LCVA Annual Report 2007-2008

LCVA ANNUAL REPORT 2007.2008

Cover: Donald Mitchell (b. San Francisco, California, 1951),

Untitled (Blue faces), c. 2002, pastel on blue paper, 35.5 x 27.5 inches

(William and Ann Oppenhimer Folk Art Collection, 2008.15.80).

Gift of William and Ann Oppenhimer.

L O N G W O O DC E N T E R f o r theV I S U A L A R T S

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C O N T E N T S

Mission & Values Statements ...........................1

Message from the President ............................3

Message from the Director ...............................5

Exhibitions........................................................7

Special Exhibitions .........................................17

Education .......................................................22

Events ............................................................37

Volunteers ......................................................44

Collections......................................................48

Development ..................................................60

Financial Summary.........................................64

Advisory Board...............................................65

Administration & Staff.....................................66

In Memoriam ..................................................67

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MISSION STATEMENTThe Longwood Center for the Visual Arts is a collaborative forum for students and faculty of Longwood University

and the people of South Central Virginia to explore visual art and its relevance to everyday life. The LCVA fosters creativity,

intellectual curiosity, and involvement in the visual arts through its exhibitions, educational programs, permanent collection,

and volunteer and internship programs. The LCVA is committed to improving the quality of life in the region by providing

full access to the visual arts and to the ways art exemplifies beauty, hope, and the power of human imagination.

VALUES STATEMENTThe Centrality of Art to Individual and Community LifeWorks of art are essential records of human history and can influence and enrich every aspect of living. Art can inspire

people to lead more hopeful, creative, and participatory lives within the community for the greater good. With these

convictions in mind, the LCVA treats all visitors in a welcoming and inclusive manner while fostering an aesthetic

appreciation of diverse experiences, forms, media, and content. The LCVA encourages participation in the creative process

regardless of age, training, or ability. The LCVA designs exhibitions, educational and volunteer programs, and internships

to spark community interaction and development.

Artistic IntegrityThe LCVA serves as an advocate for artists by insisting on fair, respectful, and professional treatment of artists within our

institution as well as in the community at large. The LCVA fully accepts the role of steward for art in its possession and

commits itself to preserving the original intent of the artist. The LCVA dedicates itself to presenting compelling examples

of exemplary artistic vision and craftsmanship.

ProfessionalismIn the conduct of its business and in the exhibition, collection, preservation, and maintenance of works of art, the LCVA

adheres to the highest professional standards and ethical considerations as outlined by the American Association

of Museums, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and Longwood University.

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Tom Harte (b. 1944, active Richmond, Virginia),

Theresa Pollak’s Red Shoes, 1992, acrylic on poster board,

13 x 10.5 inches (William and Ann Oppenhimer Folk Art Collection, 2008.15.40).


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FROM THE PRESIDENTOnce an engineer, always an engineer, one might say – even if that engineer one day chairs the board of an art museum.

And though I never worked in civil engineering, I’ve always had a fascination for bridge-building. Maybe that’s why,

when I look back over my first year as board chair at the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, I notice all the bridges

that have been built – bridges to the community, bridges to the larger art world, and bridges connecting the LCVA’s

strong past to its promising future.

This fall, when I attended the LCVA’s Bishop lecture by Colonel Matthew Bogdanos about his efforts to save antiquities

in Iraq, I was struck not only by the quality of his presentation, but by the community outreach of the LCVA, which attracted

an audience of nearly 700 for the presentation. The LCVA’s bridges to the region are also shown through events such as

the Annual Area Youth Art Exhibition, which in 2008 drew a record-breaking 500-plus submissions by students in the nine

counties that surround the LCVA. The Potluck! exhibition of works by LCVA members attracted the participation of nearly

sixty local artists – and almost two hundred of their friends and neighbors attended the LCVA’s opening reception to show

their support. Aside from building bridges with individual members of the community, the LCVA also built bridges with other

organizations, cosponsoring an art workshop with Central Virginia Arts, hosting several events for the Virginia Museum

of Fine Arts, and more.

When I look at the LCVA’s exhibitions and growing collections, I see bridges to the larger art world. Bob and Margaret Mayo

were generous enough to make possible the summer exhibition A Critical Eye, featuring a selection of some eighty paintings

from their own collection. The exhibition provided an overview of more than a century of American art and featured fine

examples of almost every major school of painting. In a different direction, Ann and Boo Oppenhimer gave the LCVA their

nationally recognized folk art collection, featuring some of America’s most celebrated folk artists. The Enduring Legacy

exhibition featured dozens of works by established artists from Virginia and beyond whose works were given to the LCVA

during the 2006-2007 year. A strong permanent collection builds invaluable bridges to the larger art world.

During 2008, the LCVA also reinforced its bridge to the past, hosting an exhibition of works by Janice Lemen and Barbara

Bishop, two artists who made major contributions to Longwood and to the establishment of the LCVA. At the same time, the

LCVA sold the extra multiples of the artists’ work – given to the LCVA for this express purpose – which raised almost

$10,000 to benefit the collections.

Of course, perhaps the most important bridge that the LCVA has been building – through long-term planning, through careful

stewardship, and through the generosity of its supporters – is a bridge to the future. I invite you to join with me in working

together to build this very important bridge – no engineering experience required!

Sincerely,

Heyn KjerulfPresident, LCVA Advisory Board

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Charger, Qing dynasty (1644-1912),

porcelain with underglaze blue and enamel decoration,

16.875 inches diam. x 2.25 inches high (The Rowe Collection of Chinese Art, 2007.27.1).

Gift of Henry and Bernice Beazley Rowe ’70.

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FROM THE DIRECTORAn annual report attempts to provide a portrait of a year in review: descriptions of major events, an overview of financial

operations, a profile of new developments, an appreciation of supporters, and the like. This annual report does feature

all of these elements and more – and yet perhaps the most important activity of the 2007-2008 year does not fit easily

into any of these categories. In 2008, the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts submitted an application for accreditation

to the American Association of Museums.

This application is less like mailing a letter and résumé for a job and more like a two-year campaign for the presidency.

The application and its associated documentation filled four three-inch binders; the process of moving from a blank

questionnaire to this extensive portrait of the museum prompted us to review our history, reexamine our policies, assess

our current efficacy, and envision our future. Aside from the goal of professional accreditation, these activities have already

been valuable to the staff and board.

The accreditation process is far from complete – a team from the American Association of Museum is presently reviewing

our materials, and, during the fall of 2010, representatives will come to the LCVA for a site visit and inspection.

The site visit is not executed in the spirit of “gotcha,” but in the hope of furthering our quest for insight and improvement.

In many cases, the AAM denies or qualifies accreditation, encouraging the institutions to make further changes,

explore additional improvements, and deepen self-examination.

To continue Heyn’s analogy, the accreditation process has already been an invaluable exercise in bridge-building,

strengthening our ties to our past, bolstering our present, and charting a path to a future in which the LCVA is

acknowledged as part of America’s rich network of first-class museums.

Sincerely,

K. Johnson BowlesDirector

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Lauren McIntosh, Murmuration, 2005, gouache on paper, 62 x 42 inches.

California artist Lauren McIntosh’s paintings use both images and calligraphy

to consider American history and society. Image Courtesy of Stellar Somerset Gallery.

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2007.2008 EXHIBITIONS

Elegant Demeanor: Paintings by Lauren McIntosh

21 September – 3 November 2007

Barbara L. Bishop Gallery

California artist Lauren McIntosh uses a soothing palette and elegant imagery, but this pleasant presence contrasts with

the haunting issues her art raises – often through questions written in calligraphy on the canvas itself. The Bishop Gallery

featured fifteen of McIntosh’s works, many of them large-scale and all of them challenging viewers to consider our American

culture, past and present. Lauren McIntosh studied art at the University of California at Berkeley and resides in Berkeley, CA.

Her work has been exhibited from New York to California, and she is represented by the Phyllis Kind Gallery, Anne Reed

Gallery, and Stellar Somerset Gallery. Lenders to the exhibition included the artist, Stellar Somerset Gallery, Anne Reed

Gallery, Elizabeth Kandall and Jonathan Slone (New York, NY), and Ruth Miska (Oakland, CA). This exhibition was made

possible by contributions by Michael David Whaley.

David Whaley, Steve Walrod, and artist Lauren McIntosh at the opening reception

for Elegant Demeanor: Paintings by Lauren McIntosh.

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Relations: Recent Works by Kelly Nelson


Thomas Sully Gallery

Kelly Nelson’s intricately layered prints and mixed media works employ images of clothing, family photographs, and text as a

means to explore the past and the complex relationships between family members. Nelson’s juxtaposition of images seems

to illustrate an inner life of personal symbols and significance, narrative and questioning, connections and dissonance,

memory and reality. She thoughtfully presents a psychological place illustrating the difficulty of comprehending and fully

exploring the nature of one’s own identity and relative place in the world. Nelson joined the Art Department at Longwood

in 2002. She teaches drawing, printing, and art education. She holds degrees from Michigan State University and Eastern

Michigan University. Kelly Nelson’s work is shown locally, nationally, and internationally and is housed in both private and

public collections. In 2004 she completed an artist residency in lithography at Tamarind Institute at the University

of New Mexico.

This Is Not a Magritte


Main Street Gallery

This Is Not a Magritte merged the traditions of Installation Art, Happenings, and Surrealism in a work inspired by the paint-

ings of René Magritte (Belgian Surrealist painter, 1898-1967). In this exhibition, Magritte’s work came alive with a large-scale

In Relations, Longwood art faculty Kelly Nelson used a variety of media

and printmaking techniques to explore memory and family relationships.

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mural painted by Hampden-Sydney artist Ray Kleinlein, based upon the painting Golconde (1953). In addition, the space

showed video clips from the film The Thomas Crown Affair, which featured a Magritte-inspired scene with men in bowler hats

and black coats in a museum. On several occasions Longwood senior Trevor Childs thrilled audiences with a performance

using items depicted in Magritte’s work. Similarly, at the opening reception, LU students presented Counting Her Dresses,

a brief exploratory play by Gertrude Stein. This exhibition was made possible through the efforts of Pam Arkin and Melissa

Panzarello, Department of Communication Studies and Theatre; Ray Kleinlein; and the Office of Information Technology.

This Is Not a Magritte in the Main Street Gallery was a multi-sensory examination

of the work of René Magritte, combining collage, video vignettes,

and performances by Trevor Childs ’08 (pictured above).

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Enduring Legacy: Highlights from New in the Collection 2006-07

16 November – 29 December 2007

Bishop and Sully Galleries

Enduring Legacy: Highlights from New in the Collection 2006-07 reflected the breadth and excellence of gifts of art given

to the LCVA during the previous year. Works featured in the exhibition included folk art by Howard Finster, photography by

Willie Anne Wright, sculpture by Rubin Peacock, still lives by William Fletcher Jones, landscapes by Ann Lyne, and mixed

media work by William H. Clarke. Other featured artists included William Amlong, Nell Blaine, Richard Bland, Fred Bradley

’96, Richard Carlyon, Jerry Donato, Stephen Fisher, Steven Glass and Mary Holland, Maryann Harman, Kent Ipsen, S. L.

Jones, Kristen Kieffer, Ronald King, Hazel Kinney, Jim Lee, Jim Machacek and Genie Shenk, Henrietta Near, Eddie Peters,

Eleanor Rufty, Milo Russell, Christopher Silliman, Mose Tolliver, Morton Traylor, Heather Weston, and Jack Witt.

LCVA staff selected the nearly fifty pieces shown in the exhibition from more than two hundred artworks given to the museum

during its fiscal year 2006-07. Donors whose gifts were represented in the exhibition included an anonymous individual,

Lester Blackiston, Jack Blanton, William H. Clarke, I. B. Dent, Harriet Butterworth Miller ’51, William and Ann Oppenhimer,

Dr. Betty H. Tisinger, the Estate of Morton Traylor, and Willie Anne Wright.

Enduring Legacy: Highlights from New in the Collection ’06-’07 showcased the bounty and variety of art

given to the LCVA during the previous fiscal year.

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Start with Art, Learn for Life: The Annual Area Youth Art Exhibition

17 February – 22 March 2008

Lower Level

Abounding with energy, color, and joie de vivre, more than 500 works of art created by young people adorned the walls of

the LCVA’s Lower Level during Youth Art Month. Sponsored by @WORK Personnel and Medical Services, the eighth Annual

Area Youth Art Exhibition broke records for the number of artworks and artists featured. An opening reception was held on

the February 17. Art teachers at public, private, and home schools throughout a nine-county region submitted their students’

best work for the exhibition.

Participating art teachers included: Jennifer Abruzzo (Buckingham Primary School and Dillwyn Primary School); Gayle

Bromer (Buckingham Middle School); Wanda L. Cary (Nottoway County Intermediate); Kim Dalton (Pocahontas Middle

School); Jane Dougherty (Amelia County High School and Amelia County Middle School); Cassie Duarte (Central High

School); Cricket Edmonson (Prince Edward County Elementary School); Deborah Ford (Amelia County High School and

Amelia County Middle School); Vicki Fulcher (New Life Christian Academy); Penny Hackett (Prince Edward County High

School); Matilde Herrero (Gold Hill Elementary School); Patricia Herring (Nottoway County Middle School); Jessi Hollinger

(Lunenburg Middle School); Katy Jones (Bacon District Elementary, J. Murray Jeffress Elementary, and Phenix Elementary);

Rhonda Jones (Cumberland Middle School); Jean Kunath (Central High School); Kerri Lindsay (Burkeville Elementary

School); Kerri Lindsay (Crewe Primary School); Kristi Martin (Eureka Elementary); Megan McConnell (Nottoway County High

School); Kathryn Orth (Prince Edward County High School); Denise Penick (Fuqua Lower School); Bettye Pope (Amelia

County Elementary School); Kimberly Powers (Buckingham County High School); Debbie Quinn (Blackstone Primary

School); Beth Reynolds (Appomattox Middle School); Wendy Richardson (Appomattox County High School); Jocelyn

Sandberg (Cumberland Elementary School); Betsy Skelton (Five-County Home School); Janice Stanley (Cumberland County

High School); Joy Utzinger (Prince Edward County Elementary School); Maggie Whorley (Appomattox Elementary School);

and Valerie York (Appomattox Primary School).

Jermaine Crawley lifts up daughter and young artist Imani Crawley

so that she can show off her caterpillar creation at the

2008 Annual Area Youth Art Exhibition, which featured a

record-breaking 500-plus submissions.

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Festival of Lights

17 February – 20 May 2008

Main Street Gallery

The Lantern Festival is the final celebration of the Chinese New Year. Students from each school in Nottoway County and

from Amelia County High School helped to transform the LCVA’s Main Street window into their own version of the celebra-

tion, the Festival of Lights. Lanterns of various shapes and sizes, a dancing dragon, the Chinese zodiac animals, Chinese

architecture, and many more bright and colorful items were featured. The window was a collaboration of approximately 1046

students in grades pre-kindergarten through twelve, with the leadership of teachers Wanda Cary, Deborah Ford, Patricia

Herring, Keri Lindsey, Megan McConnell, and Debbie Quinn.

Megan McConnell, art teacher at Nottoway County High School, stands with student Heaven Imanchinello,

in the LCVA’s Main Street Gallery, featuring Festival of Lights. The Chinese-inspired exhibition was created

by the students of Nottoway County public schools and Amelia County High School, under the leadership

of teachers Wanda Cary, Deborah Ford, Patricia Herring, Keri Lindsey, Megan McConnell, and Debbie Quinn.

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Potluck! Works by LCVA Members

25 January – 26 April 2008

Thomas Sully Gallery

In December, the LCVA issued a call for members to submit an artwork of their own creation for exhibition in Potluck! Nearly

sixty members, from elementary students to senior citizens, answered the call, bringing a diversity of photography, textile

work, watercolors, ceramics, a scaled replica of a stage set, and an operational model of a “headache machine.”

Participating artists included: Avis Addleman, Edwilda Allen, Katherine Antis, Beverly Baker, Cynthia Bergstrom Devlin,

Shirley V. Blackwell, Robert Blackman, Paul Bowles, Jessica Broad, U.C. Burgess, Lonnie Calhoun, Brian Carley, Pat

Clifford, Mary H. Cosby, Judith Crespo, Kerri Cushman, Marianne Dennison, Erin Devine, E. Dutz, Jessica Eisfelder, Jeremy

M. Elder, Tray Eppes, Betty Fanelli, Carolyn Ferguson, Alix Fink, Alexander Grabiec, Dian Graham, Shane Grissom, Charles

Hartwill, Elizabeth Haskell-Garner, Adrienne Heinbaugh, David Henley, Nichole E. Henry, Todd R. Henry, Erin L. Kidd, Ray

Kleinlein, Eric A. Koger, David Dodge Lewis, Nancy Lockwood, Deborah McClintock, Richard McClintock, Kelly Nelson, Ann

Oppenhimer, William Oppenhimer, Melissa Panzarello, Sidney J. Paterson, Constance Pois, Dave Polce, Nancy B. Powers,

Venus Powers, Mary Prevo, Jennifer Ring, Jim Ryan, Julie Shield, Bruce Skillicorn, Homer Springer, Donna Taylor, P.M.

Thorne, Claire Utzinger, Joy Boettcher Utzinger, Carolyn Wells, Maggie Whorley, and Sandy Willcox.

Longwood students Stephanie Trippeer, Zachary Dalton, Molly McFadden, and Kate Wackerle were among nearly

two hundred who attended the opening reception for Potluck! Works by LCVA Members.

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Layered Meanings and Allusions: Prints by Janice Lemen and Barbara L. Bishop


Barbara L. Bishop Gallery

Janice S. Lemen (1916-1994) and Barbara L. Bishop (1938-1991) were much beloved Longwood University art department

faculty and highly talented artists. During the years since their deaths, the LCVA has been proud to receive numerous contri-

butions of their works from family and friends. Bishop and Lemen were exceptionally prolific printmakers, creating many

prints in multiples, called editions. In some cases, the LCVA has been fortunate to receive multiple prints from a single edi-

tion. Because the LCVA cannot care for an entire edition, the LCVA selected one from each edition for its permanent collec-

tion. This exhibition showcased these prints, once reviewed in the Washington Post as “superior.” Following LCVA guidelines,

the extras from the editions were sold for the benefit of the LCVA’s collection management program (see related article). This

exhibition was made possible by contributions from Charles H. and Candice Jamison Dowdy ’69, Northwestern Mutual

Financial Network, and Sandra Breil.

Layers Meanings and Allusions paid tribute to the print-making prowess of Janice Lemen and Barbara Bishop,

two late art department faculty members and artists who made lasting contributions

to Longwood University in general and to the LCVA in particular.

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Katherine Bratcher, Untitled (Heart teapot from Anatomical Feast ), 2007-08, glazed stoneware, 5.5 x 5.5 x 4.25 inches (Ceramics Study

Collection, 2008.6a/b). LCVA purchase. Bratcher was one of almost thirty seniors graduating from Longwood University’s Art Department

in 2008 who participated in the annual Art Department Senior Exhibition. The LCVA purchased the teapot for its permanent collection.

Art Department Senior Exhibition

12 April – 10 May 2008

Lower Level

Drawing inspiration from tattoos, music, pets, anatomy, astronomy, and more, art students graduating from Longwood

University presented their third annual exhibition at the LCVA. Nearly thirty students showed work from a variety of disci-

plines and media, including graphic design, product design, architecture, film, functional ceramics, performance art, photog-

raphy, portraiture, artists’ books, comic books, and others. Participating students were enrolled in visiting lecturer Nancy

Shahani’s Senior Seminar, offered by Longwood’s Art Department. The projects varied from traditional portraiture to

Katherine Bratcher’s functional yet sculptural ten-piece ceramic serving set based on organs of the body.

Participating students included: Sara Anderson, Lynn Willette Attermeyer, Chris Balderson, Ashley Beazley, Katherine

Bratcher, Crystal K. Condrey, Richard Costa, Clinton Crumpler, Laura Dedmond, Billie Shay Downing, Alexander Grabiec,

Kristen Herndon, Sarah Irwin, Suzanne Jackson, Hannah Ketchum, James Richard Kilgore, Zoey Lewis, Jennifer Mayhew,

Mike McAteer, Robert McGrath III, Laura Nodtvedt, Kristin Faith Novara, Holly Nunnally, Joshua O’Connor, Brian Polgar,

Curtis Pilgrim, Melinda Schissler, Keiva Small, Clint Walsh, Katy Weaver, and Amanda Wiltshire.

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A Critical Eye: A Selection of Paintings

from the Robert B. and Margaret T. Mayo Collection

16 May – 2 August 2008

Bishop and Sully Galleries

An art collection fifty years in the making – and spanning a more than a century of American history – came to the LCVA dur-

ing the summer of 2008. A Critical Eye: A Selection of Paintings from the Robert B. and Margaret T. Mayo Collection featured

some eighty pieces showcasing the variety and depth of traditional American and European art. The stunning collection –

crafted by the gallery owners’ own “critical eyes” – is predominantly American and illustrates most major art movements and

subject matters of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Exuberant historical paintings of George Washington commemorate

American democratic traditions. With the meticulous detail characteristic of the Hudson River School style, many paintings

capture the wide-open, grand vistas of the noble 19th-century American landscape. Other landscape views embody the

tenets of American Impressionism and Tonalism with their atmospheric nuances. Genre and sporting scenes capture the

social customs and leisure habits of a slower-paced time. LCVA director K. Johnson Bowles concluded, “It’s a rarity to find

such excellent examples across a broad spectrum of American art.” The exhibition was made possible by contributions from

Creative Electrical Contractors, Inc., and Robert B. and Margaret T. Mayo ’52. The LCVA also created a catalog for the

exhibition, written by the Mayos’ daughter, Pamela Mayo Rogansky ’81, an art appraiser for more than two decades.

A Critical Eye: A Selection of Paintings from the Robert B. and Margaret T. Mayo Collection featured examples

of American Impressionism, traditional landscape painting, Tonalism, sporting art, and many other genre pieces,

offering an overview of more than a century of art history.

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SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS

Highlights from the 2006 Annual Area Youth Art Exhibition

October 2007 – August 2008

Hull Education Center, Longwood University

Surrounded by so many artists and so little space, museum professionals often face tough choices. Case in point: each year

the LCVA must choose from hundreds of contributions to the Annual Area Youth Art Exhibition to create a year-long highlights

exhibition to be installed in Longwood’s Hull Education Building. This year, Curator of Education Emily Gresham selected

thirty-three works from schools in nine counties for the seventh annual exhibition. Framed and hung along the hallways of

the building, the young artists’ works serve as an inspiration for students, staff, faculty, and visitors to the building. The LCVA

and Longwood University’s College of Education and Human Services cosponsored the exhibition.

Exhibitors include: Alice Adkins (from Prince Edward County Middle School; teacher, Susan Campbell); Carrington Bailey (Fuqua Lower School, Denise Penick); Taquirist Beattie (Bacon District Elementary,

Kathryn Jones); Noah Brinkley (Phenix Elementary, Kathryn Jones); Anne Cabell Butler (Fuqua Upper School, Dora Bounds); Nicole Cabell (Appomattox Elementary School, Maggie Whorley); Victoria Cassell

(Cumberland County Middle School, Ronda L. Jones); Hannah Conwell (Eureka Elementary, Kristi Martin); Virginia Elam (Fuqua Lower School, Denise Penick); Nathan Gilliam (Appomattox Middle School,

Beth Reynolds); Kendall Hammer (Appomattox Middle School, Beth Reynolds); Natalie Harris (Buckingham County High School, Kim Powers); Morty Hazelwood (Lunenburg Middle School, S. Jessi Hollinger);

Mark Heintzleman (Randolph-Henry High School, Frank Hailey); Marybeth Kinman (Prince Edward County High School, Penny S. Hackett); Samantha Poole (Gold Hill Elementary School, Matilde Herrero);

Joey Reel (Appomattox County High School,Wendy Richardson); Kelsey Reitz (Blackstone Primary School, Debbie Quinn); Healy Robertson (Nottoway County Middle School, Patricia Herring); Maggie

Shepherd (Nottoway County Middle School, Patricia Herring); Brandon Simmers (Buckingham Primary School, Jennifer Abruzzo); Rebecca Skelton (Five-County Home School, Betsy Skelton); Kaitlynn

Slaughter (Central High School, Jean J. Kunath); Nolan Snyder (Burkeville Elementary School, Keri Lindsey); Anna Stansfield (Nottoway County Intermediate School, Wanda L. Cary); Brian Staylor (Crewe

Primary School, Keri Lindsey); Jeffrey Steele (Amelia County Elementary School, Bettye Pope); Ellie Swanson (Prince Edward County Elementary School, Carol Edmonson); Alexis Taylor (Appomattox Primary

School, Valerie York); Matthew Taylor (Dillwyn Elementary School, Matilde Herrero); Ashley Wells (J. Murray Jeffress Elementary, Kathryn Jones); Ben Wise (Cumberland County High School, Janice Stanley);

and Shelby Wise (Buckingham Primary School, Jennifer Abruzzo).

Ellie Swanson, Brandy Snoddy, Virginia Elam, Carrington Bailey, Victoria Cassell, and Alice Adkins

were among the Farmville-area artists whose work was selected or Highlights from the

Annual Youth Art Exhibition.

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Brock Commons Outdoor Sculpture Program

Whether exploring age-old questions or finding brand-new uses for discarded materials, the three sculptures that arrived

on the Longwood University campus this year added beauty, sparked discussion, and further established the university’s

commitment to incorporating the arts into everyday life. Selected by students who graduated from Longwood’s Art Department

in 2007, the large-scale sculptures arrived in the spring of 2008 and will remain on view for two years. All sculptors

presented a public lecture at Bedford Auditorium following the installation of their pieces. The Brock Commons Outdoor

Sculpture Program is made possible by the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts and the Longwood University Department

of Facilities Management.

Christopher Fennell Mike Hanson

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Christopher Fennell (Birmingham, Alabama)

Barn Pinecone (2008)

wood, 6 x 8 x 12 feet

Installation and lecture: 19 March 2008

Using barn timber reclaimed from a local farm, engineer-turned-artist Christopher Fennell created Barn Pinecone,

a swirling, three-dimensional form that even invites viewers to enter and sit on a bench within the sculpture.

“The materials I use have been cast out by society, for example: demolished barns, broken bicycles and downed trees,”

notes Fennell, whose work has been exhibited in more than a dozen states. From these repurposed materials,

he creates dynamic, natural forms that emphasize the second life of the cast-offs. Barn Pinecone is situated near

Longwood’s just-opened Health and Fitness Center.

Birmingham-based engineer-turned-artist Christopher Fennell created Barn Pinecone

near Longwood’s new Health and Fitness Center. By building the sculpture,

Fennell gave second life to barn timber reclaimed from a local farm.

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Charlie Brouwer (Floyd, Virginia)

From Whence Cometh My Help? (2005)

Locust wood, deck screws, preservation stain, 81 x 24 x 24 inches

Installation and lecture: 2 April 2008

Selected for its humanity and spirituality, the work of Virginia artist Charlie Brouwer is now situated near the Lankford

Student Union on the main axis of the Longwood campus. The wood sculpture, which shows a man with hat in hand gazing

off into the hills, takes its inspiration from the Bible, specifically Psalm 121. The artist explains that the question in the title –

From Whence Cometh My Help? – “seems to be especially appropriate today. We seem to be in need of help and our help is

needed by others.” Retired from teaching sculpture, drawing, and art education at Radford University, Charlie Brouwer has

shown his work in nearly 200 exhibitions worldwide.

Working in front of Lankford Student Union, sculptor Charlie Brouwer

of Floyd, Virginia, completes the installation of From Whence Cometh My Help?.

Brouwer’s work has been shown in nearly 200 exhibitions worldwide.

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Mike Hansel (Newport, Rhode Island)

Intestinal Fortitude (2005)

Stainless steel, 15 x 12 x 6 feet

Installation and lecture: 16 April 2008

Winner of the “Best of Show” award at the 2005 Port Warwick Art and Sculpture Festival in Newport News, Intestinal

Fortitude is an exuberant steel sculpture. Located behind Lancaster Hall, the piece showcases the artist’s commitment to

combining “the organic and the man-made.” He continues: “My goal is to create finished compositions that leave the viewer

with the comfort of familiarity and the uncertainty of not being able to truly identify or categorize any of the forms.” Mike

Hansel heads the art department at St. George’s School and teaches art at Salve Regina University, both in Newport,

Rhode Island. His works have been exhibited in a variety of venues, from the northeast to the southwest.

Mike Hanson anchors the base of Intestinal Fortitude, installed behind Lancaster Hall.

The sculpture won “Best of Show” at the 2005 Port Warwick Art

and Sculpture Festival in Newport News.

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EDUCATION

Ongoing Offerings

Have Art, Will TravelThis popular exploration of Chinese art and culture was revised and reinstated in schools this year. The program has three

components: first, a trunk packed with books, art supplies, and lesson plans travels to a participating classroom, followed by

a visit to the classroom by an LCVA representative. Finally, the class enjoys a fieldtrip to Longwood’s Chinese art collection

on display in the Rowe Gallery. Participation in the program is free. It was made possible in part by Target.

Drawing in the GalleryFor a third year, the LCVA maintained a supply of sketch pads and pencils for visitors who wished to view the museum’s

collection the old fashioned way – with pencil in hand. At the front desk, visitors checked out complimentary drawing

materials upon request.

Family GuidesAlso back for another year were free educational and interactive guides for families, designed to help parents and children

enjoy and learn from the exhibitions. At the end of the visit, kids returned their completed family guide to the reception desk

to win a prize.

ToursThe LCVA continued to offer tours to groups from schools, organizations, and clubs throughout the area. Subjects included

the varying exhibitions of world-class art; the lower-level display of Youth Art Month; our permanent exhibition of African Art;

art on campus, such as the Cole Collection, the Rowe Gallery, and Brock Commons Outdoor sculpture.

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The Kids’ Activity Room

For seven years, the LCVA has been offering art enrichment for families

in the Kids’ Activity Room adjacent to the Bishop Gallery.

Let’s Make a Rhythm!

21 September 2007– 18 January 2008

Kids’ Activity Room

From the music we listen to, to the clothes we wear, rhythm is all around is! Inspired by works written for children

by prominent Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes, this Kids’ Activity Room explored the bold symbols

of the LCVA’s African art collection. Children made their own masks, musical instruments, and games

as they learned about the importance of rhythm and identity in art. Julie and Guy Dixon supported the

development of this Kids’ Activity Room.

Adelaide Dixon displays a patterned necklace

that she created from pasta and yarn in

Let’s Make a Rhythm!, a Kids’ Activity Room

based on the poetry of Langston Hughes.

Guy Wall, Andrew Horton, Stephen Horton,

and Thomas Watson explore the offerings of

Let’s Make a Rhythm! in the Kids’ Activity Room.

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The Snowy Day at LCVA

16 November 2007 – 3 February 2008

Main Street Gallery

This year Santa set up his workshop in the LCVA’s Main Street window. The workshop was designed after the illustrations

of Ezra Jack Keats’ classic children’s book The Snowy Day, using its vibrant colors and beautiful winter imagery. To walk into

the Main Street Gallery was to step into the story itself, whether kids chose to create art, admire the detailed installation,

or read the book while luxuriating in a pillow-filled, pink claw-footed bathtub. While in Santa’s workshop, children created

gifts to give to friends and family. This program was made possible by a contribution from Mr. and Mrs. Harlan L. Horton.

The Snowy Day @ the LCVA offered a chance to step

into the classic children’s book by Ezra Jack Keats.

Zechariah Brooks, Will Wellings, Lydia & Katy Beth Brooks,

and Polly Wellings display their handiwork.

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Harry Rust, Grace Rust, Cammy Green, Clare Calhoun, Abby Swanson,

Benjamin Wade, Thea Cheuk, Alana Calhoun, and Ellie Swanson

were among the children who inaugurated “Anyone Can Do What I Do:”

The Andy Warhol Room.

“Anybody Can Do What I Do”: The Andy Warhol Room



Complementing the silkscreens of Barbara Bishop and Janice Lemen, this Kids’ Activity Room explored the “pop”-ular prints

and art of Andy Warhol. From soup cans to movie stars, Warhol’s art has taken on an iconic status. But however unique,

Warhol believed that “anybody can do what I can do,” and opportunities abounded for children to make their own one-of-a-

kind creations. Ann Bradshaw graciously sponsored this Kids’ Activity Room.

Hunter Rozier, Joseph Baker, and Rosie Baker

work in the Andy Warhol-themed Kids’ Activity Room.

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The Great Outdoors

16 May – 2 August 2008


In this exploration of landscape painting, families stepped outside by going inside the Kids’ Activity Room, transformed to

evoke the monumental landscape paintings made famous by Thomas Cole and the Hudson River School. Kids sat on

benches to sketch the surrounding scenes, including trees, mountains, and rivers. Projects helped young artists understand

the romance, discovery, and adventure that nineteenth-century painters found in the American horizon. No matter what the

weather outside, kids painted en plein air in the sunny atmosphere of the LCVA. This program was made possible

by a contribution from Dr. Vilma Witten.

Michaela Morris paints her own American landscape in The Great Outdoors.

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Summer Art Studio

Kids all around Southside Virginia know that in the heat of summer, there’s no cooler place to be than at the LCVA’s

Summer Art Studio. During the summer of ’07, children explored a variety of summer staples, from camping to car trips.

Along the way, they also experimented with a host of art techniques, including watercolor, sculpture, printmaking,

and more. The free drop-in studio – with themes and art activities that changed weekly – was open to the public

from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekdays.

4 – 8 June A Day at the Beach

11 – 16 June Happy Father’s Day

18 – 23 June Just a Walk in the Park: The English Gardenesque

25 – 30 June Buckle Up! Fun Games for Car Trips

2 – 7 July The Fabulous Fourth of July

9 – 14 July A Midsummer Night’s Dream

16 – 21 July Printmaking: Create Your Own Summer Reading

23 – 28 July Great Buildings of the World (Or Make Your Own!)

39 July – 4 August The Great Outdoors: Camp Craft

Above: Families filled the tables of the LCVA’s Summer Art Studio, with free activities that changed

on a weekly basis. Left: Tyler Mills concentrates on a Summer Studio project.

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Professional Development for Teachers

In the spring of 2008, the LCVA offered two workshops for area teachers, providing them with stimulation, resource packets,

and the recertification points their schools require.

What a Relief: The Art of Printmaking

18 January 2008

Printmaking – both as developed in history and as a manageable art activity in today’s classrooms – was the focus of the

day. Art historian Dr. Donald Schrader presented an overview of printmaking techniques, followed by Longwood’s Kelly

Nelson, who offered tips for incorporating the skill in classrooms. In the afternoon, teachers prepared their students’ work

for exhibition in the LCVA’s Annual Area Youth Art Exhibition.

Middle Eastern Art: Then and Now

18 April 2008

Teachers explored both the rich history of art from Iraq and Iran and its still-vibrant practices today. Hampden-Sydney

College’s Mary Prevo lectured on Mesopotamian art, while Longwood’s Erin Devine discussed the work of Shirin Neshat,

a photographer and filmmaker whose images of women in her native Iran are internationally recognized and celebrated.

After lunch, Emily Gresham presented a mosaic art activity designed for use in the classroom.

Art professor Kelly Nelson brought a variety of printmaking materials for teachers to explore at a January workshop for educators.

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Family Workshops

The LCVA’s free family workshops attract hundreds of participants, who come to the lower level to make any number of free

seasonal art projects. All materials are provided free of charge, and a team of twenty or more volunteers – many of them

students at Longwood University – are on hand to offer a hand and a smile. The workshops are held on Saturday mornings

from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.; they are open to the public and require no registration.

Dia de los Muertos: Mexico’s Celebration of Life

27 October 2007

This cherished holiday started in Mexico and Central America, but it has spread around the world, and Farmville is no

exception. El Dia de los Muertos celebrates life in general, and the lives of our dearly departed in particular. With colorful

flowers, banners, and maracas, children and their families learned about this important cultural celebration. Whether

dancing, cutting paper, or carving pumpkins, our participants said, “Viva!”

Left: Daughter and mother Malinalli and Alma Morris work together at the LCVA’s Celebration of Life free family workshop.

Right: Ian Hardy and Cheney Sheehan cooperate on a Mexican paper flower project.

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Winter Wonderland

8 December 2007

In early December, families at the LCVA spread holiday cheer by making decorations, cards, gift wrap, and a sleigh-load

of other projects. The LCVA decked the halls with evergreen trees and a giant snowglobe to set the stage for magical

artwork honoring the holidays and traditions of winter. This program was made possible by a contribution from

Mr. and Mrs. Everett Gee III.

At the Winter Wonderland free family workshop, kids moved around tables offering

more than a dozen art activities. Here, children at the gingerbread men table

use markers and fabrics to decorate the cut-outs.

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The LCVA’s free family workshops attract hundreds of participants,

who visit any of a dozen or more stations on the lower level

to make a variety of seasonal art projects. Aside from the individual

projects, the gathering itself – filled with fun and focused on art –

is also a thing of beauty. Left: Jewels Durden proves that the LCVA’s

free family workshops offer projects for artists of any age.

Valentine-Making Workshop:

Art to Your Heart’s Content

2 February 2008

Ribbons, lace, glitter, pink, red, and white evoke a sweetness and charm each Valentine’s Day – whether they cover

a handmade valentine or the child who made it! The tokens of love and caring that young people made at the LCVA created

enormous warmth and joy, from homemade cards, to flowers, valentine-holders, and more.

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Art for Lunch Lecture Series

The LCVA continued its series of lunch-time lectures during the 2007-2008 academic year. The topics varied from month to

month, but the quality of the presentations remained consistently excellent. Lectures were held Thursdays at 12:30 on the

lower level of the LCVA, taking advantage of the computer and speaker presentation system installed in early 2007.

Impressionable Relations: Kelly Nelson Speaks About Her Work

27 September 2007

Longwood University’s Kelly Nelson presented a gallery talk about her fall installation, Impressionable Relations, discussing

the printmaking process in general, and how her memories, materials at hand, and even her menu inspired her in the cre-

ative process.

Understanding Art Appraisals with Bob Mayo

29 November 2007

Artist, museum director, gallery owner, and collector Bob Mayo offered an enlightening presentation about the importance

and process of soliciting professional art appraisals. Bringing examples from his own collection and stories from his own

experience, he was both educational and entertaining.

Art Education in the Public School Curriculum with Wilma Sharp

21 February 2008

Creating art is its own reward, but are there further benefits to including the arts in school curricula? Surveying both

professional literature and citing successful programs, educator Wilma Sharp ’66 of Williamsburg answered this question

with an emphatic “Yes!”

Art, Internationalism, and Identity: An Exploration with Erin Devine

10 April 2008

Exploring the art of Shirin Neshat, Emily Jacir, and Maria Magdalena – three women who have left their native lands of Iran,

Palestine, and Cuba, Longwood University art historian Erin Devine examined the role of identity and place in their art.

The Cloth Unfolded: Linen, Domesticity, and Laundry in 19th-Century France

22 May 2008

Mary Prevo, art historian at Hampden-Sydney College, discussed her most recent project: the carefully laundered linen

table covering in nineteenth-century still life painting and its value as a measure of the rise of the bourgeoisie.

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Top: LCVA Director Johnson Bowles talks with Elsie Carrington following Bob Mayo’s discussion of the art appraisal process.

Above: Wilma Sharp ’66 talks with several future teachers following her Art for Lunch presentation on the importance

of incorporating the arts into the curriculum.

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Community Workshop

How Color Works for You: A Community Workshop

26 January 2008

Cosponsored with Central Virginia Arts, this workshop explored color and its power to evoke mood, control composition,

and stimulate the senses. Palmyra artist Edith Anderson Feisner, author of Color Studies and other art books, led the

workshop, which included both an illustrated lecture and an open critique session.

The LCVA and Central Virginia Arts cosponsored a community art workshop presented by Palmyra artist Edith Anderson Feisner.

Heart of Virginia Festival

Curator of Education Emily Gresham and helpers offered Virginia-related and election-year art activities for families

at the 2008 Heart of Virginia Festival. Kids designed campaign buttons for their all-time favorite president from Virginia,

created cardinals, and made dogwood garlands. Nearly one hundred people stopped by the tent, confirming Gresham’s

opinion that “part of outreach means literally going outside your walls to where the people are. And the people are

definitely at the Heart of Virginia Festival!”

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General Education Film Series

Aiming to find an audience for films of artistic and cultural merit, Longwood University’s General Education Film Series

screened many of its films on the lower level of the LCVA. Art professor Anna Cox and math professor David Shoenthal

organized the three-year-old series, which is free and open to the public.

26 September 2007: Maxed Out

A funny, shocking, and sobering look at debt in the U.S.: a “wickedly entertaining documentary on

the dreary-sounding topic of consumer debt.” – Minneapolis Star Tribune

28 November 2007: Sicko

Director Michael Moore on health care in America: “A fascinating exploration and powerful indictment

of a pressing national problem.” – USA Today

23 January 2008: No End in Sight

“A clear-eyed, coherent dissection of how crucial decisions were made in the first weeks and months

following the American invasion of Iraq.” – The Reeler

20 February 2008: Bamako

A courtroom drama and a portrait of everyday life in Mali: “Surprisingly moving, funny, tragic,

strange and undogmatic.” – Salon

5 March 2008: Kamp Katrina

“A touching documentary ... introduces us to [residents] of the makeshift Kamp Katrina

[following the hurricane].” – The New York Post

26 March 2008: The Fountain (shown at Bedford Hall Auditorium)

An impressionistic, imaginative fable about life and death: “A haunting and remarkably

emotional journey.” – Maxim

16 April 2008: A Mighty Heart (shown at Bedford Hall Auditorium)

Powerful dramatization of the life of Mariane Pearl: “A worthy film on a great, tragic subject.” – Chicago Tribune

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Bishop-Wells Intern

For two years, coaches and professors had been calling the LCVA’s Bishop-Wells internship to the attention of Erin West ’09.

But West was preoccupied, playing field hockey on Longwood’s team while juggling the usual demands of undergraduate

work. After a third professor pointed out the opportunity, however, West applied for the year-long position, realizing for

herself what was obvious to her mentors: “It’s a perfect fit.”

The internship is awarded annually to a rising junior or senior with a GPA of at least 3.2 and an interest in museums, history,

or the arts. West has an interest in all three. “During my freshman year, I was red-shirted with a sports injury, which gave me

the opportunity to explore a lot of different subjects. The LCVA was a great place to explore these interests and see the real

world of museums.”

West worked with Curator of Education Emily Gresham, lending assistance and gaining experience in a variety of tasks

such as working on the Kids’ Activity Room, family workshops, and tours. West’s primary responsibility was spearheading

the revisions to the Have Art, Will Travel handbook and related materials.

In 2004, the Longwood University Foundation, Inc., established the Bishop-Wells LCVA Internship in memory of

Barbara L. Bishop (Class of 1961, Art Department Faculty, Art Department Chair) and in honor of Dr. Carolyn Wells

(Professor Emeritus of Biology, Department of Natural Sciences). The internship offers three hours of credit each semester,

along with a stipend, with the goal of attracting outstanding students to the LCVA.

Bishop-Wells intern Erin West focused on the Have Art, Will Travel

program during her year at the LCVA. She revised the written

materials and made visits to schools.

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EVENTS

LCVA Receives National Awards

LCVA Publications HonoredIn April 2008, the American Association of Museums announced the winners of its annual publication design competition,

awarding the LCVA two honorable mentions. The attention-getting pieces were the art center’s 2006-2007 Annual Report

and its invitation to a spring 2007 party celebrating Jack Blanton’s donation of his art collection to the LCVA.

Both publications were designed by David Whaley, Longwood’s Director of Publications and Visual Arts, written

by Beth Cheuk, and developed by Johnson Bowles. In addition, both covers featured a screen painted by Virginia artist

Willie Anne Wright; the artwork is a promised gift to the LCVA as part of the Blanton gift.

The American Association of Museums has been running the competition for twenty-eight years, soliciting submissions from

all sorts and sizes of museums from across the country. The LCVA competed against museums with an annual operating

budget of less than $750,000. In total, this year’s competition attracted more than 800 entries.

In 2008, the LCVA received honorable mentions from the American Association of Museums for its design of two print pieces,

the 2006-2007 Annual Report and its invitation to a spring 2007 party celebrating Jack Blanton’s donation of his art collection

to the LCVA. Both featured a screen painted by Virginia artist Willie Anne Wright.

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Home Is Where the Art Is

Saturday, 29 September 2007

For its fourth Home Is Where the Art Is tour, the LCVA tapped two Richmond homes where art is a vital part of everyday life,

in the residences of William and Ann Oppenhimer, and Read and Eleanor McGehee. More than two dozen participants

enjoyed art, food, wine – and each other’s company.

The Oppenhimer collection is a treasure trove of folk art created since 1950. Their collection has been widely exhibited

and is considered one of the very best in the country. Highlights from the Oppenhimer collection include beautiful examples

of some of the most important self-taught artists of the twentieth century such as Howard Finster, Mose Tolliver,

S. L. Jones, Minnie Adkins, and Martin Ramirez.

At Read and Eleanor McGehee’s lovely home, an astonishing collection of Haitian art fills each room. Their collection

was developed over many years and countless trips to Haiti when Dr. McGehee volunteered his medical services

to the underserved.

John Utzinger stands admiring Comin’ For My

Children (1985), an eight-foot sculpture carved

with a chain saw out of white oak, made by Louisa

artist John Anderson. The piece stands in the

garden of William and Ann Oppenhimer,

who opened their home to LCVA members

for Home Is Where the Art Is.

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Barbara L. Bishop Distinguished Lecture in the Visual Arts

Colonel Matthew Bogdanos, author of Thieves of Baghdad

22 October 2007

Part Indiana Jones, part Marine, part classics scholar, and part prosecuting attorney, Matthew Bogdanos shared his story

as lead investigator on a team sent to recover antiquities looted from the Iraq National Museum. Blending detective work,

scholarship, and danger into a good old-fashioned adventure story, Bogdanos delighted the crowd of more than 650

at Bedford Auditorium, who offered a standing ovation.

At the LCVA, guests who stayed for a dinner in honor of Colonel Bogdanos poured through the front door expressing

enthusiasm: “Stupendous!” “Incredible!” “Perhaps the best lecture I ever heard!” Over sixty guests participated in the dinner,

hosted by Longwood president Dr. Patricia Cormier. Along with the LCVA, sponsors included the LU Alumni Association,

the American Democracy Project, the Office of Student Affairs, and Longwood’s Archaeology Field School.

Bogdanos is celebrated worldwide as a speaker and author of Thieves of Baghdad: One Marine’s Passion to Recover the

World’s Greatest Stolen Treasures. Bogdanos published the book in 2005 and donated his royalties to the Iraq National

Museum to help in its rebuilding and recovering process.

The lecture series was created in 1992 to honor Barbara L. Bishop and her visionary contributions to Longwood University

and the surrounding community. An alumna of the university, she taught in the art department from 1965-1990, serving as

department chair from 1970-1984.

Author and lecturer Matthew Bogdanos signs a book for Mary Prevo.

The Bogdanos lecture attracted a crowd of nearly 700.

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New Brochure Highlights Longwood’s Art Collections

From historic Chinese craftsmanship to Victorian-era glassware or from the beloved Joanie sculptures to fine contemporary

works, the Longwood campus boasts a strong presence of art. Longwood has been collecting art for more than 100 years

with the express intention of sharing its collection with students, faculty, staff, and visitors. In recent years, the University

has committed to exhibiting portions of its collection in every academic building on campus.

In 2008, the LCVA developed a brochure to highlight the art displayed on the Longwood campus. Art on Campus at

Longwood University: A Brief Guide is a four-color booklet of twenty-six pages with a fold-out map to assist visitors in

locating and understanding the collections shown in various galleries and displays on the LU grounds. Several departments

requested the brochures to help educate visitors, new faculty, parents, conference attendees, and others about the wealth

of art on campus.

“Longwood’s art collection is strong and growing,” noted Director K. Johnson Bowles. “And the University’s commitment to

displaying this quality art, rather than storing it away, is exceptional. The brochure complements that vision – art is on display

so that it can be enjoyed daily, while the booklet offers an educational underpinning to help people further appreciate

what they’ve been noticing and enjoying in passing.”

Longwood University is committed to displaying high-quality art across

its campus. To educate students, faculty, staff, and visitors about

the art collections, the LCVA developed Art on Campus

at Longwood University: A Brief Guide.

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Community Achievement in the Arts Awards

19 April 2008

Two organizations that double as cultural community centers and several individuals who tirelessly support the arts in the

community were honored in April 2008 by the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts. Sponsored by the LCVA and its Advisory

Board’s Marketing and Membership Committee, the thirteenth annual Community Achievement in the Arts awards went to

Mary Prevo (individual award), Baine’s Books & Coffee of Appomattox (business award), and the Victoria Public Library

(organization award). In addition, the LCVA honored Noelle Prince Shear as Volunteer of the Year and Longwood senior

Laura Dedmond as Student Volunteer of the Year. In honor of the winners, the LCVA hosted a free public reception and

awards ceremony on Saturday, April 19.

Both sets of awards recognize individuals or groups that have made significant and selfless contributions to the development

of the visual, performing, or literary arts in the area (including Amelia, Appomattox, Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumberland,

Lunenburg, Nottoway, and Prince Edward counties). For the CAA awards, a committee consisting of past recipients, the

LCVA’s Marketing and Membership Committee, and community representatives selected the winners. Candy Dowdy and

Jean Lockwood organized this year’s event.

Bryan and Debbie Baine, proprietors of Baine’s Books & Coffee in Appomattox, were winners of the business category

for the 2008 Community Achievement in the Arts Awards. The Baines are flanked by LCVAAdvisory Board members

Angela Jackson (left) and Jean Lockwood (right).

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The Benefit Is Mutual: A Sale of Original Art by Janice Lemen and Barbara Bishop

25 – 26 April 2008

Raising approximately $9,500 and honoring the legacy of two stalwart members of Longwood’s art department, the LCVA’s

spring art sale was a double success. More than 150 people attended The Benefit Is Mutual, held on the weekend of April 25-

26, 2008. The sale featured works – primarily prints – created by Janice Lemen and Barbara Bishop, two artists who made

lasting contributions at Longwood in general and at the LCVA in particular.

On Friday night, nearly one hundred LCVA members and guests enjoyed a reception to kick off the art sale. On Saturday

morning, the Alumni Relations Office hosted a coffee and preview hour for Longwood graduates, some of whom traveled

across Virginia or from North Carolina to purchase work by their former professors and mentors. Later in the morning, the

event was opened to the community at large.

The sale followed the LCVA’s collections policies, and none of the offered works came from the LCVA’s permanent collection.

Proceeds from the sale benefited permanent collections management including care, conservation, and acquisition.

Support for the sale was provided by Johnnie Britt.

Martha Taylor and Sherry Swinson examine their art options at The Benefit is Mutual:

A Sale of Original Art by Janice Lemen and Barbara Bishop. The event raised nearly $10,000

for the LCVA’s collections program.

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Events Held at LCVA Hosted by the Community

Each year the LCVA hosts receptions, tours, and dinners for organizations at Longwood and in the larger community.

This year groups that held meetings or events at the museum include Davenport & Associates, the Greater Farmville

Greenways Association, Leadership Farmville, the Longwood University College of Business and Economics,

the Longwood University Foundation Board, the Virginia Commission for the Arts, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Curator of Education Emily Gresham points out a detail in an Audubon print to Elizabeth LeSueur as part of a tour

of art on campus at Longwood University. LeSueur visited with the Collectors’ Circle of the Virginia Museum

of Fine Arts. Members of the Collectors’ Circle of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts toured the art collections

of the LCVA and other Longwood University buildings in December.

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VOLUNTEERS 2007.2008

Visionary Vanguard: Training the Next Generationof Volunteers and Philanthropists

Museums like the LCVA move from subsistence to vitality through the contributions of time, expertise, and money

from a host of generous individuals and groups. Not only does the LCVA richly benefit from its current supporters,

but in 2007, it received a grant to attract and develop a new generation of volunteers and philanthropists

through a planned program called Visionary Vanguard.

The Walter Payne Foundation awarded the LCVA $7,500 in support of the innovative program, which will recruit

Longwood University students not only to serve the museum but also to undergo leadership training with a goal

of educating the students about the value of giving back to their communities.

Total Number of Volunteers: 1306

Total Number of Hours: 3276

� Volunteered 50 hours or more

Alpha Delta Mu

Advisor: Kristen McAleavey

Amy Buckner

Lauren Langley

Jasmine Proffitt

Alpha Sigma Tau

Advisor: Rachel Powell

Audrey Malcolm

Stacy McCoy

Nikki Walsh

Kappa Pi

Advisor: Randy Edmonson

Todd Stonnell

Student of Mary Carroll-Hackett

Assistant Professor of English

Katelyn Voorhees

Student of Linwood Cousins

Chair, Social Work and Communication Sciences & Disorders

Amy Peake

Students of Erin Devine

Assistant Professor of Art

Megan Clausen

Katie Hedgepeth

Nasim Moadab

Kelsey Molese

Rachel Pest

Brittany Pendleton

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Students of Lily Goetz

Professor of Spanish, Director International Studies

Shannon Hooker

Elizabeth Mangano

Students of Jake Milne

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Jenna Hart

Cao Jiayan

Topaz Matthews

Chris White

Students of Kelly Nelson

Assistant Professor of Art

Robert Clark Barkley

Sinclair Brydon

Laura Dedmond �

Liz Elliot

Liz Hale

Krista Hendricks

Suzie Jackson

Rebecca McCormick

Michelle Owen

Ashley Phipps

Megan Quick

Greg Scott

Angela Tudor

Jacob Turpin �

Lindsay Wheeler

Rachel Wolfe

Students of Pam Arkin and Melissa Panzarello

Department of Communications Studies and Theatre

Chad Carroll

Trevor Childs

Brooke Kappel

Savannah Mitchell

Karah Morgan

Katy Morgan

Katy Randolph

Jessica Sansone

Students of Jen Rentschler

Assistant Director, Volunteer and Service Learning

Jillian Beuschel

Erin Fleming

Mashay Jackson

Ashley Jones

Shannon Jones

Elizabeth Kunc

Chelsea Normandeau

Elizabeth Owens

Emily Pierson

Nicole Poyant

Christopher Rhoden

Students of Jennifer Sheeler

English and Modern Languages

Michael Johnson

Sam Olewnik

Students of Kerstin Soderlund

Dean of Students

Lori Carley

Karin Gagnon

Maryanne Hull

Ashley Jones

Hannah Maxey

Students of Amanda Walton

Adjunct Instructor in English

Rachel Mirro

Daniel Wood

Other Longwood Students

Dianna Booth

Andrea Brock

Brian Carley

Maurice Ellis

Marci Fowler

Alex Grabiec

Adrienne Heinbaugh

Melissa Hill

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Ryan Hux

Josef Mann

Stacy McDonough

ShaVaughn Peterson

Mike Ryan

Kristin Schiller

Erin West

Amber Widener

Community Members

Bob Alden

Ira Applegate

Maurice Beane

Paul Bowles �

Adam Bresa

Cabell Butler �

Perry Carrington

Stephanie Childress

Michael Cheuk

Margaret Taylor Collins

Marianne Dennison

I.B. Dent

Julie Dixon

Candy Dowdy ’69

Chuck Dowdy

Pat Fitzgerald ’54

Kristin Gee

Shelby Gresham

Phil Grimes

Harlan Horton

Reed Horton

Heyn Kjerulf

Ray Kleinlein

Joe Kocevar

Jean Lockwood

Margaret Mayo ’52

Richard McClintock

Eleanor McGehee

Reed McGehee

Harriet Miller ’51

Kerry Mossler

Linda Mundell

Ann Oppenhimer

William Oppenhimer

Lydia Peale

Jackie Paterson

Mary Prevo

Wendy Richardson

Erin Root

Bernice Rowe ’70

Noelle Prince Shear �

Julie Shield

Tory Wade

Rob Wade

Deborah Walker

Carolyn Wells

Elaine Zafino

Students of Prince Edward Middle School

Calla Bowles

Rebekah Breckinridge

Kaliena Dimaano

Henry Kocevar

Sophia Kocevar

Katrina Lowe

Jenny Thomson

Longwood University Faculty and Staff

Pam Arkin

Susan Booker

David Buckalew

Lonnie Calhoun

Craig Challender

Carol Cousins

Courtney Hodges

Angela Jackson

Elizabeth Kocevar-Weidinger

Linda Lau

Kelly Nelson

Melissa Panzarello

Chris Register

Ginger Spivey

David Whaley �

Kristen Welch

Alan Williamson

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Community Service Vounteers

Participants: 13

To respect their privacy, the LCVA withholds the names of our community service volunteers. The community service pro-

gram is an alternative to school expulsion and/or prosecution in the court system. The program provides first-time offenders

a way to participate in positive community endeavors. Participants help with mailings, gallery preparation, and maintenance.

Vounteer of the YearNoelle Prince Shear

The LCVA’s 2008 Volunteer of the Year was Noelle Prince

Shear, honored, among other reasons, for her faithful

weekly service at the reception desk.

Student Vounteer of the YearLaura Dedmond

Student Volunteer of the Year Laura Dedmond

assists Javon Welch at the Celebration of Life

free family workshop.

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COLLECTIONS

A Magnificent Gift:The Oppenhimer Folk Art Collection Comes to LCVA

For more than twenty-five years, William (Boo) and Ann Oppenhimer have been collecting works by American folk artists,

ranging from preacher-turned-painter Howard Finster to former Virginia Supreme Court justice Tom Gordon. Along the way,

the Oppenhimers met and collected the works of many of America’s best-known folk artists, including Minnie Adkins,

Miles Carpenter, James Harold Jennings, S.L. Jones, and others. In 2008, the Oppenhimers announced their intention

to give their renowned collection to the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, along with generous financial resources

in support of the gift.

In addition to amassing one of the more important folk art collections in the country, the Oppenhimers also founded

the Folk Art Society of America. Their collection of work by folk, or self-taught, artists has traveled the country in exhibitions

such as Point of View and Personal Preferences (both featuring American folk art), and The Inner Eye (featuring folk art

of India). The Oppenhimers’ collection has been shown at the LCVA and at other museums in Virginia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, and North Carolina. Ann’s slides of Finster’s Paradise Garden are in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution’s

Archives of American Art.

LCVA Director Johnson Bowles commented, “This gift is a magnificent addition to the LCVA’s collection. It represents the

major contributors to the contemporary American folk art movement, including several nationally known Virginia artists.”

Bowles continued: “Aside from its importance in our collection, what I personally love about folk art is that it is fun and joyful.

Its references to popular culture make it accessible to anyone, and when people look at folk art they feel good, with smiles

on their faces. As an artist, I find it inspiring to think of people who feel driven to make art out of any materials they have

at their disposal.”

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The Oppenhimers selected the LCVA to receive the collection because of their prior involvement with the museum,

through such activities as serving on the advisory board, offering presentations, and providing expertise. “But mainly,”

notes Mrs. Oppenhimer, “we’re so impressed that Longwood wants to make use of its art and place it where students

and others will see it, not just put it in storage. Longwood thinks it’s important that art is part of students’ everyday lives,

a part of their education.”

Founders of the Folk Art Society of America, William and Ann Oppenhimer donated their renowned collection to the LCVA.

(Photo by Kimberly Frost, courtesy of Fifty-Plus.)

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New In The Permanent Collection1 July 2007 – 30 June 2008

The 2007-2008 year continued to bring rich additions to the LCVA’s permanent collection. The largest number of pieces

came from William and Ann Oppenhimer to establish a folk art collection (see above). However, the LCVA also received

numerous works from Jack Blanton and Henry and Bernice Beazley Rowe ’70 for already-established collections.

Other works were donated by Mary Louise Boehm; the collection of Jay Barrows and Cindy Neuschwander; Jerry Dance;

David Dodge Lewis and Sandy Willcox; the Sydney and Frances Lewis Collection; Ann Lyne; Lee and Georgina Salomon;

Mary Kossuth Shumate; Debra Chapman Taylor ’73; and the University of Virginia.

Howard Finster (American, 1916-2001), Francis Scott Key, Oh Say Can You See, 1992, serigraph, 27.5 x 38 inches,

(William and Ann Oppenhimer Folk Art Collection, 2008.15.24). Gift of William and Ann Oppenhimer.

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Jerry Dance (b. Nottoway County, Virginia), Hard Work, 2007, acrylic on

canvas, 23.875 x 36 inches (Virginia Artists Collection, 2007.19).

Gift of the artist.

Christopher Register (b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1957), Untitled (Study

for The Belvedere of Longwood University’s Ruffner Hall ), 2005, watercolor,

8.625 x 11 inches (Virginia Artists Collection, 2007.20.1).

Gift of the University of Virginia.

Christopher Register (b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1957), Untitled

(Study for Longwood University’s Ruffner Hall – with monument), 2005,

watercolor, 7.875 x 11.375 inches (Virginia Artists Collection, 2007.20.2).

Gift of the University of Virginia.

Christopher Register (b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1957), Untitled

(Study for Longwood University’s Ruffner Hall – with tree), 2005, watercolor,

7.125 x 11.5 inches (Virginia Artists Collection, 2007.20.3). Gift of the

University of Virginia.

Howard Finster (American 1916-2001), Untitled (Decorated recipe file),

1992, paint and marker on wooden box with previous decoration, 3.875 x 5.5

x 3.25 inches (The William and Ann Oppenhimer Folk Art Collection,

2007.24). LCVA purchase in honor of William and Ann Oppenhimer.

Kelly Nelson (b. Flint, Michigan, 1968), Home (1/4), 2006, mixed media print,

22.625 x 18.625 x 1.125 inches framed (Virginia Artists Collection, 2007.25).

LCVA purchase.

Ken Little (b. Canyon, Texas, 1947), Duck, 1983, mixed media, 92.5 x 32

x 63 inches (American Art Collection, 2006.1a/b). Gift of the Sydney and

Frances Lewis Collection, Richmond, Virginia.

George Bireline (American, 1923-2002), Door into Landscape, n.d., acrylic

on canvas and wood with Plexiglas trim, 80.625 x 48.75 x 11.5 inches

(American Art Collection, 2007.26.1). Gift of the Sydney and Frances Lewis

Collection, Richmond, Virginia.

Susan Hoffman (American), Spires, Coutances Cathedral, 1975, fabric,

threads, 74 x 71 inches (American Art Collection, 2007.26.2). Gift of the

Sydney and Frances Lewis Collection, Richmond, Virginia.

Fred Escher (b. St. James, Minnesota, 1940), High Time, 1975, acrylic on

gessoed linen, 44 x 48 inches (Campus Loan Collection, 2007.26.3).

Gift of the Sydney and Frances Lewis Collection, Richmond, Virginia.

Jack Beal (b. Richmond, Virginia, 1931), Solzhenitsyn, 1971, serigraph,

30.5 x 20 inches (Virginia Artists Collection, 2007.26.4).


Rebecca Davenport (b. Alexandria, Virginia, 1943), Plywood Wall, 1976,

oil on canvas, 73 x 104 inches (Virginia Artists Collection, 2007.26.5a/b).


Anne Arnold (b. Melrose, Massachusetts, 1925), Gertrude, 1976, polyester

resin on Dynel, 37 x 86 x 39 inches (American Art Collection, 2007.26.6).


Charger, Qing dynasty (1644-1912), porcelain with underglaze blue and

enamel decoration, 16.875 inches diam. x 2.25 inches high (The Rowe

Collection of Chinese Art, 2007.27.1). Gift of Henry and Bernice Beazley

Rowe ’70.

18 individual figurines of Lohan, probably early 20th century, glazed

porcelain, dimensions variable, typically 7 x 4 x 3 inches (The Rowe

Collection of Chinese Art, 2007.27.2.1-18). Gift of Henry and Bernice

Beazley Rowe ’70.

James Miller (b. Wishaw, Scotland, 1946), Magenta Corner, 1983, oil on

canvas over panel on wood framework, 48.25 x 49 x 15.75 inches (Virginia

Artists Collection, 2007.28). Gift from the collection of Jay Barrows and

Cindy Neuschwander.

Paul Louis Oudart (French, 1796-1860), Xyphorhynchus Pucherani, 1847,

hand-colored lithograph, 22.25 x 18.25 x 1 inches framed (Print Study

Collection, 2008.2). Gift of Lee and Georgina Salomon.

Ann Lyne (b. Richmond, Virginia, 1937), Untitled (Conductor at Garth

Newel), c. 1995, Conté, 13 x 18.875 inches (Virginia Artists Collection,

2008.3.1). Gift of the artist for The Jack Blanton Collection.

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Ann Lyne (b. Richmond, Virginia, 1937), Untitled (Quintet at Garth Newel),

c. 1995, Conté and pastel, 18.875 x 25 inches (Virginia Artists Collection,


Ann Lyne (b. Richmond, Virginia, 1937), Untitled (Garth Newel string

players), c. 1995, Conté and pastel, 18.875 x 25 inches (Virginia Artists

Collection, 2008.3.3). Gift of the artist for The Jack Blanton Collection.

Ann Lyne (b. Richmond, Virginia, 1937), Untitled (Study of musicians),

c. 1995, Conté, 18.875 x 12.625 inches (Virginia Artists Collection,


Ann Lyne (b. Richmond, Virginia, 1937), Untitled (Arlene Di Cecco on the

violin), c. 1995, Conté and pastel, 18.875 x 11.125 inches (Virginia Artists


Ann Lyne (b. Richmond, Virginia, 1937), Untitled (Carol Taylor Conducting

“Hymn to St. Cecelia”),1994, Conté and pastel, 18.875 x 25 inches (Virginia

Artists Collection, 2008.3.6). Gift of the artist for The Jack Blanton Collection.

Ann Lyne (b. Richmond, Virginia, 1937), Untitled (Piano quartet at Garth

Newel), c. 1995, Conté and pastel, 13 x 18.875 inches (Virginia Artists


Ann Lyne (b. Richmond, Virginia, 1937), Untitled (Garth Newel Chamber

Music), 1994, pastel and Conté, 18.875 x 25 inches (Virginia Artists


Ann Lyne (b. Richmond, Virginia, 1937), Untitled (String quintet, Garth

Newel), 1994, pastel and Conté, 18.875 x 25 inches (Virginia Artists


EAnn Parker Stokes ’42 (b. Portsmouth, Virginia), Iridescence, 2000,

acrylic on canvas board, 30 x 24 inches (Campus Loan Collection, 2008.4).

Gift of the artist.

Dawn Latané (b. Vermont, currently active Virginia), Virgins with Jockeys,

1988, oil on canvas, 36.25 x 48.25 inches (Virginia Artists Collection,

2008.5). Gift of David Dodge Lewis and Sandy Willcox.

Katherine Bratcher ’08, Untitled (Heart teapot from Anatomical Feast ),

2007-08, glazed stoneware, 5.5 x 5.5 x 4.25 inches (Ceramics Study

Collection, 2008.6a/b). LCVA purchase.

Laura Nodtvedt ’07, Carter, 2007, digital pigment print, 13 x 19 inches

(Campus Loan Collection, 2008.7.1). LCVA purchase.

Laura Nodtvedt ’07, Carolyn & Christine, 2007, digital pigment print, 13 x 19

inches (Campus Loan Collection, 2008.7.2). LCVA purchase.

Mary Louise Boehm (American, 1924-2002), Mallorquin Rose (“for Pauline –

in memory”), 1992?, watercolor with graphite underdrawing, 9 x 12 inches

(Campus Loan Collection, 2008.8). Gift of the artist to the Longwood

University Music Department in memory of Pauline Haga, her sister.

Mary Kossuth Shumate (b. Wheeling, West Virginia, 1915), Exquisite,

c. 1980, watercolor, 16 x 20 inches (Campus Loan Collection, 2008.9).

Gift of the artist.

Herb Pulliam (b. Appomattox, Virginia), River Shadows of the Morning Light,

2006/07, mixed media on canvas, 24 x 30 inches (The Jack Blanton

Collection, 2008.10). Gift of Jack Blanton.

Barbara Bishop (American, 1938-1991), Untitled (Tree in silver circle), n.d.,

photo silkscreen, 27.5 x 20 inches (Campus Loan Collection, 2008.12). Gift

of Debra Chapman Taylor ’73.

Jack Beal (b. Richmond, Virginia, 1931), Lilypad Carpet, 1979, manufactured

by Monsanto Carpet (now Solutia), acrylic and wool, 93 x 137 inches

(The Jack Blanton Collection, 2008.13.1). Gift of Jack Blanton.

Betty Cleal, Rockfish Under Glass, 2001, mixed media, 40 x 60 x 24 inches


Gene Davis (American, 1920-1985), Untitled, 1973, colored pencil and

graphite on tinted paper, 19.5 x 25.5 inches (The Jack Blanton Collection,

2008.13.3). Gift of Jack Blanton.

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Joseph Craig English, Twilight, 1980, serigraph, 5 x 6 inches image area


Dorothy Fagan, On the Way Home, 1982, oil pastel on paper, 6 x 7.5 inches


Shelley Reizenstein, Paperclip, 1976, paper embossing, 11 x 30 inches (The

Jack Blanton Collection, 2008.13.6). Gift of Jack Blanton.

Oppenhimer Gift

The 111 works that follow are the gift of William and Ann Oppenhimer

for the William and Ann Oppenhimer Folk Art Collection.

Minnie Adkins (b. Isonville, Kentucky, 1934), Black Bear #2, 2006, cotton,

85 x 70 inches (2008.15.1).

Minnie Adkins (b. Isonville, Kentucky, 1934), Untitled (Decorated desk),

1997, enamel on wood, 28 x 24 x 23 inches (2008.15.2).

Dwight Joe Bell (b. Possum Hollow, Virginia, 1918), Untitled (Whirligigs),

c. 1990, colored pencil on poster board, 14 x 22 inches (2008.15.3).

Dwight Joe Bell (b. Possum Hollow, Virginia, 1918), Untitled (Giant whirligigs

with children and dogs), c. 1990, marker on poster board, 14 x 22 inches

(2008.15.4).

Dwight Joe Bell (b. Possum Hollow, Virginia, 1918), Untitled (Giant whirligigs

with children and dog), c. 1990, colored pencil on poster board, 14 x 22

inches (2008.15.5).

Dwight Joe Bell (b. Possum Hollow, Virginia, 1918), Saying Good-Bye,

c. 1990, colored pencil on paper, 14 x 22 inches (2008.15.6).

Minnie Black (American, 1899-1996), Lizard, 1988, mixed media with gourd,

4.5 x 31 x 15 inches (2008.15.7).

Minnie Black (American, 1899-1996), Gila Monster, 1988, mixed media with

gourd, 8.5 x 25 x 15 inches (2008.15.8).

Rutherford “Tubby” Brown (American, 1929-2005), The Devil Pig, 1995,

painted tin and wood, 24.75 x 28.5 x 4 inches (2008.15.9).

Bruce Carley (b. western New York State, 1970), My Old Kentucky Home,

2007, marker and crayon on paper, 8 x 11 inches (2008.15.10).

Jack Beal (b. Richmond, Virginia, 1931), Solzhenitsyn,

1971, serigraph, 30.5 x 20 inches (Virginia Artists

Collection, 2007.26.4). Gift of the Sydney and Frances

Lewis Collection, Richmond, Virginia.

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Bruce Carley (b. western New York State, 1970), Dysfunctional Family, 2006,

crayon, marker, and watercolor on paper, 17.5 x 12 inches (2008.15.11).

Ronald Cooper (b. Flemingsburg, Kentucky, 1931), Red Devil, 1988,

polychromed wood, 34 x 11 x 12.75 inches (2008.15.12).

Ronald Cooper (b. Flemingsburg, Kentucky, 1931), White Preacher Man,

1988, polychromed wood, 26.5 x 11.5 x 9 inches (2008.15.13).

Ronald Cooper (b. Flemingsburg, Kentucky, 1931), Black Preacher Man,

1988, polychromed wood, 30.5 x 10 x 7.5 inches (2008.15.14).

Abraham Lincoln Criss (American, 1914-2000), Donkey, 1984, varnished

cedar wood, 22 x 7 x 24.5 inches (2008.15.15).

Abraham Lincoln Criss (American, 1914-2000), Untitled (Woman with

outstretched arms), 1986, mixed media, 30.5 x 7 x 9 inches (2008.15.16).

Abraham Lincoln Criss (American, 1914-2000), Boy Doll, 1986, mixed

media, 11.5 x 6 x 2.5 inches (2008.15.17.1).

Abraham Lincoln Criss (American, 1914-2000), Girl Doll, 1986, mixed media,

11 x 5.5 x 2.5 inches (2008.15.17.2).

Abraham Lincoln Criss (American, 1914-2000), The Devil’s Head, 1985,

painted cedar root, 12.5 x 19 x 19.5 inches (2008.15.18).

Abraham Lincoln Criss (American, 1914-2000), Giraffe, 1994, varnished

cedar wood, 27.5 x 23 x 10 inches (2008.15.19).

Howard Finster (American 1916-2001), Untitled (Decorated recipe file), 1992, paint and marker on wooden box

with previous decoration, 3.875 x 5.5 x 3.25 inches (The William and Ann Oppenhimer Folk Art Collection, 2007.24).

LCVA purchase in honor of William and Ann Oppenhimer.

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Kerry Damianakes (b. Alameda, California, 1949), Olive Oil and Toast and

Butter and Black Olives and Green Olives and Lemon and Orange Rose with

a Yellow Center on It, 1994, oil pastel on paper, 22 x 30 inches (2008.15.20).

Paul Darmafall (American, 1925-2003), Liberty Head, Hymn America, 1991,

mixed media, 33.5 x 20.25 inches (2008.15.21).

William Dawson (American, 1901-1990), Snake, 1990, acrylic on paper, 12 x

24 inches (2008.15.22).

William Dawson (American, 1901-1990), Bull, 1990, acrylic on paper, 18.5 x

18 inches (2008.15.23).

Howard Finster (American, 1916-2001), Francis Scott Key, Oh Say Can You

See, 1992, serigraph, 27.5 x 38 inches (2008.15.24).

Roy Finster (b. Summerville, Georgia, 1941), Hunting Lodge, 1993, enamel

on board, 13.5 x 18 inches (2008.15.25).

Sylvia Fragoso (b. 1962, active California), Cataline’s Angel, 1999, linocut,

21.5 x 19 inches (2008.15.26).

John Gerdes (American, 1913-2001), Michigan Avenue, 1989, mixed media,

15.5 x 27.5 x 3.5 inches (2008.15.27).

Jim Harley (b. 1932, active Virginia), Great Blue Heron Stalking, 2005, mixed

media, 10 x 17 x 5 inches (2008.15.28).

Jim Harley (b. 1932, active Virginia), Flicker, 2005, mixed media, 13 x 6.5

x 4 inches (2008.15.29).

Jim Harley (b. 1932, active Virginia), Shore Bird (Sandpiper), 2006, mixed

media, 9 x 7 x 2 inches (2008.15.30).

Jim Harley (b. 1932, active Virginia), Pelican, 2007, mixed media, 10 x 3

x 3 inches (2008.15.31).

Jim Harley (b. 1932, active Virginia), Red-headed Woodpecker, 2001, mixed

media, 11 x 4.5 x 3 inches (2008.15.32).

Jim Harley (b. 1932, active Virginia), Willet, 2005, mixed media, 7.5 x 11.5

x 2.5 inches (2008.15.33).

Jim Harley (b. 1932, active Virginia), Great Blue Heron, 2006, mixed media,

23 x 19 x 6 inches (2008.15.34).

Jim Harley (b. 1932, active Virginia), Sandpiper, 2006, mixed media, 9.5 x 8

x 3.5 inches (2008.15.35).

Jim Harley (b. 1932, active Virginia), Cardinal, 2006, mixed media, 11.5 x 4

x 4 inches (2008.15.36).

Jim Harley (b. 1932, active Virginia), Seagull, 2001, mixed media, 11 x 4

x 3.5 inches (2008.15.37).

Jim Harley (b. 1932, active Virginia), Egret, 2005, mixed media, 14.5 x 5

x 3.5 inches (2008.15.38).

Jim Harley (b. 1932, active Virginia), Pileated Woodpecker, 2006, mixed

media, 14 x 4.5 x 4.5 inches (2008.15.39).

Tom Harte (b. 1944, active Richmond, Virginia), Theresa Pollak’s Red

Shoes, 1992, acrylic on poster board, 13 x 10.5 inches (2008.15.40).

Tom Harte (b. 1944, active Richmond, Virginia), Woman with Short Hair,

1994, pen and marker on cardboard, 16 x 12 inches (2008.15.41).

Tom Harte (b. 1944, active Richmond, Virginia), Brown-faced Woman, 1994,

acrylic on poster board, 12 x 9 inches (2008.15.42).

Tom Harte (b. 1944, active Richmond, Virginia), Orange Tea Kettle, 1994,

acrylic on mat board, 12 x 9 inches (2008.15.43).

Tom Harte (b. 1944, active Richmond, Virginia), Blue-eyed Woman, 1992,

acrylic on canvas board, 12 x 9 inches (2008.15.44).

Tom Harte (b. 1944, active Richmond, Virginia), Man in a Hat, 1994, acrylic

and marker on mat board, 12 x 9 inches (2008.15.45).

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Tom Harte (b. 1944, active Richmond, Virginia), Woman with Black Hair,

1994, acrylic on mat board, 12 x 9 inches (2008.15.46).

Tom Harte (b. 1944, active Richmond, Virginia), Woman with Long Nose,

1994, acrylic and pastel on mat board, 12 x 9 inches (2008.15.47).

Tom Harte (b. 1944, active Richmond, Virginia), Brown Tea Kettle, 1994,

acrylic on mat board, 9 x 12 inches (2008.15.48).

Tom Harte (b. 1944, active Richmond, Virginia), Guitar, 1993, acrylic on mat

board, 13 x 6.5 inches (2008.15.49).

Tom Harte (b. 1944, active Richmond, Virginia), Tribal Dancers, 1994, acrylic

on mat board, 9 x 12 inches (2008.15.50).

Tom Harte (b. 1944, active Richmond, Virginia), Man with Push Cart, 1994,

acrylic on cardboard, 6.5 x 11 inches (2008.15.51).

Tom Harte (b. 1944, active Richmond, Virginia), Pot on Stove, 1994, acrylic

on cardboard, 8 x 10 inches (2008.15.52).

Tom Harte (b. 1944, active Richmond, Virginia), Man with Guitar

(Self-portrait), n.d., acrylic on cardboard, 12 x 9 inches (2008.15.53).

Tom Harte (b. 1944, active Richmond, Virginia), Nude, 1992, marker and

crayon on paper, 14 x 11 inches (2008.15.54).

Tom Harte (b. 1944, active Richmond, Virginia), Face, 1992, marker and

crayon on paper, 14 x 11 inches (2008.15.55).

Robert Howell (American, 1932-2004), Catfish, 1993, mixed media, 44 x 20

x 32 inches (2008.15.56).

Robert Howell (American, 1932-2004), Woman, 1999, mixed media, 15 x 10

x 8 inches (2008.15.57).

James Harold Jennings (American, 1930-1999), Indian, 1986, mixed media,

43 x 13 x 7 inches (2008.15.58).

James Harold Jennings (American, 1930-1999), Owl, 1985, polychromed

wood, 15.25 x 7 inches (2008.15.59).

James Harold Jennings (American, 1930-1999), Woman with Bird and Stars,

1983, polychromed wood, 25.5 x 24 x .5 inches (2008.15.60).

Anderson Johnson (American, 1915-1998), Woman with a Cat, 1992, house

paint on canvas board, 16 x 20 inches (2008.15.61).

Anderson Johnson (American, 1915-1998), Woman in Red, 1993, house

paint on canvas board, 28 x 19.5 inches (2008.15.62).

Shields Landon Jones (American, 1901-1997), Head of a Man, 1992,

ballpoint pen and crayon on paper, 14 x 11 inches (2008.15.63).

Shields Landon Jones (American, 1901-1997), Baptism, 1993, ballpoint pen

and pastel on paper, 11 x 14 inches (2008.15.64).

Shields Landon Jones (American, 1901-1997), Two Cats, 1990, pen and

pastel on paper, 14 x 15.5 inches (2008.15.65).

Andy Kane (b. New York City, 1956), Untitled (Face), 1991, marker on poster

board, 17 x 14 inches (2008.15.66).

Charley Kinney (American, 1906-1991), Who Look at Snake Never Die,

1988, tempera on paper, 22 x 28 inches (2008.15.67).

Charley Kinney (American, 1906-1991), The Graf Zeppelin, 1989, tempera

and graphite on paper, 30 x 42 inches (2008.15.68).

Rosemarie Koczy (Swiss-American, 1939-2007), I Weave Myself a Shroud

(Supported figure), 1985, ink on paper, 17 x 14 inches (2008.15.69).

Rosemarie Koczy (Swiss-American, 1939-2007), I Weave Myself a Shroud

(Bound figure), 1988, ink on paper, 17 x 14 inches (2008.15.70).

Helen G. Lewis, Tainted with Coffee (Sea monster), 2005, ink and coffee

on paper, 12 x 9 inches (2008.15.71).

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Dwight Mackintosh (American, 1906-1999), Untitled (Figure with animal),

1997, ink on paper, 9 x 14 inches (2008.15.72).

John Martin (b. Marks, Mississippi, 1963), My Best Friend, 2004, gouache

on paper, 22.5 x 30 inches (2008.15.73).

John Martin (b. Marks, Mississippi, 1963), Some Dogs Wear Ties, 1988,

linocut, 14.25 x 11.25 inches (2008.15.74).

John Martin (b. Marks, Mississippi, 1963), ’Gator Tough, 1994, marker on

poster board, 19 x 10.5 inches (2008.15.75).

John Robert Mason (American, 1900-1997), Untitled (Two red-winged

blackbirds and red sun), 1994, marker and crayon on paper, 18.5 x 24

inches (2008.15.76).

John Robert Mason (American, 1900-1997), Untitled (Mongolian with two

diving birds), 1994, marker and crayon on paper, 18.5 x 24 inches

(2008.15.77).

Reuben A. Miller (American, 1912-2006), Holey Bible (sic), n.d., paint and

marker on board, 15 x 16 inches (2008.15.78).

Reuben A. Miller (American, 1912-2006), Lord Love You, n.d., paint and

marker on board, 12 x 24 inches (2008.15.79).

Donald Mitchell (b. San Francisco, California, 1951), Untitled (Blue faces),

c. 2002, pastel on blue paper, 35.5 x 27.5 inches (2008.15.80).

Mari Newman (b. Esterville, Iowa, 1951), Untitled (Cat), 1998, tempera and

ink on poster board, 14 x 11 inches (2008.15.81).

Donald Patterson (American, 1944-2005), Self-portrait with Picture of Elvis’

Wedding, 1991, oil pastel on paper, 17.5 x 23 inches (2008.15.82).

Donald Patterson (American, 1944-2005), The Lion Tamer, 1990, mixed

media on paper, 22 x 30 inches (2008.15.83).

Benjamin Franklin Perkins (American, 1904-1993), I Pledge Alegience (sic),

1990, acrylic on plywood, 15.5 x 22 inches (2008.15.84).

Eugene Poore (b. Saltville, Virginia, 1938), Tank Bird House, 1997, mixed

media, 8 x 15 x 9 inches (2008.15.85).

Eugene Poore (b. Saltville, Virginia, 1938), Aircraft Carrier Bird House

(USS Cheryl), 1998, mixed media, 26 x 14 x 10 inches (2008.15.86).

Eugene Poore (b. Saltville, Virginia, 1938), School Bus Bird House, 1997,

mixed media, 7 x 19 x 8.5 inches (2008.15.87).

Wesley Willis (American, 1963-2006), The Shore Line,

1993, marker on poster board, 28 x 17 inches (William

and Ann Oppenhimer Folk Art Collection, 2008.15.109).


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Eugene Poore (b. Saltville, Virginia, 1938), Ambulance Bird House, 1998,

mixed media, 8 x 12.5 x 10 inches (2008.15.88).

Mary Proctor (b. Jefferson County, Florida, 1960), I Ain’t Over Till the Fat

Lady Sing (sic), 1997, paint and fabric on wood door, 30 x 30 x 1.5 inches

(2005.18.89).

William Savella, (American) Tiger Mask (1/12), 2001, linocut, 18.25 x 15.5

inches (2005.15.90).

Hugo Sperger (American, 1922-1996), The Temptation of Saint Anthony,

1989, acrylic on canvas board, 15 x 19 inches (2008.15.91).

Hugo Sperger (American, 1922-1996), The Dancers, 1989, acrylic on canvas

board, 12 x 15 inches (2008.15.92).

Sarah Mary Taylor (American, 1916-2000), Untitled (Woman on a blue

horse), 1995, marker on paper, 17 x 14 inches (2008.15.93).

Mose Tolliver (American, 1920-2006), Untitled (Yellow bird), 1990, house

paint on wood, 8 x 20 inches (2008.15.94).

Mose Tolliver (American, 1920-2006), Untitled (Blue table with birds), 1990,

house paint on wood table, 22 x 24 x 16 inches (2008.15.95).

Nelson Tygart (b. Auburn, California, 1961), Scrooge, 1988, gouache on

poster board, 30 x 22.25 inches (2008.15.96).

William Tyler (b. Ohio, 1954), The Magic Hat, 1990, ink and pastel on paper,

22 x 29 inches (2008.15.97).

John Robert Mason (American, 1900-1997), Untitled (Mongolian with two diving birds), 1994, marker and crayon on paper,

18.5 x 24 inches (William and Ann Oppenhimer Folk Art Collection, 2008.15.77). Gift of William and Ann Oppenhimer.

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John Vaughan (b. Mechanicsville, Virginia, 1942), Lady Liberty, 1986,

welded and cut metal, 16.5 x 17.5 x 3.5 inches (2008.15.98).

Inez Nathaniel Walker (American, 1911-1990), Red-faced Man, 1977,

colored pencil on paper, 12 x 12 inches (2008.15.99).

Arliss Watford (American, 1924-1998), Indian Maiden, 1988, polychromed

wood, 12 x 3 x 2.5 inches (2008.15.100).

Myrtice West (b. Cherokee County, Alabama, 1923), Faith, 1994, acrylic on

canvas, 20 x 24 inches (2008.15.101).

Myrtice West (b. Cherokee County, Alabama, 1923), Cherokee Alabama

(Angels), 1994, mixed media, 19 x 13.5 inches (2008.15.102).

Earnest White (b. Newport News, Virginia, 1929), Tambourine Lady, 1994,

acrylic on canvas board, 24 x 18 inches (2008.15.103).

Earnest White (b. Newport News, Virginia, 1929), Bottoms Up, 1992, acrylic

on canvas, 24 x 36 inches (2008.15.104).

Willie White (American, 1908-2000), Untitled (Red and black square, blue

and green sphere, horse), 1995, marker on poster board, 22 x 28 inches

(2008.15.105).

Willie White (American, 1908-2000), Untitled (Green and black square,

red and green sphere), 1995, marker on poster board, 22 x 28 inches

(2008.15.106).

Wesley Willis (American, 1963-2006), The Dan Ryan Expressway Past 39th

Toward 35th Street, 1993, marker on poster board, 28 x 41 inches

(2008.15.107).

Wesley Willis (American, 1963-2006), The Shore Line, 1993, marker

on poster board, 28 x 41 inches (2008.15.108).

Wesley Willis (American, 1963-2006), The Shore Line, 1993, marker

on poster board, 28 x 17 inches (2008.15.109).

Wallace “Knox” Wilkinson Jr. (b. Rome, Georgia, 1954), My Place, 1993,

ink drawing on paper, 12 x 18 inches (2008.15.110).

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Avis Addleman (b. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1927), Those Wild and Crazy

Houseplants, watercolor, 27.25 x 20.25 x .75 inches framed (Campus Loan

Collection, 2008.16). LCVA purchase.

Constance Pois (b. Richmond, Virginia), Tess, gouache, 23.25 x 28 x .875

inches framed (Campus Loan Collection, 2008.17). LCVA purchase.

Ken Little (b. Canyon, Texas, 1947), Duck, 1983,

mixed media, 92.5 x 32 x 63 inches (American Art

Collection, 2006.1a/b). Gift of the Sydney and Frances

Lewis Collection, Richmond, Virginia.

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DEVELOPMENT 2007.2008

Cole Challenge Completed!

Within just two years, LCVA donors rose to the challenge of raising $165,000 to help create a full-time collections manager

position at the LCVA. The challenge was issued in 2006 by Dr. Waverly Cole, who pledged an additional $125,000 towards

the goal. Once it fully matures in 2009, the total endowment of $290,000 will generate half of the collection manager’s salary.

Longwood University is responsible for the other half, along with benefits and annual salary increases.

Dr. Cole started the movement because he recognized that museums have an obligation not only to assemble wonderful

collections, but to maintain, research, and manage those collections. With the LCVA’s collections growing so dramatically,

it was clear that the part-time collection manager’s hours needed to increase, as well. Because of the funds raised by the

Cole Challenge, the LCVA was immediately able to expand the position’s hours from twenty to thirty. In 2010,

it will go full-time.

“We are appreciative of Dr. Cole’s leadership and generosity in building the case and starting the fund,” concluded Bowles.

“But it’s also a case where every dollar contributed to the match really makes a difference. Thanks to all our supporters.”

Contributors1 July 2007 – 30 June 2008

Patron

Gifts of $5,000 or more

Jackson L. Blanton

Alan I. Kirshner and Deborah Mihaloff

Frances Lewis �

Earl F. & Jean M. Lockwood

Robert B. & Margaret Thomas Mayo ’52

William T. & Harriet Butterworth Miller ’51 �

William M. & Ann F. Oppenhimer ��

Jackie Paterson ��

Henry C. & Bernice Beazley Rowe ’70

Creative Electrical Contractors


June H. Guthrie

Hunter R. & Patsy Kimbrough Pettus ’50

Ellery & Robin Sedgwick

Hunter R. & Llewellyn S. Watson

Carolyn Wells

Michael David Whaley

Willie Anne Wright

Anonymous

Gallery Mayo Inc.

June H. Guthrie Trust

J. E. Jamerson & Sons, Inc.

Target

Harriet B. & William T. Miller Fund

Walter J. Payne Foundation

Rock Foundation

Town of Farmville �

U. S. Charitable Gift Trust

� represent gifts $20,000 or more

�� represents gifts of $100,000 or more

Champion

Gifts of $4,999- $2500

Jay Barrows and Cindy Neuschwander

William H. Clarke

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Benefactor

Gifts of $2,499 - $1250

M. Jane Brooke ’63

Guy & Julie Kline Dixon

James B. & Dianne Blair Gates ’64

Kristin W. & Everett W. Gee III

Randall Henniker

Harlan L. & Kathryn Reed R. Horton

John S. & Lydia W. Peale

Thomas E. & Carolyn DeWolfe

Charles H. & Candice Jamison Dowdy ’69

Heyn & Sandra Lee Kjerulf

David D. Lewis & Sandy Willcox

Elizabeth Parker Stokes ’42

Jerry L. Stuart

Dr. & Mrs. Robert C. Wade

Vilma C. Witten

ARAMARK

Built-Rite, Inc.

County of Buckingham

County of Cumberland

Charles H. Dowdy III Insurance Agency

Fourth Street Motor Company, Inc.

Land Title Services, LLC

Collector

Gifts of $749 - $500

K. Johnson Bowles

P. Seddon & Diane Bottoms Boxley ’72

Lonnie I. Calhoun III & Marian Hahesy

Virginia Petty Douglass ’65

Paul Rothwell

Marc B. & Wilma Register Sharp ’66

Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Shumate

@WORK Personnel and Medical Services

Farmville Presbyterian Church

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

The Woodland, Inc.

Fellow

Gifts of $499 - $250

Maurice Beane

Linwood H. & Carol Cousins

I. B. Dent

Anita H. Garland

Philip H. Grimes

Diane Janicki

Mr. & Mrs. Lowry F. Kline

Brad & Virginia Watson

County of Prince Edward

Dominion

Connoisseur

Gifts of $1,249 - $750

Lester E. & Donna Peery Andrews ’73

Ann Bradshaw ’04

Sandra D. Breil

Longtime LCVA advocate and supporter Brad Watson enjoys Telling Objects:

African Art from the LCVA Permanent Collection with his son Thomas.

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Elizabeth F. LeSueur

Nancy Lockwood

Richard C. & Deborah D. McClintock

Maurice Beane Studios

RE/MAX Advantage Plus

Advocate

Gifts of $249 - $100

Cheryl L. Adkins ’81

Elsie R. Alexander

Benjamin McRae Amoss Jr.

John E. & Fran Arehart

Francis A. Arena

Kemper W. & Beverly S. Baker

Shirley V. Blackwell

Richard W. & K. Darlene Bratcher

Bobbie S. Burton

Pam W. Butler

Craig A. Challender

Martha S. Cleveland

Nellie M. Coles

Raymond J. & Patricia P. Cormier

Lisa Dawn Cumbey ’82

Thomas D. & Marianne Dennison

Edward & Cynthia B. Devlin

Nancy M. Doll

William P. & Shirley C. Donaldson

William F. & Martha J. Dorrill

Chris & Katherine Feil Dowdy

William L. & Angie Webb Frank ’80

Chapman Hood Frazier ’86 & Deborah

Carrington ’75

H. Lewis & Barbara Allen Garrett ’55

Darrell Harbaum

Charles Hatcher

Juanita Higgins Hazlegrove ’92

Mary P. Heinemann

David & Barbara M. Henley

Richard H. ’76 & Ann Sprint Ingram ’70

Angela M. Jackson

Friend

Gifts of $99 or less

Avis Kolanda Addleman ’80

Edna Nees Banton ’79

Robert Blackman

Jessica Broad

David W. & Robin Buckalew

Ursula C. Burgess

Robert L. ’79 & Elizabeth B. Burnett

Elmira McCourt Chernault ’57

Robert J. Chonko

Harold N. & Nan H. Colvin

Angie Arrington Coppedge ’84

Judi Crespo

Jane Danby Crute ’46

Kerri L. Cushman

Erin C. Devine

Elizabeth T. Dupree

Elfriede K. Dutz

Diane N. Easter

Gwen S. Eddleman

Randall W. & Carol Cordes Edmonson ’82

Cheryl Eisenberg

Jeremy M. ’99 & Monica L. Elder

Debby Elliott

Betty Fanelli

Mark L. & Alix Denise Fink

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Foster

Jane Blanton Garland

Vonda Deel Gray ’90

R. Shane Grissom

James C. & Ann Harris Gussett ’80

Robert G. & Jacqueline A. Hall

Paul B. Harris

Scott M. & Susan M. Harwood

Sandra Heinemann

Kimberly Henry

Todd Robert Henry ’05

Patricia Smalley Herring ’80

Clarke & Ellen Gray Hogan ’94

Mr. & Mrs. Cliff Jenkins

Gary P. Lutz & Consuelo J. Alvarez

Robert D. & Susan H. May

Joseph C. & Elizabeth F. McCutchen

Wayne E. & Deborah L. McWee

James R. Munson & Mary A. Prevo

Ruth S. Murphy

Edith Myers

Nancy Napier

Lois A. Nervig

Allan & Constance W. Pois

Larry Robertson ’90

Arleen Rosenberg

Dr. & Mrs. Charles D. Ross

Mark H. Ryan & Janet L. Lundy

Dr. & Mrs. Leon Salomon

Nancy Britton Shelton ’68

Michael A. & Maria M. Silveira

Edward M. & Rita M. Smith

Bernice Watts Smyth ’81

Rucker & Karen Snead

Homer L. & Maryann C. Springer

Debra Chapman Taylor ’73

Martha J. Taylor

Dr. & Mrs. William E. Thompson

John Michael Utzinger & Joy E. Boettcher Utzinger

Jennifer I. Wall

Glenn E. White & Virginia Spivey

David E. ’83 & Wanda Turner Whitus

Anne Nase Wilkins

Cynthia Nunnally Wood ’68

John W. Wood III

Douglas M. & Sarah V. Young

Arena Trucking Company, Inc.

Benchmark Community Bank

j. fergeson gallery

Gregory Kaplan, PLC

Pfizer Foundation

Sand Solutions, Inc.

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Vincent A. & Nancy R. Iverson

Stephen C. & Joyce Wright Keith ’71

Cecil M. Kidd ’61

Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Klotzberger

Elizabeth D. Knies

Eric A. Koger & Melissa S. Panzarello

Emmett R. & Robin Stables McLane ’76

Elizabeth B. Mix ’96

Paul Mueller

Frieda E. Myers

Kelly M. Nelson

Wendy Hodges Norwood ’94

Anne Lynne Pierce ’73

David Polce

Lacy W. & Audrey Chandler Powell ’84

Nancy B. Powers

Venus V. Powers

Robert T. ’63 & Frances Shepard Redd ’76

Teresa Jadwiga Uecker ’98

John H. Varner Jr.

Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence C. Varner

Mary Moore Walter ’49

William F. & Norma Soyars Watkins ’48

Kathy D. Watson

Carol Lynn Weaver

Margaret Dow Whorley ’73

Jennifer Wood

Lee & Beth Woodruff

Kathy S. Worster

Valerie L. York

Bank of America Corporation

Hartwill’s Art

Mulligan’s Sports Grille

Sherwin Williams Company

Shorter Funeral Home

Christopher M. & Kathleen M. Register

Wendy Welch Richardson ’72

Connie B. Richmond

Gordon L. & Kay Ring

Brenda M. Rion

Jim Ryan

Kimberly Leigh Schade ’05

Carolyn Haga Schlosberg ’72

William A. & Noelle Prince Shear

Julie Shield

Murray S. & Cora Straughan Simpson ’61

Brandy S. Singleton

Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Skillicorn

Barbara B. Smith

Sheryl Dianne Swinson ’77

Martha McCorkle Tennant ’40

Patricia Thorne

Hyler N. Tramel

Colonel Matthew Bogdanos (left), author of the Thieves of Baghdad, with LCVA supporters and advisory board members (from left)

Julie Dixon, Harlan Horton, Joan and Walter Witschey following his delivery of the Barbara L. Bishop Distinguished Lecture in the Visual Arts.

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FINANCIAL SUMMARY1 July 2007 – 30 June 2008

Revenue, Gains and Other SupportContributions ......................................................................................................177,174

Contributions Non-Cash .......................................................................................60,140

Investment Income.............................................................................................120,830

Realized Gains (Losses) On Investments.................................................................(85)

Unrealized Gains (Losses) On Investments.....................................................(218,638)

Other Revenue.....................................................................................................18,214

rental Income .........................................................................................................1,681

Interfund Transfer...................................................................................................5,246

Longwood University ..........................................................................................436,960

Total Revenues, Gains & Other Support ............................................................601,521

ExpendituresScholarships / Awards............................................................................................1,600

Salaries / Wages / Benefits ................................................................................344,704

Professional Services...........................................................................................55,296

Printing & Publications .........................................................................................31,974

Postage & Shipping..............................................................................................16,271

Equipment / Supplies ...........................................................................................78,106

Building Depreciation ...........................................................................................33,902

Utilities .................................................................................................................36,862

Travel ...................................................................................................................15,474

Staff Development.....................................................................................................494

Telephone...............................................................................................................6,546

Marketing / Receptions ..........................................................................................9,726

Miscellaneous ........................................................................................................6,866

Interest ...................................................................................................................8,597

TotalsTotal Expenditures..............................................................................................648,418

Beginning ........................................................................................................4,350,834

Ending .............................................................................................................4,305,937

Increase (Decrease) In Assets...........................................................................(44,897)

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ADVISORY BOARD1 July 2007 – 30 June 2008

Heyn Kjerulf, Chair

Maurice Beane


Carol Cousins

I. B. Dent

Julie K. Dixon

Candice Jamison Dowdy ’69

Charles H. Dowdy III

Patricia Altwegg Fitzgerald ’54

Kristin W. Gee

Harlan L. Horton

Angela Jackson

Jean Lockwood

Margaret T. Mayo ’52

Harriet Butterworth Miller ’51

Lydia W. Peale

Bernice Beazley Rowe ’70

Robin Sedgwick

Virginia Spivey

Robert C. Wade

Michael David Whaley

MEMBERS-AT-LARGE

Susan Booker

David Buckalew

Lonnie Calhoun

Perry Carrington

Craig Challender

Liz Kocevar-Weidinger

Kelly Nelson

EX-OFFICIO

Patricia Cormier

Hazen Duncan

Christopher Register

K. Craig Rogers

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ADMINISTRATION & STAFF1 July 2007 – 30 June 2008

Dr. Patricia Cormier, President

Richard W. Bratcher, Vice President for Facilities Management and Real Property

Courtney Hodges, Director of Corporate and Foundational Relations/Development Liaison to LCVA

Dr. Wayne E. McWee, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Dr. Tim J. Pierson, Vice President for Student Affairs

K. Craig Rogers, Vice President for University Advancement

Dr. Charles Ross, Dean, Cook-Cole College of Arts and Sciences

David Whaley, Director of Publications and Visual Arts

Kathy S. Worster, Vice President for Administration and Finance

Staff

K. Johnson Bowles, Director

Katherine Antis, Preparator

Beth Cheuk, Public Relations and Events Coordinator

Alex Grabiec, Exhibitions Manager

Emily Gresham, Curator of Education

Darbi Jewell, Volunteer Coordinator

Janet Lundy, Collections Manager

Heather Milne, Program Manager

David Overstreet, Assistant Program Manager

Robin Sedgwick, Museum Registrar

Work Study Students

Brian Carley

Kathy Hanson

Adrienne Heinbaugh

Rachel Hicks

Maria Saunders

Jennifer Thorton

Emily Wilson

Cameron Winchester

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IN MEMORIAM

Lester Blackiston (1931 – 2007) Fred Brandt (1936 – 2007)

Jackie Wall (1926 – 2007)

L O N G W O O DC E N T E R f o r theV I S U A L A R T S

129 North Main StreetFarmville, Virginia 23901

434.395.2206

www.longwood.edu/lcva

The Longwood Center for the Visual Artsis located at the corner of Main and Third Streetsin historic downtown Farmville.

Gallery Hours: Monday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

LCVA Annual Report 2007-2008

Documents

Transcript of LCVA Annual Report 2007-2008