Raising a new generation of Museum attendees in the Dan River Region! Thank you Rachel Timm from the Mount Herman Library for capturing this photo at the Crossroads Exhibition.

Smithsonian CROSSROADS: CHANGE IN RURAL VIRGINIA - an Exhibition that should not be missed!

October 16 - November 21, 2021

Satellite Location: 24 Reid Street Chatham, Va. 24531

Hours: Monday - Saturday 11am - 2pm | Sunday 2 - 4pm

We hope to see you at the Smithsonian Crossroads: Change in Rural America exhibition and the Carson Davenport 2021 Retrospective exhibition on view from October 16- November 21, 2021.

We are excited to announce that the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History has teamed up with the Smithsonian Institute, with the Virginia Association of Museums and with the Virginia Humanities to bring the exhibition CROSSROADS: CHANGE IN RURAL AMERICA to the Dan River Region. We also want to thank the Patterson Foundation for sponsoring an additional exhibition of the DMFAH Carson Davenport Collection, to be shown in conjunction with the Smithsonian CROSSROADS traveling exhibition.

In the next month we will be hosting fifteen programs associated with these two exhibitions, and we hope that you will be able to attend lectures by Averett University professors and community leaders as they reveal the joys and challenges of the rural Dan River Region.

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Exciting Museum and Crossroads Programs

Find out about DMFAH programs HERE:

https://www.danvillemuseum.org/content/uploads/PDF/collections/10-20_extended_smithsonian_crossroads_programs.pdf

Visit our DMFAH Website to find a full schedule of programs

Crossroads, Davenport, and Museum Programs

Oct 16- Nov 21

The Pittsylvania Historical Society:

Quarterly Membership Meeting

Monday, October 18 • 7 - 9pm • 24 Reid Street, Chatham. DMFAH Director speaking on Carson Davenport and the Museum's Carson Davenport Collection.

Robert Dawson: Discussion - The Public Library: An American Commons

Thursday, October 21 • 6 - 7pm • Danville Museum, 975 Main St, Danville.

Mr. Dawson – former Stanford University Professor - is a guest lecturer from San Francisco, California. He will be traveling from Washington, DC, showing his album to the library of Congress and the Smithsonian before coming to the DMFAH

Piedmont Sustainable Living Panel Discussions

Thursday, October 21 • 6 - 8pm • 24 Reid Street, Chatham.

Matt and Jenn Miller, Amy Davis, and Kat & David Wilton of Fowl Fortress addressed the joys, adventures, and rewards of rural homestead practices. To find out more about Sustainable Living Practices – please visit: https://hellohomestead.com/how-to-start-homesteading-in-virginia/

Lisa Tuite, Director of the Pittsylvania County Library:

Making Books Available to the Community

Saturday October 23 • 10am - 12 noon • 24 Reid Street, Chatham.

On Saturday Director of Pittsylvania Libraries Lisa Tuite and Rachel Timm as well as Jennifer Arthur handed out free reading books to families attending the Crossroads: Change in Rural America Exhibition. The SOHO Center, a 501(c)(3) organization, promotes children's literacy and has donated more than 22,000 books to the Pittsylvania County Public Library and City of Danville public libraries as part of the “Read and Ready” program.

Upcoming Program CROSSROADS and CARSON DAVENPORT Events

DON'T MISS OUT!

Please visit the ODAC Website for Nov 20 Bluegrass Tickets

Dr. Pegram: The African American Migration and its effects on the

Rural Dan River Region

Sunday, Nov. 3 • 3 - 4pm • 24 Reid Street, Chatham.

Averett University Economics Professor Dr. Ernest Pegram reviews the Crossroads exhibition and specifically addresses issues of urbanization: the migration from rural areas to cities; and the shifting economy from an agricultural-based economy to the industrial/technology-based economy.

Joe Scott: Carson Davenport Historic Homeowner

Saturday, Nov 6 • 2 - 3:30pm • 24 Reid Street, Chatham.

Joe Scott, owner of the Carson Davenport Historic Home on North Main Street in Danville, discusses his Carson Davenport Collection, and the home of the artist where Joe Scott now lives .

Author Bill Guerrant: Book Reading Bertie & Charlie

Saturday, November 13 • 11am-1pm • 24 Reid Street, Chatham.

Please join us for this informative discussion of a second novel by the author Bill Guerrant tells a narrative set in 1917, when two young workers at a Virginia cotton mill fall in love, share secrets, and struggle to overcome troubled pasts. This author carries through themes mentioned in his previous books, such as, Jim Wrenn, which is drenched in the history of an early industrialized Dan River Region.

Tour Old Dominion Agricultural Complex (ODAC)

Saturday, November 13 • 2 - 4pm • Tour and Lecture.

Convene at ODAC’s courtyard entrance Fountain • 19783 US-29 North, Chatham, VA 24531.

Please also note that ODAC will be hosting The Olde Dominion Bluegrass Festival on November 20^th. Local legend Kinney Rorrer, will be the M.C. of the event. 2020 Grammy award winner for "Best Album" and twelve time IBMA winner, legendary fiddler, Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper, will headline the event! Doors open at noon, and music starts at 2pm.

Sonja Ingram, Preservation Virginia: Rosenwald Schools,

Tue, Nov. 16 • 7 - 9 pm • 24 Reid Street, Chatham.

Sonja Ingram presents on a Preservation Virginia Project. Preservation Virginia, a private, non-profit historic preservation organization, has completed a two-year architectural survey of historic African American schools built in Virginia that received funding from the Rosenwald rural school building program.

For a List of all Programs please visit our DMFAH Website

https://www.danvillemuseum.org/content/uploads/PDF/collections/10-20_extended_smithsonian_crossroads_programs.pdf

Thank you to Smokestack Theater for yet another amazing "Ghosts and Gravestones" Production ... Now HOWEL is coming up!

Find out more about HOWEL here

Make Sure You check the DMFAH Website for Programs throughout October & November 2021

Halloween Old West End Lanterfest (HOWEL)

October 30, 2021

2:00 PM - 8:30 PM

On DMFAH Campus, 975 Main Street, Danville,Va.

HOWEL 2021 is a free community festival and hosts activities for the whole family – the first portion of the event will include children’s activities, museum tours, vendor booths, opportunities to engage with community nonprofits, local artists, and craft demonstrations. The event will transition to a lively evening with fire dancing performances, the lighting of the lanterns, a band, and dancing.

Museum Accreditation Program (MAP) – Preparing our DMFAH collections for accreditation.

In the past six months the museum has engaged with the American Association of Museums, and specifically the Museum Assessment Program (MAP), to fulfill our fiduciary duty of taking care of our museum collections. Thank you to the Virginia Association of Museums and our AAM Peer Reviewer, Jeanne Niccolls, our museum collections staff Annie Chappell, Daniel Shogan and Mary Kent, as well as our Board of Directors and the Collections committee: Dr. Syed Ahmed, Clara Gutierrez, Vicki Hines, and Sandy Saunders, and, especially Board Secretary, Connie Fletcher, for their tremendous contributions to this peer review session.

Join us in making the museum a vibrant space where Art, History and Community come together.

You can make a donation for collection exhibitions https://www.danvillemuseum.org/content/uploads/exhibition_fund_final_11-16-20.pdf