Examining Virginia's Most Endangered Places |
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Examining Virginia's Most Endangered Historic Places: Battlefields in Which United States Colored Troops (USCTs) Fought
May 20th at 12 p.m.
This webinar explores the effectiveness and impacts of "Most Endangered Historic Places" programs, with a focus on Civil War Battlefields in Which United States Colored Troops (USCTs) Fought, a 2021 Virginia's Most Endangered Historic Places listing.
The discussion includes Kendra Parzen, field officer for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, discussing the National Trust’s America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places and Sonja Ingram, preservation field services manager at Preservation Virginia, discussing Preservation Virginia’s Most Endangered Historic Places list.
The webinar features La’Veesha Allen Rollins discussing the importance of protecting St. Mary’s/Samaria Church Battlefield in Charles City County, and Mary Koik and Dan Davis from the American Battlefield Trust on the New Market Heights Battlefield in Henrico County.
The webinar is free with a suggested donation of $10.
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New Exhibition on Craghead at 536 Gallery
Timothy Duffy: Blue Muse Opens JUNE 1
Preserving the Roots of the American South
DANVILLE, NEW ORLEANS, LA –
The Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History (DMFAH) presents Timothy Duffy: Blue Muse, on view April 25, 2019 through July 28, 2019. Using a photography process invented in the United States in the nineteenth-century, Timothy Duffy creates masterful one-of-a-kind tintype portraits of American musicians, preserving the faces of American roots music for future generations.
Featuring artists from the American South, including local New Orleans legends such as Alabama Slim, Little Freddie King, and Pat “Mother Blues” Cohen, DMFAH’s premier of Blue Muse will feature 30 of Duffy’s original unique tintypes.
Duffy’s tintypes are an artful extension of his other occupation, as founder and Executive Director of the Music Maker Relief Foundation, which provides support and promotion for Southern American musicians.
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What does the “Dirty South” mean to you?
To get your creative juices flowing, stop by VMFA May 20–22, 8:30–10 pm, for an outdoor projection of inspiring video interpretations by the Richmond Symphony Orchestra; Richmond Triangle Players; Roscoe Burnems, Richmond’s Poet Laureate; Brown Ballerinas for Change; Z-Bey The Poet; and Girls for a Change presenting the VMFA Girl Action Team.
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VCU Massey Cancer Center Participates in DMFAH Fiber Lab
The VCU Cancer WANDERLOVE team brought in sewing machines and cut up the last color fabrics during Thursday morning’s Fiber Lab session for WANDERLOVE: A Stitch in Time. We have also had visits from the Green Rock Center, Collidescope, Making Danville Smile, Dan River Non-profit Networks and Smokestack.
Mt. Vernon Church Knitters Drop off their Completed WANDERLOVE panels.
And the first group to hand in their fully completed knitted panels, and first through the door of completion, and ready for install is the Mt. Vernon Knitting group. Starting on Tuesday, June 1, all completed panels will be hung in the Craghead street Urban Storefront right next to Gallery 536. So stitch up and finish up – we are excited to show your work to the public for a month before it goes up on the Riverwalk!!!! This has been a tremendous community effort and labor. This has been a great collective effort, and we thank all our partnering groups. Please continue to participate in Fiber Lab workshops, River Walks and SIP&SEW sessions. And reach out if you need support during the home-stretch. Please see the schedule attached.
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Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM EDT
Main Street Art Collective, 326 Main Street Unit 100, Danville, 24541
Volunteers are needed to assist a fiber art project being spearheaded by the Danville Museum of Fine Art and History.
Some cutting and sewing will be happening. No experience needed; if you can cut, we need you! Please bring scissors.
The end goal is that many trees on the River Walk Trail will be "yarn bombed" in July. This will be a bright colorful sight for all to enjoy!
If you can come on Wed, May 19, please let us know so we will have adequate supplies. Call 434-602-2017
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WANDERLOVE: A Stitch In Time
Timeline for Workshops and Sip&Sew Sessions
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Trail Walks to Pick Sites
Friday May 28: WANDERLOVE Riverwalk Trail (Pick sites while hiking along the River Trail in the River district from 4-6pm) – Ballad Meet up right after.
Morning Fiber Lab Workshops at Museum
(10 am -12 noon)
·May 19 and 21: Fiber Lab (DMFAH Auditorium)
May 19, 11am - 2:00pm (Main Street Art Collective)
Evening Fiber Lab Workshops at Museum (4:30pm -9pm)
Thursday May 27: Evening Fiber Lab (DMFAH Auditorium)
Evening Sip and Sew (Adults only) – 6pm to 9pm
Tuesday May 18: WANDERLOVE Sip & Sew (Crema & Vine)
·Saturday May 22: WANDERLOVE Sip & Sew (2 Witches)
·Tuesday May 25: WANDERLOVE Sip & Sew (Crema & Vine)
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Summerstack Youth Production |
All ages are welcome to this family friendly event on the lawn of the Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History! Collins Food Truck will be on site serving burgers, hot dogs, and ice cream! Lawn games, face painting, and a special reading on the lawn! We will be announcing the selection for our Summerstack Youth Production (Presented by Danville Toyota), and doing a reading of the selected play! Youths entering 6th-12th grades can meet the Director and Stage Manager of the summer youth production, register for auditions, and get help preparing to audition. Kids entering 1st-5th grade can meet some of the instructors for our upcoming summer camp and register. Any child that registers at this event between 2pm-4pm will receive $25 off registration AND we will double the discount for anyone that signs up for a DMFAH membership at the event! That is a potential $50 discount! Find out about Reading on the Lawn and see which plays you do not want to miss this Summer! Reading on the Lawn is a great relaxing event for Adult each week. The Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History will be open for tours as well. Come by anytime between 2pm and 4pm Saturday May 29!
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Photo courtesy of the LA County Library. Los Angeles Dodgers alum Al Ferrera enthusiastically reads to a packed Storytime crowd at East Los Angeles Library during the summer of 2018. Photo Credit: Josh Barber/Los Angeles Dodgers LLC.
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America's National Pastime |
By Crosby Kemper
Baseball has such an enduring legacy in America, and it’s important to preserve the history, challenges, and accomplishments of the sport, teams, and individual players. IMLS, has made a few grants in support of “America’s National Pastime.”
Baseball stadiums are slowly reopening across the nation. But besides going to a game, how about visiting some of the great baseball museums, virtually or in person. A favorite of the few home team Hall of Fames I’ve been to is the Cardinals in St. Louis. Two of the most well-known museums are the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., and the Negro Leagues Museum in Kansas City. Some of the baseball museums still on my list to visit include the Ty Cobb Museum in Royston, Georgia, the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum in Baltimore, and the Louisville Slugger Museum, in—you guessed it—Louisville. You can also visit the Field of Dreams in Iowa and the Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum in Greenville, S.C. It’s by no means an exhaustive list, of course.
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Friday, May 21 at 12:00 PM |
Just Announced! In this virtual Curators At Work program, VMHC senior curator William Rasmussen will discuss the experiences of Pocahontas when The Virginia Company, that sponsored the Jamestown settlement, arranged for her to travel to England in 1616, and what followed as she prepared to return to Virginia.
This free program will be streamed live on the VMHC Facebook page and YouTube channel.
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