Current Exhibitions
Main Gallery and Kinetic Gallery: BRCC Student Exhibition
April 9 – September 3, 2025
Opening Reception: Tuesday, April 22, 12:30 p.m.
Fine Arts Center Main Gallery and Kinetic Gallery
This exhibition features artwork from students in these BRCC classes: Drawing I, 2D & 3D Design, Ceramics I & II, Sculptural Ceramics, Functional Ceramics, Supervised Study, Painting I, Watercolor I, Computer Graphics I & II, Photography I.
Kaleidoscope Gallery
Scenes from International Students Celebration
Main Gallery – Upcoming
Cyndi Gusler: On the Edge
September 10 – October 14, 2025
Opening Reception Tuesday, Sept 23.
Presentation 11:30 a.m.; Reception 12:30 p.m.
BRCC Fine Arts Center Gallery V121
Cyndi Gusler holds an MFA in Painting and Drawing. She is Professor of Art at Eastern Mennonite University in VA where she shares her love of immersion into these mediums with her students.
https://www.cyndigusler.com/
John A. Hancock: Selective Memory: Works from the “Natural family History” Series
October 17 – December 5, 2025
Opening Reception Tuesday, 10/21/25
Lecture 11:30 a.m.; Reception 12:30 p.m.
BRCC Fine Arts Center Gallery V121
John Hancock is a “Studio Artist, Urban & Plein-Air Sketcher, Artist-Teacher/Artist-Mentor, Independent Curator, & Consultant” living in West-Central Virginia.
https://www.johnahancock.com/
Main Gallery – Past Exhibitions
February 21 – April 3, 2025: Susan Rosen and Karen Rosasco: Shaping the Space
January 13 – February 17, 2025: Anna Westfall: Beyond Sight
October 11 – December 5, 2024: Elizabeth Wislar: GATHER
September 9 – October 8, 2024: Jim Leech: Visions of the Past Through Photography
Other past Exhibitions include:
October 5, 2024 – January 26, 2025: Steal Your Face (Flickr images)
Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria 2024 CyberArts Exhibit
March 18 – April 15, 2024: CCI: Commonwealth Cyber Initiative, Cyber Insecurity: Exploring Vulnerabilities of Artificial Intelligence Through Visual Art. Exhibition: Fractured Reflections: Navigating AI, Cybersecurity, and the Shifting Self
January 16 – March 5, 2024: Creativity Beyond the Job: ArtWorks by BRCC Faculty/Staff
October 6 – December 7, 2023: Cheryl Richards: Rural Landscapes & Water Ways
September 7 – October 2, 2023: Laura Thompson: Little Worlds
April 6 – September 1, 2023: Student ArtWorks and BRCC Intermediate Ceramics
February 27 – April 3, 2023: Figure Painting and Abstract Painting: One Artist/Jerry Coulter
January 3 – February 21, 2023: Beyond the Blue: Contemporary Narrative Quilts by Sue Reno
October 17 – December 5, 2022: I Am: Identity in African Art Of Natural Liberty and Independence: George Catlin’s Portraits of Native American
September 13, 2022: Chuck Almarez: PHOTOGRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY: A Collection of Disparate Subjects Marginally Connected by Light
August 25, 2022: VMFA on the Road Artmobile Exhibition
Gallery Statement of Purpose
- The Blue Ridge Community College Art Gallery exists to serve the college community and the community at large through exhibitions that educate, inspire, and encourage independent and creative thinking; and that enrich the cultural and aesthetic experience of our students, faculty, staff, and the general public.
- Criteria for selecting exhibitions include artistic excellence, diversity of aesthetic approaches, nurturing of artists’ creativity and growth, and the educational potential of exhibitions.
- The Art Gallery is a resource for teaching and lifelong learning through exhibitions and programs that enhance curricula as well as engage a greater audience in the visual arts. The Gallery supports BRCC’s mission to provide comprehensive programs and services within an environment of academic excellence.