Fall into the Arts with the Fine Arts Center!

There are a lot of arts happenings going on this Fall at the Fine Arts Center. Check out these offerings and join us in your favorite arts event.

New River Biennial at the Tyler Gallery at Radford University until December 3

Aileen Fletcher, winner of the Nadine Allen Memorial Grand Prize

On Saturday, October 23, our new Executive Director, Becky Lattuca, hosted the premiere arts awards event for the New River Valley at the Tyler Gallery at Radford University. The New River Art Juried Biennial occurs every other year and this year includes $1,500 in prizes to artists from the region. This year’s show was coordinated by the Fine Arts Center and is co-sponsored by the Blacksburg Regional Art Association and the Floyd Center for the Arts. Grand prize winner of $500 of the Nadine Allen Memorial Award is Aileen Fletcher, local artist and former art teacher at the New River Community College, for her photo Sinkland Summer Sunrise. A full list of winners is available on our website, and the show is open until December 3. Visit and help us pick the People’s Choice Award!

Holiday Greeting Card Workshop (Nov. 4 @ 10 a.m. to noon)

Join Carol Smith for this make-and-take workshop for holiday cards that you can easily personalize. Enjoy crafting with others and creating your unique designs that you can share with others—or not! You’ll leave with personalized cards to share with friends and family. Learn more about it here, and after you’ve created your cards, consider employing your calligraphy skills that you can learn from Colby Cline, our next artist teacher.

Learn Calligraphy to add a Special Touch to Your Correspondence

The Fine Arts Center is please to invite calligraphy expert, Colby Cline, for a workshop on the basics of calligraphy. You can apply your new skills to the cards you may have made in our Holiday Greeting Card Workshop, or just to add a personal touch to your correspondence. You’ll learn three different scripts that you can use with tools you own as well as some tools we will provide.

The Evolution of Quilting: Our Current Exhibit

Please feel free to visit during our regular hours to view numerous, beautiful quilts created by four local quilt artists, including popular Pulaski County teacher Chime Saltz. The show is available through mid-November and features a range of work from story quilts, American Patchwork quilts, and others. Kids can enjoy creating their own paper quilt patterns with the help of a glue stick while others will likely enjoy the range of talents of our local artists.

Detail of a Travel Quilt by Maxine Lyons