1st Place All Media Show Cat in a Box by Chris Semtner Acrylic, $620	2nd Place All Media Show .......Raven by Sonja Binghan Pencil, $210
3rd Place All Media Show Skeeter by Meredith Snyder Oil, $500	Honorable Mention All Media Show Roll Her Over by Adele Castillo Acrylic, $700
Photography Award All Media Show Osiris by Lisa Billings Photography, $375

Jane Sandelin Gallery:   1st Place: Acrylic Painting by Chris Semtner   3rd Place: Work by Meredith Snyder   DOGMATIC CatAsTrophy All Media Show An SPCA benefit art show and festival Each year Art Works partners with the art community to create a summer project and exhibit. In the past you've seen paint dropped from towers, paint blown by jet exhaust and last year we partnered with the Richmond SPCA and featured our four-legged friends - dogs and cats. This was so much fun and we raised over $1000 for the SPCA; we've decided to do it again. But wait there's more; join us for the annual Art Works Member and Residents' Exhibit. Visitors on opening night pick their 3 favorite pieces and the People's Choice Awards are presented at the end of the evening. Join us October 23rd. The reception starts at 7 p.m. with live music. Free and open to the public. DOGmatic CATrastrophe - Canines and Felines at Art Works This juried-all-media show is strictly about dogs and cats. Half of all proceeds goes to the Richmond SPCA. In addition to the gallery walls of artwork featuring dogs and cats, Richmond artists exhibit for sale - one of a kind doggy kitty art items. These items will be auctioned off and the entire proceeds go to the Richmond SPCA. Guests are invited to bring their pet and let them enjoy the special PET BAR (last year sponsored by Three Dog Bakery in Richmond VA.) The RICHMOND SPCA TAIL WAG'N will be on the premises on opening night so you can visit with some canine and feline friends who need a new home. Admission to the event is free. The DOGmatic CATrastrophe art show is a juried show. Work is accepted by any artist, any medium and pertains to dogs and/or cats. Call for Entries is on August 21st and 22nd at Art Works. The gallery talk and awards are presented at 7:30 at the opening reception.       Click here to see the Richmond.com video coverage of the event!

Centre Gallery East: SHADOWS FROM THE GARDEN by Emma Lou Martin A versatile and prize winning artist working in many media and styles, Emma Lou Martin often returns to the garden to portray the beauty of nature in a personal and unique way. The new pieces in this series, "Shadows in the Garden", has explored working on frosted mylar with graphite and watercolor.  Other pieces show the versatility of watercolor with subjects from the garden.  Emma Lou delights in sharing her love of art whether with collectors, as a museum docent, planning 'art adventures' for art lovers, teaching workshops, or creating opportunities for fellow artists.  She was the moving force in establishing Uptown Gallery, a Richmond area co-op art gallery on West Main St. almost 17 years ago.  More of her work can be seen there as well as often at Art Works and shows in the area.

Corner Gallery : RECENT WORK BY SANTA DEHAVEN Santa DeHaven has an impressive list of art education including: Studio for the Arts, Jersey City, New Jersey, Parsons School of Design, New York, New York , Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, B.A. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York. Come see her surrealist artwork on display all month. "[The show is] Mixed media and collage inspired by the flow, tension and movement that external forces and underlying shapes impose on fabric. The pieces reflect the fragmented visual environment and layers of imagery that we confront and decode to make sense of the world." -DeHaven ...............................................

All-Media Gallery: MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS SHOW It's about the People! The gallery members and resident artists show off their best work (a signature piece) in the annual show. On opening night, visitors vote for their 3 favorite pieces and the People's Choice Awards are presented at the end of the evening. Don't miss this opportunity - you be the judge! Valley Falls by Johanna Stoneking, 14x20 Digital Photography, $75 People's Choice Winner Trees l by Dawn M Vass, 23x46 Mixed Media, $750 Radient by Charlotte Church, 2x3 Acrylic, $300 Lucy by Tim Robinson, 9x11 Oil, $500 Neatly Flaked by Bill Harrison, Photograph $600 Life in a Cougar's Eyes by Keith Taylor, 36x48 Oil, $800 Street Scene in Cork by Beverly Lane, 21x27 Oil, $550 Silent Hunter by Richard Buhrman, 20x30 Digital Art, $300 Cityscape by Marti Fann, 21x27 Mixed Media, $300 On Top of the World by Marta Downs 9x12 Oil, $175 Yellow Flowers by Carmen Bendersky, 22x28 Oil, $600 Monkey Bid-ness by Carolyn Schallmo, 24x8 Acrylic, $165 Rochambeau by David Rosenberg, 26x22 Acrylic, $2500 Head at Night by Chris Semtner, 14x11 Acrylic, $300 Bayeaux Stream by Virginia Godfrey, 20x24 Oil, $425 The Grandeur of Bell Mountain by Dorothy Ellis, 24x31 Monotype, $300 Blueberries by Donna Gassie, 19x22 Photography, $125 Milestones by Lorraine Meade, 16in Mosaic, Metal, Wood, $225 Pink Dress by Sheilah Beville 16x20 Acrylic Collage, $400 Afternoon Walk by Robert Pfeifer , 13x19 Photography, $150 Big Baby Boy by Adele Castillo 30x40 Acrylic, $2100 Polly Gone Blue by Roger McClung, 36x44 Oil, $1250 Parking Lot Cyborg by Chrisana Reveley , 24x30 Mixed Media, $600 At Sea by JP Visser, 24x24 Oil, $275 Yardbird by Lorraine Meade, 16in Mosaic, Metal, Wood, $225 The Wall by Brian Grossman 30x30 Giclee on Canvas, $500 Thursday by Mike Keeling, 6x6 Acrylic, $3000 Untitled by Darryl Reese, 16x20 Oil, $400 Handmade Jewelry by Linda Allard $225 Work by Glenda Kotchish Sense of Direction by Andrew Clarke 11x14 Photograph, $150 Work by Glenda Kotchish Sunrise on St Patrick's Day by Alvero Ibanez, 26x36 Oil on Canvas, $2000   Chicago! Chicago! by Tara Courtland, 16x20 Photography, $75