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Chesapeake Friends of the Arts (CFOTA) was established in May of 2006 as an educational and non-profit organization to stimulate participation and an appreciation of the Arts in Chesapeake

Chesapeake Friends of the Arts supports the Arts in Hampton Roads. Help us support our Fundraisers, which contribute to student scholarships, and funding for a Cultural Arts Center in Chesapeake. "Keep the Arts in your life!" Thank you.
(If you have a Community Event you would like to post pertaining to the Arts, E-mail the Chesapeake Friends of the Arts at cfota@chesapeakefriendsofthearts.org. Please leave a contact name and number. All information must be reviewed and accepted before posting.)



Year 2011
Currently - June 26, 2011

 Ultra-Realistic Sculpture by Marc Sijan

 Presented by Swimways and the following supporting sponsors: The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation, Clark Nexsen Architecture and Engineering, and Rutter Mills, LLP.

Contemporary Arts Center
2200 Parks Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA

Admission: $7 - adults, $5 - Seniors, Students and Active Military.
Children ages 4-14 - $3, and CAC members and children under the age of 4 - free.
Hours of operation: Tuesday -Friday 10am to 5pm; Saturday, 10am to 4pm and Sunday, noon to 4pm.

Call 757.425.0000 or visit www.cacv.org.



Currently - July 31, 2011


The Civil War: Visual Perspectives, Then and Now


The Chrysler Museum of Art presents The Civil War: Visual Perspectives, Then and Now as part of the effort to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The Chrysler is home to one of America’s largest and most comprehensive collections of photographs documenting the Civil War

A selection of photographs, paintings, and prints records and reflects on different aspects of the war and its meaning for nineteenth century and contemporary Americans. The show includes works ranging from the battlefield photographs of Mathew Brady, Timothy O’Sullivan, and Alexander Gardner; to a series of paintings by Benjamin Richardson documenting the battle between the ironclads Monitor and Merrimack (as the C.S.S. Virginia); to contemporary photographic images of Civil War re-enactors by Willie Anne Wright, and a group of challenging prints by artist Kara Walker. Many of the works in the exhibition are drawn from the Chrysler’s extraordinary collection of Civil War images.

The Museum is located at 245 West Olney Road in Norfolk and is open Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sundays, noon-5 p.m. The Chrysler is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, as well as on major holidays. Admission to the Museum’s collection is free. Special exhibitions may have an admission fee. For exhibitions, programming, and special events, visit chrysler.org or call 757-664-6200.

 The Chrysler Museum

Currently- September 5, 2011

CHRYSLER MUSEUM PROVIDES FREE ADMISSION TO MILITARY FAMILIES THIS SUMMER

 More than 1,300 museums across America will offer free admission to military personnel and their families again this summer as part of the Blue Star Museums program, a Blue Star Museums initiative in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. This free admission benefit is available to all active-duty military personnel, National Guard, Reserve and their families from Memorial Day to Labor Day 2011.

At the Chrysler Museum of Art, military families will enjoy free admission to the Museum’s 62 galleries in addition to a special exhibition, Curious George Saves the Day: The Art of Margret and H. A. Rey, which is on view until September 18. The story and exhibition appeal to all ages.

The Chrysler Museum of Art is one of America’s most distinguished mid-sized art museums with a world-class collection of more than 30,000 objects, including one of the great glass collections in America. The Museum is located at 245 West Olney Road in Norfolk and is open Wednesdays, 10 a.m. -9 p.m.; Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sundays, noon-5 p.m. The Chrysler is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, as well as on major holidays. Admission to the Museum’s permanent collection is free. Special exhibitions may have an admission fee. For exhibitions, programming and special events, visit www.chrysler.org or call (757) 664-6200.

 The Chrysler Museum





Currently - September 18, 2011


CURIOUS GEORGE SAVES THE DAY: THE ART OF MARGRET AND H. A. REY

 Exhibition highlights include original drawings and bright watercolors for: Raffy and the 9 Monkeys (in which Curious George makes his debut as Fifi), featuring a lonely giraffe named Raffy and the nine monkeys that become his playmates; Whiteblack the Penguin Sees the World with Whiteblack setting out on a globe-trotting pursuit of new adventures; Fifi: The Adventures of a Monkey (later published as Curious George); and subsequent American escapades of the famous monkey hero.

In addition, the exhibition features an interactive timeline, accessed via a touch-screen computer, about the Reys’ life in France from the late 1930s through their fateful escape in the summer of 1940. Visitors will be able to view pages of H. A. Rey’s journal detailing the couple’s journey to safety, images of illustrations by H. A. Rey, photographs taken by Margret Rey in France, documentary photography related to early World War II in France, historic video, and listen to an interview with the couple.

Admission is free for Museum Members and children 12 and younger, and $5 for all others. Click below for more information.

 The Chrysler Museum

May 23 - July 2, 2011

Early Session of Classes

Ceramics, photography, painting, drawing, mixed media.

Click on the Hermitage Foundation below:

The Hermitage Foundation


May 31 - June 27, 2011
Dance Classes at The American Theatre

 ARGENTINE TANGO
Learn and explore the enchanting dance of passion and precision in an easy and fun-to-do-way that is accessible to everyone, beginners included. If you can walk, you can Tango! No partner necessary.

SALSA
The hot sizzling sultry Salsa is calling you. Unleash that hidden Latin sensation inside. Now is the time!

CHICAGO STYLE STEPPING
Spin, turn and slide in style to the rhythms of R & B, Neo-Soul, Hip Hop and Jazz. This is a version of swing dance that hails from the south and west sides of Chicago that is sweeping the nation with its cool turns, fancy footwork and smooth elegant style.

Register by clicking on the link below or call the box office at (757) 722-2787 to register by phone. Walk-ins welcome, too!

Click here for information
June 2- August 12, 2011     

d'ART Summer Art Camps for Kids

 Each summer the d'ART Center welcomes hundreds of children to d'ART Camp, providing instruction in a variety of visual art mediums and techniques; Painting, Papier Mache, Clay, Drawing, Mixed Media and more!
The d'ART Center offers seven one week d'ART Day Camp sessions for ages 6-10, and ages 9-14 during June, July and August.
Each week the proud Campers have an Art Show on Friday to show off their wonderful artistic creations to family and friends!

ART's COOL!
Ages 6-10
WEEK 1: June 20- 24
WEEK 3: July 11-15
WEEK 5: July 25-29
WEEK 7: August 22-26
ART's HOT! Ages 9-14
WEEK 2: June 27- July 1
WEEK 4: July 18-22
WEEK 6: August 8-12

Monday - Friday 9AM - 2PM
$175 / week includes all Materials and a Camp T-Shirt!

CALL the d'ART Center to ENROLL @ 625-4211!

For more information click here


June 4 - July 10, 2011
June 3, 2011 - Opening Reception: 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Assemblage, Collage and Mixed Media
By Hampton Roads Artists

 Artists working in assemblage, collage and mixed media throughout Hampton Roads, were selected to participate in this group exhibition featuring approximately 120 works. This exhibition explores the diversity of media, content and style of these three versatile art forms. Works will run the gamut from miniatures to large scale works and range from representational to abstract. The media can lend itself to the narrative quality of art, a whimsical approach or an emphasis on formal design qualities. Artists are often also collectors and these mediums can allow artists to incorporate these objects, whether natural, printed or man-made into their creations. With today’s emphasis on recycling it is also an opportunity to reuse found materials and give them new life.

Many of the exhibiting artists will be present to meet visitors, talk about their work, and answer questions at the Opening Reception: Friday, June 3, 7:30-9:30 pm.

The Charles H, Taylor Arts Center
4205 Victoria Blvd, Hampton, VA
For more information call (757) 727-1490 or visit www.HamptonArts.net.

 The Charles H. Taylor Arts Center
June 10 - July 3, 2011     

Collaborative Creatures

 Opens Friday, June 10, 6-8PM

Question:
What happens when 10 diverse artists customize 10 artistic elements on 10 one of a kind works of art?

Answer:
Presenting the Collaborative Creatures Art Exhibition, featuring 10 absolutely wondrous mixed media works of art!

Collaborative Artists: Ray Hershberger/ painter, Lynne Sward/ mixed media, Peggy Beardslee/ mixed media, Janice Gay-Maker / painter, Lynette Crain/ painter, Matthew Bernier/ puppeteer, Pamela Pine Winslow/ mixed media, and Philidelphia Artists; Elsa Wachs/ painter, Linda Dubin Garfiled/ printer and Roberta Milstead/ mixed media.

Each collaborative doll is layered with personality, rich with creative nuance and artistic technique. Artists sewed, sculpted, sawed, sanded, beaded, glued and painted to produce their vision. These intricacies give breath to each doll, telling the story of its journey and giving insight into each artist.

These ten amazing Collaborative Creatures are on display in the d'ART Center's Decker Gallery from June 10 - July 3, 2011. Admission is FREE.

For more information click here

June 23, 2011


Sunsets On the River
Mercy Creek

The Hermitage Foundation

June 18 - July 10, 2011

    
Newport News Artist Gloria Coker

Peninsula Fine Arts Center presents the artwork of Gloria Coker in Joie de Vivre, an exhibition opening June 18 and continuing through July 10, 2011. A “Meet the Artist” reception from 2 to 4 pm, Sunday, June 19 is free and open to the public.

“Gloria is one of the most energetic artists I have ever met and ‘Joy of Life’ is the perfect title,” says Pfac Curator Michael Preble who selected the exhibition with the artist. “She has a unique passion for her art – not only in her feelings toward her subjects, but in her commitment to technique. And the range is surprising. At one moment, she is painting an orchestra; in another, an intimate moment. At times her compositions explode with the bravura of an adventurous colorist; at others, a more subdued approach with muted tones appears. While broad brushstrokes fill the canvas, her drawing skills are definitely at work, too.”

Known throughout Hampton Roads for her exuberant paintings of dancers and musicians, Coker presents a broad range of work with over 30 acrylics, oils and works on paper. The exhibition includes large scale paintings. Included are a number of finished works with their preliminary sketches, as well as independent sketches and several works from her personal notebooks.

Prior to becoming a professional artist, Coker was an illustrator for the Daily Press for 12 years.

The Peninsula Fine Arts Center
101 Museum Drive in Mariners' Museum Park, Newport News, Va.

Admission (tickets valid 7 days): $7.50/Adult; $6/Seniors, Students, Active-duty Military & AAA; $4/Children (6-12); Free/Children 5 and under. Call (757) 596-8175 for information or visit www.pfac-va.org.

For more information click here

June 21 - July 29, 2011

    
Pfac ARTventures Summer Camp
Registering now

ARTventures Summer campers discover a different theme every week ranging from Art-A-Rama to Fairy Tales to the Circus through a wide variety of mediums such as clay, fiber, paint, oil pastel and more.

Camps are Tuesdays through Fridays with morning sessions for children ages 5-8 and afternoon sessions for children ages 9-12.

ARTventures Summer is just one of many studio art classes Pfac offers throughout the year. For more information and to register, visit www.pfac-va.org or call 596-8175.


For more information and to register click here

June 21 - August 26, 2011     


Art Classes

Between painting, drawing, weaving and ceramics, the Peninsula Fine Arts Center has classes, camps and workshops for people of all ages and skill levels this summer.
Ranging from intensive one or two day workshops to ten-week courses with staggered beginnings, all sessions of Pfac’s Studio Art School are taught by practicing, professional artists. Classes are offered weekdays, weeknights and weekends.

Peninsula Fine Arts Center is located at 101 Museum Dr., within Mariners’ Museum Park, Newport News, VA. To view an online class schedule and to register, visit www.pfac-va.org. For more information call 596-8175 or click on the link below.

For more information click here

June 24, 2011

Friday Nite Films at The Hermitage

Click on the Hermitage Foundation below:

The Hermitage Foundation

June 25, 2011     

Support Pfac Fundraiser
2ND ANNUAL BBQ PARTY AND ART AUCTION

7 - 10 pm

Pulled pork and spiked ice tea will accompany an Art & More Auction at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center 7 to10 pm.

Tickets: $35 per person. Proceeds benefit Pfac.

The honky-tonk infused sound of the indie rock band Gina Dalmas and The Cow Tippin’ Playboys will set the scene for a festive evening in Pfac’s galleries and out on the grounds. A multitude of hosts and artists donated artwork in a wide-range of genres, along with a selection of non-art items and professional services, for both a silent and live auction. Express Auctioneers Larry and Linda Makowski are volunteering their services for the live auction.

The Peninsula Fine Arts Center is located at 101 Museum Drive in Mariners’ Museum Park, Newport News, Va. For more information and to purchase tickets, call 596-8175 or visit www.pfac-va.org.

For more information click here


Beginning June 27, 2011
Summer Camps at The American Theatre

 Click below for Classes and Class Schedules

Click here for information
June 30, 2011


Sunsets On the River
Prana and School Rock

The Hermitage Foundation

July 2 & 3, 2011

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
    
Pfac Free Admission Weekend

Saturday, July 2, 10 am-5 pm
Sunday, July 3, 1-5 pm

Saturday July 2 only: art activities and gallery games, 10 am-4 pm

In celebration of the 4th of July, families can join together in making patriotic door wreaths inspired by the Stars and Stripes. Everyone can add to a fireworks mural and decorate a feather to add to a giant eagle collage. Pfac volunteers will lead family art activities, as well as gallery games to get parents and children talking about and interacting with the art on display. Made possible by a grant from the Noland Foundation.

For more information click here

July 3, 2011

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
U.S. Army TRADOC Band and Fireworks

Bagley Stage, Chesapeake City Park

7:00 pm VA Coast Chorus
7:30 pm U.S. Army TRADOC Band
Followed by fireworks

Parking: $5.00

For more information call Parkes and Recreation at 382-6411 or visit www.cityofchesapeake.net/prEvents

New this year! Chesapeake Friends of the Arts will host a "Brew for the Arts." See our "Fundraiser" page on this web site or more information.
July 9, 2011     

d'ART's 25th Anniverary

Come celebrate
d'ART's 25th Anniverary
on Saturday July 9, 2011 from 6-8pm.
- Local Craft Beer Tasting
- Social Media Art Exhibition
- Live Jazz with Jim Newsom band
- Tapas by Sheraton's City Dock restaurant and Jack Quinn's
- d'ART Retrospective Photo Gallery
Admission is FREE.
A donation of 25 quarters, $6.25, is strongly encouraged.
For additional info please Email: connect@d-artcenter.org or Phone: 757-625-4211.

For more information click here


July 12 - August 4, 2011
Summer Theatre Camp

 July 4 - July 15
July 18 - 29
August 1 - 12

Click here for information
July 23 - October 2, 2011

    
Unbroken Thread: The Art of Philip Koch


 Maryland artist Philip Koch has a clear passion for the landscape. In works small and large, drawing and oil, he translates his observations of the beauty of nature with striking intensity, impressive subtlety and a hint of abstraction. Crimson sky, halos of lunar light and monumental stands of pine are just a few of the observations you’ll find in his impressive work.

Through his brush, the portrayal of light and color convey an expressionistic mood within a framework of the majesty of nature. Koch is a member of a fraternity of painters – Frederick Church, Edward Hopper, Rockwell Kent and Lawren Harris – who find beauty in the exaggeration of color, line, shape and form.

For more information and to register click here

July 23 - October 2, 2011

    
The Virginia Landscape – Works on Paper

 The Virginia Landscape – Works on Paper presents the work of 12 artists, who, as a group, show various approaches to depicting the Virginia landscape through works of diverse styles and mediums. Artworks in the exhibition offer an impressive and inspiring range of topography, from the mountains to the sea, from pastures, farms and woodlands to small towns and cityscapes.

This exhibition presents dynamic diversity while focusing on works on paper – paintings, drawings and prints. Some artworks are plein air, while others are studio creations. Naturalism is only part of the imagery, each artist’s imagination and expressive intent are on view as well. Each of the artists is represented by several works, so viewers will have the additional opportunity to truly study the artist’s approach to image making.

For more information and to register click here


July 29 - 31, 2011
Hairspray

 It's 1960's Baltimore and change is in the air. Can a larger - than - life teen manage to vanquish the reigning princess from a TV dance program, integrate the show, and find true love (singing and dancing all the while) without mussing her hair? You Can't Stop the Beat with this pop rock musical!

TCC Roper Performing Arts Center
Friday July 29 @ 7:00pm
Saturday July 30 @ 3:00pm
Sunday July 31 @ 3:00pm

Tickets: CALL 757-627-5437 or CLICK below.

Click here for information
July 30, 2011     

Ghent Summer Bar Tour
Hope House Foundation Benefit

 The 2011 Ghent Summer Bar Tour will be held on Saturday, July 30th from 4:00pm to 9:00pm. This is the sixth annual Ghent Summer Bar Tour and all proceeds will benefit Hope House Foundation. This event promises to be fun for everyone over the age of 21, with a dozen locations serving discounted food and beverages, fun games along the way, and a big ceremony at the end of the evening awarding prizes to winning participants. Registration includes a t-shirt, commemorative Ghent Bar Tour cup, koozie, magnet, and a wristband that entitles you to the discounts at each location.

For further information you may contact Scott Guirlinger, Ghent Bar Tours President, at 353-4660, Elena Montello, Hope House Foundation 757-625-6161 x20 or visit www.GhentSummerBarTour.com.

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