Petersburg's Friday for the Arts! takes place on the second Friday of each month in historic downtown Petersburg. Starting out as an art walk, Friday for the Arts! has become a comprehensive celebration of the arts, with twenty or more venues.
Celebrate the Arts
Friday for the Arts!, Petersburg's celebration of the arts, is held monthly in historic downtown Petersburg. Over the last decade, Friday for the Arts! has become a comprehensive celebration of the arts, with twenty or more venues spreading the arts across many blocks. Galleries, museums, restaurants, & shops feature changing exhibits every month. Many other shops & restaurants are open throughout the evening. Music ranges from classical concerts to the blues to rollicking rock evenings. Click HERE for this month's program.
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2018 Dates
January 12
February 9
March 9
April 13
May 11
June 8
July 13
August 10
September 14
October 12
November 9
December 14
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March 13 Friday for the Arts! Features Great New Displays of Art, a Lecture for Womens's Month, the Warmth of the Approaching Spring, and Five Venues for Music
Petersburg’s March 2020 Friday for the Arts! will bring us music, art, fun activities, food, new beers, and abundant good spirits. There will be music in five performing arts venues, two lectures, a wine tasting, an art sale, two family fun nights, and great exhibits at Walton Gallery, at the Petersburg Area Art League, at the Petersburg Public Library, and at the Old Towne Studio 7
VISUAL ARTS: The Walton Gallery is staging a great display of the work of the Kamoinge Workshop, Masters of the Lens, which complements a large exhibition of the work of the Kamoinge Workshop currently at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The Art League will be exhibiting American Heroes, by Henry Kidd. The Petersburg Public Library will be showing the work of Greg Alston (open just until five for this Friday for the Arts!, but otherwise open during library hours). Old Towne Studio 7 will be showing the work of their resident artist, Lisa Mistry.
SPECIAL EVENTS: In honor of Women’s Month, Petersburg Preservation Task Force will present a lecture and exhibit at the Petersburg Exchange. The lecture by Nona Wartella, entitled The Role of American Women in the First 300 Years, will begin at 6:30 pm. The Art League will have two special events: a sale of their collected work in the Members Gallery, and a Family Fun Night in the education suite, both upstairs. The latter will feature Lisa Mistry and Alicia Crawford as instructors. Old Towne Studio 7 will provide instruction in Free Style Painting from 11 am until 8 pm, in 2.5 hour segments ($).The Petersburg Skin Coach (Melody Krone) will have anan Open House at 112 West Tabb Street for Petersburg’s Friday for the Arts!
Many Thanks to Dolly Holmes
This website would not have been possible without Dolly Holmes' generous permission to use her beautiful painting, "Fossil," as the core element of our website heading. Indeed, the entire website has been structured around the painting. Please join us in thanking her for this use, and please honor her copyright. And be sure to take a look at some of her paintings, and those of her husband Mark Pehanich, at
Kamoinge Workshop, Masters of the Lens, at Walton Gallery
"Kamoinge Workshop, Masters of the Lens" Features Seven Nationally Known Photographers at Walton Gallery
"Kamoinge Workshop: Masters of the Lens" a powerful photography exhibit & sale opening Saturday, February 22nd at the Walton Gallery in historic Petersburg. It features the stunning photography of Richmond native Louis Draper with Harlem-based photographers who captured Harlem, USA in the 1960s. This is a must-see show! **All work at Walton Gallery will be for sale**. www.waltongallery.com
Many Thanks to Dolly Holmes
This website would not have been possible without Dolly Holmes' generous permission to use her beautiful painting, "Fossil," as the core element of our website heading. Indeed, the entire website has been structured around the painting. Please join us in thanking her for this use, and please honor her copyright. And be sure to take a look at some of her paintings, and those of her husband Mark Pehanich, at
Scott Billings, with the Triple B Blues Band, playing in the Music Room at Wabi SAbi
March 13 Friday for the Arts! in Petersburg; Five Music Venues
MUSIC: Matt Via & The Dirty Runaways will be at Old Towne’s Alibi, ), Triple B Blues Band in the Music Room at Wabi, the Sinatra-style crooner Joe LaLuna at Maria’s, Zack Artis (magical acoustic guitar) in the Martini Lounge at Wabi Sabi, and Clan Haggis will be at Tramonto Ristorante. Music this month from six to one!
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