2009

Nancy Newhard
January 8 - February 28

Reception Sunday, January 11, 2 - 4 pm

Nancy Newhard, Executive Director/Curator of the Alleghany Highlands Arts & Crafts Center, resides in Clifton Forge, VA. She was the first place award winner at the 2008 Virginia Watercolor Societies' Juried Art Show. Her show is titled, “Watercolor, Paint & a Bit More”.

Ned Johnson
March 1 - April 18

Reception Sunday, March 1, 2 - 4 pm

Founding member of Marion, VA’s Appalachian Spirit Art Assoc. Ned is often found on the porch of the gallery entertaining visitors with lively stories and painting demonstrations. After retiring from 30 years as an educator, he now “enjoys entire days producing art.” He works in a variety of media including oils, acrylics, woodburnings, watercolor and pen & ink drawings. Ned also enjoys displaying his railroad art at area train shows.

“Six Artists: Inside/Outside”
April 19 - June 6

Reception Sunday, April 19, 2 - 4 pm

A collaborative show by six regional artists with a diversity of experience, subject, & styles. They began in 2006 and have since expanded. Mary Lou McSpadden and Leslie Davis have painted for years and set up their easels for Plein Air painting all around the Tri-Cities. Gertie Gerwig moved to the area from Albuquerque and joined the group. Linda Brown paints and photographs scenes on site since her retirement in 2007. Janice Clevenger & Cindy Saadeh have now integrated into the group. Works completed in the field as well as the studio will be featured.

Elizabeth Johns
June 7 - July 17

Reception Sunday, June 7, 2 - 4 pm

Elizabeth Johns has been painting and showing her work, both in this region and the Pacific Northwest for more than 30 years. Her paintings are figurative and narrative in nature. The imagery comes from her own life and the lives of those around her and shows the particular affinity she feels with these mountains in which she spent her growing-up years, and where she now makes her home again. The new work is done in acrylic on board and this exhibit will be made up of a series of panels, shown as single pieces, or collected in groups.

Virginia Highlands Festival
July 25 - August 9

Reception Friday, July 24, 8 pm

Valerie G. Lyle
August 13 - September 26

Reception Sunday, August 23, 2 - 4 pm

Lyle weaves contemporary art with traditional expectations. She takes the viewer by hand into her childhood playground, a barn, complete with textures and smells. The exhibition moves from stretched canvas paintings and sculptures to reveal a walk-through installation using a surprising array of materials. As you experience the exhibition, the barn unveils itself around you. Visions of past and future, different aspects of a woman’s experience, phases of life and time, and personal dreams unfold.

Pat McCarthy & Adelaide Moss
October 1 - November 14

Reception Sunday, October 4, 2 - 4 pm

Both Pat and Adelaide are recently retired; Pat, a Bristol, VA. native, was a professor in the Business School at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. Adelaide was most recently a tour guide in a New England history Museum. She moved to Abingdon in 2004. The two artists met at the “Wednesday Morning Painters” group at the Arts Depot. Both are drawn to oil as a medium which expresses both the colors and mood of local scenes.

20th Annual Members' Show
November 19, 2009 - January 2, 2010

Holiday Open House
Sunday, December 6, 1 pm - 4 pm

Depot Artists Association Members present their work. An excellent opportunity to support local artists and to purchase beautiful one-of-a kind holiday gifts.