Join us for our annual community art exhibit: Menagerie 2026 in the Edna B. Love Gallery at the Fine Arts Center in Pulaski. Meet the artists at the Opening Reception on Thursday, August 13, from 5:30-7:00 p.m.
This exhibition is part of a an exciting moment for the Fine Arts Center and Pulaski. Through support from the Appalachian Regional Commission, and in partnership with ‘Round the Mountain, the Town of Pulaski has commissioned a major new mural on the exterior of the Fine Arts Center. Following a nationwide selection process, artist Jay Scott was chosen for his design, Inspiration Starts Here, which reflects both the natural beauty of our region and a forward-looking sense of creativity and optimism.
To mark this occasion, we are bringing together a select group of artists with connections to Pulaski and the Fine Arts Center to exhibit work that reflects what inspires them. We would be honored to include your work in this exhibition.
We are seeking one work per artist (or two or three smaller works), and we leave the selection up to you. The work does not need to be new.
Prompt:
We are hoping to learn what inspires you and to showcase your inspiration through your work. Some artists may be inspired by the natural elements of the community. Others may be inspired by community members themselves. Others may be inspired by our history or even take a future look that they represent in their art. Your inspiration may be even less tangible. There is no restriction.
Exhibition on view: June 3 – July 25
…exploring dualities that shape our world.
Join us for this rotating exhibit from the Textile Artists of Virginia. Opening Reception is Friday, June 21.
Menagerie is one of the Fine Arts Center’s most popular exhibits as it features a variety of different types of art created by many different artists from across the New River Valley.
Solo show for local, award-winning artist Ernie Ross.
What happens when two artists paint a canvas—one layer at a time? Magic, that’s what! Be a part of our Off the Wall community-art exhibit.
Eighteen local artists and collaboration groups present their vision of art, altered to tell their story. This exhibit runs from October 13 thorough November 18. A reception with the artists will be held on Friday, October 20 at 5 p.m. The public is invited.
Menagerie is one of the Fine Arts Center’s most popular exhibits as it features a range of art and styles from the many talented artists throughout the New River Valley. This year’s exhibit is no exception.
Join us for an imaginative art show consisting of reused, repurposed, and found items from more than 20 local artists.
Join us in celebrating the next generation of artists and their teachers by viewing one of the Youth Art Month exhibits in communities across the New River Valley.
This is the 100th year of the Scholastic Awards! The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers sponsors the awards for young artists aged 13 and up in grades 7-12. Student artists receive an opportunity to exhibit locally at the Fine Arts Center, with gold medal winners moving to the national competition. At the national level students compete for more than $37,000 in scholarships along with awards and the opportunity to exhibit in New York and other regional exhibits. For the first year, the Fine Arts Center will also be offering scholarship awards to the American Visions nominees from Southwest Virginia along with one outstanding middle school artist.
The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers sponsors the awards for young artists aged 13 and up in grades 7-12. The Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley is the affiliate for all of Southwest Virginia. Student artists receive an opportunity to exhibit locally at the Fine Arts Center, with gold medal winners moving to the national competition. At the national level students compete for more than $37,000 in scholarships along with awards and the opportunity to exhibit in New York and other regional exhibits.
This community art show is open to artists 18 years or older with original, hand-crafted works that represent their idea of home. Oil, watercolor, fiber arts, photography, mixed media, sculpture, digital and other forms of art are all welcome.
Our invitational exhibit, Function or Form?, features work that crosses the line between art and functionality.
Menagerie is one of the Fine Arts Center’s most popular exhibits as it features a variety of art created by many different artists from across the New River Valley.
Menagerie is open to all artists of the New River Valley who are 18 years or older with original, hand-crafted works created in the past two years.
Show Dates for the Menagerie Exhibit are Thursday, August 25 through Saturday, October 8, with a reception from 5-7 p.m. on August 25. Come enjoy the talented work from more than two dozen local artists working in a variety of media.
Local artists L. S. King and Ken Smith explore one of the defining natural features or our region through separate media: Peak Creek. Join us for this shared exploration of this natural resource and its surrounding region.
The Fine Arts Center honors New River Valley art teachers and students with a display of student art through the month of March.
Winners of the Southwest Region of the Scholastic Art Awards are featured in the Edna B. Love Gallery at the Fine Arts Center until March 27, 2022.
Our newest exhibit, From the Silence of Wood, features the work of more than 10 local artists who craft in wood or have wood-related artwork.
Join us for the 16th New River Art Biennial Exhibition this year coordinated by the Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley.
The Fine Arts Center is featuring the photographs of local photographer, Jeremy Riffe, in the Edna B. Love Gallery through September 30, 2021.
Join us for this new exhibit from international award-winning artist and Pulaski resident, L.S. King. King’s work can be humorous, moving, and thought providing. King’s handmade postcards (and stamps!) chronicle the relationship between two people over the past year and more in a way that can connect to all of us.
Image by L. S. King
The Fine Arts Center is pleased to reopen its doors with a retrospective of our permanent collection. Items from founding members, docents, and local artists already in the collection will be joined by new acquisitions.
View our online gallery of the American Vision, Gold Key, Silver Key, and Honorable Mention winners from this year’s Scholastic Art Awards. This program is the nation’s longest and most prestigious art competition for secondary school students, and the winners in the Southwest Region will move on to the national competition for the chance to win scholarships and prizes.
This exhibit features glass artists from the New River Valley who use a variety of glass forming techniques. Here you will see stunning fused glass, blown glass, stained glass art, including several pieces from our permanent collection crafted by Edna Love.
Photography exhibit of local farms, landscapes, and unique beauty of the world around us.
Sunset photo by Joe Guthrie.
