As of Today Danville and Pittsylvania County were both in the CDC's red zone |  | |
The Museum will be asking all staff, Interns, volunteers and patrons to put back on their masks starting today. On the heels of new guidance from the CDC, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is encouraging commonwealth residents to mask up again, regardless of vaccination status. “ All Virginians should consider wearing a mask in public indoor settings where there is increased risk of COVID-19 transmission, as the ne CDC guidance recommends. Our Covid-numbers are going up in the Dan River Region, and the Museum will be asking staff and guests to put back on their masks this week, as we feel the weather changing. The Museum is closed on Monday, but starting August 10 the DMFAH will ask all visitors entering the museum to wear masks. The Star-Tribune quotes Gov. Northam: “ We are acting now to prevent this health crises from getting worse.” As of today, Danville and Pittsylvania County were both in the CDC's red zone, the highest category for COVID-19 spread. SOFAH-Health CEO Alan Larson addressed the current hotspot situation on Friday in a video: "If the Delta variant continues to spread, cases could peak at levels higher than previous January peaks. To lessen the projected peaks, we must give vaccines time to have an impact. The rise in COVID-19 cases are especially devastating, considering it's happening among the 46%. of Virginians who are unvaccinated. Those percentages are much higher in Southside: 61 % in Danville and 63% in Pittsylvania County. Pittsylvania County and Danville Public Schools will also be requiring masks for all.
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The Attic Sale is OPEN!!! | |
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The Attic Sale is Open!
Bring yourselves to the museum over the next two weeks to experience our most popular yearly community Attic Sale. For times and days of Sales or any information about the Attic Sale please see our website HERE: https://www.danvillemuseum.org/events/details/id/1250/dmfah-s-attic-sale
The Attic Sale will be open to the public August 7 – 21
Monday – Friday • 10am - 4pm | Saturdays • 12 - 4pm | Sundays • 2 - 4pm
Special Event Days
Friday, August 6, 2021: DMFAH Members Only Opening Event • 5 - 7pm
Friday, August 20, 2021: Half Price Sale
Saturday, August 21, 2021: Box Sale (Final Day of Attic Sale)
https://www.danvillemuseum.org/annual-events
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The GW Eagles Sweep Through DMFAH | | |
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Thank you to Community Groups Who made the Attic Sale Possible!
Thank you to the Historical Society, and Dave Corp for storing the year –long collection of furniture, carpets, appliances, glassware, jewelry, baskets and many more intriguing objects that accumulated into a thrift lover’s paradise this past week. There is something for everyone at the Attic Sale!
We thank Helen Earle and the hard working Attic Sale Team for putting together this tremendously fun event.
We thank Coach Anderson and the GW Football Team for their community service, and for moving the Attic Sale objects into the museum auditorium! It took fifteen strong young men to move the myriad of boxes and furniture. Their tremendous community service efforts will allow the museum proceeds from the sales to go back into museum education programming, such as the traveling trunks for public school teachers teaching History and Social Science subjects.
If you are a teacher interested in learning more about our teaching traveling trunks designed by the Averett Education Department with complete SOL compliance, please contact us at info@danvillemuseum.org.
The DMFFAH also has education material available online – check out our educational units on our website:https://www.danvillemuseum.org/education
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President of the Virginia Lewis & Clark Legacy Trail, speaks on Lewis & Clark exploration of the Louisiana Purchase | |
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Virginia Lewis & Clark Legacy Trail Talk
On Wednesday, August 11 at 7pm, Peggy Crosson, President of the Virginia Lewis & Clark Legacy Trail, will speak on Botetourt County’s connection to the Lewis & Clark exploration of the Louisiana Purchase: the reasons the Virginia trail was created, how it is has been developed, and where the VLCLT routes exist today.
Joining the presentation are Kip and Lyn Burton, Co-Chairs of the Botetourt County Lewis & Clark Legacy Trail Committee, who will discuss the specific historical ties the county has to both Explorers, as well as past, current and future activities of the committee.
The lecture will take place at the Historical Society of Western Virginia, as well as virtually on the History Museum’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/vahistorymuseum. This talk is free of charge thanks to sponsors including Norris, Inc, Bank of Botetourt, and Virginia Humanities.
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A Farewell held at Anglers Park
on August 6
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Farewell to Tripp, Aidan and John
On Friday evening this week Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History past and present interns gathered to wish Tripp Hayes and Aidan Thomas the very best as they head North (Stoney Brook University, NY) and South for College (Eckerd College). Tripp has worked as a 300-hour-intern for the museum for over a year, and Aidan has worked for the Museum for almost two years. We also want to thank John Sheridan for his tremendous service to us and to his Country. He could not make the event, because he was on active duty with the US military.
These students and young professionals are essential to the well-being of the museum, as they apply museum best practices to our events, programs and collections.We have needed their help in everything we have done these past two years. They worked at the New Gallery on Craghead; they helped install WANDERLOVE: A Stitch in Time. They worked at the front desk and in collections. They trained new interns, and they worked on the Artmobile team when we had just opened the museum up to the public after a three month shut down. They helped out at all our opening events, and worked camps. We could not be more proud of these young professionals, and wish them the very best fall semester.
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Things we are looking forward to! | |
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Smokestack Auditions for Ghosts and Gravestones
Auditions for Ghosts & Gravestones starts on August 29, 2021. To find out more about this family friendly event please check out our DMFAH website and learn more about how history and horror can sometimes be one and the same. Come and enjoy the past with hair-raising stories in October. If you want to be part of the production to get an “insider’s experience” first sign up for Auditions.
Sun, Aug 29, 2021 at 2 PM EDT – 5 PM EDT
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
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Averett Bonner Students for DMFAH programming
Annie Chappell (Interim Collections Manager and Emory Fellow) as well as Daniel Shogan (Interim Education Coordinator and JMU Fellow) will be attending an Averett Bonner Leader recruiting session on Wednesday,
August 11, 2021 from 5pm-7:30pm. This will be an opportunity for the museum to outline our programming and engage with prospective Bonner Leaders to join our team for the 2021-2022 year.
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New Appointees for the Danville Schools | | |
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The DMFAH congratulates Danville City School Board approved appointees:
Ms. Alicia Hightower, Principal, Virtual Academy
Mr. Kevin Bowman, Principal, G.L.H. Johnson Elementary
Ms. LaTonya Simmons, Principal, Schoolfield Elementary
Dr. Justin Durham, Principal, O.T. Bonner Middle School
Mrs. Mary Ann Mitchell, Director of Curriculum
Dr. Misti Webster Williams, Director of Leader Quality
Ms. Judy Cox, Principal, Westwood Middle School
Dr. Tonya Steele, Director of Professional Learning
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