LEWIS COLBURN

SOLO EXHIBITION: MAIN GALLERY

Riverviews Artspace presents New Precarious Systems, the ongoing body of work of Philadelphia-based artist Lewis Colburn in our Main Gallery from February 7th - March 13th, 2025.

Artist Statement

My current works are a series of interrelated sculptural vignettes, combining fragmented monument-forms with a vocabulary of contemporary objects referencing artifice, automation, and human fragility. This combination of forms loosely reference a sense of acceleration both of progress and of retrograde political motion, and the idea of de-stabilizing previously monolithic forms and ideas. This is an ongoing body of work.

MICHAEL CREED

SOLO EXHIBITION: STUDIO 108

In Studio 108, Riverviews Artspace is proud to showcase a collection of works by local artist Michael Creed. The exhibition will be on view February 7 - March 13, 2024. To schedule a private tour email Tracey Langseth , Executive Director at gallery@riverviews.net.

Michael’s work blurs the line between function and artistry, transforming everyday objects into sculptural statements. In his own words:

"To me, furniture is a sculptural presence in daily life. We see a chair or table hundreds of times, use it, and enjoy it. But from primitive times, people have also expressed the joy and meaning of life through the appearance of functional objects. Through art, the numinous can permeate the ordinary. In my work, I show the harmony that exists between the prosaic and the poetic.

"I’ve also enjoyed translating my weekly cigar into a curious and growing collection of Cigar Art objects. In these, like my other creations, I strive to make all the pieces work to involve, surprise, and delight the participant. This practicality serves the sense of imagination and delight I want to share with all who come in contact with my work."

Join us for an evening of exploration, conversation, and discovery!
📅 Opening : Friday, February 7th, 5-8 PM
📍 Riverviews Artspace

VES STUDENT ART SHOW

EMERGING ARTIST STUDENT SHOW: MAIN HALLWAY

The VES Arts Intensive team has had an incredible winter season creating at Riverviews Artspace under the guidance of Kasey Forehand! 🎨✨ Each artist has contributed two outstanding pieces to the exhibition, showcasing a diverse range of styles and materials. They’re thrilled to share their work with the Lynchburg community!

Join us for the reception this Friday from 5:30 to 8 PM—we can't wait to see you there! 🖼️🎭🎉

Robots + Creativity

FREE HANDS-ON ACTIVITY: CREATE STUDIO

Join Dr. Peter Sheldon from Randolph College’s Robotics & Mechatronics Engineering Program for a hands-on Sphero robot activity at First Friday, Feb 7! 🏎️💡

Test, race, and experiment with these interactive bots while exploring the intersection of art and technology—no experience needed!

📍 Riverviews Artspace
🗓️ Friday, Feb 7 | 5:00–8:00 PM
🎨 Part of the "New Precarious Systems: Lewis Colburn" opening

FIRST FRIDAYS IS A MONTHLY OPEN HOUSE FOR THE GREATER LYNCHBURG COMMUNITY.

Join us for  First Fridays on the First Friday of each month from 5:00 - 8:00pm. During this free event, you’ll discover new exhibitions, meet talented artists, enjoy live music. Your invited to wander through our galleries and open artist studios. Stop at the bar in the main gallery for a selection of wine, beer, signature cocktails, soft drinks and other non-alcoholic beverages. The aim is to make art and culture more accessible to the Lynchburg community.

FIRST FRIDAYS IS A MONTHLY OPEN HOUSE FOR THE GREATER LYNCHBURG COMMUNITY.

Join us for  First Fridays on the First Friday of each month from 5:00 - 8:00pm. During this free event, you’ll discover new exhibitions, meet talented artists, enjoy live music. Your invited to wander through our galleries and open artist studios. Stop at the bar in the main gallery for a selection of wine, beer, signature cocktails, soft drinks and other non-alcoholic beverages. The aim is to make art and culture more accessible to the Lynchburg community.

FIRST FRIDAYS IS A MONTHLY OPEN HOUSE FOR THE GREATER LYNCHBURG COMMUNITY.

Join us for  First Fridays on the First Friday of each month from 5:00 - 8:00pm. During this free event, you’ll discover new exhibitions, meet talented artists, enjoy live music. Your invited to wander through our galleries and open artist studios. Stop at the bar in the main gallery for a selection of wine, beer, signature cocktails, soft drinks and other non-alcoholic beverages. The aim is to make art and culture more accessible to the Lynchburg community.

This Saturday, join Riverviews Artspace for Saturday Salons, a new and exciting opportunity for creative collaboration and community!

Local musician James Clark came up with the idea for Saturday Salons as a way to bring creatives together:
"During the Enlightenment period, salons were relaxed gatherings that would be held in different homes as a means of exchanging ideas, discussing hot topics and sharing different works of art and philosophy. People from all walks of life were welcome to gather and enjoy the company of other guests in a laid back environment that promoted the freedom to mingle and meet others that were learning, growing and being shaped by the cultural shift that was taking place.

Keeping in the same vein, we are starting our own salon-style environment as a way of uniting the creatives, the thinkers and the dreamers. No matter your medium or walk of life, you are welcome to come by and hang with other like-minded people that are eager for community and connection.

Bring yourself, bring a friend, bring your instrument, bring what you’re working on, and come hang on Saturday afternoons. We’ll be jamming, sharing, and talking life, love and everything in between. Feel free to bring something you’re wanting feedback on, or just swing by to make some new friends. All are welcome."

We look forward to seeing you there this Saturday! Our galleries are open Wednesday-Sunday, 12-4.

Join us in welcoming Dr. John Gerdy as he presents "The Value of the Arts as a Community Investment" on Friday, September 27th at 7:30 PM in Riverviews' Main Gallery.

Dr. John Gerdy, a renowned advocate for the arts, will lead a thought-provoking discussion on how artistic endeavors can enrich our lives and strengthen our communities. Through engaging stories and insightful analysis, he will demonstrate how arts investments foster creativity, build community bonds, drive economic prosperity, and enhance public health.

Let us know you’re coming by using the button below to RSVP!

FIRST FRIDAYS IS A MONTHLY OPEN HOUSE FOR THE GREATER LYNCHBURG COMMUNITY.

Join us for  First Fridays on the First Friday of each month from 5:00 - 8:00pm. During this free event, you’ll discover new exhibitions, meet talented artists, enjoy live music. Your invited to wander through our galleries and open artist studios. Stop at the bar in the main gallery for a selection of wine, beer, signature cocktails, soft drinks and other non-alcoholic beverages. The aim is to make art and culture more accessible to the Lynchburg community.

FIRST FRIDAYS IS A MONTHLY OPEN HOUSE FOR THE GREATER LYNCHBURG COMMUNITY.

Join us for  First Fridays on the First Friday of each month from 5:00 - 8:00pm. During this free event, you’ll discover new exhibitions, meet talented artists, enjoy live music. Your invited to wander through our galleries and open artist studios. Stop at the bar in the main gallery for a selection of wine, beer, signature cocktails, soft drinks and other non-alcoholic beverages. The aim is to make art and culture more accessible to the Lynchburg community.

Riverviews Artspace presents “Riverviews Photography Invitational,” an exploration of the world through various lenses

On First Friday, July 5th, from 5:00 to 8:00 pm Riverviews Artspace will present a fantastic photography exhibition featuring the work of Kathy Cudlin, James Ochieng, Susan Saandholland and Larry Taylor Jr. Curated collaboratively, their work examines the world from their own unique perspectives, showcasing a glimpse into each artists’ individual lives and stories. Throughout the night, these artists will deliver short artist’s talks about their work on display. 

The four artists in the Riverviews Photography Invitational each move through the world creating a visual diary of their physical surroundings, their passionate interests, and their innermost thoughts. Of the images in this exhibit, some speak to the reverence for a homeland and its endangered species, others to the camaraderie of friends, the deep appreciation for the landscape, the implied stories of street photography, and experimentation with visual content as a metaphor for movement—in short, the visual experience, the passion to capture it, and a mindfulness that can speak to others.

Alongside the Main Gallery exhibition, the Emerging Artist Series Photography Invitational will feature four up-and-coming artists in Gallery 108. 

All ages are invited to join local artist Jill Jensen in a free printmaking activity in Gallery 109 from 6-7:30PM. Participants will learn one of many existing printmaking techniques, and their successful prints will be exhibited alongside larger-than-life woodcut prints as a part of Riverviews’ upcoming Monstrous and Miniscule Exhibition. 

Selah Vie will play live music throughout the night, beer, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase, and artists’ studios will be open to the public.

This event is free and open to the public, and donations are encouraged. The exhibitions will remain on view through August 16th, 2024.  The galleries are open Wednesday through Friday, from 12::00 to 4:00 p.m.

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FIRST FRIDAYS IS A MONTHLY OPEN HOUSE FOR THE GREATER LYNCHBURG COMMUNITY.

Join us for  First Fridays on the First Friday of each month from 5:00 - 8:00pm. During this free event, you’ll discover new exhibitions, meet talented artists, enjoy live music. Your invited to wander through our galleries and open artist studios. Stop at the bar in the main gallery for a selection of wine, beer, signature cocktails, soft drinks and other non-acholoic beverages. The aim is to make art and culture more accessible to the Lynchburg community.

Discover the intersection of art, science, and solar observatioN!

The Pop-Up Planetarium event is sponsored by our community partners at Amazement Square.

Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind First Friday on May 3, 2024, in conjunction with the opening of The Sky Is Not the Limit in the Main Gallery featuring the astrophotography of Leland Melvin. The Jubilee Student Art Show featuring works related to flight will be on view in Gallery 108.

Enjoy live music with Selah Vie. Wander through our galleries and visit open artists studios to meet artists and see their process. Cash bar in the Main Gallery.

Riverviews Artspace presents “The Sky is Not the Limit,” an artistic celebration of flight in all its limitless possibilities.

Don’t tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footprints on the moon. —Paul Brandt

On First Friday, May 3, from 5:00 to 8:00 pm Riverviews Artspace will present an exciting and ground-breaking exhibition, a celebration of flight in all its historic, symbolic, and metaphorical possibilities, sponsored by the Lynchburg Regional Airport and in partnership with Amazement Square, Jubilee Family Development Center and the Anne Spencer House.

The Riverviews Main Gallery will showcase the work of 15 significant artists, both local and national, who have competed for inclusion in this important show and juried by Lesely Shipley. Among them is a Virginia artist who creates paintings that explore the varying perspectives humans have of the planet and who has had work in a number of New York galleries and the Taubman Museum of Art. Other artists reference environmental concerns or simply the beauty of flight itself. There will be a variety of mediums including imaginative and playful 3D pieces.

Lynchburg’s own NASA Astronaut Leland Melvin will be in attendance, exhibiting his amazing astrophotography from his missions on the Space Shuttle Atlantis. He will also be happy to autograph your copy of his book, Chasing Space, if you would like to bring it to the gallery.

Enjoy the Jubilee Center Student Art Show in Riverviews Gallery 108, presenting student artwork related to flight along with a paper airplane making activity and paper airplane throwing contest. At 6:30 pm there will be a special talk by the Anne Spencer House and Garden’s Executive Director Shaun Spencer-Hester, titled “Who is Chauncey Spencer?” The talk will highlight the life of Chauncey Spencer, an important pioneer in aviation from Lynchburg who was instrumental in the creation of the world famous Tuskegee Airmen. In June there will be a special exhibit at Amazement Square, concentrating on the Tuskegee Airmen.

All age groups at opening night are invited to enjoy a Pop-Up Planetarium sponsored by Amazement Square. Step into the inflatable planetarium in Riverviews’ Gallery 108 and discover the intersection of art, science, and solar observation in a unique way. You won’t want to miss this one-of-a-kind First Friday experience! It promise to be an unforgettable evening. You will enjoy live music by Selah Vie in the main gallery, wander through the artspace and visit a number of open artists studios to see where all the magic happens. The bar will be open (cash or credit) and a charcuterie board sponsored by Isabellas promises attendees delicious gourmet offerings.

After the First Friday opening reception on May 3rd, “The Sky is Not the Limit” exhibition will be on view at Riverviews Artspace through June 13, 2024, and the gallery will be open Wednesday through Friday, from 12::00 to 4:00 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. Donations encouraged.

Tracey Langseth, Executive Director

Riverview Artspace

52 9th Street, Lynchburg, Virginia 24504

Phone: 434-847-7277

Please join us for an open reception at Riverviews on Sunday, April 14, 2024 from 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm. During this event the selected teen poets will be invited to read their poems at 12:00 pm followed by selected youth poets at 1:00 pm. This is an opportunity to celebrate and honor the wonderful work of these young poets. Event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP with the number of guests attending to kasey@riverviews.net.

HERE’S WHAT HAPPENING ON FIRST FRIDAY: APRIL 5, 5:00 - 8:00 PM

MAIN GALLERY:

SIGNALING TEHORY EXHIBITION BY SIOBHAN BYRNS

Musical Guest: Midnight Radio

Cash Bar: Accepting Cash and Credit

GALLERY 108:

BEATBURG POETRY OPEN MIC NIGHT & RECEPTION 6:00 - 7:30PM

Experience the magic of spoken word and the power of community at our open poetry mic night hosted by Steve Willis. Steve is a former RVAS Board Member, and current Board Member at Endstation Theatre Company. He is the Special Assistant to the President and Secretary of the Board of Trustees at Randolph College. Steve is a seasoned theatre professional with a BA in English/Dramatic Arts & Speech and an MFA in Theatre with an emphasis in Acting/Directing. Don’t miss this evening of creativity, connection and inspiration in Gallery 108. Event is free. Cash Bar: Accepting Cash and Credit.

Thank you to our all of our 2024 Beatburg sponsors!

EMERGING ARTIST GALLERY:

VES VARISTY ART SHOW: COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCES

VES Opening Night Reception: 5:30 - 7:00 PM

First Friday Musical Guest: Midnight Radio

Cash Bars will be open in the Main Gallery and Gallery 108: Accepting Cash and Credit

Artist Studios: Open 5:00 - 8:00 PM

First Fridays is free to attend. Come enjoy a relaxing evening filled with music, art and poetry.

We are excited to offer a new workshop as part of our 11th Annual Beatburg program. This brand new poetry workshop is designed specifically for children! Led by writer and arts activist Terry Bodine, this 2 hour workshop is designed for students in grades 3 through 5 who love playing with words.

Participants will engage in prompt-based exercises to create new poems while exploring metaphor, emotion, and sound. Class creations will be incorporated into a collective project for display at Riverviews during BeatBurg, April 5th through 18th, 2024. Space is limited. Register today!

Where: Riverviews Artspace Emerging Artist Gallery

When: Saturday, March 16, 2024

Time: 10a.m. - 12p.m.

Cost: $20 per student

To register, click on the orange button below. For questions or additional information, contact Kasey Forehand, Program Manager at kasey@riverviews.net.

Siobhán Byrns, Professor of Art at the University of Lynchburg and teacher in both the Art Department and the Westover Honors College. Her current research stems from sustainable darkroom practices and alternative process techniques that focus on current social and political pressures on women and the environment.

Siobhán received her MFA in photography from the Art Institute of Chicago and received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, focusing both on traditional and time-based new media and photography. While a graduate student, she was formally trained as a fine art restorationist and conservator in some of the country’s most prominent museums. In 2004, while working in the Museum of The Art Institute of Chicago, she assisted in the digital restoration of Georges Seurat’s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte.

Her exhibition, Signaling Theory, is invaluable in its lessons, using chlorophyll prints suspended in resin that explore the recent experiences of a post pandemic landscape, alongside an awareness of our entanglements to place and nature, and our perception of time/immortality. 

Signaling Theory will be on view from March 1st through April 18th, 2024. She will give an artist talk at 6:30 p.m. on opening night, March 1st, 2024.

Multi-genre Writing Workshop

Saturday, February 24, 2024

10a.m. - 4p.m.

Adults: $125

Students: $75

Location: Riverviews Artspace Emerging Artist Studio

Multi-genre Writing Workshop

Saturday, February 24, 2024

10a.m. - 4p.m.

Adults: $125

Students: $75

Location: Riverviews Artspace Emerging Artist Studio