Events
New City Arts provides free and low-cost ways to see and experience art at Welcome Gallery and the Charlottesville-area community.

Exhibition Opening for “Essing, Fawning, Gawping, Hocking, Isling, Jostling, Keening, Legging, Moping, Nodding, Ooling, Putzing, Querling”
Join us for an exhibition opening on April 7, 2023 from 5:00-7:30PM for Essing, Fawning, Gawping, Hocking, Isling, Jostling, Keening, Legging, Moping, Nodding, Ooling, Putzing, Querling, an installation by Conrad Cheung. An artist talk and performance will be held at 6PM.

Exhibition Opening for “Razed To Be Born Again”
Join us for an exhibition opening on March 3, 2023 from 5:00-7:30PM for Razed To Be Born Again, an installation by Jay Simple. An artist talk and performance will be held from 7:30-8PM

Exhibition Opening for “Salience, the sea”
Join us for an exhibition opening on February 3, 2023 from 5:00-7:30PM for Salience, the sea, an exhibition of collage work by Sarah Lawson.

Exhibition Opening for “From Her to My Niece”
Join us for an exhibition opening on January 6, 2022 from 5:00-7:30PM for From Her to My Niece, an exhibition of work by JaVori Warren.

Exhibition Opening for i decided to do nothing (about everything)
Join us for an exhibition opening on December 2, 2022 from 5:00-7:30PM for i decided to do nothing (about everything), an exhibition of work by David Askew.

Tea with Léo Zhang
Join us for tea with Léo Zhang who exhibition, In Pursuit of an Accord, is on view at Welcome Gallery in November.

Exhibition Opening for In Pursuit of an Accord
Join us for an exhibition opening on November 4, 2022 from 5:00-7:30PM for In Pursuit of an Accord, an exhibition of work by Léo Zhang.

Exhibition Opening for NotAway: Works of Consumption
Join us for an exhibition opening on October 7, 2022 from 5:00-7:30PM for NotAway: Works of Consumption, an exhibition of work by Amanda Nelsen.

Exhibition Opening for Feed Them
Join us for an exhibition opening on September 2, 2022 from 5:00-7:30PM for Feed Them, an exhibition of drawings by Warren Craghead III and paintings by Mara Sprafkin, made in collaboration with her children.

Exhibition Opening for Friction: an exploration of impediments to interdependence
Join us for an exhibition opening on August 5, 2022 from 5:00-7:30PM for Friction: an exploration of impediments to interdependence, a solo exhibition by Lily Erb.

Exhibition Opening for I used to be
Join us for an exhibition opening on July 1, 2022 from 5:00-7:30PM for I used to be, a solo exhibition by Maya Kneebone Kim at Welcome Gallery featuring work she created during the New City Arts Fellowship.

Exhibition Opening for Astronaut Mom_Landing
Join us for an exhibition opening on June 3, 2022 from 5:00-7:30PM for Astronaut Mom_Landing, a solo exhibition by Alma Molina at Welcome Gallery featuring work she created during the New City Arts Fellowship.

Exhibition Opening for SHUCT: Sally Hemings University Connecting Threads
Join us for an exhibition opening on May 6, 2022 from 5:00-7:30PM for SHUCT: Sally Hemings University Connecting Threads, an exhibition of work made by students of April Fellow Dr. Lisa Woolfork and Tobiah Mundt at Welcome Gallery.

Exhibition Opening for Diaspograms: The Symbology of Black Life
Join us for an exhibition opening on April 1, 2022 from 5:00-7:30PM for Diaspograms: The Symbology of Black Life, a solo exhibition by Kweisi Morris at Welcome Gallery featuring work he created during the New City Arts Fellowship.

Exhibition Opening for Delights: Disparities — a spectrum of life lived in the meantime.
Join us for an exhibition opening on March 4, 2022 from 5:00-7:30PM for Delights:Disparities—a spectrum of life lived in the meantime., a solo exhibition by Jess Walters at Welcome Gallery featuring work they created during the New City Arts Fellowship.

Exhibition Opening for the New City Artist Exchange
Join us for First Fridays on December 3 from 5:00-7:30PM for the opening of the 2021-2022 New City Artist Exchange at Welcome Gallery, featuring original works by Charlottesville artists Tori Cherry, Ashon Crawley, Jen Diebert, John Grant, Mary Lamb, Calista Lyon, Frank Phillips, Lisa Ryan, Andrea Ruedy Trimble, Joe Vena, and Derrick J. Waller.

Exhibition Opening for In Good Time
Join us for a First Friday Opening Reception on November 5 from 5:00-7:30PM for In Good Time, an exhibition of still life and figurative paintings by Tori Cherry. This exhibition is presented by New City Arts and supported by UVA Arts & the Office of the Provost & the Vice Provost for the Arts.

Exhibition Opening for Situated Knowledge
From October 1-28, 2021, New City Arts presents Situated Knowledge, an exhibition featuring sculpture by Marisa Williamson, Sandy Williams IV, and Patrick Costello. This exhibition is presented by The FUNd at CACF and sponsored by Lisa M. Draine.

Auction Artwork Preview at Welcome Gallery
Join us on Friday, September 3 at Welcome Gallery (114 3rd St. NE) during Charlottesville's First Friday Art Walk from 5:00-7:30PM for a preview of artwork featured in our upcoming live auction in partnership with The Haven.

Expressing Identity: Works from Summer Studio at The Fralin
From August 6-12, 2021 at Welcome Gallery, The Fralin Museum of Art presents Expressing Identity: Works from Summer Studio at The Fralin, featuring works by Zaharra Colla, Katherine Flores, Bryan Guzman, Elise Hatschbach, Katarina Love, Raquel Monroe, Jane Ormsby, Jasmine Gonzalez Rollins, Olivia Trager, Christy Wang, and Molly Woodfin created over the last 6 weeks in The Fralin's new teen studio program centered on drawing strength from identity.

Exhibition Opening for Kincentricity
From July 2-30, New City Arts presents Kincentricity, an exhibition of prints and sculpture by Abigail Wilson and works on paper and drawings by Zoé Edgecomb. This exhibition was originally scheduled for 2020 and postponed to July 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.