Celeste Fetta, VMFA Chief Educator, moderates a discussion about the many different community programs that utilize VMFA’s permanent collection as a means of addressing wellness, including ArtLINKS and the VCU Nursing program. Join education staff members and community representatives to explore how art is being used to promote health and healing.
Educational programming for Jasper Johns and Edvard Munch: Love, Loss, and the Cycle of Life is generously supported by the Robert Lehman Foundation.
This workshop explores the numerous thematic and art-process connections between American painter and printmaker Jasper Johns and Norwegian painter and printmaker Edvard Munch. Participants will visit the VMFA special exhibition Jasper Johns and Edvard Munch: Love, Loss, and the Cycle of Life and experiment with the use of line in their own works of art.
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Educational programming for Jasper Johns and Edvard Munch: Love, Loss, and the Cycle of Life is generously supported by the Robert Lehman Foundation.
With a laser eye, witty intelligence, and nimble hands, Rachel Lambert Mellon, nicknamed “Bunny,” fostered her life as an art form. Painted flowers bloomed as real as the ones in her gardens. Inspired by her imagination, Jean Schlumberger designed jewels drawn from every aspect of nature. Bunny said, “I know what I want to get done.” Her biographer, Mac Griswold, shares just how much Bunny knew.
Artel returns with a full collection of Fabergé-inspired egg pendants, carved Russian Santas, Russian lacquer boxes and other stunning collectibles for your gift giving. Handcrafted by Russian master jewelers in the United States, the Fabergé inspired eggs are little jewels that you will treasure for a lifetime.
The jewelers of Artel replicate the timeless tradition of Carl Fabergé, whose masterpieces were sought by czars and nobility of his era and are still treasured today. Made of sterling silver, 24k gold vermeil and enhanced with Swarovski crystals, fine Italian enamels and semi-precious stones. Join us in the Shop to see this fabulous collection!
VMFA Member discount applies to all purchases.
Inspired by the special exhibition, Jasper Johns and Edvard Munch: Love, Loss, and the Cycle of Life, this gallery talk takes a closer look at self-portraits made by 20th-century artists in VMFA’s collection.
Educational programming for Jasper Johns and Edvard Munch: Love, Loss, and the Cycle of Life is generously supported by the Robert Lehman Foundation.
Dejan Jovanovic has spent his life immersed in applied art and high craft. Trained as a sculptor in Belgrade, Serbia, Dejan received an MFA in metal design from the ECU School of Art in North Carolina. Inspired by the textures and colors of the natural world, his pieces subtly combine metals such as gold, platinum, and silver, creating harmony through the interplay of various precious gemstones. Dejan has been honored with numerous international awards and commissioned projects for such distinguished clients as the White House, the Smithsonian Institution, Washington National Cathedral, and Tiffany & Co.
Join us in the shop to meet this talented artist and discover his stunningly unique textural jewelry–the perfect holiday gift for that special someone! VMFA members will receive an exclusive discount on all purchases!
View the best, most current short videos and films (20 minutes or less) during this popular annual competition from the James River Film Society. A special guest filmmaker will choose the top entries from finalists across North America and award approximately $2,000 in cash prizes. Many filmmakers will be present for comments and Q&A sessions.
For over 20 years the James River Film Society has been a volunteer-run nonprofit dedicated to the art of film and film as art. Visit http://www.jamesriverfilm.org/ to learn more.
With Dr. Douglas Fordham, Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Virginia
Thu, Dec 1, 6–7 pm
Leslie Cheek Theater
VMFA’s recent acquisition of Prince William and His Elder Sister, Princess Sophia provides a unique opportunity to reassess the work of Benjamin West, an artist who is often described as the father of American art. This particular portrait highlights a very different role for the artist as one of King George III’s favorite painters. This portrait commission arrived at a pivotal moment in West’s career as he navigated the conflicting demands of Royal Academician versus Royal Favorite, and of history painter versus portraitist. Ultimately, this painting integrates Royal patronage, historical portraiture, and the vicissitudes of fashion into a single, remarkable work of art.
This program serves as the keynote lecture of the Virginia Tech Student Symposium.
Presented in collaboration with the Arts@Virginia Tech
This gallery talk will explore Remnants and Revivals: Architectural Etchings by Charles Meryon and John Taylor Arms, a special exhibition that reveals how Gothic art and architecture inspired artists centuries after the iconic Notre-Dame Cathedral was constructed in Paris. Join Kristie Couser, Curatorial Assistant for the Mellon Collections and Christopher C. Oliver, Assistant Curator of American Art, for an in-depth conversation enriched by visits to the medieval European and American art galleries.
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts holds hundreds of Russian decorative arts masterpieces, many made by the Fabergé firm, including five imperial eggs. This lecture will explore the collections of VMFA and other institutions to discover the history of the House of Fabergé as well as some of its Russian and European competitors.