FAC Launches Gala Auction on "Black Friday." Join us!

Despite the challenges of the year, the Fine Arts Center has used a variety of new strategies to continue its mission of supporting the arts in the New River Valley. While this is a time we would usually gather together with members and supporters, we hope you might join us in a safe and healthy way of raising funds to promote arts for children and adults in the region.

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John Ross
Make Art: Caleb Storm, Artist at Home

Caleb Storm nurtured both an interest in glass art and a friendship with his teacher and mentor into a business relationship where both continue to explore and create new forms of art. Board member, John Ross, interviewed this talented glass artist about his past, present, and future in working with glass.

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Make Art: David Rehor, Artist at Home

David is an M.F.A. candidate at Radford University who takes beautiful, ethereal photographs in which he encourages both the subjects in the photos and those who view them to interact with light and become participants in his art. David has agreed to teach some photography classes for the Fine Arts Center in the coming year in our Second Saturday Adult Class series. Check out our schedule and sign up when the classes become available.

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Make Art: Jesse Burgardt, Artist at Home

Jesse Burgardt shares her beautiful pastel portraits that celebrate important moments in her life. She is a member of the Blacksburg Regional Arts Association and Chair for the New River Biennial, which the Fine Arts Center is hosting in 2021.

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Make Art: Jane MacAdoo, Artist at Home

Jane MacAdoo spoke with board member, Terrie Sternberg, about the influential role creating music and visual arts has played throughout her life. She has found our current time quarantining and social distancing to be an especially creative one.

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Make Art: Natavis Barton, Artist at Home

Natavis Barton is a recent graduate of Radford University’s College of Visual & Performing Arts where he won the undergraduate Award of Excellence in their annual juried exhibition. He shares some of his work, his inspiration, and some ideas for people who want to continue to make art.

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John Ross