
Exhibitions
The New City Arts exhibition space, Welcome Gallery, features work by Charlottesville-area artists through exhibitions, workshops, and events.
Current Exhibition
Upcoming Exhibitions
Past Exhibitions

2025 New City Arts Fellowship Exhibition | through this, to that
In September, New City Arts presents an exhibition of work by the 2025 New City Arts Fellows, Ava Burke, Ben Frye, I.F. Gonzales, and Sophia Chaudhry.
Elena Yu | October 2025
In October 2025, New City Arts will present an exhibition of work by Elena Yu.

Karina A. Monroy | January 2026
In January 2026, New City Arts will present an exhibition of work by Karina Monroy.

Lauro López | Birds on the Block
In July 2025, New City Arts will present an exhibition of work by Lauro López.

Grey Von Cannon | Soft Parts
In June 2025, New City Arts will present an exhibition of work by Grey Von Cannon.

Vibha Vijay | one hand washes the other
In May 2025, New City Arts will present one hand washes the other, an exhibition of work by Vibha Vijay.

Ben W. Fey | On seeing + being: presence in the midst of anxiety
From April 4-19, 2025, New City Arts will present an exhibition of work by Ben W. Fey.

Somé Louis | Sketches of Home
In March 2025, New City Arts will present an exhibition of work by Somé Louis.

Lauren Williams | Pattern & Plain Weave
From February 7-26, 2025, see Pattern & Plain Weave, Lauren William’s exhibition of new work, made during her Fall 2024 Research Residency.

Christen Yates and Jacqui Stewart Lindstrom | Of the Earth
In December 2024, New City Arts will present an exhibition of work by Christen Yates and Jacqui Stewart Lindstrom.

Autumn Jefferson | The Value of Dirt
In November 2024, New City Arts, supported by UVA Arts & the Office of the Provost & the Vice Provost for the Arts, wll present an exhibition of work by Autumn Jefferson.
Mimm Patterson | Small Stories about a Woman Named Barbara
In October 2024, New City Arts will present an exhibition of work by Mimm Patterson

2024 New City Arts Fellowship Exhibition | fallow
In September, New City Arts will present an exhibition of work by the 2024 New City Arts Fellows, Brielle DuFlon, Eboni Bugg, Elena Yu, and M. Pittman.

Chandler Jennings | Around the Table
From July 5-25, 2024, New City Arts presents an exhibition by Spring 2024 Artist-in-Residence, Chandler Jennings.
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Anna Hogg | above [collecting] below [detecting] above
above [collecting] below [detecting] above explores ideas of mapping and being mapped, surveillance, and the world beyond humans.

Phượng-Duyên Hải Nguyễn | Nhớ
Growing from Phuong’s recent work, Nowhere, this exhibition will feature an all-consuming, immersive installation made of sewed and embroidered structures that visitors can weave through and be embraced by.

Adrian Wood | Voroboros
This video work explores survival under capitalism. This work unfolds in three parts: eating, being eaten, and eating oneself in order to survive (and the consequences of survival).

Benita Mayo | Womanist: The Tao of Midlife & Menopause
A portrait and conceptual project exploring womanhood & womanism, this exhibition seeks to unearth stereotypes and archetypes we unconsciously adopt as truism.

Meesha Goldberg | Empire Is Over: The Lewis, Clark, & Sacajawea Cut-Ups
From February 2-22, 2024, New City Arts presents Empire Is Over: The Lewis, Clark, Sacajawea Cut-Ups, an exhibition by Fall 2023 Artist-in-Residence, Meesha Goldberg.

Matt Shelton | repair is the dream of the broken thing
This exhibition will deploy site-responsive installation, drawing and projection to explore relationships between medium and content, past and present, individual and collective memory.

Claire Szeptycki & Maddie Butkovich | Too Many Dinner Parties
From November 3-22, New City Arts, supported by UVA Arts & the Office of the Provost & the Vice Provost for the Arts, will present an exhibition of prints by 5th Year UVA Aunspaugh Fellows, Maddie Butkovich + Claire Szeptycki.
Sri Kodakalla | growing out of season
Through mixed-media installation and vignette storytelling, this intimate exhibition explores the decomposition and evolution of a specific memory from the artist's childhood, re-contextualized under immigration growing pains and the multiplicity of compounded grief.

Edie Read | Color is Light
What is visual language/to whom is it speaking? Edie Read’s work wonders aloud and searches to understand its sources.

MaKshya Tolbert | Shade is a place: relief is my form
From August 4-24, 2023, New City Arts presents Shade is a place: relief is my form, a Clearing by MaKshya Tolbert.

2023 New City Arts Fellowship Exhibition: Soft Spot
From July 7-27, New City Arts presents Soft Spot, an exhibition featuring work by the 2023 New City Arts Fellows: Kia Wassenaar, Aidyn Mancenido, Eileen Johnson, Audrey Parks, and Rachel Austin.

Ashon Crawley: loss.nothing.memorial.
From June 2-29, New City Arts presents loss.nothing.memorial, an exhibition by Ashon Crawley.

Jackson Taylor: Fever Creek
From May 5-25, New City Arts presents Fever Creek, an exhibition of prints by Jackson Taylor.

The Fralin Museum of Art’s Early Visions Exhibition
From April 25-28, New City Arts partnered with The Fralin’s Early Visions program to present work by students from the Cherry Avenue, Albemarle Campus Club, and Southwood Boys & Girls Clubs.

Conrad Cheung: Essing, Fawning, Gawping, Hocking, Isling, Jostling, Keening, Legging, Moping, Nodding, Ooling, Putzing, Querling
From April 7-22, New City Arts presents Essing, Fawning, Gawping, Hocking, Isling, Jostling, Keening, Legging, Moping, Nodding, Ooling, Putzing, Querling by Conrad Cheung.

Jay Simple: Razed To Be Born Again
From March 3-31, New City Arts presents Razed To Be Born Again by Jay Simple.

Sarah Lawson: Salience, the sea
From February 3-24, New City Arts presents Salience, the sea, an exhibition by Sarah Lawson.

JaVori Warren: From Her to My Niece
From January 6-27, New City Arts presents From Her to My Niece by JaVori Warren.

David Askew: i decided to do nothing (about everything)
From December 2-22, New City Arts presents i decided to do nothing (about everything) by David Askew.