Community members transformed a historic Craddock-Terry warehouse into Riverviews Artspace, a mixed-use space for studio artists, residents, public programs, art galleries, and films.
Riverviews Artspace brings artists, writers, independent and foreign films, and thousands of visitors to the region. We seek to support and encourage the creation of new art and reinvigorate the region.
With forty residential and studio artists, the tenor of Riverviews is notably eclectic. The studios and galleries embodies a broad range of aesthetics, from traditional landscapes to avant-garde perspectives, from representational to contemporary. Virtually all mediums are represented: oils, pastels, watercolor, mixed media and photography. The subtle and the bold. The intimate, intricate rendering and [...]
Capturing the world on canvas is a strong tradition in Central Virginia. Nowhere will you find better examples than among our studio artists.
The Craddock-Terry Gallery, the centerpiece of Riverviews, is a contemporary art gallery that exhibits the work of nationally acclaimed artists in a variety of media. shows.
This occasional program is a non-traditional performance event in which students from the Virginia School of the Arts present themselves as living sculptures within the gallery space and base their movements on the art that is displayed, music, and visual cues from gallery visitors
Children respond to our contemporary art installations. They have a certain curiosity and they are not daunted by something that looks new, in fact they want to explore it.
Lynchburg’s most popular arts and cultural program showcases a dozen unique creative venues in Downtown Lynchburg and beyond. The monthly event features diverse galleries, restaurants, and cultural organizations and Riverviews Artspace offers live music, performances and three floors of art and artists.
Third Thursday Literary Lounge
Once a month, published authors read from their own works. This celebration of the spoken and written word is downtown’s longest running literary event. Writers from Pulitzer Prize winners to notable journalists to Virginia’s Poet Laureate have graced our stage.
The crowd of 75 listens with rapt attention to John Hawkins at a special Third Thursday event. Accompanied by a washboard and an upright bass, John reads his poems as different narrators, from a former football hero to a Faulknerian innocent witnessing love big city style.
For the past six years, Riverviews has hosted groups of students for Picture my World, a literacy through photography program. The intent is to encourage students to express their emotions and articulate their thoughts on the idea of “community.” By taking cameras out into the community and recording their daily life, students are allowing the viewers a [...]
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 VCCA writers present at Third ThursdayVCCA writers Nancy K. Barry, Jessica Garratt, and Elizabeth Poliner. |
 CinematographC-T Gallery |
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Thank you to our Juried Show Sponsors!
EAKINS RETROSPECTIVE
Gogh Green--recycle your art and jewelry
Jill Jensen's 'Scarab IV' Heading to New York
Riverviews Artist in New York
Riverviews Artspace chosen as a site for a New Regional Film Touring Program| © 2012 Riverviews Artspace | Riverviews, 901 Jefferson Street, #113, Lynchburg VA, 24504 | Suffusion theme by Sayontan Sinha |
