Tonight is a First Friday here in Charlottesville, which means most galleries have openings. Before I list everything I have to say - C'ville art spaces UPDATE YOUR WEBSITES! I could only find current images on the UVA Museum website! Very annoying... OK, rant over - here's what's to see:
Second Street Gallery opens "uglyplaces: Installation by Bogdan Achimescu," which will be on view through May 28. The artist will give a talk at 6:30pm, May 6. 115 Second St. SE in City Center for Contemporary Arts. 977-7284.
During May, Les Yeux du Monde, in cooperation with Second Street Gallery, extends Bogdan Achimescu's installation "uglyplaces" into its downstairs gallery. 115 S. First St. 973-5566.
McGuffey Art Center devotes its entire space to The Virginia Watercolor Society's annual juried show, which hangs through May 29. Also, on May 8, 3-6pm, Tandem Friends senior Isabella "Maggie" Scott presents her multi-media project, "Constant Comment: A Tea Party of Inspirational Women of Charlottesville," which should make for a fascinating Mother's Day celebration. 201 Second St. NW. 295-7973.
CODG's May show, "Spastic Plastic," features sculpture and mixed media done with plastic toys by Roddrick Rhodes. 112 E. Main St., under the Jefferson Theater. 242-4212.
During May, the C&O Gallery features "Darkness & Light-- Mexican Architecture, Culture, and Time," a collaborative exhibition by photographer Philip Beaurline and writer Kyle Copas. 511 E. Water St. (next to the C&O Restaurant). 971-7044.
The University of Virginia Art Museum opens "The Naked and the Clothed: Photographs from the Collection," which will hang through June 19. Stephen Margulies presents a gallery talk on the show on May 8 at 2pm.
Also on view: the much-anticipated "Masterpieces of European Drawing," an exhibition of 62 works on loan from the Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie. The only presentation of this collection in the U.S., the show features pieces by Courbet, Delacroix, Rubens, and Rembrandt, among others, and runs through June 5. Visitors can also enjoy "Aspects of Influence: Lincoln Perry Mines the Collection," an exhibition about artistic influence curated by painter Lincoln Perry (but not featuring his paintings), which runs through May 22. The museum presents "After Collage," a show of mixed-element work by contemporary artists including John Baldessari, Katherine Porter, and Frank Stella, which continues through August 27. 155 Rugby Road. 924-3592.
Nature Visionary Art displays the work of Kristen Myers through June 1. 110 Fourth St. NE. 296-8482.
For the month of May, BozArt Gallery features "Newly Uncovered Paintings," works in oil, beeswax, and mixed media by Amy Mitchell Howard. 211 W. Main St. 296-3919.
The Charlottesville Community Design Center presents a May exhibition entitled "ecoMOD House Number One," which examines a new design/build project at the University of Virginia School of Architecture. 101 E. Main St. 984-2232.
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