Join us for some scary good times! Well, they're not all scary.
We’ve still got FREE tickets for our next First Friday Listening Room with musical duet, Ragtime Fred, or visit the Center to view our newest exhibit, Function Over Form? featuring fine arts crafts. Plus we’ve launched our Fall Membership Drive and the Community Foundation for the NRV has honored us with partial funding for their Responsive Grant.
Bed Bennett and Beth Kelsey are Ragtime Fred.
Get your FREE tickets for Ragtime Fred!
Ragtime Fred is a duo from Blacksburg, Virginia that play ragtime and classic jazz songs from about 1880 through 1945. They use everybody’s favorite combination of vocals, 5 string and tenor banjos (Bud Bennett), and acoustic bass (Beth Kelsey), and put a slightly different spin on these old familiar tunes.
Max on Main will open at 5:00 p.m. with an abbreviated menu of paninis, waffles, and specialty coffees and teas. They'll turn off the espresso machine and start the concert at 6:00 p.m.
Because seating is limited, please reserve your FREE tickets on EventBrite.
Artists may take their inspiration from many places, including from familiar objects we look at and use almost daily. “Fine arts crafts” are those that are inspired by everyday functional objects but are intended as artistic expression. Our current exhibit, Function over Form?, features such work. Is it art that is inspired by function? Or is it something functional elevated to a state of fine art? On display October 20 through December 10.
Featured artists include Carrie Hodge, Pulaski; Becca Imbur, Christiansburg; Sidra Kaluszka, Radford; Frank Leonetti, Dubglin; Carol Monti, Blacksburg; Nikki Pynn, Radford.
Fall Membership Drive
Whether you have been a member or would like to become a member, there’s no better time than the present! Please join our Fall Membership Drive and become a member of the Fine Arts Center. Members receive a 15% discount on classes and in our gift shop and help us to keep our programs free or low cost. There are multiple membership categories, including Individual, Family, and other categories. You can renew your membership or become a member on our website, completing a membership flier, stopping by the Center, or contacting us by email (info@FACNRV.org) or phone (540-980-7363). Thanks for being a member of YOUR arts center!
Community Foundation of the NRV Responsive Grant
We are glad to announce that our application for a Responsive Grant from the Community Foundation from the NRV was accepted and partially funded. You can help us reach our goal! The CFNRV has posted this Grant Catalog for additional funders to donate to the Fine Arts Center and others. Several donors have already stepped up and moved us closer to our goal! If you or someone you know can help us towards successfully reaching our goal of $4,000, we appreciate it.