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In 1971, VBAA and the Virginia Beach Museum of Art merged to form the Virginia Beach Arts Center — and operated from a surplus WWII temporary building at Arctic Avenue and 18th Street. In 1989 The Virginia Beach Art Center opened at 2200 Parks Avenue in Virginia Beach, a new 38,000 square foot facility on 9.6 acres at the foot of I-264.
Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art: Virginia Beach: Virginia Beach: Tidewater/Hampton Roads: Art: Focuses on 20th-century art with changing exhibitions of American & international artists. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: Richmond: Richmond: Central: Art: Encyclopedic collection of 33,000 works of art from almost every major world culture
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) is an art museum in Richmond, Virginia, United States, which opened in 1936. The museum is owned and operated by the Commonwealth of Virginia . Private donations, endowments, and funds are used for the support of specific programs and all acquisition of artwork, as well as additional general support.
The institution did not begin collecting American art until 1979, when it received a gift of 50 paintings from the Virginia Steele Scott Foundation. Consequently, The Virginia Steele Scott Gallery of American Art was established in 1984. In 2009, the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries were expanded, refurbished, and reinstalled.
The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum (DWDAM), is a museum dedicated to British and American fine and decorative arts from 1670-1840, located in Williamsburg, Virginia. Situated just outside the historic boundary of Colonial Williamsburg , DWDAM was founded with an initial 1982 [ 2 ] donation by DeWitt Wallace (1889–1981) and his wife ...
The Art Institute of Virginia Beach is closing its doors at the end of the month, along with all other branches and campuses of The Art Institute system. The closure was announced on the college ...
Folk art museums and galleries in Virginia (2 P) G. Galleries and museums in Richmond, Virginia (1 C, 1 P) V. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (2 C, 3 P)
The Little Free Library now has an art counterpart: A grassroots effort to establish micro art galleries in Long Beach is spreading to other neighborhoods.