Opening Reception for 3 New Exhibits

Floyd Center for the Arts welcomes all to join us for an Opening Reception for three new exhibits:

FIBERS OF NATURE is a national juried exhibition that includes artworks created with various natural materials that appear in everyday life. This exhibition highlights the beauty of multiple types of fibers and illustrates how artists transform these raw materials into art.

PAPER ALCHEMY Curated by James Thurman. this international collection features more than forty new artworks by thirty-eight artists from around the world, including Italy, Kuwait, Scotland, Turkey and USA. All artworks include a piece of Thurmanite®, an innovative environmentally conscious material made of layers of recycled paper bonded with a plant-based eco-resin.

UNDER THE SKIN is a group exhibition featuring some of the most talented women tattoo artists in the New River Valley. Tattoo flash and drawings showcased here are meant to show a variety of individual styles, with particular homage to American Traditional style. Artists featured hail from Floyd’s own, Under the Sun Tattoo, Roanoke’s Electric Eye Custom Tattoos, and Christiansburg’s Elysium Tattoo.