From drawing to painting to textile work, kids will have the chance to explore basic art techniques Inside the Artist’s Studio at the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts.  Open throughout the summer from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekdays, the LCVA’s classroom will welcome drop-in visitors who want to escape the heat and make something cool.  An attendant will be on hand to provide materials and instructions.  Starting on June 1, the program will open with activities changing every other week according to the following schedule.

j fergeson gallery brings in two artists for its June show that question their place -- one’s work depicts Virginia soil, the other’s work is made from Virginia soil.

Homeland and Beneath the Surface will be open to the public June 2 – 27.

Please join us on Saturday, June 13, 5:00 – 8:00 pm for the artist reception.

Review by Virginia Kinman

Brigadoon, the 1947 Lerner and Loewe musical, is a romantic tale set in the highlands of Scotland with only one day to find love.

Inspired by Friedrich Gerstacker’s 19th-century tale Germelshausen, Brigadoon tells the story of two game-hunting Americans who stumble upon a Scottish village that disappears in the Highland mist and returns for only one day every hundred years.  There is a bonny lass, Fiona, who is waiting to find her true love.  Tommy Albright, a restless young New Yorker who does not trust his own feelings, learns to trust in hers.  Will Tommy return with his buddy to the frantic pace of New York or will he vanish into the mist with Fiona?  Take a guess which one he chooses.

Bring your sketch pad, camera, paint sets, or other art supplies as we gather in the gardens of retired art teacher Margaret Stombock at her Farmville home on Saturday, June 6, at 9:30 a.m.   The three-hour, outdoor studio session will be an invitation to create art, with light refreshments and plentiful inspiration.  The event is cosponsored by Central Virginia Arts and the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts.  Members of either organization can attend for $5; nonmembers, $15.  To learn more or to register, call the LCVA at 395-2206. 

Ms. Stombock’s back and side yards include woods, arbors, flower beds with colorful annuals and perennials, and ponds with water features so that artists can spread out and find inspiration for their work.   There will be no formal presentation or structure – just light refreshments, interaction with other area artists, and time to create.  A rain date has been set for Saturday, June 13.