Chris DeMaria’s “Now We Stand Outcast
A native of both FL and WV, artist Chris DeMaria of Floyd County, focuses on the working class of Appalachia. His paintings and drawings capture the struggle of the working…
Exhibits
Southwest Virginia Plein Air Painters
An idea that blossomed at the Blue Ridge Farm Museum has now grown to encompass impressions of the scenery and culture of Southwest Virginia’s Blue Ridge Region. This inaugural gallery…
Full Throttle
Racing and Rodding in Southwest and Central Virginia Since the early 1900s Southwest Virginia has had a love affair with fast automobiles. The stock cars racing around rural oval tracks,…
Earthenware Potters Along the Great Road in Virginia and Tennessee
The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road was the primary route from Philadelphia west to Tennessee or Kentucky. However from Roanoke, Va. west it was simply known as the Great Road. Although…
Travelers’ Trinkets: Virginia Souvenirs
The first of its kind in Virginia, this exhibit focuses on the history of souvenir collecting, the various types of souvenirs, and how souvenirs have evolved throughout the centuries to…
Moonshine: Blue Ridge Style
Over the course of a century, mountain distillers went from making “mostly legal” whiskey and brandy for nearby markets to producing millions of gallons of untaxed “sugar liquor” for customers…