarten was one of her first memories of total artistic bliss.