“Memories Sit Here” Chair & Seat Exhibit
Our 2025 featured exhibit, “Memories Sit Here — Stools, Chairs, Benches, and Their Makers,” explored a wonderland of woven seats, remarkable maker stories, and a host of generational family treasures….
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Kindly Mirrors: Feb. 2, Floyd History Talk
Kindly Mirrors: The Photography of Richard “Dick” Shank & Gertrue Vest Shank, depicts Floyd County life through thirty images selected from 161 negatives made by the Shanks between 1912 and 1917. The…
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Folk Art February !
Although the Gallery is closed for the winter months, you can always find us online here with lots to see. And, during the month of February, be sure to visit…
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Buffalo Mountain Exhibit – A Video Review
Our 2024 exhibit “There’s the Buffalo!” celebrated with an artists’ reception at the Gallery on Wednesday, December 4. The exhibit displays an array of artistic interpretations of Buffalo Mountain as…
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Buffalo Mountain at Night
We’re most pleased to have a selection of Roger Vest’s fused-glass artwork, including a plate, wall plaque, and nightlights. This Buffalo Mountain nightlight with Fall leaves should certainly inspire happy…
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Hilda Harmon Book Signing – Saturday, September 28
Hilda Harmon has just published a children’s book entitled The Little Girl Who Loved Names, which is based on her childhood memories of growing up in Check in the 1930s….
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Ricky Cox Lecture – Early Floyd Photographs
September 19, 6:30 PM, McConnell Library, Radford University The Old Church Gallery’s 2023 exhibit of Floyd County photographs, Kindly Mirrors: The Photography of Richard “Dick” Shank & Gertrue Vest Shank…
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“Mrs. Effie: Needle, Thread, and Heart”
Old Church Gallery Traveling Exhibit at Floyd Center for the Arts Aug. 24 – Sept. 14 View the textile artistry of Mrs. Effie King Brown (1910-2012) with her vibrant bicentennial…
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Appalachian Curator, Vol. 5, Issue 1
Happy to report that our efforts to provide online access to the wealth of Old Church Gallery cultural arts and oral history collections are profiled in the latest issue of…
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Remembering Freeman Cockram
January 13, 1937 – July 08, 2024. Freeman Alvis Cockram, 87, of Floyd, passed away on July 8, 2024. He and Helen Reed Cockram enjoyed sixty-five years of marriage. Freeman…
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A Delightful Give Local House Party
Old Church Gallery’s lawn party celebrating GiveLocalNRV and Buffalo Mountain was an awesome success. Special thanks to musicians George Slusher, Joel Pratt, Charlie Thompson, Jason Phillips, and Andy Buckman. George…
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BYOBuffalo! House Party June 26
Inspired by Buffalo Mountain, a very fine Old Church Gallery House Party is planned for Wednesday, June 26 (4:00 to 7:00 pm). BYOB stands for “Bring Your Own Buffalo” and…
